Reagan and Makeup

So my bedroom door was locked and I said "Reagan unlock the door!!" and then she said
" Sorry Mommy, I sorry"
I couldn't help but laugh and maybe give her a few tips ( the tips will have to wait until she is a little older though)

A New Post

Reagan had a sledding accident a couple of weeks ago which required 3 stitches on the inside and 8 stitches on the outside of her little forehead, she and William were on the same sled and slammed right into a garbage can at the bottom of the sledding hill ( who puts a garbage can there?) It could have been a lot worse, I was there by myself with all 3 kids, luckily it was cold outside and her wound did not bleed, the paramedics were really amazed because usually head wounds bleed a lot. The wound is healing up nicely and soon we will be putting mederma on it to lessen the scar that will be there

We went outside a couple of weeks ago after the sledding accident to build a snowman, it is rather small, but it had green marshmallow eyes and a carrot nose, what more could you ask for when you have a 22 month old trying to escape into the street every time you turn around

Reagan wanted to taste the snowman(luckily he wasn't yellow)

He has melted away and we are enjoying some warmer weather, we got the bikes out and filled the tires with air the other day to go on a bike ride, I can't wait to be outside more, the kids are restless

The Kids Lately

Here are some pictures of the kids, Reagan and Kaylee were playing dress up and came downstairs I had to get some pictures and Reagan wanted to take some as well

Gotta love Reagan's outfit

and the kids had a blast jumping on Kirk so I had to get some pictures of them being silly

This one is my favorite, it shows each of their personalities so well

Christmas Time

Christmas Eve was spent at Kirk's parents house

The girls loved their presents, they each got a fleece blanket, Reagan got Cinderella and Kaylee got Tinkerbell, they haven't slept without them since, They also received a princess castle which Reagan absolutely loves

I think William had the best present of all t

William received a huge remote control Dinosaur which can at times eat the princesses in the castle so they toys work well together :O)

and Kaylee just loved unwrapping the presents

Christmas Morning we woke up before the sun was up and Santa left the kids new toys in the van all unwrapped so that we could head to Michigan to see my parents, Shawn, Whitney, Baby Berkley, Peter and Tessa. ( Did I mention we brought the dogs, they were better behaved then the kids in the van too)


Reagan Loved Baby Berkley and got quite the education after walking in on Aunt Whitney feeding the baby. Apparently Reagan doesn't think that I ever nursed Kaylee and told Whitney that we buy Kaylee's milk at the store and she was confused as to why she was nursing him.

We had fun just hanging out with the family, but I didn't take any pictures until right before we left

Reagan actually took this picture

I tried to take a good picture hear but the kids were being goofy

Well the kids got spoiled rotten and had so much fun this Christmas, We are greatful that we live close enough to each side of the family so that we could spend some quality time with each of them.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Santa 2009

So we went and saw Santa tonight, William started telling him about the Bakugan he really wants and then he said maybe a teddy bear too. It was pretty funny. Reagan finally got her chance to tell him about the barbie doll that she wants and Kaylee, well she was a little cranky from not having a good nap today and as soon as I passed her to Santa out poured the tears, so here is the picture


Santa looks a little irritated and Kaylee is upset but Will and Reagan were good sports so 2 out of 4 isn't bad, right?

My Snow Angels and Kaylee

William and Reagan love playing in the snow

Don't they make perfect angels?( in the snow that is)

and Kaylee loves to get up on the table when no one is looking

she just has this look that melts my heart, so it is really hard to discipline her
oh how I love my kids !!!

Gingerbread Houses

William and Reagan have been wanting to make gingerbread houses for forever this year and we finally found the perfect night to do it

While William went for the more symmetrical look


Reagan went for the more "I'm 3 years old and want to put the candy in tons of places and have a few smiley faces" look


They both ate more candy then went on their houses ( as you can see Reagan licking her lips), I could tell every time she was about to eat another instead of putting it on the house she would start smacking her lips and saying I'm hungry for this, it was quite hilarious


William on the other hand at least asked if he could eat it

They had lots of fun and were very proud of the houses they made, they definitely show their personalities. It sure is fun being a kid!!

Hello again

Reagan has discovered that she loves to cut her own hair ( luckily it was just her bangs). She did it not once but twice and was quite pleased with herself.

I took Reagan and Kaylee to Breakfast with Santa this past week and they had lots of fun, Reagan enjoyed getting her hand painted and Kaylee fell in love with the Snowman

She would follow him around and she constantly had her hands up for him to pick her up, it was really funny to watch. There was also a clown there making balloon animals for the kids, Reagan and Kaylee both wanted snowmen with pink scarves, so I guess they were actually snow women. They had lots of fun, we are going to go back to talk to Santa with William so they can tell them what they want for Christmas, William can't make up his mind yet, Reagan insists that she wants a barbie and Kaylee could use a good book or maybe her own barbie. We shall see, I hope everyone is enjoying this Christmas season.

My little kindergartener the budding artist

Here is Will's official Kindergarten picture

and he brought this picture home from school the other day, his art teacher was teaching about Van Gogh (my favorite artist) and Will said the teacher only drew the vase and that William drew the rest and colored the whole thing by himself. I think I have an artist in training

An attempt gone Van Ry

So after Stake Conference on Sunday I wanted to get some cute shots hoping for a Christmas card picture. Two of the pictures turned out pretty well but the rest..... well you'll see...

(he he, I've got the girls wearing pearls )

I guess I know where they get it from

I sure love these kids

Trick or Treating

We went to Grandpa and Grandma Van Ry's house ate some dinner and then they were off.

it was really hard to get a good picture, they were all too excited to stand still

I tried to get Kaylee to say Ba for the camera, she was having so much fun

and they really enjoyed every minute of trick or treating


Reagan said Happy Halloween to everyone

Pumpkin Carving Will and Reagan Style

Will and Reagan waited what seemed like an eternity for Kirk to get home from work last night they were so excited to carve the pumpkins ( Kaylee didn't get to stay up)

I let them draw the faces they wanted on the pumpkin so Kirk would know what to carve out and they did a pretty good job of drawing

William went for the more scary look

Reagan loved getting the guts out

William, not so much he didn't want to get dirty( that is why he is shirtless, so his clothes wouldn't get all gross from the guts)

Kirk helped a little at scraping the sides so the guts would come out easier

Oh Reagan and her smile

William's actually looks like the teeth are gross with the green spots from the pumpkin

and Ta Da there you have it, our Jack O Lanterns
Happy Halloween Everyone!!