Ryanne.....

A girl and her dog...

Ryanne took my camera and took pictures from her vantage point....

Ahhhh....living with a Great Dane....Ha!

Living with Ryanne is NEVER boring.....

She told me the other day,"Mom, I'm going to invent a time machine and go to the future. I will be able to see I married a bald man...then I can come back and tell myself not to make that mistake."

Then we were sitting at  dance the other night and she comes dancing around the corner;"Guess what mom? I made some extra money." Me: Really? How did you do that?" Ryanne: "I sold my jazz shoes, my tap shoes and my poi balls from hula to that mom sitting over there. Tomorrow I'm gonna go on ebay and sell my DS!"

We were driving behind a trailer on the freeway the other day that had a pretty good size portable house on the back of it. Ryanne exclaimed,"Throw a porta-potty outside that thing and I could so live there."

Our property drops off a VERY steep hill and this is one of the reasons she is always scratched up and black and blue. Well, that and running into people on her road bike when she's not paying attention. Sigh....

Ryanne is busy training for her two big rides coming up. She keeps her daddy on his toes during training rides.

"Hi mom!" Her nickname at bike club is Pink Princess.

These two together? TROUBLE!!

I woke up to these two sleeping on the couch this morning...as apposed to their beds....hhmmmmm..always an adventure.

1-3 has arrived.....

Morgan had an out of town dance competition this weekend...it was her first...

She looked beautiful....

and she put up with  my antics even though she was VERY stressed...

Her team did really well.....

Won a few trophy's/award, they were super excited. The funny part? Their teacher Ms. Pearl standing in the back of the photo had just gone into labor a few minutes before this photo. She had a healthy baby girl. :)

Winners!!!!

We came home and raced around to plan a 13th surprise birthday party for Morgan....13!!

I came up with the idea of doing food stations for all of the kids...lucky for me my mom and aunt went to work and helped prepare all the food while I decorated...

I got lots of cute ideas from Pinterest of course...

Dan had taken her to buy new pointe shoes and to get her ears pierced a second time. They came in and she was shocked! It was so fun! I almost busted out crying.

My friend made this AMAZING gluten free/dairy free cake for us......she is so talented!

My two sweet girls...

My mom got Morgan a beautiful jewelry box and filled it with fun earrings etc....

She had been saving her money for an ipod touch so we surprised her and got her one....you only turn 13 once!!

Our friends and family helping Morgan celebrate....

Morgan you are an amazing kid! I LOVE this age. When people ask how old you are and wrinkle their noses because they find out you are a teenager I just smile. I love this age because I can see Gods great potential in your life. I love that you are questioning things and see what it looks like to stand on Gods promises. You love life and you have BIG dreams that you are working toward.

You love your sister, friends and family. You are excited to try things and learn new things. God is going to move mountains with you. Thank you for all the late night cuddles (even though your feet are like ice) and for reminding me to laugh at myself daily (because you and daddy pick on me) for seeking Gods peace about things and for being such a good friend to those around you.

You are a light. All I can say without getting to mushy because I know I will burst into tears is; when I met you 13 years ago you sent my heart on a whole new adventure. Before that day I had never known love so fierce, so unconditional (yes, even when you hit the terrible 3's) and so amazing as the day God thought enough of me to allow me and daddy the privilege to parent you. I love you my sweet girl!!

Happy 17 Years To Us!!

Well honey we did it. We made it to 17 years. Even though there were days so hard and we were so broken we thought we would crumble. God was faithful. We held on to his promise that all things work together for the good of those who love him. And some days it may have felt like His love was all we had to cling to. But it was enough.

We have learned to laugh at most things, not sweat the small stuff and in the hard stuff just know with God all things are possible.

When I was just 20 and first laid eyes on you I knew it was going to be one grand, life long adventure. I pray God gives us 17 more years and 17 more after that. I love you!!

Psssssst.....I Love You

Don't you love when you are struggling with anxiety, worry, stress etc. and God in all his glory pulls you aside and gently says,"Psssstt...kiddo, I got this one. Really, you do not need to worry about it because I can see the bigger picture. Just keep on living for me in the day to day and I will take care of the rest." God did that to me this past Sunday; he reminded me through the lesson our pastor taught and I kid you not EVERY SINGLE worship song had the theme of not stressing, his grace being enough etc. I kinda started to do that crazy laugh you do to yourself but then thought better of scaring the people around me. At one point I looked around to see if anyone else thought the message was for them or if it was just me. I LOVE when the Lord does that.