Ryder's 2nd Birthday & Thanksgiving!

 

 

Ryder's 2nd Birthday!  We had a big party at my parents house with all of my family and all of Christians family plus some of our friends.  Ryder had a lot of fun, got plenty of presents, and loves his family!

 

 

 

Ryder with his new tool bench!  He felt so grown up playing with his tools with dad was using his tools to put this together.

 

Ryder and his birthday cake.  He asked for a Nemo cake so I did the best I could. : )

 

Easting his yummy cake!!!

 

Thanksgiving this year was with the Thurgoods and we had it up at the cabin.  It was so much fun!

 

Snuggling with Aunt Annie watching Frosty the Snowman.

 

 

Being silly with Uncle Roo!

 

Our little family on a Thanksgiving ride!

 

The gang in our camo for the family pic this year.

 

Cruise!

Last week we got back from a 7 day cruise on the largest ship of the ocean right now.  It was amazing!  I had never been on a cruise and got totally spoiled.  Thurgoods wanted to do a big family trip for many reasons... Spencer Roo going on his mission this next summer, Carollynne had her 50th birthday, and we will not be able to go on a vacation like this for a bit as we are expecting a baby girl this February.  So things are a bit crazy!  This trip was amazing!  So thank you Randy and Carollynne for spoiling us.  Here are some sweet pics from the trip.  Ryder was such a good boy I couldn't believe it!

Sorry for all the pictures!  I didn't know how to choose some and not the others!

The cruise theme for kids was Dreamworks so a lot of the characters were there from some of Ryders favorite Dreamworks movies.  Here we are with Gloria the Hippo.

 

Ryder and Grandpa riding the Carousel.  This happened MANY times on the trip.

 

Here we are at Nassau Bahamas!  That is the resort Atlantis behind us.

 

Ryder playing in the kids area!  He loved swimming in the kiddie pools.

 

Who know what he is doing... just being silly I guess! : )

 

Ryder and daddy from our balcony looking over the Bahamas.  The BEST way to wake up in the morning!

 

Ryder playing golf (one of the hundreds of times) he played that week!  He was obsessed!

 

We took some floaties and immediately Ryder wanted to swim by "self" as he called it.  He jumped off the sides, would float on his back and even kick to where he wanted to go and did it all by "self."  It was crazy to see my baby in the pool swimming like a big boy.

 

More swimming and crazy hair!

 

Yes there was even a huge theater on the ship where we got to see Hairspray!  It was awesome.  There is the baby bump!

 

More golf!

 

CR just finishing the zip line

 

Ryder and mommy with Alex the Lion!

 

Here we are as a family of 3.5 on our balcony overlooking St. Thomas. 

 

The whole gang with our HUGE ship behind us in St. Thomas.

 

CR surfing it up on the flow rider

 

Here we are waiting at the outdoor Aqua theater for the coolest dive show I have ever seen.

 

Me and my baby boy looking over St. Maarten

 

Ryder and I playing on the beach at St. Maarten.  There is a very good picture of the baby bump!  Wow bigger much quicker with kiddo number 2.

 

Our family on the beach at St. Maarten

 

Fancy night

 

The whole gang after dinner one night.

 

CR making the boogie boarding look easy... I say that because right after that cute Spencer Roo got on and about broke his nose - blood everywhere and as Ryder would say got a bad "boo boo."  Love you Roo!

Lake Powell

Hello everyone!  So this is extremely late but it's fine!  We had the opportunity of going to Lake Powell awhile back.  It was a lot of fun for the few days we were there. (We can only handle a few days with the crazy man)!  Enjoy!

Riding on the "Runners" with Grandpa



 

CR getting his Ski on

 

Ryder and mommy swimming.  He loves the water!

 

CR catching a bit of air

 

Ryder driving the boat with Grandpa... and yes, he is not wearing any pants.  We were letting him air out ha ha!  I mean Ryder not Grandpa : )

 

Once again Ryder with no pants, he loves to be naked!

 

Ryder's first tube experience with mommy and aunt Annie.

 

A "Runner" ride as a family.  He loved the rides and never wanted to get off.

 

Our mostly sweet baby boy... : )

Coles Farewell

 

Here is the gang when Cole went through the temple.

 

 

 This is the whole Butcher fam the morning of Cole's farewell!  Everyone cleans up pretty nice.

 

 

 Me and my sweet hubby who helped out so much during the weeks before Cole left and being a great example and support to Cole.

 

 

 What is a farewell without SubZero???

 

 

 Me and my baby brother all grown up...

 

 

 The group that set Cole apart.  A bit of a wild bunch!

 

 

 Uncle Cole reading to Ryder one more time before he heads to the MTC.

 

 

 At Chili's on our way to the MTC... actually a very pleasant experience.

 

 

 This is exactly what it was like that day: a bit of nerves, excitement, and joking around!  Humor and laughing is the best medicine.

 

 

 Even more messing around before we say our final goodbyes at the curb!  Go Cole!!!

San Diego With the Butchers

I am a little behind with the blog but here is the start of an update for you!  In June we had the opportunity of going on a family vacation with my family.  We only do a big family trip about every 4 years because there are so many of us.  It was a lot of fun and a nice trip before Cole left!

 

 

Here we are at Ryders first Major League Baseball game!  It was so fun, we had these fancy tickets where we had all we could eat wristbands of food, drinks, and snacks so it was sweet!

 

 

 Here is our little family out on the pier before dinner!

 

 

 Just hanging out in line for "It's a Small World" at Disneyland!

 

 

 Just finishing up our day at Dinsneyland!  LOVE IT!

 

 

 Not all of the Butcher clan are big Disney fans so this is the crew we got together to enjoy 1 day of fun!  The babies loved it!  Turns out I couldn't go on many rides . . . hmmmm . . . I wonder why!? :)

 

 

 Ryder and Christian at our day at the beach!

 

 

 Loves the sand and when we got there walked right out into the ocean!  Man we gotta watch this kid!