Big Boy

After many debates about cutting his hair, I finally won!  Bart wanted to wait until he was a year and had curls before we cut it.  Lys was at our house cutting Bart's hair last night and I finally convinced him it was time.  He did such a good job.  I think he really liked the clippers.  Now, he looks so grown up and ornery!  We styled it this morning and he is such a cutie pie.  For some reason the before shot is a little dark, but you get the hint.

Before

After

Summer enjoyment

We have had a busy, but fun summer so far.  Kyra went to a week of gymnastics last week and we had a Leman camping trip adventure.  We've also been busy getting our new camper ready for all of our camping trips this summer.  I never thought I would own a camper, but with 2 kids it is so much easier!  We love it so far.  We have another trip planned this weekend!  Here are some pics of our summer so far.

Swinging on the rope

Getting ready for a forward roll 

On the balance beam

Ryder wasn't a huge fan of gymnastics

Flipping on the bars

Final pose for the week

Brie and Kyra at the campground

Bags tournament

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Grandpa and some of the grandkids

Ryder's 9 month pics

Although there weren't any pictures that I didn't like, here are a few of my favorites from Ryder's 9 month pictures taken by Gina.  Ryder is super active right now so I was not expecting much from these pictures.  He did great.  He was such a ham.  He was full of mouth open, tooth bearing, wide eyed smiles.  He is a fun loving, extremely energetic, in to everything, busy little boy.  I can't wait to spend the summer with him and Kyra.

Spring updates

I have decided that I have been a pathetic blog poster.  Life gets busy, I guess!  So, here are some updates from the past 2 months.  We decided to go on a mini spring break trip.  We took the kids to stay a couple of night in Lafayette.  We had fun swimming, shopping, and going out to eat.  Ryder is going to be such a little fish this summer.  We enjoyed Easter with our family.  Kyra really enjoyed hunting for her basket and the Easter egg hunt.  Ryder was just excited about eating the snacks in his basket.  Today was nice so we decided to fly Kyra's kite she got for her birthday.  Auntie then came over and got rid of Ryder's wingding piece of hair.  It was just a mini haircut!!  I'll have Ryder's 9 month pictures to post soon.  Kyra will also be getting ready to go to a gymnastics camp so I'll post some of those pics too!

Getting ready to swim

Getting ready to go out to eat

Easter family picture

Easter girls

Mommy and Ryder

Ryder's first egg

Kite flying

The mini haircut

My how 3 years flies!!

Can Kyra really be 3 years old?  Yes, yes she is.  Time has flown!  I took Kyra last weekend to Party City to pick out what kind of party she wanted to have.  After a long debate between Barbie and a girlie lipstick, high heal ish kind of theme, she chose Barbie.  Luckily, I have a fabulously talented mother in law who can make amazing cakes.  She made a stand up Barbie cake for Kyra, along with some cupcakes.  I also made a pie and some homemade chocolate syrup for our ice cream.  We got together Friday night with the Leman clan to celebrate and with my family Saturday night.  We had a good time filled with generous gifts, treats, and a pinata.  Thank  you to everyonen who came to help us celebrate.  Here are some of my favorite shots from our little princess.

Kyra with her cake

Diva

Ready to open gifts

Ryder helping Kyra lick off the icing

The boys relaxing after the party

Pinata time

Striking a pose

Ryder's 6 months and Kyra's 3 years pictures

I have been having all kinds of problems trying to get these pictures to appear in the right way so I am just attaching this link to the kids' pictures.  I haven't posted anything in forever!!  We've been super busy, but we should have some more updates after this weekend.  Enjoy the pics!
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Christmas festivities

Well, the craziness of Christmas is over!  We had a good time celebrating with our families and our house is almost back to normal.  The last couple of days have been nice to just relax, play games, and get things organized.  We only have a few things we need to return/exchange before heading back to work.  We hope everyone had a great Christmas! 

Finally sitting on Santa's lap...still not too sure

Ryder telling Santa everything he wanted for Christmas

Our little angel in the church Christmas program

Mickey and Minnie hats that GG made

A bunch of Minnie's and one little Mickey

 A good picture of Ryder with Grandpa and Grandma Great

Kyra taking Ryder for a ride in their new Gator

Boiler UP!

Lounging on Christmas day...too bad you can't see our matching jammies!!