Last soccer game

Our soccer season has come to an end.  The girls had so much fun with Daddy & Andy as the coach.  

They loved being on the team with Avery too.  Such cute little girls with toothless grins!

6th birthday fun!

I love making a big deal about birthdays around here and this year was no exception.  We carried on the tradition of decorating their room while they were sleeping.  We blew up about 50 balloons and scattered them on the floor, taped streamers from the fan & ceiling, and taped off the door.  It's so exciting when they wake up in the morning and bust right through the streamers.  

 Here comes our big six year olds!!!

 Can we open our presents now?  

 PLEASE??

 I took both girls shopping separately the week before and they picked out fun presents for each other.

 Reese gave Ryan a cute shirt, denim skirt, & a BFF necklace.  Ryan gave Reese 2 shirts, and a sparkly heart necklace, and leggings.

Then it was time to open gifts from Mom, Dad & Ryder.  A wooden Melissa & Doug stamp set;

 A 24 pack of Sharpies with five new 80's glam colors.  It's brave to give them Sharpies but they keep stealing mine so I had to get them their own pack.

Who knew they'd get so excited about Sharpies?

Oh yeah, and makeup.  They each got a small makeup set from Ulta with every color of lip gloss and eyeshadow you could imagine.

 The rule is they aren't allowed to wear any of it to school.  It's only for playtime at home and mommy has to be the one to help put it on.  It stays in my bathroom for now but, man, were they over the moon for this gift.  I was cracking up watching them open it and seeing their faces.

 After breakfast, Reese's top tooth was dangling by a thread and needed to come out.  We got dressed and ready and then Cory pulled that sucker out.

 She was a little scared but once it was out she was excited for the tooth fairy to come. (Btw, the tooth fairy needs an air mattress so she can just sleep over.  She's been here three times in the past week.  The Whyte house is keeping her on her toes with all the pearly whites falling out)

 The top tooth was a big one and now the gap is HUGE!!  I am dying over that gap tooth smile.  She is so hilarious!  She has lost of total of five teeth and she's ahead of Ryan by one bottom tooth.

 It was finally time to go to school but I had to snap a few individual shots of them on their special day. Ryan sure knows how to pose.

 Reese looks like she's unsure of everything.  She's probably just ready to go to school and have her mom stop taking 100 photos.  That's the shirt and necklace that Ryan picked out.

 Love these two precious girls more than words can say.

One more birthday smile from my toothless Reesey!

Last day of being five

It's the day before their 6th birthday and I had to snap a few shots before they went to school.  For some reason they wanted to dress exactly alike and this rarely happens.  They looked so cute in their Hancock Heat shirts and denim jackets. 

 Reese & Ryan, our sweet little girls.  Say bye-bye to being five!

I got a photo of Mr. Grumps.  He is so NOT a morning person and was less than thrilled when I was snapping photos of him.  I'll never get over that bed head of his.  It's so hilarious and so stinkin' cute!

Our crazy super hero

Typical Ryder.  First he ran away from me down the street while we were playing outside.  I was in work clothes/shoes trying to chase him.  He was barefoot and ran all the way to the greenbelt.  That's a stick lighter in his hand.  He is my little crazy kid that loves adventure.  What can I say?

40" Rapunzel

We went to Costco today and it was one of those trips where you are there for hours and you walk out scratching your head, wondering what you just bought for the obscene amount of money you spent.

The girls found a life size Rapunzel doll in the toy aisle and Cory and I both said, "No way, we are not buying that".  1) It's way too close to Christmas AND your birthday. 2) The doll is slightly creepy (we didn't mention this to them but it is. 3) It's has 3 feet of doll hair that is going to get tangled in 2.5 seconds and she will look like White Trash Rapunzel as soon as she's out of the box. 4)  She cost $50! We never spend that much on dolls or toys.

We walked out of there without buying her but it was big time meltdown mode for both of them.  I told them they had money in their piggy bank and they could come up with the money to buy her.  They literally raced into the house, opened their piggy banks, put all their money together, and called Mimi to go right back to Costco.  I made my mom swear that she would NOT buy it with her money and make them use their own.  I was kind of sick about it but it was their money and they've never really spent any of it.

So now Rapunzel lives with us. They dress her up in their clothes and play with her.  I come around the corner sometimes and she freaks me out.  The other day I walked out in the garage and she was standing up against a bike.  I screamed. Loud.

And I was right about her hair.  She's WT Rapunzel now and my secret name for her is RaChucky.

I guess if the girls are happy that's all that matters.  

Ryan Team CAP party

We had the Ryan Team Client Appreciation party today and we couldn't have asked for a better day.  The weather was perfect, the food was good, & the company was wonderful.  We are so blessed to have such amazing clients, friends, & family surrounding our team.  Mother Nature's Farm was the perfect place to host the party and I'm already looking forward to next year.  

I only snapped a few photos because the main goal was keeping track of Ryder boy.  Tell you what--chasing after him is a full time job.  

Here is my cousin, Carrie & her daughter, Cambrie.

 Ryder was pretending to eat the carrots that we were feeding to the animals.  Silly boy!

Love the wooden cutouts.

The corn maze is always a hit.

 Reese was having a blast climbing up the dirt hill and running on top of the hay bails.

 Ryan's top tooth fell out right before we got to the party.  She is a full fledged jack-o-lantern!  

I adore that gap toothed smile.

Dinner out with friends

We started a dinner group that goes out once a month and each month someone gets to pick the place we dine.  This month's was Alex's choice, Arrogant Butcher, in downtown Phoenix.  It was so delicious.  They have these little pretzel nuggets dipped in cheese & a salted caramel pudding that's to die for.  Everyone's food was so good.  It was a great night out.  Can't wait for December's choice!

Girl Scout Investiture

Reese & Ryan joined Girl Scouts at the beginning of the school year and it's been such a fun experience for all of us.  There was a meeting at the beginning of the year and all the moms were trying to figure out how to start our troop and who was going to lead.  I knew that I couldn't lead the entire troop but I stepped up to be a co-leader (we all know I have a problem saying no to volunteering :)

There are 4 of us leading a group of 12 girls and it's been a blast so far.  The girls had their investiture ceremony today where they received their patches and petals and are now official Daisy Girl Scouts.  SO so cute.

Here is Reese saying her part of the promise and posting her daisy petal on the board.

 Ryan was reciting her line to "Be a sister to every girl scout".

 Then it was time to put the vests on inside the circle of daisies.  Reese went first...

 then it was Ryan's turn.

 I love that sweet, sweet smile on my Reesey girl.

 Reese, Rylan, & Ryan.  

 Ryan was so excited to get some fresh flowers as a parting gift.  Love this spunky little girl.