It's almost done....

James's time in Spartanburg, that is. He'll be home tomorrow for good! Until they send him somewhere else. He should be working on projects here in town for the next several months.

I'm so ready to have my best friend home!!!

Tuesday

Well, this is James's last week in Spartanburg. I am very happy to say that. His 2 week project turned into 8 weeks, but I'm very thankful he was able to get some OT. Thank you Lord for your provisions.

I just started Ladies Bible Study on Tuesday mornings. I have a good group of ladies in my small group and I can't wait to see what God is going to do in this study. It is the study of Psalms 120-134. It's a Beth Moore so I know it will be good.

Ryland is doing good. He's always asking about his Da-ee (James). I tell him daddy's at work and Ryland has to tell me Da-ee's in the "ca" (car). I can't wait until James will home home every evening.

Looks like we'll be getting a new roof. We had some people come look at it and said we did have some hail damage from a couple of months back. The insurance guy came out and agreed. So for the cost of our deductible, we'll get a new roof! Sometimes insurance IS a good thing!

Here's a pic of Ryland after he got his haircut...

A day at the park

Yesterday, Ryland and I went to the park to play. It was muddy at the bottom of the slides so I had to help him off, but he had a great time. He loves to run ahead of me, but always turns around to see where I'm at.

James is in Spartanburg for the 7th week. He should have one more left and then he'll be home for a while. We hope. God has been so good to keep us busy that time flies while he's gone.

I started Ladies Bible Study today. The video was really good and I hope to be able to be obedient to finish this one.

Ryland's first refrigerator art

Ryland has moved up to the Toddler class. I can't believe my little boy is growing so fast. It is very depressing sometimes b/c I want to cherish everything he does and I don't want to rush him. But time does not wait....

Anyway, after we picked Ryland up from nursery, I found his first coloring sheet from his class. I was so proud! It's on the fridge right now. I just smile everytime I see it. These are the times I prayed for, for so many years. I LOVE the little things in life when it comes to him. Everyday, I am so thankful that God has given me the desire of my heart, to be a stay at home mom and to be able to "play" everyday. I am so blessed!

*note* I know that Ryland had a LOT of help with this. He usually will draw one line and he's done. I seriously doubt he had the attention span to color all of this. :o)

Loves his sauces.....just like his Mama!

I love my sauces....ketchup, bar-b-que, honey mustard, salad dressing, you name it - I have to have it. I don't eat any beef, chicken, or pork without it! Ryland is the same way...I've created a monster. It's all ketchup to him though and he loves to dip whatever he's eating. He even wanted the salsa at a local mexican resturaunt. He liked it, even though it was a tiny amount. What can I say???? The kid's got taste....(pun intended)

To me, the best part of the video is when I say "All right" at the end and he mocks me. I think it's sweet.

Have a great week!

Just like his daddy....a social butterfly....

Ryland has been quite the social butterfly the past 2 weeks. We had our friends, Doug, Trisha and Savannah over on Saturday. They had a ball playing together. We first went to Chick-fil-A and Ryland got to play in the play area for the first time. Ugh....it makes me sad to see him growing into such a big boy. After dinner, we came home and got in the pool.

On Monday, I watched Kayla and Tyler for a little while. Ryland had a great time playing with them. Kayla is so good with him and he loved it when she chased him around the dining room table. Ryland liked wearing Ty-Ty's (as he calls him) hat.

In the last picture, that is NOT a bug on the floor. Ryland has a HUGE black stuffed horse and that thing sheds more than my dogs! Just had to clear that up.....

Update

Ryland's fish and snail are still living. He loves watching them and I can't wait until we can get the tetras. When the catfish hides in his "house", I have to carry Ryland over to find him. With the tetras, they'll be seen all the time.

James is away in Spartanburg, going on week 5. Only 3 more weeks to go. I have thoroughly enjoyed my weekends with him being home. Miss you baby!

As of right now, my brother's wedding has been postponed. The new date is in January. There are several different reasons for this and none of them make sense to me so that's why I'm going to leave it right here for now.

That's about it as far as the Hyder family. Nothing exciting going on.....

"ish" ---- Step 2

James is such a handyman.... He designed and built the shelf for Ryland's fish. He did it in one night! I am impressed!

Today, we went to a local fish store and bought a snail and albino catfish. You have to start off with a couple of fish at a time. We found out that the frog would eat the neon tetras so no frog for us. Which I am actually glad b/c we saw one frog eating another frog today at the store. That is just gross!!!


We had to let the fish and snail adjust to our water temperature so we put the bag in the tank. Here is Ryland checking it out!

Here come the "ish"

Well, we're gonna do it....we're buying Ryland some fish for his room. We've been thinking about this for about a month. We are usually impulse spenders so I wanted to make sure we really wanted to do this. So we went and got the tank last night and we're setting it up. James is putting it up on a shelf in the corner of his room. He is going to love it!

Here's the beginning of the project... Next, we'll put water in and let it set for 24 hours.... Then we'll go pick out some fish, a frog, a catfish to clean the bottom and a snail.

More to come.....