happy birthday, ryan!

happy 41st birthday today to ryan!  

love, laurie

"c is for cookie"

he doesn't sleep well or often, but when he does fall asleep it's cute.  

recently he has been attached to a soft cookie monster and i have been singing him the "c is for cookie" song.

love, laurie

summer snapshots

a few random summer snapshots . . . 

- noah proudly sporting his new john deere hat 

- an afternoon trip to the montage mountain waterpark

- playing in the back yard with the hose to cool off on a hot day

love, laurie

feeling tropical

we found this hawaiian punch flower at home depot last year and loved it all summer long so we were excited to find another one this year.  i've been loving these huge flowers on the back deck!

love, laurie

four-leaf clovers

ryan and noah were outside walking around recently and found a four-leaf clover.  then they found another . . . and then another.  they found 3 within minutes of each other.  i still have never found a single one.

love, laurie

big helper

noah loves to help ryan fill up the bird feeder.  he really gets a kick out of seeing the birds (and squirrels) come to eat!

love, laurie

ready to ride with bubbles in hand

we put noah in the stroller for a walk and he insisted on taking his bubble want with him, it was so funny.  he had a tight grip on it the whole ride!

love, laurie

just like dada

the obsession with yard equipment continues . . . especially when dada lets noah ride along with him to mow the grass on grandpa's riding lawn mower.

love, laurie

noah's perch

noah loves his perch up in the balcony to watch mama's big shows at the theatre!  he always has the best view.

love, laurie

fifteen years!

today is our fifteen year wedding anniversary!  it's hard to wrap my head around the fact that we were married fifteen years ago today and that we have been together for twenty-one years now!  

happy anniversary, ryan!

love, laurie