...So Long Sweet Summer...

I have officially given up on trying to catch up on my summer posts!
Too many pictures to even know where to begin!

Bottom line is... We had a GREAT summer, and did everything you could think of! Rylee is at such a fun age ... can I just bottle her up like this forever?! She is sassy and hard sometimes, but I love it!

We are super excited for the fall ( well I am), and cant wait for a new season to come!
We drove up the canyon last Sunday, and let me just tell you that the weather was perfect! I cant wait for the leaves to change!

Good-bye Summer... Hello Fall!!!  

...10 Things...

Here they are the 10 things I have learned this week. 

1. Everyone deserves to feel special on their birthday! Even when they say, "No, I'm 31 and don't need anything. Lets just save our money." They really are saying, "I'm 31 and cant ask for gifts but I love it when you spoil me!" Chaseys birthday was a success! 

2. Its only been 4 months since Grandma Betty passed away, but it feels like forever! I miss her more then anything. There are still times when I want to call her, and actually pick up the phone before I remember I cant. Its good to have those kind of people in your life. The kind that touch your life so much that you think about them everyday even after their gone!!! 

3. When people post  FB status' that indicate they might die but leave you hanging so you dont know what is really wrong, or post about their own birthdays just to get attention it really bugs me!  I mean like pet peeve super buggy I think your immature bugs me! I really hate it! 

4. Utah is full of bad drivers. I lived in NYC for 3 years and they are 100 times better then Utah drivers. I hate driving here and my road rage seems to be getting worse. I mostly hate teenage drivers and moms in SUVS who think they are the the shiz! 

5. Teaching the Sunbeams teaches you a lot about other families.Those kids say anything and everything about their families. On Sunday the one little boy told me that alcohol is only okay on holidays and its only for dads. Also coffee is only for dads when they are really tired. Ha, I love it!!  

6. I believe in Karma

7. I don't like everyday friends! Let me explain.... Everyday friends are friends who want to go to the park and pool and out to lunch everyday. They want to meet with all your other mom friends and do everything together. I tried doing this at the first of the summer. I'm not a big fan of the meeting at a certain time, staying until we are all ready to go, feeling like I have to watch other kids. I just don't like it. I like my monthly friends. I like to meet up 2 or 3 times a month with them. Catch up on life, drive separate cars so we can leave when we want to. This summer I have learned that that's what I like! 

8. Giving $5 to the homeless man isn't going to break us, and it means way more to him then the $5 worth of Dr Pepper I would have bought with it. 

9. When I'm super rich I will pay someone to play with my hair everyday. For now I am bribing my 2 year old with fruit snacks and Capri Suns to do it. 

10. The people who you think have it all usually don't! 

...Cramming It All In...

I'm pretty much sick of trying to catch up on this blog. Just when I think I'm almost there we do 10 more things, and then I'm back to where I started. So, to save some time Im just going to cram the rest of summer into one post, and then vow to never get behind again!

Here you have it... the rest of our summer!!

 Feeding the ducks. Well, trying to feed them. By the end of summer the ducks just dont want to be fed anymore. We had 3 that finally came up to us, but didnt want our bread or the cupcakes Chasey made the night before!

She is getting so big.... kind of sad, I want her to be little forever!

Grandma P came with us to pool

Playing in the sprinklers was one of our favs!

My cousin played in the All Star game in Spanish Fork. Its so fun to watch them play! This game is the top seniors from all the schools in the state. They come and play for hours in front of College Coaches. It was pretty cool! Ry insisted on wearing her boots. She wouldnt wear socks with them so they rubbed huge blisters on her feet. she couldnt wear shoes for almost 2 weeks.

Chasey and Cyd.
I love Cyd. She is by far my fav cousin!

Dustin and Mary styaed with my mom on their way back through town. It was a blast having them. We had a pretty intense pillow fight and stayed up talking for hours! I wish these guys lived closer!

Found these two like this the other night!

 Our summer is coming to an end. Even though it will still be hot for another month, it seems like once school starts the busy summer life dies down. We had a great time this summer... swimming, BBQ's, the park, lots of family, parades, fireworks, and just being outside! 

...Summer Dance...

Rylee did Summer Dance this summer and has 100% loved it! She has had so much fun, and gets so excited when I wake her up and tell her its a dance day. She can be totally out and I say, " Ry its time for dancing," and she is up and at 'em! She is the youngest in her class, but has done pretty dang good! All the other girls are 3 almost 4 or are already 4. 

They rode in the Santaquin Parade a couple weeks ago and then danced at the talent show afterwards. Rylee jumped up on stage when the Zumba girls and started dancing right there in front of them. It was pretty funny. With her dance class she did better then I thought she would. It was so fun to watch her, and I was glad Chasey could make it to see her. 

The night before she would not go to bed. She finally fell asleep around 2 am., and she had to be back up at 7:30. Poor little girl was exhausted... can you tell in this picture? As soon as she got on stage to dance she perked right back up!  

At the end of the dance, all the other girls ran off stage, but Rylee ran right up to the front and bowed. 

SO FUNNY!!!  

Here are just a few pics from her last class until fall starts up again! 

Grandma P came to see her dance. Rylee loved it! I was glad she came, but Rylee didn't want to dance once she saw her!

Love that little face!

...Talk Talk Talk...

It seems like everyday Rylee says something new and hilarious! 

Since I want to remember it all I keep posting all the her little sayings! 

When Rylee doesn't want me to be by her she will tell me to go away. When I start walking away she will hurry and say, " Don't leave mom, your my best friend!" Sometimes I walk away just so she will say that, I love it! 

If I say I'm stuck (which usually just means I don't want to get my lazy butt off the couch) Ry will grab my hand and tell me she is helping me. Then when I do get up she shouts, " I did it. I helped you up."

If I give her too many kisses she will say, " okay mom that's enough. Your done."

If I ask her to do something and she doesn't want to she will say, " I cant, my toe hurts."

Whenever she goes in the potty she has to show us. She is so proud, she will say, " mom mom mom. come see what I did in the bathroom."

When the cat is sleeping  Rylee cant handle it. She has to wake her up and then yell at the cat, " You awake Moe Moe?"

When I say "I love my girl" or "you're my girl" she will say "I love my mom girl" or "you're my mom girl" 

...Little Things...

The other day Rylee came up to me and asked me to hold her and sing a song to her.

I love that she likes my singing voice, she always tells me its beautiful. I have a 9th grade choir teacher who would disagree!

She always wants me to sing her primary songs... love it! Her favorites right now are Love is Spoken here and the one that says, " I like to look at rainbows whenever there is rain..." She calls it the rainbow song!

Anyways, she climbs up into my lap with her blankie and let me sing her to sleep... awwww my favorite! She rarely does that anymore, usually only when she is sick. Not because she doesn't like it, but because she is too busy. Always moving and going a 100 mph! Its the little things like slowing down with life and enjoying the small stuff that is important. Our summer has been jammed packed of fun and going going going! Its been the best, but I haven't had a lot of time to just enjoy Rylee without a BBQ or swimming pool being there. I'm excited for the fall for a lot of reasons, but mostly cause life slows down a little bit... well a lot a bit! We go back to long walks, and feeding the ducks. Reading books all day and curling up in a blanket to watch a movie. Baking cookies together and just being at home! Its the little moments at home that are what are important!

...Sunday+Boredom=Pictures...

A few Sundays ago we were a little bored, so we walked across the street and had ourselves a little photo shoot! Rylee was not in the mood to have her picture taken, but it was a perfectly cloudy overcast day... best picture weather! We got a few good shots out of 367 pictures! She sure is cute and I'm so thankful she is mine!