Dear Ryan

Dear Ryan,

I owe you, I owe you big. You have given me the best Summer ever and I owe it all to you. At the beginning of the Summer our future was very uncertain and shaky. You took what was a very dramatic situation to me and made it into something wonderful.

You told me to take some time off.

At first I though you were CRAZY!!! Me, stay at home?? No way! But I decided to try it.

I can't say that I've loved every minute of it but I can say it's been the best Summer of my life.
I've gotten to spend quality time with my kids making memories.

However fun it's been for me, I know it's been hard on you. Me not working meant you working four 12 hour shifts instead of four 10 hour shifts. It also meant that you didn't get to see us as much as before. I know that's been the hardest part for you. You are the most involved Dad I've ever seen so not seeing your kids every day hasn't been easy for you. We've spent the majority of the Summer on the road and at the beach going days or sometimes weeks between seeing you. Thank you for the sacrifice.

Thank you for being my husband and loving me during this uncertain time in our lives. Thanks for your  hard work. We make a great team!

Are you sure I have to go back to work in 4 weeks??

Peace out from the beach, we will see you Thursday!

I love you!

Week In Review

I'm telling you, I don't know how I had time to work before! We are living it up this summer and LOVING it. Last week we went school supply and uniform shopping. I texted Ryan and told him I thought my debit card may explode from usage. We went swimming, I texted the picture of my legs to Whitney to make her jealous. :) We started football. He still hates it. Tanner went to Kinder Camp at Turner. It's where they go to school for 2 days to just meet all the teachers and see where everything is. We went to the river with friends. We had Summer FX at church and had a blast! We had football practice in pads and Evan's old jersey...not fun at all! We went boat riding, swimming some more and played with friends! The last picture of Tanner sums up our week :)

Cannon Ball!

Lindsey's Shower

We had Lindsey's shower yesterday afternoon and everything turned out so good! There were a TON of people there and she got so many good gifts! Blakeley will not need clothes until she's like 2! I didn't take very many pictures because we were setting up and getting everything ready so Ry and Tan took most of these pictures. Here's the cupcake tower...

 Close up...I think it turned out super cute!!

Whitney and I made this sign late Friday night. It was an experience and a lot of fun. I love that girl! These are the presents she had before anyone had even arrived! I think she literally opened presents for a solid hour.

 I wish Ry was looking in this picture!

 Like I said the kids took 90% of these pics and didn't get the whole wreath, Aunt Cheryl made this for Blakeley's room and her hospital door. It matches her super cute room!

 Ryleigh and Rylee. 

 Love these two kids! 

 My 2 best friends! I'm SOOOOOO Thankful to them and how close we are!

I didn't get any pictures of the drink table or the food table :( I'm a terrible picture taker when I'm having to multi task. I told Ry to get some of some of the guests but I just ended up with 600 pictures of random feet and all of the babies!

Blakeley is a very blessed baby and we can't wait to meet her!!! 8 more weeks, whoop whoop!!! I can't believe I'm finally going to get to be an Aunt! I promise you Blakeley, I'll be way cooler than your Aunt Whitney! :)

Summer Fun!

One thing about staying home for the Summer is I take less and less pictures. Most everything we do everyday includes water and everyone one knows, water and phones don't mix. Today we were suppose to go to a waterpark about a hour away with friends but we got rained out. I cannot stay home with Ry and Tan all day, they'll drive me crazy! So we have to have plans everyday, nothing major, just something to do. Since it was raining we decided to go bowling. The kids had a lot of fun bowling! 

 Tanner bowled 2 spares in one game and won! I was so proud of him. Ryleigh does not like to lose. She asked who won and I said Tanner. Then she said who won next and I said Karlee and then she said who won next and I said Ryleigh and she was so excited. She knew she lost but when she words it that way it makes her think she won. She is a TERRIBLE sport! TERRIBLE!! After that we ran some errands and went to lunch at Chick Fil A.

We need this rain to go away because of course we have plans to go swimming tomorrow! We also have Lindsey's baby shower on Saturday and we are very very excited!!!!!

Home Sweet Home!

Home Sweet Home!! We are back from an almost 2 week trip to the beach. The first week (the week of the 4th) Ryan took off work and stayed with us and the second week we hung out with friends all week. There were trips to Waterville, Treasure hunts in the sand at The Hangout, Pirate breakfast's, playing in fountains, swimming in the rain, eating lots and lots of froyo, building sand castles, going to bed early, tubing, knee boarding, cookie making, shopping, playing with friends, eating and lots and lots of swimming! It was a really fun 2 weeks and now the worst part, unpacking!