Paxton's Baptism

Catching up!!!

A week ago Sunday my new nephew, Paxton, was baptised. He did soooo good during the ceremony! Didn't cry at all when they put the water on his head...what a sweet little boy he is. Here are a few pictures afterwards

Rylee with her Grandpa Steve


Our family


Aaron, Paxton & Dana with Paxton's sponsor's, which are his Uncles. Ross (Dana's brother), Ryan and Cody.


The happy family!


More to post from Rylee and I's road trip to Iowa this past weekend!

Rylee and I's road trip to Iowa

This past weekend, Rylee and I headed to Sioux City, Iowa to visit the Augustine's....Craig, Melissa & Alexys. Melissa and I grew up in Caldwell together. We were best friends then and continue to be....even though there have always been hundreds of miles separating us!! We still manage to keep in touch and see each other a few times a year. We just love getting our girls together. Some of you may remember that Alexys was the flower girl in our wedding, almost 5 years ago. She was 13 months old at the time and barely walking....man, how those years have flown by.


We got to Sioux City around 5:30pm on Friday evening. We did a little catching up before heading out to dinner. Mel and I are both HUGE fans of Mexican Food so of course we had to go to Carol's O'Kellys' for Mexican and margarita's!!! YUMMY!!!


After supper, we headed back to the house so the girls could play and we could visit. Here are some pictures of the girls!





For some reason, Rylee decided to wake up at 6:45am on Saturday morning...I was NOT happy with her! That is way too early to be up on a Saturday morning. Especially with the busy day we had planned!


Here are a few more pic's of the girls before we headed out for the day!



MU and K-State were playing each other on Saturday afternoon the girls' were sporting their game-day gear!



We headed to the mall to try to get started on our Christmas shopping!! Rylee ended up falling asleep in the stroller shortly after we started shopping and slept for almost 2 hours!! She was ready to go when so woke up, that's for sure! The girls were so good while we were shopping that we decided to take them to the park for a little bit....unfortunately, we waited too long and it was pretty chilly. We didn't have coats for them so we only stayed for about 20 minutes. They enjoyed their time and Rylee was sure upset when it was time to leave. She threw a terrible fit!!




Once we got home, the girls were ready to play. Here is Alexys trying to show Rylee how to do a back bend....too cute!!


We got Lexy to take a picture of Mel & I


Best Buddies - we were packing up getting ready to leave and had to have a few more pictures!!



We had a GREAT time in Iowa with the Augustine's!! The weekend went by way too fast though! We look forward to the next time we get to see them!!

I'll leave you with one last thing. The girls decided to have a "dance party" on Saturday night. They really enjoyed signing and dancing to Sugar Land...especially the "OO OO" Song, which it what Rylee calls it! Enjoy!!!



I hope everyone has a great week!! Until next time....TTFN!!!

Family Photo

Nothing new to report....Just thought I'd share some photo's that a co-worker of mine took at our company Halloween Party last Friday. Believe it or not, these are the only pictures of the 3 of us from Halloween.

Have a great week!! Until next time....TTFN!

Halloween Weekend

Rylee's Halloween fun began on Thursday morning with her party at school. Unfortunately it was at 9:30 so we were unable to attend it. She had tons of fun though!! I guess all day long she was saying HOP, HOP, HOP and hopping around like a bunny. Her teachers said it was so darn cute! I wish I could've seen it! She got lots of goodies at school but sure was worn out when she got home!

Friday afternoon, we had a little party at my work for all the little kid's! Rylee was very excited to go to mommy's work.....in fact, she was ready to put her costume on right after she woke up and said she was ready to go to work with me. She wasn't very happy to find out that it wasn't until later. Once she got her Halloween shirt on, she was good to go!! Here are a few pictures one of my co-workers took of Rylee.

The normal face when taking pictures!!

Now this is more like it....what a cutie!!

Hamming it up for Mr. Greenlee!!

Posing at the end of the tunnel


Are you done yet Mr. Greenlee??

Cheese face again!

After the party was over at work, we headed home. Rylee was super excited to get home because MeMe & PaPa were waiting for her!!! We took them out to dinner and then we just hung out and played the rest of the evening!

On Saturday, Ryan and my dad headed down to Concordia to the Hinck Farm, which is where Ryan deer hunts. He needed to check on a few things out there so I thought it would be fun for my dad to tag along!

With the boys gone, Rylee and I got to spend the day with my mom...aka MeMe!!

Here are a few pictures to start off our Halloween...she looks pretty innocent here huh?

Being silly!

Precious picture!

We headed out to Nebraska Furniture Mart cause I had a few things I wanted to look at. I want to get a sofa table for our entry way, a new computer desk and a Queen Bedroom set for our guest bedroom. I found everything I wanted but decided I shouldn't spend that much money without Ryan around so I took pictures of it all. Hopefully we can get out there sometime soon to purchase it all! After our trip to NFM, we enjoyed lunch at Sonic and then ran into Carters & Oshkosh.....as if Rylee needs anymore clothes!!! I did manage to find her a coat, couple of long sleeve t-shirts and some sweat pants! We were beat so we headed home to relax before the crazy evening began!!

After Rylee woke up from her nap, it was time to get our costume on. She was NOT happy at all about this! I think this being the 3rd day of having her costume on was enough!

Here is our little bunny rabbit....No smiles though!

Close up

With her trick-or-treat basket

Then MeMe painted her face and she was better!

All smiles!!

Rylee and her PaPa

Here is was telling me, Stop taking pictures mom!!

Our littlest Trick-or-Treater stopped by.....Our nephew Paxton!! Here is the cute little guy!

Here Paxton is hanging out with his Aunt Mac & Uncle Ryan

Rylee, Ryan & Paxton

Rylee & MeMe - ready to hit the streets!

Walking up to a house

I got some more candy mom!!!!

Rylee & MeMe playin'

So serious!

Rylee riding the horsey!!

MeMe getting bucked off the horsey!

We had a GREAT Halloween weekend!!!

Until next time....TTFN!!

Future Cheerleader or Dancing Star??

Rylee and I had a pretty uneventful Saturday morning/afternoon. Ryan had to work all day so it was just us girls! I spent most of the morning cleaning...YUCK!!! I feel very fortunate that Ryan lets me have a house cleaner that comes every two weeks....she is soooo worth it!!! Unfortunately she was sick last week and unable to come. So, I was forced to clean my own house! Seriously??? I forgot how much I hated doing house work! I survived though and our house is clean which is wonderful!

After Rylee rested, she entertained me with her cheer leading skills!! She started busting out a MIZZOU cheer....it was adorable. Here she is in action!



Then I caught another clip of her....she is a bit confused about MIZZOU and OU. Poor girl!! Here are her cheers for both teams!




After her "show"we headed over the Aaron & Dana's house to visit. It had been a while since we had seen them...I was having withdrawals from my new nephew! We had a wonderful visit with Dana and I got to spoil Paxton for like 3 hours!! It was wonderful!! Ryan came over for a bit on his way home. He took Rylee home so I could stay and visit longer. I had a great time with Dana!!! I just love my "Krause" sisters!!!!

I then had to make a trip to Wal-Mart. I HATE going to Wal-Mart in Lee's Summit! There is only one and it is always ridiculously busy! After fighting the crowds for about an hour, I was out of there. Thank the lord!!!

We spent the evening watching Football!! Unfortunately, MIZZO didn't fair so well against Texas....darn it!! I HATE Texas!! There was a lot of shouting coming from the basement....Ryan wasn't too happy!!!! Luckily, we have Rylee to change the mood!! Here is another video of her entertaining us at half-time.



Not sure if she is going to be a cheerleader or a dancer!!

Today, we are spending the afternoon with Ryan's parents. Rylee has really been missing her Grandma and Grandpa so she is super excited that they are coming up for a visit! We'll enjoy visiting, eating Cowboy Stew and watching Chiefs football!

We hope everyone has a great Sunday! Until next time, TTFN!!

CHS Homecoming

This past weekend, we traveled south to Caldwell for homecoming. For those of you that don't know much about Caldwell, Homecoming is a BIG deal and a tradition that has been going on for as long as I can remember! This year was my older brother Darren's 15-year celebration. His class was in charge of the program on Friday afternoon. Needless to say, it was awful!!!! All Darren had to say about it was, "I don't really care....I was in charge of the shirts!" And the shirts turned out pretty awesome by the way.

Here is a picture of Ash, Darren & Rylee after the program.


After the program, there is a parade on main street. The bands, sports teams, classes, etc. all ride through the parade and throw candy for the little ones. Right before the parade, my niece Ashlee was crowned Princess!! That gave her the honor of carrying the crown for the Queen at halftime of the football game. CONGRATS Ash!!! You were such a pretty princess!!!!!

Here is a picture of me and my sister-in-law after the parade.


I just love my sister!!


MeMe and her girls!!


Rylee with Princess Ashlee at the football game


Leslie (one of my bff's from high school), me & Keira @ the dance


Ryan finally made it to town just in town for the parties to begin. Here he is with my brother @ The Club.


Saturday morning, me, Rylee, my mom and Kirstan got up and headed to Sedan, KS for the Middle School girls league volleyball tournament. The Caldwell Lady Jays were undefeated going into this tournament. They ended up winning the whole thing and ended their season with a 14-0 record!! WOW!!!! I'm so proud of Lexie and the rest of her team! What a fun group of girls to watch!!!

After we got back into town, we headed downtown to Joe B's Pool Hall for Karaoke! Man was it packed in there!!!! Never new so many small-towner's were such big fans of Karaoke!!

My sister-in-law and brother


Ryan & I at the Club after we shut Joe B's down


My big bro and I


WOW!! What a fun, fun weekend!! It was so nice to catch up with old friends from high school!! However, I'm glad this only happens once a year!!!

Nothing too exciting has been going on this week. This weekend we plan to spend time with the Krauses' so hopefully I'll have some pictures to post from our visit with Dana & Paxton on Saturday afternoon, play date with Jackson & Matthew on Saturday night and Grandma & Grandpa Krauses' visit on Sunday! Really looking forward to the weekend!!

Until next time....TTFN!!!