Happy Birthday BRADYN!!!

Yesterday was baby Bradyn's 1st birthday. Everyone dressed up as jungle animals and enjoyed dance and fun. The highlight of the evening was eating the yummy cake that Joan and Kat made for Bradyn--a MONKEY cake!!!
Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!!

....and After

Before....

Googly Eyes

Ryan and Bradyn

"The eyes of children look up to man; to teach them; to guide them; to make them understand. The eyes of children; beautiful and untouched; as they do not judge; their eyes hold only the things that they love. "

Baby Tigger and Baby Pooh

The two cousins--Tigger(Bradyn) and Pooh(Jazmine)

T-I-G-G-E-R that spells....
The wonderful thing about Tiggers is that Tigger's a wonderful thing!

Winter Olympics

Who needs to stay inside and watch the Olympics when you can have your own outside? Yesterday it was family day and we had a huge snow storm blowing through (about 10-15 inches of snow.) So after playing around outside all morning we decided to have a "Winter Olympics" in the afternoon. Snowboarding? Sure, just take the wheels (trucks?) off a skate board and voila! we have down hill slalom, although the slaloming part was basically just wobbling around trying to stay on the board.

In our next event we tried the skeleton, a strangely fitting name, and I even won the GOLD!!! Luge was next and if you have ever tried sledding downhill lying on your back looking up at the sky you have probably found that steering or even just knowing where you are going is impossible. Unfortunately, I was one of the first ones down the hill and ended up running straight into the bonfire (Well, stopped about 6 inches in front of it, anyway.) That run was good enough for a fourth place finish. Our last individual event was the 2-man Bobsled. While my teammate (Jordan) and I had a good start, we strangely ended up taking a hard right turn and the bottom of the slope and ran into the bushes. Good thing I don't drive yet! Our last event event was a very odd version of Biathlon, but was really just a Winter remake of relay race. Our team finished 2nd both times but I think that it had more to do with the fact that Tracy and Phil were against us and both of them run like madmen. Finally here is a pic of what the spirit of the Olympics is all about.

Key Ingredient to your Season!

"All seasons are beautiful for those who carry happiness within."

Winning

"Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”

Staircase

Snapshot of Ryan encouraging Bradyn to climb up the stairs while Mommmy spends all day discouraging it.

If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

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Move gone wrong

Well, it is that wonderful time again, MOVING time! We got a notice from our landlady that she is sellng the house and that we need to be out by March 15. That was in January and we have been searching like mad to find a place that: A) we can afford and B) that we can fit in. It seemed like we had a potential place, but that fell through in a most spectacular fashion (another thing you can give the Lord is that He is unconventional.) It is a rather long story that you can check out on Phil's blog. Anyhow, we are moving on and hopefully will have decided on which house to get by tonight. Keep that in your prayers. Here are some pics.