Ryder is 3 !!!

Ryder's birthday was on July 25th and he really wanted a superman party. He loves to fly around the house to the superman movie soundtrack. He was in a superman phase for a while after seeing the newest superman movie Man of Steel. So we did a superman cake for him and we really just had a family party this year. We went to the park and then ordered pizza (his favorite food) for dinner and he got nerf guns that he and Aiden ran around with all day. He also got a big kid bike for his birthday and it took him a while to warm up to it over his tricycle, but he loves it.

Ryder is good at telling everyone around him that he loves them and gives everyone hugs and kisses. Like his Daddy he is really good at showing love to everyone around him. He also can be quite the goof and loves to be silly and make other people laugh. He loves to run wherever he can, he loves to do whatever his older brother is doing of course, and he loves pizza and the tv show ninjago. He is our rough and tumble boy and just loves pretending to shoot, punch, or just wrestle around with his brother :) Happy birthday Ryder! We love you so much!

Birthday breakfast! 

Aiden is 5 !!!

Aidan's birthday is July 2nd and this year he wanted an Iron Man birthday party! It was fun to make the Iron Man mask piñata and he had lots of fun getting to have a party with all of his cousins here. We started the morning off by surprising him with his presents which included his first big kid bike. Then later on in the day we had a party with everyone and had the kids hit open the piñata. 

He turned 5! And I CANT BELIEVE IT! He is getting so big. He loves Star Wars, Legos, math, science, he loves to be outside, and he is such a good big brother. He and Ryder have the best times together and he always makes Blakelee smile and loves to help take care of her. His favorite food is chicken strips and he tells me he wants to be a doctor or a rockstar when he grows up :) He is so sweet and I feel so lucky to be his mom. Happy birthday Aiden!

Loving Idaho

We have loved being back in Idaho! And the summer was so fun with Meagan and Brent and their kids and Tawni and Ryan and their kids coming as well! All the cousins had a lot of fun together and even though it was  a lot of people in the house we had so much fun getting to see everyone.

With all of our stuff packed up still in Sandy and Alan's garage it was kind of a stressful month in June as we were trying to close on our first house! We found it searching the listings online in Kentucky and Sandy went and saw it for us and we ended up in a bidding war on the house that we miraculously won! In any case actually getting to the point of being able to close on the house took longer than anticipated and we weren't sure if we were going to make our closing deadline, but it all came through last minute. The house is perfect for us and we LOVE our neighborhood and our big fenced backyard for the kiddos! We are so happy to be here!

Out at the park in downtown Coeur D' Alene

We went to a party at our good friend Scott's parents house by Newman Lake. Scott graduated medical school with Brad and is the one who drove out to Idaho with us. We love him and his family! Such a beautiful setting at their house!

We love Poppi's and Gigi's house!

All the cousins together.

All the boys went fishing with poppi. Ryder didn't last long :)

Coeur D' Alene lake with Meagan, Brent, and Sandy and Alan. We all went out on a date together!

We ran the Iron Man Kids race and it was so fun! With such little legs in tow we walked a lot, but we had fun :)

Eating dinner at Dockside all together. 

Poppi's birthday :)

So much cousin fun!

Meagan was sweet enough to take these pictures of Blakelee and I while she was here. I love them. I can't believe she was so little.

Such a good big brother :)

A day at the lake. So beautiful and relaxing.

The day we went in to sign the papers on our house! We were so happy to close!

We love our house and our neighborhood. There are parks around every corner.

We love our Griffitts family!