December 2011

This 4 wheeler made Christmas a big hit!!  Ryan could drive all by herself!

A couple of Ryan's favorites:  Hello Kitty and black!

Ryan and Lorin gt to sing with Izzy on her baptism day.

FALL FUN

Ryan loves herself a good Corn Maze, hay ride, and ...pig chasing!!

For the ward Trick or Treat, the 2 little pigs and the big bad wolf!

Ryan was pumped to re-create the mummy from a couple years ago!

Now you see her!

Now you don't...except for a tiny bit of purple coat sticking up!

Chuck E Cheese?  Whatever, it's a cute picture :)

Thanksgiving!!!

Goodbye TEXAS, Hello VIRGINIA

 Saying goodbye to good friends like Jenna and Shelby Linford, the Smiths, and the Moores was tough.  Here are a few last hoorahs!

Ryan, Shelby, Jenna, and Izzy tied themselves together and let Ryan lead the way!

 Saying goodbye to 116 degree heat on moving day...not so hard.  Ryan and Graf were out before we left the driveway!!

Ryan did a great job embracing our new home in Virginia...especially this climbing tree!  Unfortunately that love affair ended the day Ryan slipped off a branch and landed flat on her face/belly.  The double bloody nose made it extra memorable!

 First day of school at the bus stop...so many fun kids!

 

Ryan LOVED when Graf came to school and she got to show him around!

She kinda liked Mommy coming too :)

 The other amazing things we have to do here also made the move feel like it was a good one!

Museum of Natural History in Washing DC

See the Empire State Building?

 

Brooklyn Bridge...Ryan walked/ran the whole way!

Lady Liberty

 

Dillan's Candy Shop in NYC

Beautiful Ryan!

 If you look very closely, you will see that Ryan stuck a long piece of crab grass down Graf's shorts to make him look like he had a tail.  She thought that was pretty funny!  Her creative spunk follows her everywhere she goes!

Pre-school Grad and Summer Fun

Ryan ended up loving preschool at Treitsch.  Her teachers loved her too.  Let me recall some of the feedback at parent-teach-conference time:  It went something like "Really?  She's never had any preschool before?  We definitely feel like she's ready to move on to kindergarten.  She is delightful to have in class.  There is one thing she could work on however...when she doesn't like a suggestions, she tends to roll her eyes at us quite a bit!..."  Oh Ryan, you've got spunk!!

Her program was adorable!  She got to do this silly song that had her tongue out and knees together and spinning in circles...she really thought it was hilarious!

 

 

 

 OFF TO IDAHO, THE OREGON COAST, AND BEAR LAKE

Ryan and her cousin, Jaci

Half way up Multnoma Falls.  Keep on truckin' Ryan!

We made it!!

 Bear Lake!