CHRISTmas In Our New House

This is the fire place in the living room. We retiled the surround and I love how it turned out. I don't have any thing hung on walls yet ( have to unpack some tools first), so the wall above is a little bare still.


We made it a point to put up the CHRISTmas tree so that it feels like CHRISTmas for the kids. We still have a great deal of unpacking left to do(note the boxes in the conner) :-{. I put the tree in the dinning room because i always wanted to have my tree next to a window that show to the street. I love driving by and seeing trees lite up in other peoples houses.








These are some pictures from Saturday night. The Woodlands puts up an iceskating rink ever year for the holidays and the kids love to go. Hailey is a good skater and it is hard for me to keep up with her. Tyler had more trouble this year then he did last year. I think his skates might have been too loose, making it hard for him to balance. We all had a really fun time. I hope everyone is have a great and stress-free holiday season!

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Happy Halloween!

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Happy 4th Birthday Tyler!!

"Tyler's 4th Birthday"

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!

My sweet baby boy Tyler turned 4 years old last month.

What Tyler is like at four years old?

Tyler is a super sweet little man that brings us joy everyday. He is the star of his soccer team, loves everything to do with cars, points out every airplane in the sky, and is often described as a pistol. Tyler loves to play rough with his Daddy, says he wants to marry his Mommy when he grows up <3, and keeps his big sister Hailey on her toes. His best friends are Sam and our neighbor Paul. Tyler loves to spend time at Goo Goo's house, thinks Papa Jerry has the coolest truck, and cherishes Nana's hugs. He runs really fast in his "fast shoes", and loves being Daddy's helper. We are so blessed to have our special boy. We love you Tyler.

Tyler had a spiderman laser tag birthday party. It was so much fun. We all played two games of laser tag. After each game they handed out the stats and let's just say that Goo Goo showed no mercy to her grandkids:-). She had the best scores from our group. Tyler would shoot people and say things like "Oh Yeah" and "I Got Ya". He had a great time. Goo Goo made his spiderman cake, cupcakes, and spiderman cookies. We didn't get any pictures of the cookies but they looked really cute. Thank you Goo Goo for your help with the party.

Tyler received some really fun gifts. He has really enjoyed playing with them all, especially his costumes. All of his Aunts and Uncles sent him sweet cards and gifts that he was very excited to receive. Thank you to everyone who attended the party, gave gifts, or sent birthday wishes to Tyler.

It's Moving Day!

Well, the day is here to pack up our stuff and leave our home here in San Antonio. We are sad to be selling this house and moving away from our family. We have enjoyed this beautiful house and being near people we love. Todd and I had planned to raise our kids in this house, but I guess God has different plans for us. I'm not sure why His plans are so different then my own, but I have submitted myself to His will. I know things will turn out how they should.

For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, `plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 NASB)

We will close on the sell of this house on the 17th of this month. After looking at about a ZILLION houses in The Woodlands and the surrounding areas we have made an offer on a house there. It is a little older then this house but it was priced to accommodate some updates to the decor. It is in the same part of The Woodlands as our apartment so Hailey will be able to remain a Ride Elementary Challenger, and a Girl Scout of Troop 11872! She is so excited about that. This house is not what I expected to buy, but it has the most of the things we are looking for in a home. I am also excited about getting to remodel a kitchen to fit our needs and desires. We will not have to completely rearrange our lives again, since we are not moving to far from our apartment. If we moved out of The Woodlands we would be changing school, soccer teams, girl scouts, Church, doctors , dentist, friends, and Todd's short commute to work. We didn't think buying a newer house was worth changing all of that. I am really looking forward to spend the Holidays in a HOUSE. I can't wait to be moved in. It has been a long wait.

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Grandparents Day

Since we live so far from our family Tyler and I went to have lunch with Hailey on Grandparents Day at school. I had almost forgotten about it, so Hailey didn't know that we were coming. She was so excited when she saw us. I didn't want her to be sad about not having someone there for her. I'm glad that she was happy with Tyler and I being team Hailey for the day. I think she knows that even though her grandparents could not be there that day, that they all love and support her.

She and Tyler are very excited to see them all next weekend for Tyler's Birthday Party. Tyler told me the other day, "Goo Goo leaves the light on for me when I sleep in her bed and that makes me love her.". It was so cute because his face was full of love as he said it. I could tell that he really feel strongly about what he was saying.
They talk about Papa and Nana the same way. Everytime Tyler sees a dodge truck he gets really excited and says "Hey, Papa has a truck like that". When Hailey is in trouble she tells Todd and I that she wants to go live with Nana or Goo Goo.

So Happy Grandparent Day to Papa and Nana, and Goo Goo and Papa Ranney in heaven! Hailey and Tyler are so very blessed to have you all to love them.

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Tyler's Ambulance Ride

Well, here we are in the E.R. with Tyler for the first time. He was playing in my bedroom and I called for him to come clean up some toys he left on the floor in the living-room. He didn't come to me so I went to look for him. He came out of the bathroom crying. He had washed his hands so I didn't see any blood but he asked for a band-aid. I asked Tyler where he was hurt and he showed me his thumb. I asked him how he did that and he show me blood all over the floor. Then I looked closer and saw Todd EpiPen under the bed. Tyler had shot it into his thumb nail and it went all the way through his finger!! I freaked out because I didn't know what that medicine would do to a little boy. I called 911 because I would have taken to long to hear back from his doctor. I told them what had happen and they say they were sending an ambulance right away. The paramedics arrived in about two minute. They asked me to bring him down to the ambulance so I did. They started monitoring him right away. They told me he need to go to the ER because it could restrict the blood vassals in his finger he could lose his thumb if it wasn't treated quickly. Well, from the lack of any abnormal vital the doctor and nurses think that Tyler didn't get much of the medicine in his finger. They think it sprayed out once it had passed through his finger. They had an x-ray done just to make sure the needle didn't break off, or that he didn't break any bone. That EpiPen is huge and the needle is spring load because it is made to be able to go through clothing! Tyler is doing great now, but it was a little scary when it happened. God was looking out for our little guy today and even got him a ride in an ambulance:-). Tyler alway points them out to me when we are driving and has a toy one that he LOVES.


This is a picture of him in the ER with all of the toys they brought him to play with and watching the little TV. It is on an arm and he could move it where ever he wanted it. At lease we were already close to our deductible from Hailey's ER trip earlier this year. Way to be on the same page kids:-).
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Fast shoes!!

Tyler just got a new pair of shoes and boy do they make him run fast and jump high!! I love it when kids get new shoes and they think the shoe make them run faster:-). That was the first thing Tyler told me when he slipped on his new "running shoes."


Don't you just love those spiderman socks. Hailey has been at My Mom's house this week so I have had so good quality time with my little man. He has been a delight:-). Todd and I have taken him to Chuck E. Cheese, to ride his bike in the park, to his "little girlfriends" birthday party, and out to eat a couple of times.


It has been a fun week, however, I am ready to see Hailey tomorrow. <3 I've had a great time with you my sweet Tyler <3 - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone