Preschool in Payson

Ever since Ms. Lori started her preschool, we have wanted to go and have Ryan do a magic show. We were so grateful it worked out to do one for her summer camp. I have seen him do these tricks 100 times, but I can honestly say that this group was the most enthusiastic. 

Memory Lane Ep 6

April 28, 2002--

I met Ryan (and Wes) for the first time 11 years ago. It was just a normal Sunday in our BYU student ward. But there were these two new boys. I didn't want to be a part of the group of girls obviously wanting to be noticed by them. But I couldn't shake the feeling that I was supposed to talk to them. I forgot about it until I found myself walking home and the group behind me started to catch up. It's rare that I hear the Spirit speak to me in an audible voice. But this was one of those times. "Turn around and introduce yourself."  So I did. It was as simple as that. 

"Hi, I'm Amy."

"Ryan"

"Wes"

"It's nice to meet you." 

That was it. And that might have been all there was. But then we all decided to play frisbee the next day and the rest was history, as they say. There were several weeks of stupid BYU flirting (Ryan working his thunder, Wes as the wingman) before our first official date, but I think I knew that my life had forever changed.

"I Should've Known Better" performed by Apt 3
May 3, 2002

Saturday morning cartoons
May 11, 2002

It's 11 years later. And it's another normal Sunday. We went for a walk and ended up playing frisbee. Watching Ryan with our kids made me really glad that I listened to the Spirit. And I like to think that Wes was there too-still acting as wingman. 

Also in February

Ryan went skiing with his dad:

And he has been busy busy teaching and more teaching:

We started a reading program at the library: 1,000 books before kindergarten--too bad we only have 6 months to go...

We usually try to go to the library once a week and we have started going to Pottery Barn for their story time--it's actually very cute!

note Rachel's straight hair

Adam kept putting his hand on R's back to guide her...she kept swatting him away, but for me it was too cute!

The kids had a pajama party for preschool. I have never seen them more excited about anything. I wish the teachers hadn't told them about it a whole week in advance. Every day I had to tell them that no, it's not the pajama party today. But finally, it was time and for a short amount of time, all four kids were bathed and clean!

And...we have been doing a lot of hanging around...

"Ryan's" Birthday

Ryan had a birthday! He did not care or acknowledge this. In fact, he scheduled himself to work all day. But, there were a couple of four year olds that I simply couldn't disappoint, so we threw him a little party. You can tell we love our daddy around here!

See if you can spot a girl monster,Minnie Mouse, the Big and Little Dippers, Mommy, and a slide

Memory Lane: Ep 1

This year will bring our 10th anniversary...yes, 10! So I decided that I am going to record some memories from those first few years. 

February 1, 2003: The Proposal

Ryan used the Memory Lane theme to recreate most of our dating moments--from the big to the small. I wasn't sure he was proposing until the end, but I had a pretty good idea most of the night. It was still awesome though. 

Memory Ln Street Sign. Pretty sure mine might be one of the only proposals that involved theft

Part of the "Thunder Committee" planning everything the night before

I wish we had you in this picture Michelle!

"Ryan worked his thunder. He worked his thunder so slick. Ryan worked his thunder with lots of little tricks." Why oh why do I have those lyrics Ron and not the ones from the awesome song you wrote?!

It's not obvious from this post, but Ryan (and our friends) went to a LOT of trouble to plan the night. Little did he know that if he had just asked me simply I still would have said yes.

Enhancing Childhood

These are some of the things our Daddy has been doing around here. It has been melting my heart.

Sanding and painting the tree house...

Prepping the team for their career in hockey...

teaching checkers and a little chess...

and boxing...

and feeding babies...eventually :)

Birthday

I had a birthday. It was a great one. I turned 30-I have no problem admitting that. I had actually looked forward to it. But I didn't anticipate how spoiled I would be. Especially by my husband, who let's face it is not the best at celebrating birthdays. But not only did he send me shopping and to the spa, but he threw me the biggest surprise party I have ever seen. I was definitely not expecting that! You were probably there, or invited and couldn't make it. Thank you for coming and for everyone who helped! We have lots of pictures, but I didn't want to post them without people's permission, so I tried to stick with the ones of my family. As you can tell-Adam and Rachel were very excited to be at the party.

And for those of you who are wondering about my 30 by 30 list--I accomplished 24/30 so not bad. I thought I would report that I did everything except get pregnant, but just the opposite seems to be true. And I couldn't be happier about that!