Time Flies

As a way of speeding up the blogging process in order to try to catch up to the present I am going to just post a bunch of pictures from September to the holidays.

The boys were in soccer back in the fall and we discovered Aiden is an awesome goal keeper and well Ryder really likes to run back an forth across the field, but is not too interested in the ball at this point :) It was fun watching them play and having Gigi and Poppi come watch them too.

We had a really fun Halloween picking out our pumpkins, dressing up, and eating lots of yummy things! We went to Randy and Wendy Astin's house Halloween night for their yearly Halloween Chili fest and we went trick or treating with the boys in their neighborhood and the boys had lots of fun seeing spooky decorations and we were able to get back right before it started to rain.

 Such a beautiful place we live in!

 (Trying to measure Blakelee :) )

Blakelee at 5 and 6 months. Such a cutie pie. She is so happy and sweet! 

 Kitties, kitties everywhere! We told the boys we would get them a pet when we bought a house. So we have two kitty sisters that were found in a barn. Their names are Mrs. Mooney and Miss Millie. 

And of course the boys are just loving life playing in the new house and getting to play with cousins all the time!

Brad turned 30!

Brad turned 30 this past September! So we had a fun little celebration with Alan and Sandy with Brad's favorite cake. Alan and Sandy were kind enough to watch the kids and Brad and I also went out by ourselves to the Brazilian steakhouse here in Coeur D' Alene to celebrate. I'm so lucky to have such a kind, responsible, hard working, and loving husband. You fill up every day for me with joy and love. You are my soul mate in every sense of the word and I love you so much and am so grateful to spend forever with you!

Aiden is a Kindergartner

Aiden started school the beginning of September this year and to say the least he was excited :) He has a mature little mind inside his small body so he is always wanting to grow up which makes me proud and happy but also sad. I just love how his first day of school pictures turned out because you can see the joy all over his face. I'm so blessed to have this sweet, thoughtful boy as mine. We love you Aiden and are so proud of you!

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!