Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween!

Look Closer...if you dare!



Ryan was a scary vampire for Halloween. We did the makeup before Lydia woke up and were positive she would freak out when I took her to see Daddy at work.



Surprisingly, she had no problem! Our little ladybug (liddiebug) adores her daddy, no matter how scary he looks!



Monday, October 20, 2008

Quick Trip to Cali

The plane ride was a success! Lydia certainly didn't enjoy being confined, but she didn't scream or cry, so I'm not complaining!



We went to California for my friend Christy Kahn's wedding, which was really a mini reunion for me! Everyone in California gets to see each other all the time, but I haven't seen some of those girls in over a year! We stayed with my parents and also got to see Troy and Cindy and kids and my Grandma and Grandpa Middleton. Diane, Ryan's mom, came up Sunday so we could see her too. (She really just came to see her cutest grandbaby, if you want the truth)! We went to church on Sunday and got to see plenty of old friends there too.



We hardly took any pictures and I'm mad about it. When other people post pictures from the wedding on their myspace pages, I will have to steal them and put them here! But here are the few pictures from our mini vacation we do have! I love this one of Grandpa Middleton with Lydia.






Allie, Lydia, and Zackary did a great job posing for the camera.






I love that they are all laughing together.



Monday, October 13, 2008

HELP!

We are about to take our very first plane ride with this little munchkin.



We need tips from all you seasoned baby travellers! Lydia is 10 months old, does NOT fall asleep in arms, and ALWAYS wants to be down and moving! We have some toys she's never seen before and some treats. Any other fabulous tips for us? And does anybody know if they will let you bring a sippy cup on the planes now?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Rainy Hike

We went for a hike last weekend with Marty, Mindy, and kids. The leaves are barely starting to change color, so it was really pretty, but I'm sure it will be way prettier a week from now.

We had some tricky weather. As we waited for this to clear,



and for this to wake up,



we took some cheesy couple photos.



I didn't get a good one of Mindy (sorry)




The weather started looking prettier, so we headed up



We tried to take a deceiving picture and make it look like Mindy's barely shorter than me. But you can still tell I'm an amazon woman.



The weather tricked us again, and it started to rain. We weren't very prepared, and everyone got soaked. Lydia loves getting wet, so she had a blast.



The weather cleared again, so we headed back further into the foresty mountain. Then, the skies burst forth in their fury, and we got pelted with mammoth size raindrops. We ran down the mountain, Marty and Mindy in the lead. (How do they move so fast? They have tiny legs!) Ryan nearly fell a few times because he was wearing shoes with no grip and there were some minor mudslides quickly forming. Smart.

Here is the gang all soaked and miserable (or at least pretending to be miserable) at the bottom of the mountain.



Having survived the rainstorm, we were rewarded with this!

Future Pianist

We start piano training early in our house



Summer Time

Don't get me wrong...I love love love autumn, but I'm already starting to miss summer...



Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Where Have We Been?

I've only been to 34% of America. I need to get out more!


visited 17 states (34%)
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I've only been to 2.22% of the world.


visited 5 states (2.22%)
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Ryan's been to 1.33% of the world


visited 3 states (1.33%)
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and 12% of the country. It's time for us to take a trip! Anybody want to finance it...? =)


visited 6 states (12%)
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