Rylie's in Ballet

One of the many opportunities that Rylie has been given since we homeschool is going to ballet class once a week. She looks forward to her Tuesday mornings with 8 other little girls and they dance around for an hour, and she ALWAYS has so much to show us when she gets home.

Two weeks ago they had the opportunity to dance on stage at church and she thought that was awesome. She is really enjoying ballet this time around!

Sledding in 2011

This year's winter definately wasn't what we are use to. We didn't have the FEET of snow that burried us in and covered our sled hills. But, we were still able to get out a few times for some sledding.
These pictures were from the weekend my mom came to visit and we went on Saturday while the sun was shining and the snow was soft! It was a GREAT day of sledding. Rylie and Mac (her cousin) were going down on their stomaches like penguins, they were flying down every direction on the sled, and Jack had no fear either he was rockin the sleds!

Jack is going down with David's little dog :)

Look at that air!

Mommy and her girls

The following day, Rob was home, and the kids couldn't wait to take daddy back to show him their tricks! The sun wasn't out but we didn't care, we were going sledding and enjoying another day out.... well a couple runs into the day Rylie had a run in with the ice :( We didn't think about how the sun had melted the snow the day before and froze over night. She was heading down head first on a roll up sled and the ice won this time.

I must say, she is a trooper. Even though this ended our morning, she has since gotten back on the sled and gone again!

2 months old January 20th

Miss Kynnlie was 2 months old January 20th.
Some milestones:
She has found her fingers and hands
She is starting to coo
She is smiling all the time
She still LOVES to be held, and loves to only sleep if someone is holding her. But, I am enjoying it while it lasts. I know soon it will be over and she will be off in trouble with her brother and sister.

January

In January we spent every Friday morning out on the pond ice skating. One thing I really enjoyed this winter was actually being able to enjoy it. The last three years I have been in a classroom and I wasn't able to enjoy the winter as much. So, this winter we have made the best of it. So, Fridays were ice skating days and we met up with another homeschooling family and the kiddos would play. This was a highlight of our week!





Jack is watching the back hoe pull the tractor out of the pond :) He stood there almost the entire time watching the big trucks!

Jack being goofy on the ice. I don't have any pictures loaded but Jackson and one of the other little boys his age played with his tractor every time for HOURS! We would rent skates for 3 hours and the boys would run up and down with the tractor.

Rylie and the girls were so comfortable on the ice that they even began putting on little shows. They would score and "judge" eachothers little performances. In the last picture of Rylie she is "gracefully" practicing her one footed skating. :) And let me remind some of you who aren't familiar with outdoor skating, it is VERY bumpy. So these tricks take a lot of talent :) We don't have zambonis that come through and smooth out all our bumps and cracks. :)

6 weeks old

The beginning of January our baby was already 6 weeks old! I had a photoshoot that morning with a family so my stuff was all set up in the house and I took advantage and threw in front of the backdrop for a few pictures.
Oh and speaking of photoshoots and set-up, I have officially been working on my business for a year now! I have always LOVED photography and loved being able to capture some special moments. This year being at home has really given me the drive to full fill this dream and do something with it. If you would like to follow my photography I have a website http://www.busybphotos.com/ and would love for you all to check out my work. I tend to keep up over there a little bit better :)

Christmas Time

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and anything else I missed these last few months! I am going to play catch up the next couple days. Adding Miss Kynnlie into our lives has added so much love, chaos, and laughter. You would think being a stay at home mom I would have time to keep up on the "little" things like this blog, but I don't know where my days go. So, that being said I apologize to all the family and friends that follow and wonder where in the world we have gone.
So enjoy reading and catching up with us (if that's so possible, I can't even catch up) :)
Love you all!