The Mohler Family

2011-07-28T12:31:00.000-07:00

My baby girl is finally walking! It has taken her much longer to grasp the concept of this than her brother, and has completely frustrated both of her parents. Now that they day has come where she toddles about more than she crawls I realized I have never videotaped her crawl, and it is something that needs to be documented. I have no idea why she crawls this way, but this is pretty much the moves she's been making over the last several months to get where she wants to go.

My

2011-03-31T17:16:00.001-07:00

Alyson's Birthday Party

The big 1 year Old!

The beginning...

...the end.

Jessie.. the perfect gift for his little sister!

2011-03-31T16:27:00.000-07:00

One. That is the age that my baby girl just turned. I thought that the first year went by fast when I had my first baby, but with the second baby it seems to have gone by even faster! I know she is still so small and innocent, but she has changed so much in just the past few weeks, not to mention the past year. I could list all of her achievements during the first year of life but that would be pretty much everything she's done so I will just highlight some of my favorites.

1. Alyson is such a happy baby. She rarely gets fussy and even then it's only because she's hungry or tired, or usually both.

2. Her smile. I love her smile, when she smiles at me it makes me love my life as her Mom just a little bit more. And if you can get a laugh our of her it's just priceless!

3. Bathtime. Alyson goes crazy whenever she hears the bath water start and stands at the edge of the tub doing her little "tub dance" with her feet until you get her undressed and in the water. I know it sounds kind of funny but she equally loves to get back out of the tub.

4. Alyson is a good eater. She has a much wider variety of foods that she will eat compared to Ryker. She especially loves french fries and ritz crackers. Her favorite - Dad's nightly dessert of ice cream and oreos!

5. Alyson enjoys her nap time. I think she needs the solitude of her crib once in a while to escape the craziness of her brother!

6. I know I've said before that she is not much for cuddling but she is finally giving us "kisses", or at least the Alyson version of a kiss. She just puts her forehead to your lips and waits for you to kiss her, she loves this and finds minutes of entertainment in it.

7. Alyson loves to be outside and she is not afraid to get dirty! She goes in the backyard every afternoon with us and crawls all over the backyard, gets completely filthy and could care less!

8. Alyson wants to know what's going on around her. If she can't see what's happening she moves until she gets a better view of the situation, and when people are talking she's listening. I think she might make for a nosy little girl but for now it's super cute.

9. Alyson LOVES her big brother! They are so perfect together. She wants to do whatever Ryker is doing and be wherever he is. Her favorite spot in the house to play is in his room with his trucks. She lights up whenever she spots him!

10. And best of all she is perfect and she is all ours. We love you pretty girl!

Nap Time

2011-02-10T14:49:00.000-08:00

Alyson is a sleeper. She loves to take her morning and afternoon naps right on schedule. She has always been a really good sleeper, which for our family is a really big change from her brother. Ryker never took naps as a baby. Believe me I tried, and I tried but he just refused to take naps unless he was being held and cuddled the entire time. Even now Alyson sleeps through the night and has done so for months, while you can usually find Ryker cuddled into my bed sometime between bedtime and morning time. There have been very few nights where he has slept through the entire night. But that's just how they are - Ryker needs to be cuddled and loves the security of lots of blankets, while Alyson just wants to be laid down. She does not like to cuddle! Ever!! While this makes me pretty sad at times because I just love to hold my sleeping babies but the amount of free time that I have to do things during those precious napping hours are well worth it. I just love me some sleepy babies!

2011-01-15T10:12:00.000-08:00

Well.... it has been a long time since I have even thought about my blog but with the new year has come a new desire to journal the life of my kids a little better. I hope to at least capture the BIG moments, and maybe a few small ones along the way.

Thinking back on the past year Ryker had a really BIG change - he became a preschooler and he loves it! After weeks of worrying about how he would do, what trouble he would get into, if he would have any friends, if he would hate it, if he would hate me for sending him, and mostly if he would cry everyday we dropped him off my fears were easily forgotten as he adjusted to the change HaPPiLy. He absolutely loves preschool! He asks to go on the days when he doesn't have class, and there are some of those days I really wish he had class too. He loves to go and play with his friends, and do all their projects, and paint and play and I think he loves it the most when Alyson comes with me to pick him up!

This is the Buzz backpack that Ryker and his Grandma Haycock went shopping for before school started, which he thinks is the best!

This is what my fridge looks like now most days

And this is probably the number one reason he loves preschool. He gets to go and play with his cousin Claire and he loves it! They have become the best of friends.

2010-06-21T18:39:00.000-07:00

Ryker turned 3 on April 2nd and he was one excited little boy! To start off his week we surprised him with the arrival of his new baby sister Alyson getting to come home from the hospital, and then his Uncle Shane surprised him with tickets for him and his Dad to go to the Monster Truck Jam show with his cousins and he absolutely loved it!! He is still talking about it. Then he had his birthday party which was a simple little cake and ice cream get together at our house. We surprised him with an itouch (i know it's a little much) which he was super stoked about until he realized he wasn't going to get the TV/DVD combo for his room "just like Claire's".

Ryker is such a wonderful little boy who amazes me everyday! The other day he said when he grows up he wants to be a doctor just like the ones who helped Alyson feel better. See why I love him so much? He is smart, adorable, energetic, funny, a major clean freak, crazy, loving, sensitive, imaginative, a little cuddle bug, naughty at times, and loves to play anything and everything. He is Mom's little helper, a great big brother, and his Dad's best friend! We love you Bugga.

2010-05-13T14:56:00.000-07:00

My friend Monica who is an amazing photographer came over a few weeks ago and took some newborn pics of Alyson. She did such a great job. I absolutely love the photos of my new baby girl!!

2010-04-12T17:53:00.000-07:00

Alyson Quinn Mohler
March 20th, 2010
7lbs.15oz. & 21 inches

We Are A Happy Family is one of Ryker's favorite primary songs, a song might I add that he has been signing for months now about loving his sister Alyson. I think it's a fitting song to describe for our growing family this week. My water broke just before midnight on Friday night and Alyson was delivered six hours later. All in all it was pretty much a perfect delivery without any complications and hardly any pain thanks to that lovely epidural shot!
But... my little girl was a tad bit purple when she came out, she was breathing but not very well so they immediately rushed her into the NICU and got her set up with oxygen and IVs and all sorts of tubes and wires. Thankfully she only had some respiratory issues for the first day, unfortunately she had a little infection so they kept her in the NICU for seven days, an entire week, so that she could receive antibiotics through the IV. She was very much out of place in there with so many tiny babies that were actually fighting for their lives and so much sicker than my girl.
The next week was the longest week - everyday Stephen and I would make the trip back and forth to the hospital at least three or four times a day and count down until the day they'd let us take her home. I think the hardest part for me was that they wouldn't let Ryker see her and he had been soo excited to meet his sister that it broke my heart. The nurses did allow us to let him look at her through the NICU windows so that's how he first saw his new baby sister Alyson.
So we really "are a happy family" to have our little girl finally home with us and so grateful that Alyson is happy and healthy and we couldn't love her more!!

2010-02-14T21:49:00.000-08:00

I don't like that dog anymore... those were the words Ryker kept saying over and over again as we were driving to the ER to have his face stitched back together. Last month when we were visiting Stephen's sister in Arizona Ryker was bit on the face by their family dog - completely unprovoked and from out of nowhere! I think I am still in a little bit of shock over the entire incident because I guess when you hear about dog bites you just think that's one of those things that's never going to happen to you - but unfortunately it did. Luckily Stephen was standing right next to Ryker and Throttle when it happened and I was only a few feet away so we just threw Ryker in the car and rushed to the hospital. Twenty-four hours and two hospitals later we were finally released and able to go home. Without a doubt the longest day of my life!!

To say that our stay in the hospital was frustrating would be an understatement. It took us almost twenty hours just to have the plastic surgeon come in and perform the procedure. But he was soo worth the wait! As soon as he came in I finally felt a little bit of relief. He was confident and capable and knew exactly what he was talking about and for the first time I finally felt like their was someone who was going to be able to make Ryker's face look as good as it could (because I'll admit I am a little bit vain and his bite takes up the majority of his cute little cheek). Less than an hour later Dr. Schmelzer was done stitching Ryker up. They did stitches on the inside which you can't see, and then they stitched him up on the outside as well. So for now I just tell Ryker that the girls are going to love his scar someday...

I am so grateful to have Ryker in my life. I am so grateful that he wakes up every morning a happy and healthy little boy and that he is blessed with the unending energy to do naughty things and drive me crazy - because I realize know what a blessing that really is!! The entire experience was both physically and emotionally draining. I think Ryker handled it the best - he was a heart-breakingly good patient. He really was a brave little boy!

Ryker on his first day home after the Hospital.

This is a picture of Ryker taken last week at his "big boy" party at Chuck E. Cheese which he finally earned by mastering the potty. I thought I'd put this in at the end to show that his little cheek is healing really well, he'll probably always have the scar but hopefully it will fade over time and not be so noticeable, unless you know it's there.

2010-01-21T18:05:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas at our house this year! We were all able to be home together and spend some much needed time enjoying the Holidays. I love Christmas!! It has always been my favorite Holiday, but each year seeing how much more Ryker gets into the whole Santa thing and everything else makes me love it even more! I love that Christmas is fun and exciting again since Ryker is finally old enough to really get into the spirit of it all. Our Christmas tree was not perfectly decorated like I usually prefer it to be - but considering how much Ryker loved decorating it with me I just couldn't ruin his masterpiece. Most of our ornaments hung on the same three lower branches and I thought it was absolutely perfect.

Ryker was very good this year considering he finally loves to go to the Nursery and mastered potty training so Santa brought him everything on his list. It was an easy list considering he only asked for one thing - a trailer for his Mack Lightning McQueen truck! But seeing as how he was such a good boy Santa brought a few extra toys which consisted of mainly trucks, trucks, and more trucks and a Wii game system for the entire family to enjoy together. The best part about that was getting the new Toy Story game considering that Woody and Buzz are still his favorite people.

2009-08-28T22:10:00.000-07:00

Ryker loves to sing! He sings around the house, while he's playing with his toys, along with movies and especially to the hymns in church. Still... I was totally surprised when Stephen came home this afternoon with Ryker after running to Home Depot and told me someone had paid him for his talents! Yes that's right - some nice old man thought that Ryker singing his way through Home Depot was worth $2.00 whole dollars! I think that's too funny!! And what else would Ryker buy with his first dollars earned but a coke slurpee to share with his Mom. I love this kid!

2009-07-10T22:47:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Stephen who graduated the Las Vegas Metro Police Academy on July 6th! It has been a looong six months at our house for everyone while Stephen has been attending the academy and trying to squeeze in some family together time. Thankfully now that part of our life is over with and we're on to the next phase. And do you know what I think the best part about having a police officer for a husband is? They only work four days a week so he gets to be home with us for three whole days which I think is going to be awesome!

He is so excited about becoming a police officer and I couldn't be more proud of him. I guess the past few months have all been worth it - but I am soo glad that part's over!!!

Congratulations Dad! Ryker loves to say his dad's a police-man. We love you !

2009-06-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

Ryker has a new cousin .... Cooper Johnny Flygare! He was born this afternoon at about 3:30 weighing 7lbs8oz and is 20 inches long. He is absolutely adorable and I am so excited for them! so congratulations to my sister Brook, Brady and their little girl Ellie!

2009-04-28T20:16:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYKER

My baby boy turned two years old on April 2nd! We had a birthday party for him in our backyard filled with family and friends, pizza, chips, cupcakes, cake and we even had a pinata! It was soo much fun and I thank everyone who came and made it so much fun for Ryker.

Ryker is now two years old, I guess that means that he's not my baby anymore he's now a little boy! His best friend is Woody who he truly believes is alive - he talks to him, washes his face, gels his hair, lotions him,feeds him, sleeps with him, and drags him along wherever he goes. He absolutely loves monster trucks, four-wheelers and balls! He would play outside all day if I would let him, he just runs and runs and runs around our grass on his little track. His favorite time of day is when Dad gets home and takes him on their evening motorcycle ride around the neighborhood. If you ask him his favorite color he says pink. He is getting so much better at talking, although there is still plenty of interpretation required to fully understand what he's saying most of the time, unless he's saying his new favortie word which is NOPE! He is still a very snuggly little guy who loves to cuddle up and watch pretty much any Disney movie. He loves to read books, his favorite one being Elmo. His favorite food is doritoes and tuna sandwiches and he loves to drink Cokes. He is wild and crazy, but soo sweet and loveable all at the same time and we love him soo much! Happy Birthday Bugga.

2009-04-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter! I know it's a few weeks late but our family had a great Easter!

Ryker was really excited to wake up in the morning and find that someone had left him a basket full of really good stuff. I guess the Easter Bunny must have done a good job becuase, as you can see from his smile, he liked what he got! He had a great time searching for the

eggs in the backyard, and even better he liked finding out that they were full of candy!

2009-04-12T22:35:00.001-07:00

Ryker at Cabella's

My neice Chelcie

Ryker and Ellie at the aquarium

My sister Kim

A few weeks ago I took a little vacation, nothing exotic or even remotely warm, but I still didn't have to go to work so it was a great vacation all the same! I went to Provo, UT so let me say again that it was NOT a warm place - it pretty much snowed and was extremely cold and windy the entire time. Anyways it was a really fun vacation and I got to spend some time with my sister Kim who I hardly ever get to see and her daughter Chelcie. Chelcie is in hair school there so she gave Ryker his first real hair cut. Yes on his second birthday he FINALLY needed a real cutting of his hair - yeah!

We were there for Ryker's second birthday so we had planned on going to the zoo and making it a really fun day but since it was snowing we instead chose to go to an indoor aquarium which was still fun and something Ryker and his cousin Ellie enjoyed! Their Grandpa Haycock also introduced them to this wonderful store called Cabella's. It was sort of like the zoo because they have a huge fish tank and then all sorts of different animals that are stuffed and on display there, they just don't move. Pretty much anywhere Grandpa goes Ryker is happy to be so I am sure it won't be their last trip there together. We ate his birthday breakfast at this really yummy place called Magelbys where Ryker had french toast dipped in ketchup and loved every bite! Grandma took him shopping for a new Easter outfit and (believe it or not) he does like to shop and he actually has a pretty good sense of style. We even had a play date with some of my old friends from college and their kids which was really nice since I never see them. It was a really fun trip and I can't wait for our next one!

2009-03-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

Ryker had his cousins Will and Shae over for a sleepover last weekend and he loved it! They played outside, went for a bike ride with Stephen, played x-box all night,and then had some yummy choclate covered popcorn and rootbeer floats. Ryker tried sleeping with them but it seems he still needs to be confined to his crib in order for him to settle down and go to sleep. He can't wait for his next sleepover!

2009-02-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

My cousin Toni threw an awesome birthday party for her little girl Carley at this animal-petting zoo farm called McKee Ranch. It was soo much fun! Ryker had a great time ...eventually. He missed his nap so it took him a little while to adjust and enjoy himself but when he did there were ducks, horses, pigs, a donkey and even a little pony that all the kids took turns riding. I didn't think he was going to ride the pony, but after seeing Logan and Ellie he decided he could do it too! I wouldn't say he loved, but he didn't hate it either.

2009-01-29T08:23:00.000-08:00

What's the perfect snack if your name is Ryker.....
goldfish and ketchup. He loves it!

2009-01-11T20:32:00.001-08:00

DISNEYLAND

2008-12-18T10:08:00.000-08:00

We celebrated part of our Christmas a little early this year by taking a trip to Disneyland! It was so much fun, and Ryker completely loved it. We went with some of my family so he had a few of his favorite people with him. He was mesmerized by the Buzz Lightyear ride, but I think his favorite was Small World. He sang "small world" all the way home in the car, and for a few days after that. He was so tired both days that he feel asleep during dinner at Red Robin the first day, and the next day he fell asleep on Stephen's shoulders walking through Disneyland. Sorry about all the pictures to follow, but you only take your kid to Disneyland for the first time once, right?

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow....

2008-12-18T10:00:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

2008-11-02T21:16:00.000-08:00

Ryker dressed up as Charlie Brown for Halloween this year. We went to Sue's

house for trick-or-treating with cousins, and then went out to my in-laws. He wasn't excited about the whole walking from house to house but he got a little better as the night went on. By the time we got to the Mohler's house he was finally getting into it and was more than ready to go out again for some more candy with his Aunt Sarah and cousin Owen.

Trick-or-Treating

Charlie Brown and cousin Cody

My nephew Will pulling Ryker along from house to house

Logan and Ryker are soo excited to be trick or treating!

Ryker intently watching Dad carve the pumpkin

Ryker and his Mom with their finished pumpkin

TOY STORY

2008-09-24T20:16:00.001-07:00

Lately Ryker has become completely obsessed with the movie Toy Story 2. Yes that 2 is very important because he will not watch 1 - just 2. He wakes up and watches this movie, he watches it at random times throughout the day depending on what we're doing, and he watches it with his Dad at night for some cuddle time before he goes to bed. Ryker has never been into anything on TV except for an occasional Wiggles in the morning - but that's it. So when he would finally be entertained by the TV I was so excited because I thought I could accomplish a few more things in my day, but there's a catch - he will not watch it alone. If I sneak away to get things done he comes and finds me and makes me watch it with him. And Stephen and I are soo over Buzz and Woody! Last week I tried to get him to watch the movie Cars (for a much needed change) and he completely lost it - one of the worst tantrums yet. He threw the remote down and began yelling and screaming and throwing his arms in the air while frantically pointing at the TV wanting to know where Buzz was. Bottom line: my child is crazy about Buzz!

Another Trip To The Cabin....

2008-09-06T19:59:00.000-07:00

Ellie & Ryker

Will, Ryker, Grandma & Ellie

Ryker's favorite activity at the cabin by far is to go for
rides on the four-wheeler and the Razor with anyone
who will take him. If no one will he just wants to
sit on it and pretend he's driving it himself!

Shae, Ryker and his Dad

Movie time with Ellie

Ryker's other favorite part of visiting at the cabin

is that he gets to spend all day with his

Grandpa who he absolutely adores!

Ryker's First Lake Trip

2008-08-11T17:39:00.000-07:00

Naptime at the Lake

Ryker swimming in Lake Mead

Ryker floating in the tube

Chillin' in the shade

Stephen wakeboarding

Bike Ride

2008-08-11T17:12:00.000-07:00

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Stephen sat Ryker on a normal pedal bike the other day to push him around and I had to grab my camera because I thought this was too funny. The second he started pushing him he made these "vroom vroom" noises, I guess he thinks all bikes should sounds like motorcycles!

Rain, Rain, go away...

2008-07-28T17:46:00.000-07:00

Woke up bright and early Saturday morning because we were on our way to the lake. Pulled out of the garage and saw the sky for the first time, thought to myself why did I even get up? However, we still went to meet up with my cousin Barclay and his wife Marissa at my Aunt's house where Ryker was having a play-day with Logan (thanks for babysitting Aunt Sue)! The closer we got to the lake the more rain, lightning and thunder we encountered. When we got there Stephen and Barclay thought it was safe enough to still take the boat out - sounds like a great idea, right? Anyways - to make a long story short Marissa and I huddled in the boat through what had to be a flash flood storm and complained loudly to our husbands that this had to be the worst day at the lake EVER! This lasted for about an hour, then the clouds cleared and the sun came out and the water was perfect so we got out the wakeboards and ended up having a great day at the lake. Props to Marissa who has finally learned how to get up on a wakeboard, I am not exaggerating at all when I say it has been four long summers of persistence that has finally paid off - yeah Marissa!!! (My husband is better at remembering to actually take pictures so we only have pictures of me and none of him - oops!)

Swim Fun

2008-07-24T21:21:00.000-07:00

Last Friday night we went to Stephen's parents house for a visit and decided to take along our swim suits and enjoy their pool. My nephew Will was having a sleep-over since his parents were out of town amd he thought that was a great idea! We had a really good time. Ryker loved swimming and had so much fun playing with all of his cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Mohler.

My Little Man

2008-07-17T20:53:00.001-07:00

Ryker barely missed being an April Fools baby by 34 minutes. He was 7lbs.9oz. and was 21 inches long. At his 15 month check-up last week he weighed 23lbs. and is 31 inches long. He is still just as bald as the day he was born - almost! He is growing up so fast so I just want to take a moment and document the things I love most about him.

He is all boy. He adores his Dad and loves to play and follow him around for hours. He loves to wrestle,go swimming, go for walks, be outside, play in the garage, throw anything and everything, take bubble baths, dance along to whatever music he hears, and ride on any motorcycle/4-wheeler he sees!

He is extremely shy when it comes to new surroundings and people. He sits and tries to figure things out with this deep look of concentration on his little face. Sacrament is his favorite part of church and he gets overly excited and loud when he sees the bread is coming. He claps for himself whenever he does anything, apparently he is proud of his accomplishments.

He is a fairly quiet kid - he doesn't babble on and on like some babies do. When he chooses to talk he can say Mama, Papa, Grandpa, Grandma, and baah which means both ball and balloon (his two favorite things).

He is a fairly picker eater ( I don't know where he gets that from). His staples for food include yogurt, doritoes, Coke slurpees, and M&Ms. We enjoy our snack time together very much!

My favorite thing about him is that he loves to cuddle, and he has been that way since the day he was born. Every morning we sit and snuggle while watching the Wiggles on TV before we get ready for the day. The only time he really watches TV is because he's snuggling with me or his Dad. He also loves to give "luvs" which is where he puts his forehead against yours and holds it there. He's not into giving kisses.

When I first found out I was pregnant Stephen was adamant we had to have a boy, while I told myself I didn't care. However, when Dr. Paul told us we were having a boy I can still remember how instantly relieved I was to not be having a girl. I loved the idea of a boy then, and my Ryker hasn't disappointed me yet.

4th of JULY

2008-07-07T22:32:00.001-07:00

4th of July

2008-07-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

We had an action packed 4th of July weekend full of fun and family! My sister Natelie and I left town a little early so we could spend a few days with my Dad at our cabin where we did a whole lot of nothing. Ryker went on lots of "vroom vroom" rides with Grandpa and Cody, and lots of walks with me and Aunt Nat.

Early Friday morning we left the cabin to go down the mountain to Cedar City to watch the parade with the rest of my family and it was one exciting ride. Ryker got car-sick and you can only imagine what the yogurt he just had for breakfast looked and smelled like! We pulled into the nearest campground which was only 1/2 a mile up the road (thank goodness) where we washed out his clothes and cleaned him up. Let's just say he rode the rest of the way in only a diaper while his clothes dried on the strap my Dad jimmy-rigged in the bed of the truck. Pretty ingenious actually. Finally we made it to the parade and my kid looked soo white trash in only his shorts, since his shirt still hadn't dried yet. Ryker was mainly excited about the guy that was selling balloons and not so much into the whole parade thing. Luckily by the time we left the parade for the park his shirt was dry and he was fully dressed - but sound asleep.

After the park we went to my sister-in-law Diane's house to hang out with her and my other sister-in-law Liz's family. Then we went to my Aunt's house where my niece was having her birthday party - Happy Birthday Ellie!! Ryker had a blast playing in the little kiddie pools with all of his cousins there. Finally we headed back home to the cabin.

The next day my cousin Brennan, Christal and their little boy Logan came up to the cabin for the afternoon to visit and watch the spectacular fireworks show provided by Panguitch Lake. It's always nice to have Logan visit because he and Ryker entertain themselves for hours acting like typical little boys with only minimal pinching/scratching (provided by Ryker) and biting (courtesy of Logan) while trying their hardest to sneak in surprise attacks on my sister's little girl Ellie without getting caught. We had such a great weekend and I love that we were able to spend it with so much family because that's what makes holidays the best!

Flying With Dad

2008-07-01T20:29:00.000-07:00

Stephen is currently working on getting his pilot certificates so once in a while Ryker and I tag along with him when he goes flying, and last week was one of those days. We flew to Cedar City where my sister Kim was nice enough to come and pick us up, then drive us all the way back up to Panguitch Lake so that we could spend the day with the rest of my family that was already there hanging out at my parents cabin. It was a really quick trip but it is always fun to go flying with Stephen, my Dad had his private pilots license when I was little and I can still remember flying with him to go visit my grandparents so I think it's pretty cool that Ryker will have the same memories (even if he can't remember them).

My First Blog

2008-07-01T11:18:00.000-07:00

I have finally decided to give this blogging thing a try. I hate to admit it but I have been a "blog stalker' for a little while now and thought maybe it was time I did some of my own blogging. It seems like a great way to journal some family memories while keeping in touch with some friends and family. So here we go...