Clamming

We went clamming on the Washington coast last month and while I didn't get any pictures of the actual clamming process since we were busy clamming but I did get some pics of the fun that we had while we were down there!

Long Beach, WA

Flying kites we got Olivia and Ryan these miniature kites so that it was easier for them. Unfortunately if you let go of one they were too lite and the flew away but they had a lot of fun! Chris and Ryan flying kites! We also bought some $1 kites so if the little ones broke we had extras!

Then when they were done with the kites ScottE, Ryan, and Elena made a volcano in the sand!
These are all from the Sea Side Aquarium

Olivia loved touching the anemone
Ryan's favorite was the Octopus
This picture made me laugh because he fell asleep while coloring he was still holding the crayons!

Monster Trucks!!!!

So as you may recall for Ryan's birthday he got tickets to the monster truck rally! He also got a few of the monster truck that were there that night so that he would have someone to cheer for! So here are some pics!!
This is Ryan with Bounty Hunter and its driver!
Ryan and Chris with Maniac, Ryan went right up and asked the driver for his autograph!
Ryan inside Maniac's wheel holding his mini Maniac truck!
These next 2 shots go together, this car is supposed to make it over the bus and go through the cars.
If you look closely he didn't quite make it he landed right in the bus!
This is Bounty Hunter in action!
and Maniac in action!
Ryan loved it and even though it lasted over 3 1/2 hours he loved the whole thing and I have been hearing about parts of it ever since!
While the boys were gone Livvy and I had a girls night we went shopping, then out to dinner at a Thai restaurant and then home to watch Enchanted and eat popcorn!!!

Easter clothes and new bikes!

Ryan and Olivia's cute Easter outfits! This was after church so they were a little tired!
Trying to get a cute pic out side but I guess it was a little cold it wasn't really bad just windy!
Olivia's new bike! We were going to wait until her birthday but I just thought it was mean to give a kid a bike in September when they have less than a month to ride it before it is just too cold!
Ryan and Olivia getting ready to go!
Livvy celebrating being able to get going out of that hard stuck position.

Easter!

So for some reason i didn't get any pics of us dying eggs and this doesn't show the colors very well but this was the only pics I got of the eggs. We didn't do very many because I figured the more eggs you did the bigger chance for a big mess!
The kids getting their baskets! We don't go all out just some candy and I got them both little CTR rings!


the hunt!
of course Olivia has to be standing in front of the messiest spot in the house!
The kids with their spoils!

We had a great day stayed home (thus Olivia's lovely hair!) and watched conference! We had a nice big ham dinner with deviled eggs super yummy!
I will post some pics next week of their cute Easter outfits when they wear them to church next week!

Ryan is 5!!!!!

Here are just a few quick pics from Ryan's birthday! If you want to see all of the cute pics from years gone by go here!

Ryan's cake he wanted Dinosaurs at a museum thus the one skeleton but I could not find any other bones and have a brace on one arm for a while so there is no drawing or cool frosting stuff so he just got a bunch of dinos or there and he liked it so that is all that really matter!
This is Ryan's big present and I think Chris is almost as excited as Ryan is. They are going to the monster truck rally in a few weeks they got VIP tickets so they get to go early and get pics with the trucks. It will be so fun for them!!!

Kindergarten!

We registered Ryan for Kindergarten this morning how crazy is it that I have a kid that old!!! He was so excited to go see where he will be going to school in the fall, or hopefully will be since I guess they had to ship 22 kids other places last year because of over crowding so hopefully he will get to go to school with the kids in his class at church!