Monday, June 30, 2008
Family Visit
We had such a great time with family and friends on our vacation! We got to meet Carder Lloyd, and Lilly Dulin for the first time while we were there, and they are two sweet babies! I needed the California trip for so many reasons; to get a break from Georgia and work, to see family, Disneyland was screaming my name, seeing Holli, Jake and Carder, Lilly needed to know her "Aunt B", and so many others! Ryan and I got to visit with some of his old friends Eric and Courtney, I enjoyed meeting them for the first time and I know Ryan was happy to see them after all these years. I got to see one of my very best friends, Ashley Fore, thanks for coming to see me, I'm so glad we got to visit.
It is a blessing and a curse having both sides of our families close to eachother. I always find it hard to balance the two families. Now it's three sides to balance since Neil, Ryan's dad has recently remarried. The constant running all over the place, back and forth, is exhausting and I tend to feel a lot of pressure. Whenever I'm with my family I'm feeling somewhat guilty that I should be with his, and the other way around. I don't know how many more years will be like this, I'm sure when they all live in different areas, we will just want to be able to make one trip like we can now! That's why it's a blessing. It takes a lot of work to get out that way, so it makes it that much more special to have everyone in one place, or close to it! I always love seeing my in-laws, they have always been so willing to help and support us! I guess the real issue is so little time and so many people to see! Maybe I'll have to plan a longer trip next time.
Skylee had more fun than her little body could handle I think. She is still sleeping like a champion almost a week after it all. It was so much fun to see her with all the family. She adores Jane, Jared and the twins Sarah and Rebekah! At Nana's house she had everything a little girl could dream of, I just can't compete with you mom! Skylee loves her Grandpa Allen and I know she always loves to see him! After a year, we finally got to play with Julianna and Rebbecca! I still can't get over how big Juliana has gotten, she's a tank these days! Thanks Rebbecca for taking the time to come see us, I just wish we had taken some pictures!
Our trip was great, but the traveling part wasn't. Both ways we had some major issues. Almost a week after the trip I'm just now starting to recover from all the flying stress! Thank you everyone for making our trip well worth all the craziness! There was so much we did, we were constantly on the move, so enjoy these slideshows I put together! We love you all and can't wait to see you agian soon!
It is a blessing and a curse having both sides of our families close to eachother. I always find it hard to balance the two families. Now it's three sides to balance since Neil, Ryan's dad has recently remarried. The constant running all over the place, back and forth, is exhausting and I tend to feel a lot of pressure. Whenever I'm with my family I'm feeling somewhat guilty that I should be with his, and the other way around. I don't know how many more years will be like this, I'm sure when they all live in different areas, we will just want to be able to make one trip like we can now! That's why it's a blessing. It takes a lot of work to get out that way, so it makes it that much more special to have everyone in one place, or close to it! I always love seeing my in-laws, they have always been so willing to help and support us! I guess the real issue is so little time and so many people to see! Maybe I'll have to plan a longer trip next time.
Skylee had more fun than her little body could handle I think. She is still sleeping like a champion almost a week after it all. It was so much fun to see her with all the family. She adores Jane, Jared and the twins Sarah and Rebekah! At Nana's house she had everything a little girl could dream of, I just can't compete with you mom! Skylee loves her Grandpa Allen and I know she always loves to see him! After a year, we finally got to play with Julianna and Rebbecca! I still can't get over how big Juliana has gotten, she's a tank these days! Thanks Rebbecca for taking the time to come see us, I just wish we had taken some pictures!
Our trip was great, but the traveling part wasn't. Both ways we had some major issues. Almost a week after the trip I'm just now starting to recover from all the flying stress! Thank you everyone for making our trip well worth all the craziness! There was so much we did, we were constantly on the move, so enjoy these slideshows I put together! We love you all and can't wait to see you agian soon!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
My little surprise for Ryan
I figured it was about time to plan a nice date for Ryan and I. Usually IF we get a date it's the typical dinner and maybe a movie. A couple in our ward offered to watch Skylee for us so we could take a little time out. I asked Ryan earlier in the week if he would go on a date with me, but I was going to plan the whole thing and it would be a surprise for him. Dinner was a given, when we celebrated our anniversary a few months ago, we found a really nice restaurant "Bonito Sushi and Grill" in close by Fernandina Beach, FL. It was the best sushi I had ever eaten, so for my own personal reasons I wanted to go back. It wasn't just for me, I knew Ryan would like it too. Dinner ended up really nice, we got there before the Friday night rush, it was romantic and relaxing to be together. After we finished dinner I wanted to take him to the beach. I had prepared a small picnic basket with dessert and a beach blanket to lay out along with a kite. The kite took a while to get up, we lost the frame of it, so we tried to improvise with sticks we found on the beach. It didn't really work, but just as we were going to give up, I saw the pieces sticking up from the sand. Once we had all the parts, it went right up. Ryan was like a little boy out there, it was the perfect weather with just enough wind! I made him come sit with me for dessert, I bought a nice box of chocolates, but sadly they were really melted :( We again had to improvise, but it all worked out. I would have loved to stay a little longer to enjoy the sunset, waves, and just being together, but we had to get home. We love each other everyday, but it was fun to show it to him on our date. Thanks to Lesa and Trevor Elder for watching Skylee so we could go out, Ryan... I love you!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wild Child
Skylee is a wild child these days. She loves climbing on anything and everything she can. I guess it's fairly "normal' but it scares me half to death when she attempts scaling the dinning room chairs. There is always an accident waiting to happen! She's at an age where she knows when she shouldn't be doing something, but does it anyways. Why does that have to start so young? Don't they have teenage years to do all that stuff? She'll be playing in a different area than where I am, and when I call her name to see where she is, she'll automatically start freaking out when she's into something she knows she shouldn't. It's actually pretty funny.
Ryan caught a frog while he was cutting the lawn this weekend, and just had to make an experience out of it. It was a hot day, so we put Skylee in the bath with the frog. She did NOT like it. The picture here shows her the very moment before she flipped out, I would too! Who takes baths with frogs? Enjoy the pictures below :)
Ryan caught a frog while he was cutting the lawn this weekend, and just had to make an experience out of it. It was a hot day, so we put Skylee in the bath with the frog. She did NOT like it. The picture here shows her the very moment before she flipped out, I would too! Who takes baths with frogs? Enjoy the pictures below :)
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