We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

As I was cleaning up after dinner tonight (while Rylan was still eating it) I randomly asked him if he ever wanted to get married someday. Our conversation went on as follows: Leah: Hey Ry do you ever want to get married someday? Rylan: NO! Leah Why not? Rylan: Because I don't want anyone to take my heart. Leah: What do you mean? Rylan: When you get married you have to give them your heart. Leah: ohh, honey that is just an expression. When you love someone with your heart, you give your love to them, not your real heart. Rylan: No, mom I know these things. Leah: But Rylan I still have my own heart,if I didn't have my heart I wouldn't be alive. Want to feel my heart beating. Rylan: Umm yes. {So we both put our heads on each others chest to hear each others heart beat.} Leah: See I still have my heart, but I give my love to your daddy with my heart. Rylan: No, mom I know that when you marry someone you have to give them your heart. Leah: whatever... So I tell Scott about t...

The 8 Things Tag... (Thanks Breezi) 8 TV shows I love to watch: 1. Rachel Ray 2. Ellen 3. Oprah 4. Dancing with the Stars 5. The Biggest Loser 6. The Office 7. Grey's Anatomy (it's bad I know but I have watched it from the beginning and I can't stop) 8. Jon & Kate Plus Eight 8 Favorite Restaurants 1. Taco Time (only the one in Lewiston, ID.) 2. Rumbi Island Grill 3. Costa Vida 4. Cafe Rio 5. Pier 49 Pizza 6. Olive Garden 7. Garcia's 8. Crown Burger 8 Things that happened today 1. Had a refreshing 10 hour sleep 2. fed Madelyn 3. played "balloon" with Ry 4. changed a poopy diaper 5. gave Rylan a bath 6. made egg in the baskets for breakfast 7. put Madelyn down for a nap 8. that's about it...its only 10 a.m. 8 things that I look forward to: 1. my renovated Ikea kitchen 2. Thanksgiving at my house! 3. making new friends 4. Scott coming home from work (I hate drill weekend) 5. Christmas in snowy wonderland Grangeville 6. time to do my projects 7. getting to...

So this week I have been sick, and poor Rylan has been forced to entertain himself. He loves to play with others and very rarely does he ever do his own thing for very long. He is getting better at it since Madelyn has been born, but yesterday he was very entertaining. First I walked upstairs and he was drawing a picture on his belly with a pen, I usually would not like him to do this but knowing what a neat freak he is I knew it would not get out of hand. I went about my business and then the next thing I see is him sitting on the bathroom counter trying to wash his pen markings off his belly. Then he comes to me and says that his shirt and pants got all wet so he threw them in the dryer and my little streaker went crazy. I loves to randomly rip off his shirt and run around usually this is the signal to dad that he wants to box or wrestle with him. I ask him probably 3-4 times a week, "where is your shirt Rylan?", "why did you take off your clothes?" He is not shy ...

So the main selling point of our house when I was house shopping was the huge family room downstairs in the basement. We love how cozy it is and how it was already painted to go along with our Americana theme. We also found a new love, the fireplace. Last winter we didn't use it because we had to idea where to get wood, but we wanted to try it this year and we found that we love to have a fire going on a cold evening. After a couple nights of doing this Rylan thought it would be a great idea to put our tent inside and have a campout. We bargined with him to set up his army fort instead. So last weekend we played games and watched movies in our "tent" (well Rylan did anyway.) Then Rylan and Scott slept in it that night.

Madelyn has transitioned from the fussy newborn baby into the a happy, bubbly, smiley girl. She smiles a lot now which is so fun to get a reaction when we go goo goo over her. Scott got these shots of her. . .

Using the picture below (from my last post)of Madelyn who do you think she looks like? The first photo is of me on my blessing day and the second is of sweet Scott as a baby. I tried to make a poll but my elements page is not working does anyone else have that problem on their blog?

On Sunday we had Madelyn's blessing. We had so many of our family come to be with us. My brother Jared and his family, wife Heather, Porter, Carson, Grace and Heather's mother Hallie, sister Anna, sister Margaret, Jeff, and Erica, Grandma and Grandpa, and the Kikkert family! Isn't she so sweet,she is wearing the dress I was blessed in. I am glad that her little acne went away, she is such a beautiful baby, i love her little smile, but I can hardly get one on camera. When ever I get the camera out to take one of her smile she just looks at the camera and will not smile. Anna took this picture of her and it is the closest to a smile I have seen. Anyway back to the blessing . . . Here is a funny story, Rylan went to church early with Scott to get the paper work done for the blessing with the clerk and Scott told him that we were going to bless Madelyn that day and Rylan said he needed to tell Scott what to say, but not now, later. So sacrament meeting starts and it is time ...