So frustrated........

I am so frustrated with the inside of my house!!! I am so not crafty at all and my decorating skills are horrible! I cannot make up my mind about anything and I am so back and forth and changing my mind constantly that nothing ever gets done!!!!!! We have been in this house for almost 2 1/2 years and it still has no touch to it! Besides the fact that we need a new couch and my husband wants to wait until the kids are a little older (since we can't have anything nice with three little ones), which I understand his point of view, but I can't stand looking at it any longer!! Arrrrrghhh. I just feel like everything is half done and I am not a person that likes anything done halfways. I know poor me....lol. It always bugs me that nothing is complete in this house, but for some reason it is really crawling under my skin today!!!!

We are going to miss you Titan...

We are sad to say we lost a very special member of our family earlier this afternoon. Our American Bull Dog Titan passed away. We are not sure as to why he passed. He had been acting kind of funny since yesterday and was not really eating his food. When Michael went to let him in this morning from outside, he did not want to come in, which was very odd. Michael had decided that if he was not feeling better by tomarrow that we would take him to the vet. Unfortunatley, we did not act fast enough.

We had a "doggie funeral" for him this evening out at my parents farm and burried him there. The boys are having a hard time with the whole thing. They know that Titan is in "doggie heaven" (as they say) and they are okay with that because they understand that heaven is such an amazing place, but they still have a hard time with him being gone and not here with our family. We all miss him very much!

These are some of the things that we love and remember of Titan:

-He made us laugh by all his goofy things that he would do.
-He was gigantic (125 pounds), we called him our security system.
-He cleaned the floors when the kids were done eating and then I would have to mop the floor because I was then grossed out! lol.
-He played so good with the boys (even though he would get carried away and knock the boys over at times).
-He would lay on the floor to play with Adysen and was so gentle and relaxed with her.
-He loved to play fetch.
-He loved to go on his nightly walks with Michael
-He loved to play with his cousin Chloe (across the street)
-He was the biggest spaz!

He was just the greatest dog!!

Titan we are going to miss you sooo... much!!

(I know this is such a sad post, but I had to keep it for our journal)

Our Baby Girl is 8 Months Old!

Things that Adysen loves doing at 8 months old....

-Saying Da-Da
-Saying Duh (lol) for Dog
-Waving Hi and Bye
-She raises her arms when we say "Adysen is sooo...big"
-Crawling all over the house
-Pulling herself up onto anything and everything she can reach
-Being outside/going for walks/bikes rides in her trailer
-Giving kisses
-Smiling
-Laughing
-Playing with her big brothers (she misses them when they are at school
-Being held (she likes to ride on mommy's hip)

What Adysen has been up to...

Adysen is all over the place now! She is crawling and pulling her self up on to anything and everything she can reach! She waves Hi and Bye. She is saying Da-Da, which Daddy is loving! She is so smiley and loves to laugh. Getting big sooo..fast!

Adysen loves her activty table...


And her Daddy!

Thank you Grammy and Grandpa in Tennessee (this is for you)!

Grandpa and Grammy! Thank you so much for my Chalkboard and dry erase board for my birthda!! I love it and have been practicing my letters with Mommy, Daddy, and Jake every night!

My Little Boy is already 5!

Caden turned 5 years old yesterday! We did a "neighboorhood friend" party to the movies to see Space Chimps and then a family party on his birthday! Caden had an "AWESOME" birthday (as he would say)! I know I say this so often, but these kids are just growing up way too fast! I cannot believe that my little boy is 5 already!!!!! We love you little man!

Caden's Little neighboor friends (we have such an awesome group of kids on our street!)







Our family Party.....

Cadens Birthday Cake...My purse fell on the box in the car and smashed the top of the cake :(










My husband could not wait to play with the toys Caden got!



Adysen (loving her celery) and Hesston (closest cousins at 5 months apart)

My dream house!

So on the way home from dropping the boys off at school we drove through the neighboorhood to see my uncles old house and I found my next dream house that I want to build! Isn't it gorgeous???!!!

1st Day of School!

It is so hard to believe that I have two kids in school! One in Kindergarden and one in first grade! It is so crazy how fast time is just a flying! The boys did really good getting up early and getting ready for school (i am sure that will all wear off soon,lol). It was definatley a mad house at the school this morning, but understandable being the first day of school. Caden is going to all day kindergarden and was such a big boy this morning (the only tears were mommies on the way out to the car, poor me...lol). I just have a hard time imagining my little boy walking with his little lunch bag going to the cafeteria without me (i know I definatley need to cut the umbilical cord, lol). I know he will do fine, I just have those mommy worries! Sooo... here are some pics that we took this morning before school! I am so bummed, we were in such a hurry this morning that I forgot to get a picture with the boys :( I am already loving the uniforms....it is so nice not having to pick out clothes for them, simple and easy!

Sedona.....

So, you know your sons are "All Boy" when they would rather go fishing than go to Legoland or to the beach! We had a fun little trip planned to California to take the boys to Legoland, San Diego Zoo, and the beach this summer. They both came to us and said, "We would really like to go fishing in the mountains rather than Legoland." My husband and I were both like, " What! Are you guys sure?" (lol) I was more shocked than my husband I guess and asked them for days repeatedly, "Are you sure you guys would rather go fishing than to Legoland?" I was really looking forward to the beach mostly, but I guess the lake will do. lol. So, Sedona it was. We really did have a good time!

Fishing....

Oak Creek Canyon---Kids are ready to go fishing!


The Boys Waiting Patiently!


Still waiting patiently! lol.




After about three hours of not catching anything...we decided to headup to the Trout Farm where we could do some REAL fishing.lol


Caden's First Fish!


Jakes First Fish!


Michael and I trying to figure out how to get the hook out that the fish swallowed!



Happy Fisherman!


The next day we went to Out of Africa Wildlife Zoo. It was AWESOME! We got so close to the animals and the kids REALLY liked it alot. I would definatley recommend this place!


Jake got to hold and touch a 10 ft snake..Caden would not go near it (cant say that I blame him, they creep me out!)



The boys both got to feed the tigers and the giraffes!





We went on a safari ride....


Ostrich Eggs! They are HUGE!!!


Sooo..Big...Adysen loved the safari ride!







Tiger Splash was awesome!









The remainder of the time we just did some Chillaxin at the pool!

Projects around the Ryan Household!

We decided to frame the mirrors in our master bathroom. We were able to get my side done this weekend, but we are still working on michaels side. I love the way it turned out!



Then I got a wild hair to paint my powder room a burnt orange color. I actually like the way that it turned out though. It looks way orange in this picture and I could not get a picture of the whole room because our powder room was too tiny to take a picture of the whole area, but I am exited about it! Sp here is a rough ideal of how it turned out......


More Projects to come!