Puggles

Ryland was involved in Puggles, a children's program at church. Here are some pictures of his final night, getting his certificate.

Myrtle Beach

James, Ryland and I went camping at Myrtle Beach in May. We stayed at Ocean Lakes Campground and had a wonderful, relaxing time. We played on the beach, at the pool (of course I was in the shade) and took trips to the aquarium, Broadway at the beach, Hard Rock Cafe and putt putt. It was such a great trip for our family and it was nice to be able to enjoy the weather. Ryland's favorite thing to do was to ride on the airplane at a kiddie park. It was so hard to let him do it by himself because it just shows me he's growing up. But I was so proud!

We did go to a store where Ryland could build his own vehicle. It was such a neat place! I think James had more fun than Ryland though. :o)

Hilton Head with the Family

Ash, Erik and boys came to visit a couple of weeks ago. Ryland and I met them in Hilton Head and had a great time. Minus the melt downs that Ryland performed in front of everyone in the resturaunt but I'll just leave the details out on that one. The boys loved playing on the beach. Christian had his boogyboard, Tyler and Ryland played in the water and Logan crawled in the sand. I enjoyed sitting in the shade at the pool. :o) Here are some pics of the boys. They are such good kids! Love you all and hope to see you again soon.....

Christian and Tyler

Logan

One wiped out little boy, Ryland

I'm back....

I had a nice post ready to go last night and them I hit a wrong button and it disappeared on me....

I'm going to try to catch up on what's been going on this summer. :o)

Wow!
I can't believe it's been a month since I've blogged. Time does fly, doesn't it?

Let's see...James, Ryland and I went to the Riverbanks zoo a couple of weeks ago as well as Stone Mountain. It was so much fun and Ryland is at such a great age for this quick weekend trips. I will have to post pics later, but I think I got some good ones.

I have decided to TRY to become a runner. I found a website that is supposed to help you go from (as they said it) the couch to a 5K. We'll see about that. It's only been week one and they start you off slow and build up. I've done pretty good, but I don't know how long I'll keep it up or how in the world I am going to be able to run for more than 2 mins at a time. I want to try to accomplish something that is just for me. I hope I don't give up too soon...

I guess that's it for now. Have a great weekend everyone!

He has Risen...Halelujah!!!

I know Easter has already passed, but we need to celebrate the fact that Jesus is alive everyday. :o)

This year we had a quiet Easter. Grandma went to visit her sister in Charleston and she is usually with us each year. We went to Sunday School where we prayed for a family moving to Germany for 3 years b/c he is serving in the military. After SS, James and I had nursery front desk greeter duty. It was a little hectic, but I was glad to see the visitors and pray they heard God's speak to them that morning.

After church, we came home and ate leftovers. Ryland and I took naps and James worked on the trim in the living room. That evening, I cooked Easter dinner and we had a relaxing night before Monday morning started a new week of work.

Here are a couple of pics of us this Easter. I'll try to get some of Ryland finding eggs up shortly.

Ryland

It's been a while since I've posted on my little red head so I thought I'd take a minute to let you know what's he's up to and a couple of his comments that everyone says I should write down.


Ry: Mama?
Me: Yes Ryland?
Ry: You a sweetheart.

Ry on the way home from church: I'm thirsty!
Me: Wait til we get home and I'll get you something.
Ry: But I want it now! (Insert whiney voice)
Me: Well, you'll just have to wait til we get home.
Ry: Mom, God says "Give a child a drink". I guess that's the 11th commandment according to Ryland.


At breakfast:
Ry: Mom, I forgive you.
Me: Forgive me for what?
Ry: I forgive you for frustrating me.


James in the truck waiting for me to get something out of the house:
James: Sigh.....
Ryland: Daddy, why did you do that? You have an attitude.


Those are just a few that stood out to me while I'm typing this but the list goes on. It's so amazing to see what he comes up with. He is a spitfire and the saying about having a "red-headed temper" proves true with him.

He loves to play outside in the dirt and wants so bad to catch a lizard. I hate lizards and won't go near one so I've told him he has to wait until Daddy gets home. The other night, I asked James to help him catch one and so off the two of them went. James sticks his head in the door and tells me to come outside. Ryland is sitting outside with a lizard in his hand. The look of accomplishment and excitement was a picture moment so I had to run get the camera.


See what I mean?????