Petting Zoo

Ryann wasn't a fan of actually catching the chickens, but she sure wanted me to take a lot of pictures of her with them. She touched them a couple times, but never caught them herself.

She liked feeding the goats.

And she really liked the llama (or camel according to Cara).

What a fun birthday party!

Birthday Week

I decided to post Rich's favorite pictures of the birthday party in honor of his "birthday week."

He turns 34 this week and I am trying to remind him every day :)

He is so lucky to have me.

Anyway... Rich missed this birthday party we went to this weekend because he was watching a very intense football game... but this was his favorite picture when I told him the story behind it.

Here is Cara, she is trying to feed some straw to the animals in the petting zoo.

She is yelling, "COME HERE CAMEL!!! COME EAT CAMEL!!"

This wasn't an exotic petting zoo, but I guess a llama looks a lot like a camel to a 2 year old, wearing Incredibles panties, pants falling off, girl from Arizona.

French Braids and Pony Rides

I decided that since Ryann was going to ride a horse today she should have some french braids. Here is my very first attempt at 2 french braids in her hair.

Pretty successful, I mean, they stayed in.

We had a lot of fun at a friend's birthday party today.

Both Cara and Ryann were able to ride the horse with painted hair a couple times.

I have about a thousand more cute pictures but this one below I had to sneak in today... this is the moment her face paint was revealed... she was so excited on how pretty her "fairy face" was.

Happy Birthday Jaidin and Jillian! I can't believe it has been 6 years since I fell in love with that sweet newborn baby I was watching in my home once a week for a year.

Free Lunch

I never go out to lunch. Basically in the past 20 months at my job I have been out to lunch 3 times.

Today I wanted to go. Not sure why I wanted to go, I just went. The girls in my office took me to a place called "Lenny's Burger" because they said it was delicious.

It is in downtown Phoenix and it was very crowded. When I got out of my car there was a scruffy (as in not much better than homeless) man helping someone change a tire. He came up to me and asked it I would be able to buy his "lady" (probably his mother) a small hamburger since she was so hungry and hadn't been able to eat all day.

He didn't ask for money and he was doing service for someone else so without hesitation I took her inside and bought her the biggest meal I could find on the menu. It was small and simple and I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to do this for someone today.

Yesterday on facebook I had a friend post, "have you done any good in the world today?" I want to challenge you to do something good for someone this week. Pay for their toll, pay for their meal, help pick up the toy that their kid threw across the restaurant, let them merge into your lane, anything.

This man who helped someone change a tire will never understand how he helped me today. I feel so blessed because he presented me with the opportunity to serve. He was grateful and I am sure he is happy that his "lady" got a meal, but it will last a lot longer for me than it will for her.

I know that I am blessed on a daily basis but this has touched me today, it has reminded me that I am so fortunate and there are so many people out there who love me.

Cuteness of Ryann

Ryann has fallen in love with the game "Guess Who"

We have a Marvel comic book guess who game.

She has actually won once or twice.... without Rich letting her win. She also has been a much better eater lately, but at dinner time she always wants me to feed her. It is so much quicker and less messy- but I am trying to be patient and not shovel food into her mouth when she is being lazy/slow.
She also likes to make breakfast for herself every day. This morning it was toast. She didn't actually toast it, she just smeared jam all over it, but she ate it right up.

Sock Puppets

I turned around as I was getting ready for work today. I saw these cute little sock puppets talking to each other. I believe their names were "socky and socker."

Pretty clever huh?

She was hysterical. She thought she was sooo funny. It was awesome.

And see this little stinker below... she looks so innocent. Not so much. She spent 1 hour and 25 minutes at the dinner table without eating her dinner. We finally put her straight to bed. I was exhausted and worn out and at my wits end.

So now I am going to sneak into her room, stare at her cute sleeping face, give her a kiss, and remember how much I love her.

80 degree weather

I will take it. Thank you.

My girls don't have any complaints either.