WALL FAMILY

Our Easter this year that was very low key.  I had to work, Dylan went to church with his friend and Kirk and Rylee waited for us to come home.  I made a dinner and we colored some eggs and that's about it.  And this year Kirk and I celebrated our 15th Anniversary!  Of course we couldn't do much because we both had to work.  We did go out to dinner though and it was nice having some time to ourselves!  15 years went by so fast and I'm happy that we have shared them together!

Since we live in the middle of snow central we have to find ways to make it fun.  But there are dangers as well.  This was Christmas Vacation, it was so cold the whole time and the kids couldn't go outside.  It was usually around 10- during the daytime.  One day it was 20 degrees so I had the kids bundle up and go outside for a bit to play in the snow.   I went outside to give the boys hot chocolate while they were playing and to take their picture when I noticed that Rylee had white circles on his cheeks.  I panicked a little brought them all in, put warm washcloths on his face, and called the nurse line to ask what to do.  They said he had frostbite, stick him in the tub to warm his body and get his circulation flowing, and keep using the warm rags. If his skin turned red he was good, if it stayed white or blistered bring him in!  Thank goodness after awhile his cheeks turned red again!  I have no picture of the white patches on Rylee's che...

Rylee is now in 1st grade and Dylan is in 7th! Oh my how time flies!!

This Halloween was a fun one. Dylan's costume took a lot of time and got a lot of reaction! Kirk and Dylan made Dylan's lego man costume. Rylee and I made Rylee's rocket! Dylan's costume won the best overall costume in Steamboat Springs for Halloween 2012!! Both of the boys looked good and had a lot of fun working on their own costume. And then of course there was pumpkin carving!!

This was Dylan's first year to play football and Rylee's first year of baseball. Dylan has played baseball for 3 years now but this year was his least favorite. He also had a slow start with football but in the end he decided he liked it! He is number 42, right in the middle of the photos. Rylee had a lot of fun with his coach pitch baseball team, I'm sure he will want to do it again next year too.

Hanging out at the park with some friends!  These kids have been friends forever.  We met their family in 2005.  The two youngest were born 4 weeks apart and have known eachother their whole entire lives! Pictures of them all in the past...  

Another year of baseball for Dylan.  He didn't really enjoy it very much this time around.  There were a couple kids on his team that were not real nice.  Dylan loves baseball so this was really disappointing for him.  Hopefully next year will be more enjoyable for him.  This was Rylee's first year to play baseball.  He was on the coach pitch team.  He had alot of fun playing.  And it's so cute to see these little ones swinging a bat! 

Our Christmas was wonderful!  It would have been nice to see some more family and friends but minus that it was a great holiday for us! At least this year I didn't have to work!    The traditional Christmas Eve roving tree and Santa visit...    Grandpa Gary and Grandma Teri came for dinner and brought presents for the kids.  They loved their presents!!  It was a good evening and the kids really enjoyed their visit. Just before bed the kids opened their Christmas PJ's, which were blue cozy robes. Rylee kept checking out the presents they would get to unwrap the next morning, he was SOO excited! They made cookies and set out cookies and milk for Santa. Then it was Christmas morning!!  The kids woke up really, really early!  They woke up at around 3:30, or at least Dylan did. They waited for Kirk and I to get up and finally decided to wake us up at 6:30 am.  Sounds like they had pati...