While Lisa was visiting we stopped by the temple one morning.

His first Big Boy Bike

Over Father's day weekend My dad was here for a visit. While he was here, he bought Ry his first big boy bike. Ryan was still riding a tricycle, which his knees were hitting the handle bars. His knees were pretty bruised up. It was definitely time for a new bike. Here is Ry at the store testing out the one we all liked.

After choosing the one, we had to wait until the next day to pick it up so it could be put together for us. (I know "so lazy", I just didn't want to deal with that!)

After we picked it up we took him to a local park with a nice flat and open parking lot so he could really try it out. He loved it, and only had one little crash, but not a scary one.


Then we took him home and let him ride on the driveway. Our driveway does have a slight downward slope and of course all the neighbor kids were there so there was lots of traffic to maneuver through. Here's Dad trying to keep him from going too fast. After a bit he started to figure out the brakes. I felt much better once he got the hang of that!

He rode for a while that day and a little bit the next, but he had few falls that scared him and he started saying the bike is "too big!" I haven't been pushing him, but it did take a little coaxing to get him to ride again. Since then we have taken him back to the park and he really likes to ride there. It's a lot easier and not nearly as many things to contend with (hills, other bikes, traffic etc.)

It sure is fun to watch him.

Thanks for the bike, Pop and helping us learn to ride!

Daddy's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Daddy

Ryan made this card for Daddy

What a party, balloons, a birthday sign, and a chocolate cake.

Ryan loved the cake!

Happy Birthday Daddy, We love you!

Annoucements:

Just want to take a minute to mention a few recent exciting events:

My brother Shawn graduated from his Nursing Program and has accepted a job working in the Oncology department at the VA hospital. Shawn Congratulations, I am so proud of you!!!

My sister Lindsey and her husband Matt had their first baby on Monday. Congratulations and welcome to the family. Lincoln Matthew Day, born at 3:12 pm, weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 20 inches long. A beautiful baby boy!

My sister Julie recently took up running and she just did her first race. Way to go JuJu! I am really impressed with how dedicated you are and how quickly you've gotten so good at this!

Finally there has been a ton of Birthday's so.....
Happy Birthday to the following:

Graham
J.J.
Dad
Sawyer
Ethan
Emma
Lincoln
Stephanie
And last but definitely not least my sweet Husband!
(P.S. to my family, no more June babies please!)

I love my cousin!

Welcome Lisa and Amelia!!!

Adventures on the cheap

One of the things Ryan and I do when we're bored, but I don't want to spend any money, is we go to the Pet Store.  Ryan likes to wander around and look at all the different animals.  It's generally a mix of your standard pet store animals, fish, snakes, lizards, gerbils, turtles etc.  We went on Saturday and here are a few pictures (Double click on the picture to enlarge it)

Things he likes

Speed Racer!

Currently this is Ryan's favorite toy. We got it for Christmas from Corey's Mom (Thanks Grandma!) It's really a great little car. The controls are simple enough that Ryan can handle it all on his own, and since he's at that age where all I hear is "I can do it!", that's very important. When we first took it outside, he kept trying to crawl under our cars to get it when it would roll under them. Now, he finally understands that all he has to do is drive it back out.

Updated:  The music in this video was selected because thats the song Ryan likes to play on Guitar Hero.