Rylie with Real Salt Lake

Rylie and her soccer team were lucky enough to escort Real Salt Lake players onto the field in last Saturday's game. Evan is their coach so he was able to get some great pics from the field. Rylie knows that Kyle Beckerman is my favorite player and she was lucky enough to get to walk with him. It was a great game and I'm glad that Rylie got to participate in this great soccer tradition. Saige could have been there too but she "just got too scared" when I told her that she would be on the field and on TV. Instead, she and I sat in the stands and cheered the others on.


Very serious as the National Anthem was sang.


Beckerman stretching and reminding Rylie to put her hand on her heart before the National Anthem.


I think this is a funny picture...This is when Kyle was asking Rylie her name and talking to her before the game. Isn't it just like the ref's to be in the way!

Rylie was SO excited to talk to Beckerman and to be on TV.

Waiting for the players.

Its a...

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Dr. for our ultrasound. We were so excited to find out what we are having. Here is a video of the girls' reaction when we told them. Yes, Rylie's face is green...she had been at day camp and the theme was "Army."

Rylie's Dance Recital

Rylie has been in dance class since January and she absolutely LOVES it!!! I must say, she is a good little dancer too. Here are a few pics of her in her dance costume after the recital. I was so impressed with her confidence. She did such a great job!

Here are a few shots of the actual recital.

What a sassy little pose.

This was the girls favorite part of the dance.

I love the smile on her face...you can tell that she LOVED performing.

Saige's Preschool Graduation

Today Saige graduated from preschool and she is SO ready for kindergarten. In fact, I caught her many times today singing songs about "here I come kindergarten" and "kindergarten is next for me." Saige loves to make up songs about whatever is on her mind and apparently today, Kindergarten was on her mind. She is such a cute girl and she loved preschool. This was her second year of preschool. She was lucky enough to go to different preschools each year which allowed her to experience a lot of different things. I can't believe my little Saigey is heading to kindergarten!

Saige's Gymnastics Exhibition

Saige has been taking gymnastics for the last few months and has LOVED it! She is such a timid little girl and it has been so good for her to stretch herself and try new things in gymnastics. The other night she had her first gymnastics exhibition. She wasn't sure at first about everyone being there to watch her but she quickly got into it.

Rylie and Saige's first piano recital

My girls (and I) have been privileged enough to take piano lessons from my good friend Torri. Torri has been so great and although they don't love to practice, it does my heart good to see that they are learning something. Saige has only been taking lessons for a couple of months and I was very proud of her for memorizing her song. Rylie has been taking lessons longer but learned "Old McDonald" toward the beginning of her lessons. Torri let each of the girls choose their own song and this is the one that Rylie chose. I've also taken lessons but I weaseled my way out of the recital. There is something about an adult playing "Here we go, up a row, to a birthday party." Its cute and impressive when a 5 year old plays it but a 33 year old should be able to play something more, right? It's become very obvious to me that they learn much more quickly than I do.

So many things...so little time...

We've had tons of little events in the last couple of weeks. I'm amazed at how busy the last 2 weeks of school can be. I absolutely LOVE all of the fun things that the girls get to be involved in though. There is nothing like the look on their faces when they perform and when they know that you are proud of them.

So, bear with me as I unload a few of the latest events.

Saige's New Do

After much consideration and many tears when it came time to fix Saige's hair she decided to have her hair cut and donated to "Locks of Love." I almost cried when I cut her long beautiful hair off but I'm happy to know that another child will have the opportunity to have Saige's hair. Saige LOVES her new haircut and I think that when it comes time to fix her hair in the mornings, I will love it too :)!

Rylie Quotes

"Mom, Saige and I couldn't find what we wanted to watch on TV so we decided to just watch the weather."

Deep Thoughts with Saige Ehat

"Mom, Whistling is a great way to make music...then you don't have to waste power by using the radio."

Funny girl...

Today Rylie was excited to tell us a story that her teacher had told to her. The story went as follows...

"Mom, today I heard the saddest story from my teacher. Her kids, when they were little got a marker and they wrote all over themselves. One of them got a purple marker and wrote all over his body and one had a green marker and the other had a red one. And GUESS WHAT!? It was PREGNANT marker!"

* Some of us know them as PERMANENT Markers.

Rylie's School Picture

Rylie's 1st grade picture. Her wound doesn't look too bad considering how bad it looked 2 days before when it happened. She's getting so grown up though, I can't believe she is in 1st grade and learning so much.

CRAZY HAIR DAY!!!

Rylie was very excited about her crazy hair!

Ouch!

Last night as we were getting ready to go to the Real Salt Lake game we heard a knock at the door. It sounded like a kid knock so I took my time getting there. I opened the door to find Rylie standing there covered in blood and standing in drips of blood all over the porch. She had been playing at the neighbor's house in their sandbox when one of the boys whacked her in the head with a shovel...OUCH! My first thought was..."lets go to the hospital" but on further inspection (and much debate) we decided that it isn't super deep. Deep enough to require a trip to the store for butterfly bandages but not enough for stitches. Rylie was a real trooper through the ordeal. The most she cried was when we said "butterfly bandage" because she didn't know what that was and it sounded scary.

BTW- Why don't they make "cute" butterfly bandages?
We were able to get her all bandaged up and comforted in time to go to the game. Thanks to Auntie Amy for babysitting and for Drew distracting Rylie from her wound.

P.S. School pictures are tomorrow...of course :).

More of our fam...

Wow! I'm short....or Evan is tall!

GO PEE!

I know what the GP stands for! GO PEE!

last night we were at the gas station and Rylie decided that she just couldn't wait until we got to Grandma's house to go potty. Kenzi took her to the bathroom and while she was taking care of her business she noticed the logo on the toilet paper dispenser. She knew right away what GP must stand for.

The Clean Room Fairy

This last week I got a call from a fairly new fairy. Her name is the "Clean Room Fairy" and her job is to reward kids for having a clean room. Much like the tooth fairy, she does her job without ever being seen.

I had cleaned the girls bedroom on Friday and somehow the clean room fairy heard about this momentous occasion. She called me telling me that if the girls will keep their bedroom clean then she would reward them with a random treat or surprise. The thing is that they will never know when she might come to check on their room. She may come every day or every other day or even once a week but you never know when she might show up. I told the girls about my phone call and they were very excited. On Saturday morning they woke up and hurried in to make their beds and make sure that everything was in its place. About half way through the day Rylie went in and found a halloween prize on her bed. It was a bag of M & M's with a halloween pencil.

The clean room fairy didn't come yesterday , Saige says its because she doesn't work on Sunday, but I love to hear the girls encourage each other to clean up and make sure their beds are made. They are so excited about this new fairy and honestly...SO AM I!

Maybe next time she comes I will remember to take a picture of the girls with their prize.

Our Family

Finally a current family pic. Dylann is only a year old and we didn't have one with her in it until now. Who is that cute boy? He's hot!

Rylie's 6th Birthday Party

Rylie's actual birthday was spent at Bear Lake with the Ehat family. She, of course, wanted to have a little friend party when we got home. She wanted her party theme to be "Barbie Mermaid." She had a great birthday party and loves having her friends over. Thanks to everyone who came!
Barbie Mermaid Cake.

There are more pics but I think they must be on Evan's computer. I'll post them when I get them.

Saige's First Day of School

Saige is our little anxious angel. She is the sweetest, most loving, and happy little girl but she doesn't like the idea of anything new. She started school on Tuesday and had nightmares the night before. She cried and asked that we not make her go to school. Its funny because she had preschool last year and loved it...but this year its a new preschool without Auntie Amy. I walked her down to her class and slowly slipped out while she was tracing her name. I held my phone close just in case. 2 1/2 hours later when I picked her up she told me "MOM! I LOVED IT!!!! THIS WAS THE FUNNEST DAY EVER!!!!


I love this cute girl and I'm so happy that she loves school. Now she asks all morning if its time to go to school yet. She can't wait to see what they'll do today.