Visit from Great-Grandparents

So in October we had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Lisby, Grandma and Grandpa Blanken and Dale and Kathy.  It was great to visit with them and have them in our home.  Here are a couple of pictures.  Thanks for coming and creating memories with us for a weekend. :)

Grandma Lisby with Ryker

Grandpa Blanken reading Nyah a book - we love books!

Sweet Kiddos - September 2010

Here are some pictures of the kids (clear back in September).  Nyah adores her little brother and she is a fantastic big sister.  Ryker loves Nyah and is always watching to see what she is doing. It's amazing to look back at these pictures and see how much different they are six months later.

Sweet baby boy

Hanging Out Together



So this picture and the next show how exciting it is trying to get both of them to look at us and smile. :)
Nyah is looking at the camera with a big smile....



And now Ryker is looking with a smile!

Nyah sleeping in a tent



Sweet girl - what an angel



Love this little girlie

 Love these kiddos!



Half Marathon (September 4)

So Mom decided the beginning of 2010 that she wanted to run a half marathon and Dad decided to train with her.  So the big day was on September 4 and Jana ran with them as well.  I wish I had gotten my act together so I could have run with them, but it didn't happen.  I decided I couldn't miss the event though and surprised them by showing up that weekend.  It was so fun to be on the other end and actually be the one showing my support. :)  They did a great job and I'm so proud of them.  I know running didn't end up being Mom's favorite thing to do and was proud of her for sticking it out.  Here are some pictures of them with the decorated car and some signs.  Mom and Dad also have a tradition of a high five for each mile so they did 13 of them!  I'm so proud and was so happy I was able to be able to be there with them.

Ryan's Birthday (August 31)

So I'm obviously still playing a lot of catch up since I'm blogging for the end of August.  Here are a couple of pictures from Ryan's birthday.  He always picks pumpkin squares as his treat for the occassion.  We also treated ourselves to a date night and always enjoy a night out for dinner and a movie.  Happy birthday Ryan.  Nyah thinks it's cool that she is 3 and he is 33. :)

Summer Camping Trip (August 27-28)

Nyah loves camping and kept telling us "once Ryker is born and is older, can we go camping?"  So we decided to try it out for one night the end of this summer and it went really well.  We were lucky to end up with a camping spot. At the campground we chose, the spots are apparently reserved months in advance.  I guess it's not really like the camping situation in Idaho. :)  Now we know.  Anyway, we just stayed the one night and both of the kids did great.  We went to Golden Canyon State Park and it was beautiful.  Plus, there were flush toilets and even showers.  That is my kind of camping!  You will see from one of the pictures that Nyah had an "incident".  She was running with Toby and tripped...  Luckily she didn't get hurt too bad since we were so far from a hospital.  Then it was hilarious to see what she did to her "owie" the next day during nap time.