Rich & Elise

Batter up!

2010-04-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

So Noah started baseball and he is in a coach pitch league, which means you guessed it, the coaches pitch to the kids. He had his first game yesterday and he did really well. It got rained out after one time hitting through the team, but that is just baseball season for you. He loves this sport and we are very proud of you Noah.

What we did today

2010-04-16T12:07:00.000-07:00

It was a beautiful day so after mowing our front lawn, (as you can tell we have not put in our backyard yet), the boys wanted to have a picnic outside. I love spring because it is a motivating time of year, for planting, weeding, mowing, and getting re-organized outside and in. I cant wait for more outside fun with our family this year, we just love being outdoors. To a lovely spring!!

Guess who.....

2010-02-26T07:29:00.001-08:00

IS 2?!?!

So we just celebrated Ryder's 2nd b-day. I am so sad my baby is already growing up. He LOVES the cows and going with Daddy to the cows everyday. He will go rain, snow, wind, or whatever, he has to go with Daddy daily to feed the cows hay or he freaks out. He got a tractor he rides on for Christmas and he now feeds the cows at home turning all my pillows, blankets, couch cushions and towels into haybails and he will throw them in a big pile for the cows to eat. This kid is hilarious, he is a natural cowboy. So when I found this backhoe cake on line I decided to make it for Ryder and of course he loved it and wanted to ride on it. We rented a jumping toy for the kids to play in at the church for his party. It was fun except Griffin was real sick so he had to sit this one out, all in all Ryder had a good party. Enjoy the pics.

It's about time!!

2010-01-19T21:27:00.000-08:00

It's about time I update what is going on over here. My wonderful husband put in our closet organizers over Christmas break and boy do we love them. It was a bit more of a process than I think we both anticipated, but Rich is so good at handyman things and I feel so lucky to have a tool man! We have been done with our addition for about umm, 2-1/2 months and we just now can use our closets, wahooo. Oh yeah, and his side is just like mine, but more shelves and different hanging arrangments. We bought these at Homedepot and you have a few arrangments to choose from. So far we are really pleased with them. I would reccomend them. And here is a view of our room, and bathroom, but just know the color of our bathroom is a really pretty seafoam and not that ugly green color that our camera made it look. It is pretty lite and looks more like the last photo. Anyways enjoy, mi hermosa Rosa!

And guess what little boy turned 4? Yep, Griffin William. He was so cute with his long hair.

He is such a special part of our family. Griffin is one strong willed, silly, creative, lovable, brave, smart, adorable, funny, eager to learn new things, and something really sweet about this boy; Griffin just loves his brothers and wants to be just like his older brother Noah. In fact, if Griffin has already dressed himself for the day and then Noah gets dressed later, Griffin will have to change into something just like what Noah has on and is wearing. Also, if we want Griffin to eat something and he dosent like it, we just tell him, oh come on, Noah is eating it, and he will give in. He always wants to play guns or ride bikes and his new favorite activity, building Lego things, with his best friend Noah. It is so nice they can play together and most days it goes alright. But then we have our bad days and they fight like sibblings do, ending with tears and hurtful words like, "I dont want to play with you for five days then!" Oh how I love my boys! This is the only picture of his transformers cake we got, lousey huh? He had a transformer scene cake, I made it and the 4 and logo is made of marshmellow fondant, it is yummy. The guys were already taken off by this time. Oh well, and here is a nerf bow he got from us, all boy that Griffin.

No luck

2009-11-25T22:20:00.000-08:00

Griffin sums up our recent photo shoot. We have no luck when it comes to family photos. I always sit in "awe" when I see all your adorable little family photos. Mine, well we never do them because I know how awful I am at photos, and then put three boys in the picture and good luck getting any one shot with us all looking decent. The day we did our pictures was day one of swine flu for our family. So I am blaming the flu on these ones.

This was picture retake day, and I like more of these ones then the flu day.

Ryder did the best photos, he was the one to shock me the most. I did not think he would give a good smile, but that he did on pretty much all of his. I love this little boy!

Their eyes give it away. They look like ill kids, but memories huh?

A special thanks to my good friend Brittney, who is an amazing photographer by the way. She is my sweet friend and she was ever so kind to agree to all of this. She probably regrets it, ha ha, but she was awesome and really tried hard to get us some good pictures. Little did she know what unphotogenic people she was about to photo shoot. I bet you will never forget us. You're the BEST Britt, thanks for everything!!

Final Product

2009-10-20T21:01:00.000-07:00

Here it is! Our new addition. I love it and I am glad to "almost" be done. We still have some finishing work, but I am loving our new space. The boys love it too, we have not moved our furniture out there yet and they go crazy with the open area. I will show pics of our master room when it is finished. Our bathroom is getting plumbed tommorrow so more pics to come. Alas, we get to enjoy our new addition!!

The New ME!

2009-10-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

Ryder's first haircut! Grandma Keri was kind enough to cut his hair this weekend. It was just time and I absolutely LOVE it. He does look more grown up and it makes me sad, but too many people thought my baby boy was my sweet, adorable little girl. I will miss those blonde curly locks. He is sure growing up way too fast. This little boy has such a sweet, fun, contagious, and energetic personality. We love Ryder to pieces and I just cant get enough of him. You look so cute with your new hair Ryder!!

Before......After

2009-09-29T13:34:00.000-07:00

Here is what the addition looks like now. It is all sided and a new roof (along with the rest of our house) and if you could not tell, they framed in the old french doors with a window and put a sliding glass door into the new family room. We are in the making of a concrete patio outside the sliders.
This is how I have been living these last few weeks, in a mess, and yes I am a mess too!

Rich tearing out my old kitchen cabinets. It was such a mess here this last weekend and I still wont have appliances until Oct. 7, but I really can't complain, the outcome is beautiful and I LOVE my new cabinets. They are made of maple and our countertops will be a brown/black marble looking formica. I will definately be posting when those are done this weekend. I am so loving my new cabinets!

Notice if you will, my green color next to the old paint, the lighter green color. Isn't that funny? I think I will stick with green, but I need to pick a new shade, the maple cabinets make my green paint look like split pea soup.

Tres Amigos

2009-09-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

First Day & House

2009-09-08T09:46:00.001-07:00

This is Noah on his first day of preschool this year. He is going back to Innovations Academy, with Ms.Michelle and is in a 5 year old group, even though it is still considered preschool, he gets to do more big kid stuff this year. School is on Tue. and Thur. mornings from 9-11:30. He really learned a lot last year and made good friends. Hopefully it will be just as beneficial this year, he is very excited to go back. This picture makes him look so grown up, my little Noah!And slowly, but surely here is the updated pics of our addition. The trusses should be set this week and then our whole house will be re-roofed with the new roof on our addition. I am ready for this phase to be over, oh well!! It sure will be worth it.

Addition

2009-08-26T15:09:00.001-07:00

Here is the beginning phase of the addition to our house. We are adding a family room and a new master bedroom/bathroom. We are also redoing our kitchen. I am excited, but boy is my backyard a mess! Oh well, it will all be worth it in the end. Because of our loan we have to have contractors do most of the work, but Rich is and will help out as much as he can. I am going to try to update as we keep going along. In the last picture, the window that is in the top right corner, it will be taken out and that will become the doorway to the fam. room. We are going to open up the kitchen to this fam. room with a bar. Unless you have been in my house it might be hard to picture, but anyways stay tuned for the updates.

Soccer season 2009

2009-08-02T21:35:00.001-07:00

Noah played soccer this summer, for a Union County, aged 4-6 league. We traveled all over, from Union to Elgin and Imbler to Cove and we had games here in La Grande too. Season actually is over next week, but I figure I will just post now. Heidi Ho is the name of his team and they are all pretty young and inexperienced. Noah just cant seem to get into the game, he just runs around always smiling, sometimes getting the ball, missing a couple goals here and there. He seems to have no interest to "steal" the ball from anyone and says, "Mom I am bored of soccer, why dont you just sign me up for Football?" Anyways, til next year, soccer good ridance!

Summer 09

2009-07-19T21:57:00.001-07:00

So I have been neglecting the blog I know, but here are some updated pictures from this summer. This first is in Newport, OR when we went to Albany to visit our lovely family. It was so cold and miserable that day, the wind was awful, but it is always beautiful there. The kids lasted maybe 10 minutes on the beach, but oh well what do you do?

Ryder watching baby einstein, he just veg's out in his chair whenever he gets to watch his movie. It is cute.

Griffin and Noah ride their bikes everyday, atleast two times, morning and night. It is so funny that Griff has to have a helmet just like Noah and he uses a football one at that. They are getting really daring on their bikes and Noah learned in June to ride with no training wheels and he jumps off curbs already. He is pretty determined.

And not to forget the sandbox. I have many more summer updates to come so stay tuned. Including ones that will give you all updates of our little addition project on our house starting in August. We are adding about 560 square feet off the back of our house and remodeling our kitchen, so look out for chaos!!

1/2 Marathon

2009-05-18T13:41:00.001-07:00

So here it is, my very first 1/2 marathon. The event took place in Boise, Idaho. There were over 830 runners in the full and half marathon altogether. I had a really fun experience and I accomplished my goal, I finished the whole thing running. (if you are wondering my time, you'll have to call me:) I must say the adrenaline rush was amazing and the atmosphere and all the support of people who dont even know you was really great. I had a fun group of friends, and my own support team, Rich, Naoh, and Griffin. The shot above is my favorite part of the race, right towards the finish line! You can tell I was ready to be done. Anyways, it is over now, and so I begin training for a sprint triathlon. Wahoo! Wendie Perry, Karen Crews, Carrie Eyre, Jannette Smith, Hayley Rampton, and me

Karen, Me, Nettie, Hayley, Leigh and her Husband Clayton

Where does time go??

2009-05-13T21:32:00.000-07:00

I will never as long as I am alive, get over how fast time goes by. I remember so vividly bringing this little boy, our first born, home from the hospital. There is something so magical about your first pregnancy and first born (I'll skip the whole delivery memory) that I can't help but be sad when I think about our first baby growing up so quickly. Noah will be 5 this July and I just dont know how this all happens so fast. Somedays could not be over fast enough, but mostly I really, truly love getting to be home with my three little rascals. I could have never imagined the feelings of motherhood without going through them. Each day I get to spend with my sons is another day treasured, I am so blessed to be their Mother. I love my boys so much and they enrich my life endlessly.

Noah loves taking pictures!

2009-05-12T15:21:00.000-07:00

So I am in the kitchen cooking something good and Noah says, "Mom, smile and look at me" and then Ryder from the living room is whinning, but really what is new, so I continuse doing my thing. Well, Noah had to come show me the pictures he took of him stuck and sitting inside the box of legos. Just a glimpse of a day with us.

I also had to get a photo of the photographer, my sweet Noah!

Cowboys

2009-04-14T22:57:00.000-07:00

It goes a little something like this....Once there was a guy who had a passion for working around his cattle. Just give him a herd to work, he's in heaven. A time to escape from life's stress I suppose, he lets it all go when he's out on the farm. And his sons, well they are heading down that path. Can't you see the look in his boys' eyes? Hard workers, it's all about the passion and realizing what makes you happy. I can't help but admire these men, hey I love them to pieces. They are my one and only cowboys.

I love to watch these boys out working. Something about a hard working man, coming home smelling like cow manuare, covered in hay and pokey sheet grass, with his two little sons following behind him, makes me smile and fall in love all over again. (But, by the way, I hate the smell of cow poop!)

This calls for a post

2009-04-14T21:59:00.000-07:00

Ryder has great hair to play with, too bad he is my son. He would look so good with a big bow on his head!

Ryder wants to be a cowboy too. I guess this is his way of preparing himself until he gets to go with his Daddy and help with the cows.

More of OMSI

2009-04-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

Here is the hearing area, I guess you can actually get your hearing checked for your kids if you want. Griffin was just excited to climb in the giant ear.

Cosuins Kian and Kiernan playing a coloring game on a computer.

Here is another cousin Logan, playing in the water station. This one was really fun, they had rubber boots and rain gear for all the kids to wear to over their clothing. There was a miniature river running on this mountain and the children could play with buckets and cups in the water, it was neat.

So I always do this, I should have posted this one next but oh well, sorry.

OMSI

2009-04-01T10:36:00.001-07:00

So at OMSI upstairs they have this huge room that is designed especially for children ages 3-7 This is the sandbox area and of course Noah and Griffin loved it. They also had this little part with "baby" toys and such, and Ryder had a good time in the pool of balls. It was short lived though, because a little boy with a really runny green slimy nose was sucking on all the balls. Hey, maybe that is why Ryder is sick right now, hummmm....Noah in the sandbox area having a fun time. Alexis made a playdough tree cookie for me. Isnt she sweet?

And Auntie Karen and cute little Hunter gave me a sweet smile for the camera, we miss you guys!!

Spring break went by so fast and here it is April already! So we got to go to Grandma and Grandpa McIlmoil's (Rich's parents) and we all had a really good time. It is nice to get out of this town for awhile. The boys got to spend time with their uncles and aunts and cousins and it was really nice to get to see everyone. Including my new nephew (no, I did not get a photo of him, oops) Emmerson, who was born on my B-day March 16 and I was so excited that he was. He is adorable. So all of us met at OMSI one day and what an exciting place. You could spend all day their with the kids and wouldnt get bored. Just bring some food, we got hungry and had to leave to eat. I am glad we got to take the boys there, they had so much fun.

Randomness........

2009-03-18T15:11:00.000-07:00

So I dont really have any stories on these, except yes we still are getting snow! So the boys still love to enjoy it when possible. And Griff loves to eat it, yup, anywhere it lies he will pick it up and indulge himself.

As for these, one evening I am preparing dinner and Ryder is crying and I look down and he got himself stuck over the wooden bar underneath the chair. I think he was trying to get his sippy cup. Anyway, it was a little funny so I snapped a few pictures.

Ryder's 1st B-Day

2009-03-02T15:13:00.000-08:00

So Ryder really didn't know what the heck to think of his big night. He was just like in awe, not really sure what to think of it all. He did like his new toys, and I think he liked the flame on his candle, ontop of his cake, the most of anything. One year olds are so sweet and innocent.

My baby's first year

2009-03-02T14:45:00.001-08:00

So Ryder is about 3 days old in this one, I remember when Rich took these at the hospital, Ryder was laying in that portable crib thing, seems just like yesterday.

He was around two months in this one, his blessing day.Three months....Maybe five months here.... 7-1/2 months.

2009-02-19T17:49:00.000-08:00

Ryder is almost one and I cannot believe it. It really is true, with every child time just goes by faster and faster. These pictures are of a little boy who LOVES to play with the tools, and he loves to put the screws in and out of the holes in the bench about a hundred times. It is fun to watch him grow and discover things. Anyways, I will post more after his birthday next week.

Ryder

2009-02-19T16:21:00.000-08:00

Three Amigos

2009-02-05T12:08:00.000-08:00

My three boys seem to really be good friends. Noah is the care taker of them all. He always helps Ryder and he always lets me know when Griffin is up to no good. Griffin loves his big brother. He always asks, "Is Noah coming home now?" like every ten minutes when Noah is at preschool. Griffin loves to play with Noah and vise versa. Ryder, well he just loves to follow his big brothers around. And he likes to climb on them when they wrestle on the floor. Very cute, who couldn't love three sons?

This is my most favorite gift ever. I got this for Christmas from Rich and you cant tell very good, but the boys birthstones are the jewels. My husband is so thoughtful. I love him too much.

Griffin is 3!

2009-02-05T11:47:00.001-08:00

I know, I know it is about time remcilmoil had a new post. The good news, we just got high speed internet. I will be blogging regularly now, I promise. So what has been going on with us? Well my little Griffy just turned 3 on January 12 and I can't believe it. He is such a three year old too. What does that mean? Well lets just say he never was a terrible two year old, but boy does he make life fun and challenging now. Anyways, I do love him soooo much and he is my little cuddle bug and always has been. So enjoy pics of his third b-day. Notice his three cakes? Ha ha, I guess we started a new tradition however old you are that is how many cakes you get. Not really, its kinda a long story He loves his new train table Grandma and Grandpa McIlmoil. Ryder and Noah also love to play with it, Ryder goes crazy for the train that drives around and around, its fun to watch him.

cookie

2009-01-12T11:45:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post theses, this was for a cookie swap we did for Enrichment in December. I know they really look like hot dogs but they were very good hot dog sugar cookies, and I got most creative category. Jacklyn, you would have been a good competition, too bad you moved!!

My handsome prince

2008-12-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

The above pictures tell the story. Dont take away my comb or I'll freak out!

Ryder just being his cool self. He really is a good boy, I think he is pretty mellow. I am greatful for babies and for the opportunity I have to raise these little guys. Being a mom is the most wonderful blessing. I am thankful for our sweet little family and for a most perfect Husband. Did I telly you I have the best Husband in the world? Yep, I do. I love our little family and am truly blessed.

Just some updates....

2008-12-05T19:15:00.000-08:00

Ryder is getting more into eating, yeah!! He does this funny thing with his mouth. I cant believe he is already over 9 mons.

Oh Christmas tree.....

2008-12-05T19:07:00.000-08:00

Noah, Griffin, Uncle Bloob and Daddy went up to Mt.Emily and got us a lovely Christmas tree. As you can see there was a little snow and the boys just loved it! Griffin and Noah both wanted to sleep in their snow suits the night before, but we told them they would sweat too much!! Thanks for all your hard work boys.

Here is our cute little charlie brown, child friendly, decorated tree. The boys helped and it seems to have a red and silver theme going on. The tree topper is still yet to be hung.

Three little guys

2008-11-13T11:16:00.001-08:00

So this is our newest "professional" photo of the boys. It was a MOPS fundraiser, we only bought this one, you know they charge an arm and a leg for their photo packages. It is not my favorite but its allright.

The boys and boring days

2008-11-13T11:12:00.000-08:00

Our house

2008-11-13T11:08:00.000-08:00

So this is for my sister-n-law Rose. She wont come visit so I have to show her our home from when we updated last summer. Richard made this lovely mantle for our fireplace.

Halloween

2008-11-03T18:52:00.000-08:00

So this was a family night carving activity we did with Joel and Devon and their kids. The little pumpkin is Ryder's, middle one is Noah's and far right is Griffin's. It was fun but now the cows will get the best of them, chomp chomp.

For Halloween we did dress up, the kids and I atleast. Then we went to our ward trunk or treat and a family Halloween party. I was a bee again, (three years ago I was a bee and Noah was in the costume Griffin is in) It was fun the kids love candy and sugar! Wonder where they get that??

Pumpkin Patch

2008-11-03T18:44:00.000-08:00

Sorry this is a little late, I am at Rich's school right now blogging because our computer at home will not let me post anymore. But we did take the kids to the hay maze/pumpkin patch this year and they of course loved it. Rich actually set the camera on a hay bail to take a picture of us as a family, not bad huh?

The Great Hunt

2008-11-03T18:36:00.001-08:00

October brought some luck for Daddy and uncle Chris. One Saturday morning these poor guys saw their last light of day. Now the remains are in our cupboard shriveled up, smelling of smoke and strong marinade(every time I get the toaster out the aroma swarms our kitchen, lovely) and some of it lays frozen, wrapped in white blood stained paper waiting to be thawed for dinner! Anyway I cant wait till our future hunters go out and bring home some more meat!!

Updates of Ryder

2008-10-10T14:00:00.000-07:00

So since Ryder changes the most, he is going to have more pictures posted. But I will get some up of Noah and Griffin too. Just bare with me , I only have dial up!
Ryder loves to sit in the yard and pick at the blades of grass. This is funny because Noah hated sitting in the grass as a baby. He loves to watch his brothers ride bikes and drive the car (powerwheels car, calm down Grandma Keri) He cant wait to play with them someday soon.

I got a funny face shot, I think he is sending Mommy a kiss!

Future Photographer?

2008-10-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

So Noah loves taking pictures of everyone and everything. One day he snuck our camera and had taken like over 100 pictures of just random things. Good thing its easy to erase pictures on digital cameras. Anyways, he had fun taking pics of Ryder and I one day and he did a pretty good job huh?
Maybe Noah has a future that his father should be doing! Like father like son?

Summer Fun

2008-08-16T14:37:00.001-07:00

We just visited the Portland, Oregon Zoo. We went with Rich's Mom, Brother Steve & wife Tara and Baby Taryn. The boys had a lot of fun and saw a lot of cool animals. Noah said his favorite animals were the monkeys, Griffin liked the Giraffe. Sorry we kinda forgot to get pictures of the animals-oops! This waterfall the boys are in front of was on the side of a walking path.
Noah and Griffin just had to sit up on this big tractor. They actually threw a fit when we took them off. It was located right by this cute petting farm barn inside the zoo. So on the way home from the zoo, everyone was tuckered out and hungry. We were driving to meet aunt Karen for dinner and Griffin wanted a snack. I gave him some crackers and as he started eating he was fighting so hard to stay awake, but.....
he managed to finish a couple crackers, with his eyes closed, then he went out. We were laughing at him, poor kid.

June 2008

2008-08-16T14:05:00.001-07:00

Koby (my older brother) and Kaden (his oldest son, in the car with Griffin) surprised us and came to visit on my Mom's birthday. They live in Minnesota and we don't get to see them very often. It was a lot of fun and we were sure happy to see them and spend time together. Griffin and Noah loved plaing with their cousin and were really sad that he could not stay longer. We love and miss you all Koby, Anna, Kaden, and Malachi!!!
This was a family reunion up at Camp Elkanah with my Mom's family. It was a blast and fun to see all our relatives that came from far away to camp with us. Camp Elkanah is located about 30 minutes from La Grande in the Blue Mountains. It has many cabins that house anywhere from 4 people, to about 15. Rich, the kids and I got our own little cabin with four beds. The boys did really good camping and we had a very fun experience there. There were many fun things to chose from while we camped. Volleyball, basketball, tiny tee, a rec. room with foosball, ping pong, air hockey, pool, a movie room with a big screen t.v., a huge slip-n-slide that came down a hill, and a swim hole in the river were the main activities we participated in while we were there. I hope we can make this a regular thing, it sure was fun.

Noah's 4th Birthday

2008-08-14T21:43:00.000-07:00

July 6, 2008

Noah had a Spiderman b-day party. He had a lot of fun with all his friends. They all did the spidey-man slip-n-slide and had a squirt gun fight. It sure is fun to have a party outside in the warm summer weather. He said he loved his party and wants another Spiderman birthday next year. His cake by the way, I made, and yeah it pretty much took me 2 days to decorate. It was all for my Noah, well worth it!

2008-08-14T14:21:00.000-07:00

Ryder is growing like a weed. He has definantly changed since the last post. He is about 5-1/2 months old now and his personality is very sweet. Most of the time he is mellow, but occasionally he will have tummy issues and cry a lot throughout the day. The older he gets the better his days get. He is a very strong boy, he likes to stand on his legs (with help) and he loves watching his older brothers play. We love him very much and I try to cherish this time while he is an infant, I love this stage!

2008-04-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

Noah and his cousin Alexis hit heads and he got his very first black eye
Noah jumpng on the trampoline at the cows
Griffin playing on the four-wheeler at the cows, they love helping Daddy.
Two crazy and fun boys sitting on the top bunk.

Blessing Day

2008-04-19T13:34:00.000-07:00

Sunday April, 13 was a special day for our family. Ryder received his Father's blessing from his Daddy. It was a very sweet blessing. We had a lot of family there to support us. Ryder got to see his Grandpa and Grandma McIlmoil for the first time, it was a lot of fun.
Ryder in his blessing outfit, what a cutie!

Sharing the day with his big brothers. (Noah wouldn't look at the camera)

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Ryder has such sweet older brothers and they love him very much.

I often look at my 3 sons in amazement and find it hard to believe that Rich and I were apart of something so beautiful. Having children is one of the most amazing experiences I think we go through in life. After all is said and done I will always miss the birth of another new born baby. Call me crazy, but so innocent and perfect is the life of a new little one. I'll forever cherish these special memories of my children's beginnings. Ryder still has his pretty jaundice glow, pink with a hue of yellow. He is finally on the mends, we do not have to get his blood checked anymore, yeah!!!!
Ryder and Auntie Lissette. Aren't they adorable?

1 week 3 days old

2008-03-06T21:40:00.001-08:00

Here is Ryder, sitting ever so calmly. He really is a good little baby.
Ryder loves his pacifier, maybe he will be just like his older brother Noah, who had his pacifier until he was 3.

Ryder Scott

2008-03-05T10:56:00.000-08:00

Here I am 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant. This was taken the day I got hospitalized. I stayed in the hospital for 3 days and then I was induced. Even though the road to delivery was rough, no epidural and 2-1/2 hours later, Ryder came into the world healthy and happy as ever. He weighed 7lbs 8oz, and was 20.5" long. Ryder Scott has his Daddy's middle name and he resembles both Noah and Griffin. His brother's love him and I just can't kiss him enough. I love having another boy, 3 little boys make our family full of life and energy.

Random Pics of Griffin

2008-02-17T14:14:00.000-08:00

Here is Griffin at the pumpkin patch and he is so mad we have to leave.
Griffin is getting really good at shaving, just like his big brother.
Griffin at Grandma McKinney's, raking the leaves one day. He always has such interesting faces for the camera.

Random Pictures of Noah

2008-02-17T13:47:00.000-08:00

Here is Noah at the pumpkin patch back in October, sneaking through a tunnel.
First we put the shaving cream on.........
Then oh so carefully we begin to shave!

The Boys

2008-02-17T13:11:00.000-08:00

Here are our boys Noah and Griffin. This picture was taken at Great Grandma and Grandpa McIlmoil's house in Brownsville, Oregon. They had just helped Daddy feed the cows and ride the 4-wheeler with Grandpa John.