Our Fishy

Ryder started swimming lessons yesterday. I was worried. He had an incident about a month and a half ago where he fell in our pool and had to be saved. My neighbors and I were laying out while Ryder played in the water with their daughter, Kiera. The kids were leaning over to fill up bottles of water and he leaned too far. The water was pretty cold so I think it shocked him more than anything. As soon as we got to his very first swim lesson he started to kind of freak out. He was crying a lot and clinging to me and wouldn't let me undress him or take off his shoes. Once we got him in the water he ended up doing pretty well for being so scared. Today was his second day and I was SO proud of him. I gave him a pep talk on the way there that he needed to listen to his teacher (the first day he was flat out telling her "no" and kept saying he "didn't want to" after she'd ask him to do something). I assured him she wasn't gonna let go of him and that he was going to be safe. I'm so glad his little friend Camryn from nursery is also in his swim class and he loves to watch her do everything first before he'll try. Today his teacher, Miss Allie, was able to get him to go under water, float on his back, and even jump off the diving board! She couldnt believe how much he had improved for only his second day. He has 6 more lessons and I can't wait to see him swim like a little fishy!!!

Have to brag!

Is this not the cutest/sweetest/saddest/most pathetic face you've ever seen?? A while back, Kendra was sick. I'm talkin' NASTY, worst kind of sick. Aunt Jennifer was in town and she and grandma Barb wanted to take Ryder and Kendra to the Phoenix Zoo. I thought it might take Kendra's mind of her miserable state, so off we went. I just HAVE to brag that I really do have THE BEST baby girl. She was SO good the entire time. She had a fever, sore throat, and was SERIOUSLY lacking sleep...but you would've never known unless you looked at her precious face. You can tell that she just wants to die. She can be really sick and really tired and still be the greatest baby. And she's ALL mine!

Easter 2011

Easter was a SUNNY day (hence Ryder's face - haha!)
Kendra looking beautiful in blue.
Ryder looking handsome in his suit!

Sorry...no pictures of me. I lost my camera YET AGAIN so I've been taking pictures with my iPod Touch. We had a great Easter weekend. Saturday morning we went to our ward egg hunt and that evening we went to my parents' house and had another egg hunt, played volleyball, made edible nests with birds and eggs in them, and ate a delicious dinner. Sunday, we went to church and Jon gave an amazing talk on the resurrection of Christ. After church we went to Jon's Aunt Betty's and had another delicious meal. It was a lot of fun and Ryder got WAY too much candy. I actually threw half of it away because I kept wanting to eat it too. On top of everything else, our next door neighbors brought an awesome Toy Story 3 bag over for Ryder that was full of candy and Easter toys, along with a Scooby Doo ball, and they got Kendra animal crackers and a stuffed bunny. Our kids got really lucky this year.