Bee Sting - Poor Rylee

While at the zoo this week we caught the sea lion show, during which Rylee started frantically rubbing her face and screaming and would not stop. It really caught me by surprise and I had no idea what was wrong, but after a few concerned mothers came to make sure everything was ok, Rylee was diagnosed as having been stung by a bee or a wasp. It was soooo sad. She was stung right between her nose and mouth, and it it was like she had no idea what was going on. I'll admit, I shed a few tears for her myself.


Holy Mullet

So I almost always have Ry's hair in pigtails, so I'm not sure if any of you have seen the full on mullet she has. For those of you who have seen Rylee over the summer, it is even worse now. The party in the back is getting longer everyday, while the business up front has made no progress. Here is a pic. of Ry's awesome mullet, and I must say that not many people could be so darn cute with such a raging mullet.

Ry's Crafty Apron

So since I have so much time on my hands and a sewing machine in my closet, I decided I needed a project. This was just a small project, but it is pretty cute. I found the coolest fabric ever and decided to make Ry an apron since she enjoys helping me bake in the kitchen. I seriously want to make some bedding for Ry out of this material, it's that cute. However, if you could see the apron up close, you would probably suggest I hold off on the bedding because my sewing is pretty shotty.

On a baking note, I won the blue ribbon apple pie award during our Ward's Chili cook off and Pie bake off! Not quite as cool as it sounds since there were only like 5 apple pies in the contest.

Camping

We went camping this weekend at Chatfield State Park. Now I admit I expected more from a campground in Colorado (it was like camping in a parking lot with a few trees here and there), but we still had a great time and I love camping food. Kev's cousin and her family joined us from Colorado Springs, and we were so happy to have fun people to hang out with. The next day we went on a 2.5 mile hike and averaged an hour a mile. Although the kids were setting a pretty slow pace, it was a beautiful relaxing hike.

Ry and Sam fell asleep in the backpacks about 10 mins. into the hike

Rylee: 1 Nursery: 0
This Sunday was our first attempt at leaving Rylee in nursery by herself. We'd been hanging out with her in nursery the past couple weeks, and thought she was ready to give it a go on her own....wrong! As I sat listening at the door, I about started crying listening to her panic, frantically saying 'up/down please' (meaning she wanted out). I wanted to bust down the door, hug Ry, and ruin all progress made (which I don't believe any progress was made). I waited it out though, and the meshing of Ry and nursery was unsuccessful, and the nursery worker had to bring a sad sad Ry out to me. Who knows what to do now, hopefully it will just take a little more time.


We got annual passes to the zoo here and it's such a great way to get Rylee out of the house. We've gone first thing in the morning, when there's hardly anybody there, and it's fun for Ry to just meander around. A nice employee at the zoo gave Ry a peacock feather, and that was the highlight of her trip.

One thing I have come to love about Denver are the bike trails. We have a great bike trail right by our apartment, so that is a pretty regular evening activity for us. It goes by this great park that Ry loves, so the pics. are of Ry at the park, and the last one is of her a different evening after our bike ride. She was pretty tired and laid on the floor as soon as she walked in the house. Just to clarify, it was chilly outside so that is why she is wearing a dress, sweatshirt, sweatpants, and slippers.

Meet your new Den Mothers
That's right, Kev and I have been called as Den Mothers in our ward (Kevin insists on being called a Den leader). We're excited to be doing this together. I already have it all worked out, Kev is going to teach the lessons, and I'm going to provide the treats (and then they will like me the best)!



And I saved our most exciting news for last....we are not expecting, but we are going to Pocatello for Thanksgiving!!! I'll be flying in the Saturday before Thanksgiving and Kev will drive that Wednesday. We're so excited to see our families, and I have to say I have somehow managed to go another year without having to prepare a Thankgiving meal!

Rylee's first casualty

Now that I'm posting this, I'm surprised Rylee hasn't caused any serious damage to our stuff until now. This is not as bad as it sounds. Today Ry was playing with my glasses, normally we immediately take those away from her, but she was being cute and just putting them on and grinning. However, as I was doing my hair in our bathroom I heard Kev say from our bedroom "Rylee...no, no, no. Look, you broke mom's glasses." Sure enough, when I looked out she had busted of the ear piece on one side.

What makes this story a little 'funnier' is that just yesterday I went to the DMV to get a Colorado license. After waiting there for 3 hours. (yes 3 hours of me and Ry sitting in the same room waiting for our number to be called) I finally was seen by the DMV employee and we began the process of getting my license. One of the lasts steps was for me to take the eye test. To my horror, when I pressed my face against the greasy head piece, I couldn't make out a single letter (for those of you who drive with me probably aren't surprised, I really should wear my glasses at all times). I forgot to bring my glasses with me, and I couldn't proceed until I passed the eye test. The lady there was really nice, and kept encouraging me to try to make out the letters, otherwise I was left with the option to go home, come back with my glasses, and wait again. Amazingly, and I'm sure this was a blessing, the fourth time I attempted to see the letters they were clear and I passed. I vowed there and then to wear my glasses while driving.

That was a long way to say I just committed to wear my glasses more, they are now broken, and we do not have vision insurance. I might be sporting some taped glasses for the next few years!!

Uneventful Week 1

I'm trying to at least do weekly updates - even if nothing too exciting has happened. If anything, I can give a few recaps from the week. These may be boring to many, but the grandparents seem to enjoy the minute details of Rylee's day.

So it is always interesting to watch Ry eat dinner (although there are times it is just plain frustrating and can take the fun out of eating for myself). As we were eating quesadillas this week, Rylee decided she would like to try salsa. So her vehicle for the salsa ended up being her grapes. She would dip them in the salsa, and lick the salsa off. She soon discovered that the combination was pretty gross, and refused to eat anymore salsa or grapes. This week Rylee also discovered s some delicious hand foods. She had corn on the cob and drumsticks. I am posting this fact only so I can add the pics. It is fun to watch her gnaw on her food. No matter how you place the corn or drumstick in her hand, she always manages to eat the wrong parts.

Ry is so proud of her "surprise" face. She will say mom or dad until you give her your full attention and then she'll pull the face. One day I told her not to climb on the table, and she of course immediately did just that the minute I turned my back. When I caught her standing on the table, she did her "surprise" face, which effectively made me laugh and got her out of a time out. It's fun sometimes to just laugh and enjoy those moments of disobedience.

Here's a shorter blurb from the week. We went to the children's museum and they had a little grocery store the kids could shop in. Ry was loading her cart, and I thought it was funny that the things in her cart were things she could actually eat. She had her fruits, vegetables, rice, and soy milk.

One last fact about Ry. For those of you who know her know that she has an addiction to her blanket. "Bobby" as she calls it has to stay in the crib, so she only gets her fix when she is napping or going to bed. Now and then though I find her sneaking a little "bobby" action. The first pic is of Ry getting a fix of her "bobby" through the rails of her bed. She knows the rules, so she doesn't take him out of the crib. The second pic. is of Ry using some random blanket to soothe her. It's funny though because she somehow manages to weave her way through the handle of the basket. I know, I know...your own kids are more funny to you then they are to everyone else.

Summer Recap cont.

Here are more pics. from our great summer. Thanks goes to everyone that made all our little trips possible. The best part about our trips were the people we got to spend them with (Glenn, Annette, Mom, Doug, Dan, Tish, Jeff and Maja to name a few).

Snowbird - It was beautiful, and although we didn't see any fireworks over the fourth of July...there were many games of tripoli played.

West Yellowstone - unlike our first trip to Yellowstone, this time there was no snow storm.

Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) - Rylee did the 3 mile hike practically all by herself.

She loves this nalgene water bottle (thanks Doug and Christen), and she looks like a serious hiker with it.

Summer Recap

So I decided to add pictures from this summer. Although it seems I went a little overboard, our lives have basically come to a halt as far as excitement, so I had to post a lot of pics. from our fun summer.

Kev's graduation in May

Getting ready to go fly fishing in Island Park

Jackson Hole - Getting ready for our bike ride. Ry is with her cousin Tay Tay in the bike trailor. They did great considering they sat in the trailor for 28 miles!

Jackson Hole - Ry picking flowers at Mormon Row

Lake Powell - Ry stayed at home with Grandma so that we could enjoy ourselves without worrying about Rylee jumping off the houseboat.

Crazy Summer

So although I initially started this blog in January, sadly I did not post anything since its creation. Now that I have more time on my hands, I'm up to the challenge of blogging. Blogs of course are only cool if they are updated frequently so it is my vow that as long as we have the internet I will make updates regularly.

There have been so many changes recently. Kev graduated from dental school this May, and we have spent the last three and a half months being the biggest transients ever! Since Kev's Ortho residency didn't begin until late August we moved to Idaho for the summer. I use the word "move" loosely because we literally were not in the same place for more than a week. The places we visited included Island Park (twice), Jackson Hole, Snowbird, Denver, and Lake Powell. We ended our crazy summer with a bang with a three week trip to Hong Kong to visit my dad, his wife (Venus), and his son (Alex). This summer has been awesome, and will never be recreated again...which is probably for the best because we do hope Kev will eventually have a job.

We are now settled in our apartment in Denver, and Kev has started his residency. We are back to real life!