Ryan's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Ryan. He turned 7 years old... Where has the time gone.


Ryan had his party at Peter Piper's Pizza (An Arizona local version of Chuck-E-Cheese) and he was able to make his own pie. A cheese only pizza, his current favorite (not that long ago he was all about the pepperoni pizza but now it's cheese only please...)



We did a party package. It included pizza, cake and ice-cream, and tokens for all the guests to burn in the arcade. It was a good time, and they were pretty accommodating when we had a few siblings stay who weren't technically invited, so not a bad deal. Although it did feel kind of strange as they took care of EVERYTHING... I guess I'm used to having to manage the whole thing...

Santa Picture

Here are the boys at the ward Christmas Party with Santa.

Marley Farm Thanksgiving

We were invited to have Thanksgiving Dinner (Wednesday night before T-Day) at Marley Farm this year. One of the sisters that I visit teach works at the farm and she was the one that invited us to come to the farm and enjoy the delicious food, petting zoo, pony rides, jump house and entertainment.. It was held on Wednesday evening and all of the people who work at Marley Farm come and bring guests. Marley Farm is a working farm with a petting zoo and some interesting animals -miniature bulls, camels, donkeys, llamas, deer and some others I'm forgetting I'm sure, among the regulars (goats, ducks, sheep). The kids were able to feed some of the animals in in the petting area. The younger two were also able to have a ride on the ponies there. Ty didn't want to, I think it might have had something to do with the fact that he did the horsemanship merit badge at scout camp over the summer and well a pony ride with someone else holding the reins didn't appeal to him... guess he's growing up...
Ryan enjoying his ride on the pony.

After the ride Kyle eyes started to itch, so we think he might have an allergy to horses like James does. :|

Ty feeding a deer.

The camel is trying to eat right out of the cup in Kyle's hands.

Ryan had to warm up to feeding the animals... he's a city boy... what can we say...

Tarwater Fall Festival

Today we got to carve pumpkins with the boys, then they displayed them as part of the schools fall festival (a fair to raise money for the school).

Here's Ryan with his jack-o-lantern

And here's Kyle with his jack-o-lantern

Halloween

The boys at Halloween. Can you guess who they are?

What's for dinner?

So on the way home from church we got the age old question from the kids... "What's for dinner?" we told them "Chicken pot pie" to which Ryan replies "I HATE PIE! I NEVER EAT PIE!" so I ask what do you want for dinner and Kyle says "Mac-n-Cheese". And altough that is a delicacy it's not one I particularly like -maybe it's an acquired taste I don't know. Anyway we say "nope" and we get the "ahh... why not?" Which we let hang in the air as it's just too tiring to go into that level of detail every time we have the "Mac-n-Cheese" as the main /only course for dinner discussion with Kyle and Ryan. So we get home and Ryan asks again "What's for dinner?" I decide to think outside the pastry crust and reply, "A chicken stew with vegetables and a cream based sauce served in individual mini pots with a fine flaky pastry topping" IE:

So we sit down and Ryan says... "hum that looks a like like pie" I said "yeah it kind of does." He then starts to eat and says, "I like this chicken stew with the flaky pastry topping".

So I guess it's all in the presentation...

Kindergarden

Ryan and Mrs. Jones.



Ryan has finished his first year in school.