Our GROWING Gorilla

Look at how much Kian has grown over the past few years:

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Here is our first gorilla pic of Ryland, who didn't want to stand there.

Unlike Grace, who was happy to stand there and have her photo taken... many, many times.

Took our wild animals to see the wild animals

The kids weren't feeling well today, so we skipped church so we didn't infect everyone with their cough. So, we did the next best thing, took the kids to the Hogle Zoo. Kian had SO much fun and the twins seemed to enjoy themselves. As usual, the train was their favorite part. It was about 70 degrees and cloudy, which was really nice!

Kian and the Giraffes
We took the twins in the wagon so they could look around.... they had a lot of fun... fighting over the water bottle.  Note to self: bring more than 1 water bottle.

The picture isn't clear, but they were looking down at the monkeys.  
Kian and the White Alligator.
Ryland pushing the Alligator...  
Ryland won.  Our little Crocodile Hunter.
Do you think he is happy?  
Our drive home.

Busy week

We have had a full week and here are some pictures to sum it up!  

Last weekend, we went to Elizabeth's (our niece) 1 year old birthday party!  Ryland was adorable waiting at the door at then end of the party.  He was so tired.

On Wednesday night was Kian's AWANA awards ceremony and the last AWANA until the fall.  He is sitting next to his friend Noah. 

Kian's face lit up when they called his name to give him his certificate of completing his first year of AWANA.  He also got a ribbon and another patch for his vest.  

Kian's AWANA classmates are called the Cubbies.  He has 1 more year of being a Cubby until he becomes a Sparky!

This is a picture of Grace with her new boyfriend, Caleb!  Just kidding, of course, she isn't allowed to have a boyfriend until she is 30 years old.  Caleb (20 months) and his 3 year old brother Josh, are the boys of my friend Amber.  We have had many playdates and the kids have tons of fun together!  It was cute because Ryland was a little upset that another boy was sitting next to his sister.  Protective, I guess!

Grace loves to wear this little skirt and she will cry if I take it off.  She loves being a pretty, little girl.  

Another picture of Ryland & Grace's favorite activity, Ry pushing Grace around in the Tonka Truck.  They do this almost every day.

Grace loves to just sit in the truck.  

Ryland loves to bring me toys so I can play with him!  

They grow SO fast!

We have taken some pretty cute pictures in the last couple of weeks and even have a picture of the reason we took Kian to the emergency room a couple of weeks ago. 

This is probably one of the 1st pictures of Randy & I together in quite some time!

"Oh my, what big eyes you have!"  

 Our silly Kian.

Grace getting some sun.

This was the 1st day of the year that we took the kids to the park!

The twins had SO much fun!

Here is a picture of Kian's mouth a couple days after he hurt himself.  If you don't know the story, he was sitting down on the floor and put a long, hollow hard plastic tube (from a teeball set) in his mouth and then tried to stand and tripped.  The tube was shoved into the roof of his mouth and he got a huge cut, which you can see, and another deep cut farther back.  We went to the ER and the doctor said it will have to heal itself, stitches aren't possible.  He was right, after a week, it was all better.  Kian was such a trooper and very brave.

Exhausted.

Ryland's 1st Haircut

We got tired of people thinking we had twin girls, so we broke down and got Ryland's hair cut today. He cried at first when they put the smock around his neck, but otherwise he did really good. Now, he looks like a little boy.... which is much better than a little girl!

"Hey, I like my hair long..."

It didn't take long for Ry to calm down

And may we present, our little BOY, Ryland!!  Adorable!

Awana Grand Prix

I haven't had a chance to post this until now, since I had been in Orlando for work. On Friday May 2, Kian raced his derby car in the AWANA Grand Prix at our church. In the first heat, Kian took 2nd place. He took 1st place in the 2nd heat and then 2nd place in the 3rd heat. He was so excited to race his car and then was thrilled when he got a ribbon and certificate for best art design. Here are some pictures of the big night:

Kian was so proud of his derby car, he picked the #4 to be on it!

At the derby

Kian's ribbon and certificate!  Best work of Art!

Ryland had fun watching his big brother

Grace practiced her walking and walked all over!  Had Grump chasing her around!