Life As A Bayer

Just some fun pics!

2011-03-13T15:10:00.003-04:00

This is Lake Mead.
Big Horn sheep we saw at the beginning of this hike. There were actually about ten hanging out together.

Click on the picture and make it real big, and dead center is the coyote we saw a couple times as he ran from us.

Hanging out in the "cave".

King of the mountain! We made it to the top.

Zac showing off his fingers.

This is Pepito. He's a ball python.

Seth and Pepito are friends.

Really, really good friends.

These are giant tortoises. The smaller one is four years old, and the other almost eight.

Seth feeding the larger one.

Great Grandpa Smith with the boys at his 8Oth birthday party.

Birthday Fun!

2010-10-30T13:34:00.004-04:00

These first few pictures were actually taken today. This is Zac on his trike. The lighting is really bad , but he was having a good time.
Seth trying out his new skate board. He has elbow and wrist pads on too. And yes they are all scraped up already. He is having lots of fun with this though.

There he goes!

Last night at Seth's party. All his friends had Halloween Parties to go to afterwards, so they were all dressed up.

Make a wish : 0

I made Seth a plants vs zombies cake. This is his favorite computer game. And it tasted mmm mmm good.

Zac wanted baby pumpkins this year. Here he is taking the seeds out.

Seth actually got his hands dirty this year!

As you can see the looks on Seth's face, it took us a few minutes to convince him it was ok to touch the "slime".

It's Already Fall!

2010-09-20T16:31:00.004-04:00

Hey Everyone! I know it's been too long. I had every intention of beginning to blog weekly like I used to, but then I developed pnuemonia. (Almost a month ago) I am slowly getting better, and slowly catching up. Seth started first grade on the first of September. So far he is doing well. Zac is learning at home with me, he loves doing his "homework". I'm still pretty tired, but wanted to get some pictures up because it has been so long, so enjoy, and hopefully one day I will becomw awesome at blogging again.

Seth and Ryan went on a real ride the other day, not just around the block : )

My boys all dressed up!

Seth's first day of School

My Dad & Sylvia back in NV

Ryan's birthday

Climbing on rocks at Bluff's Point

More at Bluffs point.

At the cabin in Big Bear

Just plain silly : )

Hope all is well for everyone!

Pictures From this month : )

2010-06-27T15:01:00.003-04:00

I emptied my camera card for our upcoming trip. Thought I'd post some pictures for you guys wihle I have a chance. Looking forward to seeing everybody in BC!

Seth on his field trip to the beach. The little girl waving is Rebecca his "girlfriend".
Ryan and Zac. I think they are looking at a shell.

Just a neet picture I took.

The boys are always proud of their buildings. We have lots of similar pictures, so they can remember what they looked like before Zaczilla attacks.

Seth and his volcano. He protected it from passing children for probably an hour then destroyed it so no one else could.

We took the kids to North Lake yesterday. Here is Zac at the playground there.

Zac in the water.

Seth playing with the buckets. They were his "engines". Even though they slowed him down.

Just a little Update : )

2010-05-01T13:17:00.003-04:00

So Zac was still pretty miserable on Thursday. The doctor got his blood work back and those test were negative, so she sent us to get him an ultrasound. Zac's tummy was hurting him a lot that morning, so I thougth it was about time for this. So we went in the afternoon. Zac was still complaing about it hurting even in the waiting room. Then for some reason in the middle of the ultrasound, he just started laughing. Literally he was laughing with a huge grin on his face. Ever since he's been pretty much a happy little boy. He's still waking up at night, but it is nothing like what we were dealing with before.

Since Zac was feeling better we took the boys to the kids carnival yesterday. They had sooooo much fun on all the rides. Seth saw many of his friends there and got to wait in line with lots of them. These boys are fearless. There is nothing that scares them or makes them "sea sick". They must get that from their dad because after a few rides, my stomach had had enough. I forgot to take the camera this time, so no pictures : (

Seth has joined the dream team at karate. Today was his first Test Day. He was nervous, and the first one called up. And he did the special walk he had been practicing really well. Good Job Seth for earning your first star on the uniform!

A Very Long Week!

2010-04-28T17:13:00.002-04:00

Two Saturdays ago, Zachary started having lots of abdominal pain. Of course at first we thought it might be a bug. After a couple days of not feeling better, but worse we took him to the doctor. Doctor number one said it was a virus. Not convinced I took him in again to Doctor number two. She gave him some prevacid for acid reflux. This has helped only a little, so far. We returned the number two again today and she is running some blood work to test for a few other things. Zac was so good for the lab tech. He only squirmed a little. We are still hoping it is reflux and that it is just taking a long time for his tummy to get better. So as we wait to see what happens, my little guy curls up in pain and cries. Can't give him pain meds because he throws them up. It's been eleven days, so let's pray this little guy finally feels better tomorrow.

Easter Morning / Stitches

2010-04-12T20:11:00.003-04:00

Here are the boys right before we let them go look at there Easter Baskets.

Oooooooh!

Seth.

Zac wasted no time to eat the candy : )

This is Zachary in the guitar case. He kept asking for me to take a picture.

Zac loves Daddy's motorcycle. He is too small to go on a real ride, but Ryan will sometimes roll around in the driveway with him.

Seth had a teeter totter accident at the park yesterday. Here are his three stitches. He says he was trying to fix his shoe while on the teeter totter, and his friend bounced him off. He hit his chin on the seat as it came up. He loved that he got to watch SpongeBob Squarepants in his room at the ER becasue we don't ever watch it at home. We'll take Seth to get his stitches out in a week.

Here is Seth dressed up like Daddy. He did this tonight, just to have fun. We're on Spring Break right now, so I get to spend time with both boys all week. If they are good we'll take them to see How to Train Your Dragon on Thursday. They are very excited for that.

2010-03-17T19:08:00.003-04:00

Enjoy these pictures. I know that I haven't been good at posting this last year.

Ryan's fuzz.
Life is so rough when you eat lunch.

Ryan's new bike.
Look who moved into our neighborhood! It's Herby!

Winter Storm Albert has Arrived : )

2009-12-20T10:47:00.003-05:00

I'm sure many of you have seen on the news that the East coast has had a big winter storm. And sure enough we were one of the areas that got big amounts of snow. We don't have a yard stick, but Ryan and I are guessing it was about 20 inches deep.
Zac was very excited to go and play in the snow. He only lasted about twenty minutes before he was too cold. He has had a cold this week, so that might have added to the short play time. He fell asleep soon after I brought him inside.

Those are our candy cane lights. With Seth behimd the bush.

See, there he is. The snow is deeper than his legs. Seth was so concerned that we couldn't open our back door that he tromped around the house and started digging it and the BBQ out with his hands.

And of course there was a lot of playing with the sled and snowballs too. We didn't go across to the big hill because Daddy had to shovel, and I stayed inside with Zac.

Ryan hard at work, shoveling the snow. He sort of becomes obsessive when it comes to shoveling snow, and it has to be done perfectly or he's not satisfied. It's sort of funny to me. I guess I'm the same way when it come to the dishes.

Pictures with Santa!

2009-12-16T16:16:00.002-05:00

On Saturday we went to the Christmas brunch at the church. I made one of the breakfast casseroles and it actually turned out good : ) However the roles I tried making from scratch that night were not so good. I guess I still haven't grasped how to make breads that use yeast. Anyhow, Seth and Zac were able to talk to Santa and tell him how "well behaved" they have been.

And of course they were able to sit on his lap too. I can't believe how big they are both getting.

~ Catching Up Again ~

2009-12-11T19:27:00.002-05:00

These are from the 30th of October. Ryan received his yellow belt in kickboxing! Here is him and the boys after testing for it.
Here is Ryan again when we got home.

Here are the boys before they went trick or treating. As you can see Zac is more interested in the candy than getting his picture taken.

Zac turned two last month on the 8th. We had a very small party with Auntie Sally and Zac's friend Jeremiah. Here is the birthday cake.

Zac and Jeremiah eating their cake.

Opening presents. I'm not sure if he was more excited to get a basketball hoop or the big box that it came in.

We all went to Chuckie Cheese's for some more fun and pizza.

Here is Zac in the washer. He loves the washer and plays in it everytime it is empty. He loves to help with laundry so much that he asks to start washing the dirty clothes as soon as we wake up.

I know I've been really slow at posting pictures this year. Sorry about that. I hope that you all are doing well. We are getting ready for Christmas. 97% of our shopping is done! It's so nice not have to worry about whether Ryan will be home or not.

October Fun : )

2009-10-30T15:16:00.005-04:00

So we've been pretty busy this month. The above picture shows how clever Zac can be sometimes. We keep the rocking horse 6 feet to the right from where it is in the picture. He really wanted to get brother's trophies.

At the beginning of the month we went to one of the local farms to pick apples and pumpkins.

We waited here by the pumpkins for the tractor pulled wagon to take us up to the apple trees. The boys loved the five minute ride up.

Zac picking an apple.

Seth showing us his.

Daddy helping Zac to pick "good" apples.

Yup! I have the cutest boys around.

The kids thought it was fun to sit on their pumpkins. Zac picked a little on because he could carry it. But if you ask him, it's the biggest. Then of course Seth's is the biggest.

Seth's birthday cake. He wanted a dinosaur cake, so this is what I made him.

I think Seth was bored waiting for the song to be over, so he could finally blow out the candles.

Some of the kids at the party. We had 16 kids there. Don't ask why or how. We intended on maybe 10.

Carving pumpkins. Seth still won't touch the "goo". He used a spoon the whole time.

Ooooooh!

We took Seth to McDonalds for his actual birthday. We let him and Zac play in the play place for about an hour.

Then we let him open the presents from us and the grandparents. This is the tool bench we got him.

Today, Seth got to take a ride in a corvette. Her name is Veronica and she belongs to one of Ryan's friends at work. For a couple months now Seth has really been into corvettes, so this was really exciting for him.

What a happy kid!

3 Pics and a Tournament!

2009-09-26T14:04:00.005-04:00

Seth came into the room like this the other day. What of goofball.

"Look Mom, I made chocolate milk!" Zac decided to climb up the pantry and pour quick into a cup. He was so proud of his accomplishment I just let him continue to drink his "chocolate milk."

Look at how cute we are?

Here is Seth with his trophies. I had them arranged so you could see them better, but Seth's OCD kicked in and he wanted them "his" way.

Seth decide to do Ninja Combo 1 for the kamas. He only been practicing weapons for a few weeks. I think he did well. Probably could have done better if we had more time to practice, but it has been a crazy month. Seth got third place in his group of three.

Here is the jaguar combo. Seth actually did this first today. Again he got third place in his group of three, but he has definitely gotten better since last time. Enjoy.

Seth during the sparring portion of his tournament. He was against his friend Anthony. I only recorded the first part because I didn't want to use up all my memory card. Seth is the boy on the right about. He lost this sparring match 4 to 5 point. For his first time competing in it he did really good!

Catching up on Pics!

2009-09-11T09:10:00.002-04:00

Seth had his first day of kindergarten on the first! As you can see he wasn't very cooperative for the pictures.

He did enjoy his first day of school. He loves that his friend Rebecca is in his class. We've been walking to school every day. For the first week all I heard was, "Mom my legs hurt, so I should take the bus."He's finally given up on asking because we live too close.

The other day Zac wanted to dress up like big brother. Isn't he cute? Oh, if only his personality was that cute. He is a terror!

This is Ryan being funny. He dressed up super geek scout for a good laugh.

Ryan is signed up for his first college course and starts it online in a couple weeks. He only has 13 classes until his bachelors is done. He's hoping to be done by the time he returns to sea duty.

Camping!

2009-08-31T17:03:00.002-04:00

Seth is now on the black belt team at karate. This was the first time he had all the protective gear on. He's getting more used to it. I think he has the hardest time with the mouthpiece.

We went camping with friends in Rhode Island last weekend. We arrived on Thursday. The boys and I actually got there a few hours before Ryan because he and the other dads had to work. I set up our camp before he got there.

Here is Seth and some of the other kids climbing and then sliding down the rock.

Most of our group. We had lovely meals. Each family was in charge of one. I had never made foil dinner pizzas before.

Ryan, Zac, and I went kayaking. Seth had a turn with Ryan earlier, but I was on a hike with the moms so I didn't get pictures : ( Zac was happy to be in the middle on the way out.

He fell asleep in the middle, so I had the pull him onto my lap.

While we were out Seth climbed the rock some more in his life jacket. He also went swimming afterwards too.

Here is Zac napping on the beach. On Friday night the remnants of Tropical Storm Danny blew in. It rained all night. Saturday we ate breakfast in the lodge there on the campground. It was nice of the ranger to let us in there. The kids stayed and played while the adults packed up camp. Ryan and I were soaked! But it was lots of fun.

Blueberries!

2009-08-12T13:44:00.002-04:00

We went to the Maple Lane Farm today with some friends to pick blueberries. Here are the kids getting ready to find a spot to start picking.
Zac is not quite sure what we are doing yet, but he loved wearing the bucket around his neck.

Seth picking. At first we were not finding very many ripe ones, and a lot of dead berries. The amounts of rain this summer have really hurt a lot of the crops this year.

Here's One!

Zac looking gor berries! He would pick a berry and shove it right into his mouth. I think he ate at least 30.

A blue flower in the middle of the pussy willows.

We headed up the hill where the berries were ripe and in good number. Zac decided he needed a break. He was very mad when I made him move.

Look at all our blueberries! Seth was trying to make a grumpy face in the picture. You can tell he's being silly.

Another Week of Summer!

2009-08-09T18:44:00.002-04:00

It was actually sunny part of this week. So we got to go play outside a lot.
Zac wanted to go to the park really bad. But when we got there all he did was sit. It was somewhat frustrating because I actually remembered the camera, and he wouldn't even go down a slide for me.

Seth played on the swings a lot this time.

At church last Sunday Seth got to plant seeds of faith. The lesson was about how faith is like a seed, it needs lots of nurturing to grow larger and strong. We were very careful to not over water it. When the sun was out (usually lunchtime) we'd set it outside it the sun. And then bring it back in when the clouds came.

This is how it looked on Friday! Seth was so excited to see it growing. I am too!

We also found out that Seth has some asthma. He's had a cough for a couple weeks. We got a referral to an allergist to see if it is allergy related asthma or not. And of course he has an inhaler. Zac is growing another tooth this week. He has been the clingiest cranky baby. We did turn his crib into a toddler bed last weekend. He goes right to sleep, and loves that he can get out of bed on his own. I'm not sure if Ryan likes it because he comes into our room and crawls over Daddy to get to me instead of walking around.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

2009-08-02T17:47:00.004-04:00

Thursday was Ryan's birthday. He worked most the day, but when he got home we went to eat dinner at the Olive Garden. Zachary actually sat in his highchair until we were done eating! After dinner we had cake and ice cream with friends. As you can see it has 8 delicious layers!MMMM Death By Chocolate is what Ryan wanted.

I'm not sure why everyone made it into this picture except Seth and Zac. I think that is Seth's fingers at the very bottom.

Opening presents. The one on the left is Eight below. We actually traded it in because I forgot we already owned it. Ooops : )

And finally, Zac's new thing is climbing on the washer and dryer. The "boing boing" is what he calls the washer because sometimes when I do laundry it goes boing boing. I hope everyone has a good week!

Dumptrucks Rock!

2009-07-19T15:16:00.003-04:00

I am finally feeling better! We kept busy this week. Ryan signed up for Muay Thai kickboxing. He loves it, but is super sore right now. Seth got to try his first attempt at the nun chucks at karate yesterday. Good thing they are foam, or else he might have a black and blue face. We also went to a Community Block party. They had a bounce house and rock wall for the kids along with food. I should have taken the camera, but didn't even think about it until it was too late.

Zac decided to eat pavement on Thursday. Ok, he actually fell out of the car when Seth opened the door. Doesn't he look so pathetic?
This is one of the boys favorite things to do in the back yard. The use the dumptruck like a sled. Seth pushes it up, and they both ride down. OR they take turns.

Summer's half done : (

2009-07-13T13:28:00.004-04:00

I just realized that we have six weeks left until Seth begins kindergarden. Three weeks ago my asthma/allergies decided to kick into high gear making breathing difficult. They put me on meds for a couple weeks, and then last week when I went back with no improvement was given even more. It's frustrating because I want to run and play with the boys outside, and can't. At least Ryan is around this summer to play with them. It's good to see them all bonding. I am getting better slowly, it just doesn't seem fast enough for me.

We made sugar cookies. As you can see all the frosting ended up on Zac's face. He sure loves frosting. So much that he's figured out how to get the can of frosting out of the back of the refridgerater, open it and scoop out a bite with a spoon.
Seth with his belt of stripes that he earned the last couple months in karate. Zac wanted to be in the picture too.

Saturday was belt promotion day! Here is Seth doing the snake combo with classmates.

Here's Seth with his new belt! His sensei put the old one around his neck.

Seth with Sensai Alyssa. She is his favorite instructor. He thinks she's pretty.

This is a game that Zac and Daddy do all the time. We finally recorded it because it's so cute. Zac is saying so many new words. I can't believe how fast he is growing. Have a good week everyone!

Celebrating our Freedom!

2009-07-05T15:31:00.002-04:00

We went to Subfest, the a carnival on the base, yesterday for our Fourth of July Fun! We went with some friends, and watched the fireworks on the baseball fields there. The view was excellent!
ac and Seth loved the Pirate ship! Ryan had gone on the zipper ride just before, so the ship really made him queezy.

Here are the boys with their friend Jeremiah.

We let the kids play in the sprinkler earlier during our BBQ. That's Zac with JT and Jeremiah. I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted this time: (

Every holiday we try and teach Seth why we celebrate, so when explaining to him about how we have freedom, and that people have died so we can have it. He cuts me off and says, "Yeah mom, but when do we get to see fireworks!" At least he likes to help put the flag out.

June was a busy month!

2009-06-28T09:32:00.007-04:00

This week I started off great getting lots of things done eaven a few extra. Then on Wednesday I woke up with this nasty cough that has pretty much slowed me down, and now I'm behind on everything : (

So I stayed home from church because I would just be coughing in the halls there anyways the whole time, and I thought I'd catch up on the blog for the month! Enjoy!

Say "Cheese!"
Yesterday was Seth's first karate tournament! He was excited and nervous as most of the kids there. Above is Sensei Alissa helping Seth practice.

Here is Seth's performance. He was the very first person up! I think he may have done better if someone else had gone before him, so he could see what it was like. We are proud of him for trying his best!

Here are the four kids in Seth's division. His age group had 4 divisions all with 4 kids.

Hooray for Seth he got fourth place in his division!!!! The tournament is designed to help with self confidence. So technically Seth got last place, but all that matter's is that he got up, tried and did his best.

Here's how the boys fell asleep last night!

This is the sunset that made the biggest rainbow Ryan and I have seen. It's hard to see in the pictures because of the lighting, but it was pretty cool!

The right side of the rainbow.

The Top!

Left side.

How does Zac eat an apple?

By spitting the skin on the floor!

Look at my new haircut!

See how long it was?

Seth, Zac and me in the rope jungle gym at the Dinosour Place! I helped Seth to the top!

See the bushes in the background? That's where Zac decided to run and fall down about a 3 ft drop. Nana alsmost had a heart attack.

Who's that stepping on T-Rex's toes?This volcano erupts every hour. Pretty fun for the kids.

We went to the Mystic Seaport with Ryan's mom and Grandma C. We took many more pictures, but since I'm playing catch up here are just a couple.

That's Seth underneath the boat "being built".

Nana took us out for Chuckie Cheese's! Thanks! We had fun.

Seth playing with Grandma and Zac's in the tractor back there.

Camping with Daddy/ Disney World!!!

2009-05-25T17:54:00.000-04:00

Seth and Ryan went on a father/son campout the Friday before our trip. They brought their own tent, but ended up in our friend's because they had room.
This is Seth learning how to kindle the fire. Seth enjoyed playing with the "bigger" boys. They let him follow them around all evening.

They had lots of fun, although Seth's smile in this picture almost looks like an angry smile. Next year Zac will get to go too!!

Now for Disney World Pictures! We went this last week and had lots of fun. As with all vacations things did not go as planned, but oh well.

Here's Seth when we checked into our room at the Port Orleans French Quarter. The towels were shaped like Mickey. He was given a sticker and a button that says, "My first trip to Disney World". So was Zac. We arrived at dinner time, so we ate at the hotel and then took the bus to the Magic Kingdom to get in a few rides before bedtime. It was raining, so when we got there lots of people were leaving. Which meant there were no lines!

This is the next day. We got into the Magic Kingdom Park before anything opened because we had a breakfast reservation at one of the restaurants inside. That's why it looks so empty.

This is Zac on the Buzz Lightyear ride. You go around shooting targets! We went on this one five or six times this trip.

After lunch the rain came. Here is Zac in his pancho.

It poured and poured rain the rest of the day. Here are our some of our clothes drying.

This is the boys on the tea cups! Yup we were all soaked!

The next morning it was cloudy, so we decided to take pictures while we could. These are the alligators near the pool at the hotel.

We went to Epcot.

We met Mickey Mouse and all his friends. I have lots of character pictures. We ate at the Coral Reef restaurant and did this really cool dinosaur/energy ride. By 2:00 a big thunderstorm rolled in, so instead of "walking around the world" we headed back to the hotel. One of the lightning flashes was so close I could feel the hair on my arms go up.

When the storm calmed we went back to the magic kingdom to do more rides. Here's Seth the prisoner!

Every day the housekeeper would do something cute with the boys teddy bears. Here's one of them.

Thursday we went to Animal Kingdom. It was Sunny!!!!!! Here we are digging for a dinosaur.

We got a lot of good pictures, so I just chose some of the better ones for you. Here's the giraffe.

These two hippos were playing or fighting! It was very entertaining.

This is the Tree of Life!

Here is a closer look at the Tree of Life. See all the animals in the trunk?

Tiger. We saw a funny T-shirt there that had Winnie the Pooh nose to nose with a tiger with the caption, "Is that you Tigger?"

Seth on the Star Wars racer. Oh we were Hollywood Studios Friday. We took this while waiting in line to meet Chewy and an ewock. But they had to go in for a thunderstorm. We were next in line too. It was frustrating, but within five minutes the storm came and it was HUGE! Wind, rain and lightning everywhere. We took shelter in an Indiana Jones gift shop.

Backtracking before the storm. The boys played at the Honey I Shrunk the Kids park. Here's Zac riding the ant.

Seth did get to meet Darth Vader. And got his signature too!

The boys in their Mickey Ears! Zac wasn't quite sure if he liked them or not.

Seth and Ryan are in the last row here. They had just gone down the big fall in Splash Mountain. This was one of Seth's favorite rides. He also liked pirates, and Big Thunder Mountain.

Friday night the skies did clear up and we finally got to see the fireworks show at the castle. I didn't get pictures because my camera doesn't do night shots well.

IT'S HERE!!!

2009-05-11T21:19:00.000-04:00

We had our church talent show on Friday, and Ryan signed up to play guitar. He played a medley of songs. Zac and Seth were rocking out of course in the audience, front and center. It was a lot of fun and everybody's talents were a success.

Now the moment we've been waiting for. It's here! Ryan's super awesome guitar is here. He got the call today at work, and was out the door within minutes.

Custom Paul Reed Smith.

Quilted Maple Top. Gold Hardware.

Abalone inlays.

One Happy Guy!

Karate!

2009-05-06T19:02:00.000-04:00

On Monday I was helping Ryan decide what to play on his guitar for the church talent show on Friday. Seth was playing Guitar Hero Downstairs while Zac was sleeping. We'd only been upstairs for about 20 minutes. When we went to to start making dinner this is what we found.

Seth asleep! He'd fallen asleep in the middle of a song.
We signed Seth up for karate today! He is so excited. He had a lot of fun during the "interview". Sensei Sal is the owner of the place and very nice. Seth's class will be 4-6 year olds. He is starting in the white uniform and white belt. His class is called the ninjas. His first real class will be on Friday. Seth is very excited.

Zac will be eighteen months old on Friday. I get to take him to get his shots, yeah : (

Fun Times!

2009-05-02T08:33:00.000-04:00

It has been a while since a last posted. I think now that Ryan is around all the time I'll probably only post every couple weeks. Anyhow, we've been keeping busy doing lots of fun things. We had a couple of nice weeks of sunshine. Most of it spent playing outside. Last Sunday we went on a family bike ride to a park in the middle of housing. Behind the park is this creek. It was 90 degrees outside this day, so the boys were ready for a cool down!
Zac kept trying to follow Seth up the big rocks.

Seth would hold Zac's hand to help him walk through the water. Unfortunately as you can see people throw their trash in the creek. The boys had a lot of fun, and we'll probably go back a couple times this summer.

Last night we went to the Carnival. It's right by the housing youth center. We went with some old friends from WA that were on the boat with us. Here is Zac riding a pony.

Here is Zac and Seth riding fire truck. Zac is sitting next to Jeremiah, but you can see him in this picture. Seth picked the seat. We laughed because they could have sat in the front. Zac had so much fun that we had to rip him off of the steering wheel. He was so mad!

Seth on the train. Zac was to small for this ride.

When we got home last night we had a visitor on our back patio! We had never seen a salamander before. That's Ryan's hand to give you a size ratio.

Easter Pictures!

2009-04-20T10:31:00.000-04:00

We had a wonderful Easter last weekend. We took the boys to an Easter egg hunt at the church on Saturday. Enjoyed a nice service Sunday morning, and then the Easter bunny snuck into our house while the boys were playing at the park. Thank you to everyone who sent cards and goodies to us.

Zac's cheeks are stuffed with candy!
"I found one!"

Oh Boy!!!

Zac really liked putting stickers on the eggs. He also liked dropping them in the cups of dye.

Dying more eggs! Seth had lots of fun mixing colors. Ryan was pretty funny. He had to make sure that his eggs were perfect. Maybe it's because we haven't had him home for Easter in a few years.

This was when we were setting up. Both boys were so excited.

Family Home Evening

2009-04-07T20:36:00.001-04:00

Every Monday we have Family Home Evening. We get together sing a song, have a gospel lesson and then play a game followed by dessert. My pictures are backwards because I always load them in the wrong order. Above is Zac giving Seth a kiss during dessert.
This picture was taken early yesterday. Seth like to pretend he is Daddy by wearing his old badge. Because Ryan has his black work boots at work he wears my black boots. He calls Zac Chief, but tells him what to do. Seth chose this pose. He said Mommy take a picture of me, but wait. He went from standing to squating. Smiling to the frump face and then mumbled, "ok now." What a silly boy!

MMMM! Cookies!

Our lesson was on Trying to be like Jesus. Our game was to pop the balloons by sitting on them, then reading the paper that was inside. Here is Zac sitting on his balloon.

Seth sitting on his balloon. It took Ryan sitting on the balloon, Seth sitting on Ryan, Zac on Seth, and Me pushing on Ryan's shoulder's to pop the first balloon. We used tweezers to stab the rest of the balloons. The boys really liked that!

We started the night by singing Old Mac Donald. As the song goes the boys get to pick the next animal and put it on the board. Zac loves this song.

Some Old Pics

2009-04-05T14:18:00.000-04:00

Seth's steering a Nuclear Submarine! Everybody run!!!!! Oops I mean swim!
Walking through berthing near Ry's bunkroom. That big buldge is Zac. I was 7 months along.

On top of Daddy's Boat! Thought you'd all enjoy these! Today is sunny however the rest of the week looks wet. April showers bring May flowers, right?

Just a couple of Pictures!

2009-04-01T19:48:00.000-04:00

Zac is growing three teeth right now. Two molars and one canine. As you can probably guess he is a little on the grumpy side. I took this picture today during his nap. My favorite time of day sometimes. We tucked Setha nd Zac in bed last night at the same time for the first time. They both went to sleep pretty quickly and no tears! Hopefully it will work again tonight.
Seth completely another workbook today! It was his numbers one. There were lots of extra stickers, so we had to use them!

HAPPY SPRING!

2009-03-19T17:50:00.001-04:00

Now if it would only warm up to spring temperatures. I am sick today with fevers. Think it is just the bug that's going around. Seth was really cute today trying to take care of mommy. He had asked Daddy if they could set up his drumset, and was told he needed to wait until I felt better. At dinner tonight Seth asked Mommy when are you going somewhere, so I can play my drums? I told him I was staying home because sick people shouldn't be going places. He responds, "but Mommy you can go to the hospital." He is getting too smart.

Ryan is enjoying work still. He leaves at about 7 in the morning, comes home for lunch for about an hour, and then works until about 2:30 or 3:00. He also has been working with the boys scouts at church once a week. He has a lot of fun with them and they are going on a super long bike ride next weekend. Ryan is getting pretty anxious for his new guitar to come. Every day he waits for that phone call.

Seth and Zac have discovered Veggie Tales, and love singing and dancing to their cd. They are beginning to play with each other more and more, of course they fight with each other too. Seth is really close to doing monkey bars at the park by himself. We just hold onto one of his legs while he goes across. He just needs the confidence that he can do it by himself. Zac is finally done nursing! He is growing two more molars. And talking a lot. His favorite question is, "Where'd it go?" He loves socks, and has to get a new pair of them everytime we go into his room. I'll have to get more pictures of these two.

We'll See if this works

2009-03-15T21:01:00.000-04:00

I hope that the video works for you guys to see, but for some reason it didn't want to work right for me. I'll try again later to see if it loads better.

Having Fun!

2009-03-13T09:08:00.000-04:00

Here are the boys waiting for Daddy to come home. All three of them get so excited when they know he's coming. We've been keeping busy lately. Mostly trying to organize the house. We only have a few boxes in the house left to unpack, but then theirs the garage. I think we'll wait for the warm weather before we attempt the garage. It is still super cold here. Our high's have been in the 30's but suppose to be in the 40's tomorrow!

We took Seth to the Dinosaur Place about 20 minutes from our house. It's actually a Natural History museum. This is Seth digging in the mine for treasure. He found lots of rocks to put in his bucket.

Then he got to learn what kinds of rocks he collected. Of course with Daddy's help.

This is the "Gold Mine".

Zac really liked the water.

Seth got to pan for "gold". Of course it was only pyrite, but he had lots of fun. He got to keep all that he found which. Whenever a kid found a larger nugget they got to yell Eureka!

Seth with T-Rex!

Zac is now walking up and down the stairs with the assistance of the wall for balance. Sometimes he goes so fast it scares me. I have a cute video of him saying peek a boo but it wasn't loading right, so I'll try again later.

Getting Bigger!

2009-02-22T17:48:00.000-05:00

We had to buy the boys new church clothes because they were both growing our of there old ones. Zac is so cute all dressed up.
Seth is becoming such a big boy. No longer in toddler sizes at all. He got to pick out his tie, and I think he did a good job too.

This is Seth after playing the best Wii bowling ever. He has the highest score out of all of us.

This is a picture of Seth's score card. Yup he got a 212! 7 Stirkes! And 2 spares!

Pippen the Owl!

2009-02-12T20:21:00.000-05:00

I took the boys to see an owl at the community center behind our house today. The owl's name was Pippen. Seth was very interested in the lady as she talked about owl's and the many different types there are.
The owl mask that Seth made.

Pippen up close!

We have fishe again. Two striped ones. And two red ones. Hopefully I won't kill these ones.

What a Week!

2009-02-10T20:34:00.000-05:00

This last wee has been pretty busy, and everytime I tried to blog something came up. I had my birthday last Tuesday. It was a good birthday. We went to dinner and then played on my Wii which was a birthday/anniversary/Valentine's Day present. After cake I opened my other present which turned out to be a pretty watch.

The snow finally melted the other day and we got to venture over to the park behind our house. It is awesome! I'm sure we'll get pictures of the boys playing there a lot this year. It has everything: slides, brindges, a pulley, swings, rock wall, teeter totters, etc. Zac and Seth both had fun.

Ryan and I also celebrated our 7th anniversary. We went to dinner with the boys because we are going to a Valentine's Day dinner/dance on Friday and we didn't think Zac woul handle being left twice in the same week. I got Ryan his new Guitar Hero game, and we have a lot of fun on that too.

I don't know if I already blogged about the fishtank that we got the boys. Well today I managed to kill all three fish. I went to feed the fish and the filter was spitting water out of the back of the tank, and it was a big mess. So I had to empty the tank to get the water that went under wiped up so the wood cart wouldn't get moldy or rot. The boys lost or hid the stress stuff that helps the fish in the water. Zac spilt the bowl with the fish in it. Which I didn't see until the first one was dead. The other two died later. So we bought new fish and more of that stress stuff, and hopefully I won't have to empty the tank completely for cleaning again.

Enjoy the pictures and have a Happy Valentines Day!

Zac learning to drum on cardboard.
Seth playing with Ryan's drum for his new Guitar Hero game.

Zac eating some of my birthday cake.

Me and the watch Ryan and the boys gave me.

Tour Of the Boys Room + More

2009-01-31T14:27:00.000-05:00

To give you an idea of how big the boys room is I took pictures at every angle. Seth and Zac now share a room. Seth loves having his little brother sleep in the same room. This picture was taken standing in the closet.
There's the closet and Zac's crib.

This one is taken from the doorway. They've got lots of space to play, huh?

This is Zac with his teddy bear slippers. We found them unpacking. They used to be Seth's.

We went's to our friends daughter birthday party today at to roller rink. Sorry the picture is blurry. Here is Seth attempting to skate. He still hasn't grasped the idea of balance, but at least he kept trying through out the couple hours we were there.

This is Zac with skates too. Zac surprisingly could go a few steps on his own before falling over. They both had lots of fun. Packing us going pretty slow still, but we are definatley making progress.

Catching Up - A little

2009-01-25T19:26:00.000-05:00

We took the boys sledding for the first time yesterday on the big hill across the street. This is Ryan and Seth going together.
We got Zac his little sled. He loved it because all he had to do was sit and be pulled everywhere. Up and down.

This is Seth during his very first ride down the hill. He wasn't even scared. That's our house in the background.

Going up the hill.

Ryan likes giving Zac cool hair-doos after the shower. Of course This was taken when Zac had the flu the other day, so he wasn't too happy.

Also from when Zac had the flu. He fell asleep snuggling with Daddy. It was so cute.

Look at how big we are!

This one is from Christmas morning. See all the present? See where Zac is?

The rest of these photos were taken WA. T-Rex wanted to play in the snow.

Seth shoveling snow.

Seth and Daddy shoveling snow. See we really did have over ten inches before we moved.

We are all doing pretty good. We got our stuff on Monday and have been slowly unpacking. We all had the flu for a few days this week so that slowed things down. Ryan is liking his new job so far, but of course has some training to do before he actually starts teaching. I'll try to get some good pictures of the inside of the house for my next blog. Have a great week everyone!

Last Update Before out Move!

2008-12-14T11:44:00.000-05:00

We had our FRG (boat) Christmas Party last night. It was a potluck dinner, and of course our special guest was Santa! Zac wouldn't sit on Santa's lap.
Zac still isn't sure of Santa, and Seth is being silly.

Santa was teaching Seth a special handshake.

More of the special handshake.

This is Seth and all of his friends and pets!

It snowed this morning! Seth was so excited to get out there right when the sun started to come up, so there still wasn't a lot of light. By the time we went in Seth had gotten all of the snow off that table. He loves throwing snowballs.

The kids and the sunrise.

Zac loved running in the snow, but if he fell and his hands touched to cold he would scream! I have gloves forhim, but he would let me put them on. Maybe next time.

This will be my last blog for probably a month or so. We should be getting to NV on New Year's Eve! And then off to Connecticut by the 13th of January. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!

Christmas Tree!

2008-12-01T21:02:00.000-05:00

This is where Zac put his sticker!
Half done.

Just starting.

Look at our moves! Ignore our mess.

Quick Update!

2008-11-22T21:35:00.000-05:00

As everything stands right now we will be leaving Washington on December 29th! So cross your fingers and hope Ryan's command doesn't screw things up like they always seem to do.

2008-11-16T22:40:00.000-05:00

Don't you wish you could sleep like this?
Feeding the ducks in Boulder City with Grandma Denning.

Zac with Great Grandma Bayer. He will only calmly go to others when sleeping.

Ryan has left for see again. This will be his last patrol for at least three years. He is re-enlisting at the end of the year for another 4 years. Three of which we know will be served in Connecticut. Our move is getting closer and closer and lucky me I get to do most of it by myself. I haven't been the best at taking pictures lately, but hope to get some really good ones before the holidays.

Birthdays and Halloween!

2008-11-03T18:16:00.000-05:00

I ran out of time, so i'll add all the captions later. Here are the pics for now!

Happy Birthday Seth!

2008-10-29T22:14:00.001-04:00

Seth drew the face on and Ryan carved the pumkin last Friday for our boat jackolattern contest.

Pumpkin carving! We still have two more to go, hopefully tomorrow they will get done.

Zac wasn't sure what to think about the pumpkin, but I think he was super happy to finally be on top of the table!

These pics are backwards, but here is the remote control turantula that Seth got for his birthday. We only gave him one present now because he is having a small party on Saturday.

Been Busy!

2008-10-21T19:34:00.000-04:00

Sorry I haven't posted any pictures this last week. Seth had an ear infection last week which took up a lot of time. I am also getting a lot of our moving stuff done this week. I hope to be less busy after the Halloween party for the boat this Friday that I am helping with. The good news is that Ryan will be checking out of the command on December 29th, so we should be moving within a week after.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Shiftwork : (

2008-10-08T22:21:00.000-04:00

Ryan started shiftwork today and has the night shift. The boys did pretty well at staying downstairs and not bothering him while he slept today. It was sunny today, so we played outside for couple hours too!

This is the top bunkbed! Zac loves to climb the ladder and play up there. Of course only when I'm right there.

Small, medium, large.

Isn't he adorable when he sleeps? Zac has been a handfull this week. All he wants is to be held all day long. Which would be fine if he'd sit still when you held him.

Walking!

2008-10-01T23:08:00.000-04:00

I got these two videos of Zac the other day! For the past couple weeks housing has been painting base housing to look "new" again. They chose the ugliest colors. Mustard Yellow, Pea Soup Green, Terra Cotta, and this really dark green. We were somewhat relieved yesterday when they painted ours khaki. It's not pretty, but not ugly either. Just plain. Across the way is the really dark green. At night it looks like we live next to a black hole. Still not sure exactly when we will be moving, but hope to know at the end of the week!

I'm Still Alive!

2008-09-28T19:47:00.001-04:00

So I've been really busy this week and have taken no pictures. I did try to get video of Zac walking several times, but as usual I'm going to have to be sneaky. I hope to get some soon while he still stumbles a little. We are all doing well and I hope everyonw had a wonderful weekend!

He's Back!!!

2008-09-17T17:18:00.000-04:00

Ok, so I a little late at posting this. Ryan's boat came back on Friday, however Ryan had duty, so we did not see him until Saturday! We are so happy to have him home even if his work schedule will be busy until we transfer. Here are some pictures I took at the park while waiting to see the boat come in.

I even got pictures of Zac standing! Finally!

WE HAVE ORDERS!!!!!

2008-09-10T11:17:00.000-04:00

I got an e-mail from from this morning and it is official. We have to be in Groton, CT by January 22nd. It's exciting to finally be getting off of the boat! It's not so exciting that we'll be moving in the winter - YUCK! I'll have a lot more information when Ryan gets back from sea.

How did these boys get so cute?

2008-09-10T00:27:00.000-04:00

The other night I was watching one of my chick flicks. Zac was already asleep for the night, so I told Seth he could watch one of his movies upstairs while he waited for me to be ready to read him a story. Thirty minutes later when I went up there this is how I found him on Daddy's pillow.

I don't even know where he found the white hat. I think it was on a shelf somewhere.
I'm still trying to get a "standing picture." This is how one of my attempts turned out. He's such a cutie. Zac took four steps today. It was exciting to see and yet he needs to wait just a little longer to finish learning when daddy gets back. I guess we'll just have to cross our fingers. I have gotten some e-mails from Ryan. He is keeping super busy and has also lost weight like he wanted to. He's been exercising everyday. In case you were wondering they have a mini gym which is if I remember correctly a couple of treadmills and weights stuff in between missile tubes.

Seth's First Day of Preschool!

2008-09-03T11:23:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was Seth's first day of preschool. His teachers are Miss Letty and Miss Debbie. He had a lot of fun. When I asked him what they learned he said, " There was a Big Bear and a little mouse and a Big Strawberry!"
Seth has been collecting rocks to go throw in the "water where Daddy's boat goes". It was really nice yesterday, so we finally made it out there again.

Of course I was trying to be sneaky and get a picture of just Zac while Seth was playing with another little boy. I had just got my camera turned on when he jumped in posing. This is one of them playing together in the same spot. I also keep trying to get a picture of Zac standing on his own, which he is really good at, he always sits down just as I get the camera too.

2008-08-29T23:16:00.000-04:00

"MOM, I CLEANED UP MY TOYS!"

SEE!
I wa playing songs on my keyboard when out of the corner of my eye I saw something similar to this.

Just Passing Time

2008-08-26T17:40:00.000-04:00

I found Seth in the car seat yesterday. I was snuggled up in it more, but of course once the camera came out he had to pose.
Zac looks really sweet, right? He's just happy because that cell phone is permanently his. He found it on the couch yesterday, and when came in and took it away, drool was dripping out of it. Yup it doesn't work anymore. Luckily we still had Ryan's old phone. Unfortunatley for me, he gave it to Seth. When the lady at Verizon said she couldn't fi mine and I asked Seth for the blue phone, he had the biggest tantrum. He cried the entire time and on the way home to because now he has to share his phone. He's finally agreed that I can use for "a little while."
Seth wanted me to take this picture of him being silly. It reminds me of a mix between a pig and armadillo nose.

Just Another Day!

2008-08-21T10:54:00.000-04:00

Zac had his 9 month check up. He's now 22 lbs. And 30 Inches tall. However I'm not sure the guy measured the height right, so I'll have to do it here at home later. Seth wanted to dress up in camo with Zac. Aren't they cute? I got some e-mails from Ryan on Tuesday also. He is doing fine. He's been really busy. We still don't have definate orders, but when we do I'm sure you'll all here about it.

Sleeping in Living Room

2008-08-18T11:26:00.000-04:00

On Satruday Seth asked me if he could sleep downstairs. I told him yes thinking he'd sleep on the couch, but then he asked if Zac and I would sleep downstairs with him. So we blew up Seth's air bed, and set up the living room. Seth and Zac went crazy. They were climbing all over the cushions that I put on the floor for Zac to sleep on. It is so exciting to see how much Zac interacts and plays with Seth.
This is where Zac slept. It's the couch cushions on the floor next to the couch. He rolled onto the pillows on the left in the middle of the night.
Seth sleeping. As you can see he like to take Zac's sippy cups and claim them for his own.
Earlier we played with playdoh. Seth loved the "spaghetti" maker. We are all doing good. Just trying to make time go by faster while Ryan is gone.

Riding Bikes!

2008-08-11T20:52:00.000-04:00

Today we enjoyed the nice weather outside. Zac loves to be pushed on his quad. He is starting to stand unassisted too. I gave him some small pieces of sausage today. He loved it. He is now nine months old.
Today is the first day that it really started to sink in that Ryan has left for a while. Seth has become really possessive of really strange things. For example, Daddy was showing him the words on the box that our pool came in before he left. If Zac touches the box, Seth freaks out. It's just a box. Seth has learned the tune to "Iron Man" by Ozzy. He hums it all the time, everywhere we go.

Good-bye

2008-08-09T19:12:00.001-04:00

Daddy left for sea today. We went to the park to watch the boat leave.
Zac loves to swing. He throws the biggest temper tantrums when you take him out. If you look closely you can see his two "vampire" teeth.
Seth enjoyed playing on the pirate ship with the other kids.
The sub in the center in between to two small white boats, but it's hard to see in this picture. Seth and Zac say "Good-Bye Daddy!"

Hakuna Matata!

2008-08-07T16:14:00.000-04:00

"I want to play outside too!" Zachary tries really hard to get through the window. We try to keep him away from the heaters, but I had to take this picture first. I have a feeling that when it gets cold again and I turn the heaters back on, someone's little fingers are going to get burned.
This is a pictures that Seth took. With all the crazy pictures he takes he somehow always manages to get one really good one.
It was super hot yesterday, so we had our friend Chase over to swim. He's almost two, and Zac almost his size.

Catching UP!

2008-08-02T15:25:00.000-04:00

We were at a friends house last night for a kids birthday party, and Seth was running around with his friends and tripped into an end table.
What a pretty black eye. Luckily we didn't have to go get to the ER. We did have the help of an RN who was there.
Ryan did have his brithday this week! We went to eat dinner at Red Robin. Followed by Oreo Blizzard Cake. MMMMMM.
Seth with spiked hair. In the background Ry's new Guitar Hero Aerosmith Game.
Last but not least. We are starting to tuck Zac into bed. He was so mad the first night he screamed standing up in the corner of his crib for twenty minutes. This is how we found him asleep. He still get pretty angry with us, but we're down to about ten minutes of screaming now.

Story Time!

2008-07-25T16:04:00.000-04:00

So I was trying to think of the more interesting stories that happened on our trip that I didn't have pictures to go with. Here are a few that I came up with.

On our way home from UT we started our drive in Salt Lake, UT and made it to Yakima, WA. We did stop to stretched every couple hours and let the kids run/crawl around, but we were pretty much driving from 9 am to midnight. When we finally got to our hotel that night, and carried Seth into the room. He said, "Is this my bed?" Ryan said yes. Seth crawls up with into and hugs the pillow with a great big smile on his faceand falls back asleep. He was sooo happy to be able to lay down instead of sleep in the truck. It was very cute.

When we were drving to find my sister Tiffany's house, she lives in the middle of nowhere, Ryan kept reading all the different housing developments signs. One of them said, Big Lots turn right and next stop. "They have a Big Lots built right next there houses?" Ryan asks thinking it was the Discount store. I laughed at him and then explained they were big lots to build new houses on.

While driving Ry and I were playing the alphabet game and I said my word for "G" and the Ryan goes look " K is for knight, L - something, M - something else. I don't remember the words. But he did it really fast and then said it was my turn. I looked at him and asked, "What happened to H, I & J?"

Sally's wedding was at the golf course and because the music was really really loud, Zac wanted to be outside a lot. So when Seth joined us for a little bit I was showing him the toads. We found one up near the building so I picked it up to put it back in the grass, and it peed on me. I should of known that they almost always do that. Seth found it very funny though.

When Seth was trying on his tux at the Men's Wearhouse, Ryan put Zac in the mirror area. Zac looked to the left and could see lots of babies, so he would wave his arm and see his reflections wave back, laugh. Then he'd look right, shake his head, see reflections, laugh. He'd look straight and just see one reflection, look puzzled, then look back to the side and start playing with all those babies again.

Utah & the Wedding

2008-07-24T17:19:00.000-04:00

I uploaded these pictures backwards, so we actual went to Utah on our way home after the wedding. This is me and the boys in Temple Square, Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City Temple. I took this picture standing on the roof of the Conference Center. The Roof has gardens and water fountains if you ever get to go. Very pretty.
The Christus.
We went to a The Boondocks Funland with my sister Tiffany and her two kids to get some excess energy out. Zac kept crawling away from our area, and for a game just his size.
That's Seth in the red stripes. He was chasing his cousin Jessie all over the playhouse. It looked like something from gladiators for kids.
Yup! He's a keeper!
All dressed up to be Aunty Sally's ring barer.
Aren't we hadsome?

Seth flirting and dancing with this little girl. That's somes up our trip. Thank you to everyone who posed for pictures for our Loved Ones collage. And if I haven't gotten your black and white picture yet, I will!!!

Boating & Flying

2008-07-21T19:02:00.000-04:00

We were able to go boating this trip with Uncle Rob. Thanks for letting us borrow the boat! It was a scorching 115 degrees out. Zac was not happy about the life jacket, but as you can see he got used it.
It took some time, but Seth finally figured out he could swim all by himself with the lifejacket on.
The water was nice and cool, but not frigid like up here in WA. A perfect day for a swim.
Seth, Rob, and Ryan swimming to the other side of the cove. Luckily they saw the rattlesnake slithering across the beach into the bush on the right before they were there. According to Seth it was going to feed it's babies.
Rob also took Ryan and Seth flying in an airplane. Seth was really excited because he loves planes. Cool Dudes.
Ryan took this picture of the Dam.

Seth had so much fun he fell asleep!

Fun with Grandparents!

2008-07-20T19:08:00.000-04:00

The boys enjoy swimming in the jacuzzi with Papa Bayer. A big change from their carseats. Due to the lack of swim diapers Zac got to swim all natural.
We spent the fourth of July at a BBQ next door. We were going to go see the firework show at the park in BC and sit right underneath them, but Zac had fevers from teething. So we watched the show at "home". The view was still wonderful; )
Zac and Grandma Bayer
We went bowling with my siblings and Dad for his birthday. Ryan actually won one of the games. He even got a Turkey! Crazy huh?
Zac and Grandma Sylvia were buddies during my bowling turns. He was pretty grumpy about it at first, but then warmed up to her pretty nicely.
Seth has perfect bowling form!

Road Trip Beginning

2008-07-19T20:04:00.001-04:00

Seth is very excited to go to Las Vegas. It took him a few hours to realize how long of a drive it was going to be.
Zachary in his carseat. MMMMM Licorice.
We stopped at many parks to picnic and stretch. This one is somewhere in Idaho on our second day of driving. We stopped the first night in La Grande, OR. It was a very nice city.
Seth being silly.
Stretching those legs. Our trip went very well. We took over 200 pictures so it will take a few different postings to get the good ones on the blog for everyone.

Lots and Lots of Pictures!

2008-06-26T17:45:00.000-04:00

Daddy's boys! You can guarantee that when Daddy gets home he is greeted by Seth running and giving him a hug. Even Zac tries to crawl as fast as he can to get to him. It is always nice to see how much they love him.
Seth climbing the jungle jim.
Zac at the top of the slide. He had so much fun crawling around on the playground.
Mmmmmm! Rice.
Seth finishing his first homework chart. "I'm a winner!" He said excitedly. Since then he's also finish his colors and shapes workbook too.

Zac playing guitar with Daddy. If Seth hadn't been napping, we probably wouldn't have been able to get this picture.
Zac was in the middle of the hallway when Seth put all of the couch pillows around him. He was building a "maze" for them to get out of. They had lots of fun together.
At the boat picnic they had a pirate ship bounce house. Seth ate his lunch really fast just so he could play.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. We probably won't be posting any new stuff until after our trip to Nevada, so be prepared for lots of fun stuff in a couple weeks!

Who Wants A Baby???

2008-06-18T18:39:00.000-04:00

Helps keep you awake at all hours! Teaches you lots of patience! Can you tell what kind of week we've had? Zac, Seth, and I all have a bug. And well the picture is how Zac is taking it. However if you look closely you can sort of see his two teeth. I guess we can be thankful that we are sick now, instead in two weeks when we'll be driving to NV. Zac loves the flash of the camera so he did start to cheer up after I took a handful of pictures.

Happy Late Father's Day!

2008-06-16T22:18:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to say Happy Late Father's Day to all of you dads out there. We got Ryan a few cool things. One being the Indiana Jones Lego video game. It is pretty fun to play. It sure can make you laugh with all the jokes the creators put into it. We also got him a guitar book and movies. Ryan is now the LPO (Leading Petty Officer) of his division at work. It's nice to be in charge, but usually that means more working hours. We are also super close to getting new orders to South Carolina. If it goes through we should be moving out there in January. Anyhow hope everyone has a splendid week!

Rising To New Heights!

2008-06-14T23:24:00.000-04:00

It feels like Zac is learning things way to fast! He is now pulling himself up onto his feet. Even when not in the room you knowwhat he is doing because he lets out a high pitched squeel of delight followed by giggles. Seth is sick today, so I've been taking care of him. Hopefully he will feel better tomorrow.

Crawling!

2008-06-10T23:58:00.000-04:00

Zachary learned to crawl on Sunday at exactly seven months old. However the batteries were dead in the camera, so we couldn't get a video until today. At first the only thing Zac would crawl too were Seth's shoes. However he now realizes how much "fun" he can have by going wherever he wants. Zac also has two teeth now. They are not grown in enough to get a good picture, but they are definitely broken through the gum and on their way.

Notice the little patch of blue by Seth's elbow? That's Zac's foot. This was suppose to be a cute picture of Zac, but somebody jumped in the way. Wouldn't know who this cutie is, do you?

Sweet Zachary

2008-06-01T21:35:00.001-04:00

Today was a special day for Zac. He got his baby blessing from his Daddy. It's a special blessing to give him his name, sort of like a Christening. It was Ryan's first time too, and he did a good job. Zac is also getting his first tooth. It has almost broken through his gum. He is also starting to pull himself up. He tries to stand but usually is on one knee and one foot before he falls.

Camping!

2008-06-01T19:23:00.000-04:00

This Friday we took the boys camping at the ORV campground in Tahuya State Forest. It's about an hour away from our house. As you can see we had hot dogs for dinner. Seth really liked putting them in the fire. Of course he would take a bite in the middle of cooking the hot dog and the continue to cook it over the flame.
The evening was beautiful. Nice sunny skies. Zac really enjoyed being outside. He really liked to try and eat the grass. It was almost pointless to put him on a blanket because he would just scoot off.

Sleeping started off well. We were all nice and tucked into ours bags, but as the night went on it got colder, and colder, and colder. I moved Zac into my bag with me and used his blankets to add extra layers to Ryan, Seth and me. Then Seth woke up and ended up in Ryan's sleeping bags with him.
We survived the night and the day warmed up pretty nice. Of course we took the dirtbike with us. Ryan got lots of riding time in and even took Seth for a couple rides. Seth came back from one of them saying, "Mommy we flew and landed like and airplane." Yeah, Ryan got the "LOOK" from me. He assures me that they were being safe and that they caught air on a little bump by accident. I even took a little ride around the parking lot on my own and with Seth.
All in all it was a fun trip.

Seth's New Bike

2008-05-30T00:52:00.001-04:00

We bought Seth his first big boy bike today! He is still getting the hang of peddling. He sure was excited at the store he wanted to ride his bike while we finished shopping.

Staying Cool in the Pool!

2008-05-25T00:16:00.000-04:00

It was so nice and sunny today, that we put out the new pool for the boys to play in today. Seth has been waiting a couple months to try it out.

The water was super cold! Zac loved to have his toes in the water. When I put his bottom in, however he got very upset at first. A few minutes later we tried againg, and Zac had lots of fun splashing.

Here is Seth posing for the camera. The yellow dolphin is like a weeble for the pool. Seth loved punching it and having it pop back up.

Seth decided he was thirsty and was drinking the water like Coby. He was so proud of himself. But I say yucky!

Hey Batter Batter!

2008-05-18T23:10:00.000-04:00

We took Seth to his first baseball game Friday night. Seattle Mariners vs the San Diego Padres. The Padres won. Seth enjoyed being at the stadium, however, he was very upset that he could not go play on the field. Seth had his first Cotton Candy.
This was our view. Pretty neat huh?

Zac was very amuzed by the pizza box. It kept him happy for quite a while.

We also bought a new car this weekend! It is so nice having a car that fits the car seat much better! It's a Pontiac G-6. We were looking at the used cars first, but all the ones that met our requirements cost just as much as a new car. It was fun getting to drive the different vehicles.

Alligator

2008-05-14T23:29:00.000-04:00

Seth has a new favorite drink! He calls it an alligator. Does you have a guess as to what kind of drink this is? Gatorade. He asks to drink an alligator all the time. We are going to be taking Seth to his first baseball game on Friday. We had lots of fun last weekend, and wanted to share some of the fun with him. Ryan took him to get a Mariners ballcap today. Seth is getting pretty excited. We also finally got preapproved for a car loan, so now we can start looking to find me a "new" used car. Zac now wants to be sitting all the time. If you lay him on his back he gets really mad. Still no teeth, but he chews on everything!

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-11T21:38:00.000-04:00

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mother's! Thanks and love to all who have helped in raising us. We did send cards, however didn't mail them until Friday. Here is a picture of what Seth made me in his Sunbeam class at church.

Lots of Stuff!

2008-05-09T23:21:00.000-04:00

So, the other day I took pictures of the boys to show how much I think they look alike. Do you agree? They love to play with each other all the time. Of course Seth always wants whatever Zac has. He has learned to "trade" toys with his little brother. However Zac has become quite opinionated, and if Seth takes something that Zac really likes, you'll hear a very upset crying baby. As soon as you give Zac back whatever it is he smiles and acts like nothing happened at all.

I also went to the doctor today because my wrist has been hurting super bad this last week. Turns out I have a severe case of tendonitis, and will have to wear a brace until it feels better. Unfortunately because my wrist and thumb are so inflamed it with probably take at least six weeks! Not fun. I do have to do different stretches and exercises that should help it heal faster.

Ryan's Last Duty Night!

2008-05-07T15:06:00.000-04:00

Today is Ryan's last duty day for a few months! We can finally have actual weekends again. We are going to go to the Seattle Mariners baseball game on Saturday with some friends of ours who have two extra tickets. Seth will stay with a sitter, but we hope to take him to a game this summer. We bought Seth a soft bat and baseball and are going to take him to the park on Friday to play. He already loves to play catch with his mit. I've been pretty good at doing "homework" with Seth this week. He loves getting stickers for his progress charts. He also finished his first alphabet workbook. We're still working on following the directions. He likes to circle or color all the answers, not just the correct ones. I am pretty sure Zac is getting his first tooth, but I guess I'll have to wait a couple more days to be sure.

The things kids say.

2008-05-01T22:22:00.000-04:00

I got out the baby bath chair for Zac because he is too big for the one we were using. Seth asks, " Did that use to be mine when I was a baby? " I said "Yup." That was about a week ago. Yesterday, Seth comes in the bathroom to watch me give Zac a bath again, and this time he says, "Don't let Zac go pee pee in my chair Mom, or I'll get really mad. You got that? I'll get really mad if he pee pees in my chair!" He was so concerned. I almost wanted Zac to pee just to see Seth's reaction, but it's probably better that he didn't.

This week has been pretty good. Now that Daddy is back, Seth is starting to sleep better again. Seth did have a super bad allergy rash break out, but now that he is taking Benadryl three times a day it is clearing up. Zac is rolling all over the place. He sure is determined to scoot to everything he's not supposed to have. I finally reached my pre-pregnancy weight! That was cool. Ryan still has to work everyday, but just another week and he'll have the weekends back! And the sun has even come out a couple times.

Fun at the Park!

2008-04-24T23:35:00.000-04:00

Seth and his cousin Ariana on the Teeter Tottor.
Round and round we go!
Cousin Agustin. Isn't he cute?
Zac and Agustin!

Wedding Pictures!

2008-04-24T23:19:00.000-04:00

The boys and I went to Nevada for my best friend Kylee's wedding. I was the Matron Of Honor.
For once Seth is being camera shy.

Me and Zac.

Fun Video

2008-04-09T14:42:00.000-04:00

I tried to post this yesterday, but it wasn't working. I recorded this when I was trying to take a picture, but couldn't because Zac wasn't cooperating! All my pictures were blurry, but the video is way cute.

Five Months Old!

2008-04-08T18:54:00.000-04:00

Zachary is five months old today. It feels like he was just born. He scratched himself pretty good today. He is always getting little ones, but today we had a lot of blood.

We've had a pretty normal day today. Seth discovered the movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He likes to call the Nautilus the "monster boat". I pointed out to him that it was only daddy's on the boat and ships, and that all mommys and kids stay home. He liked that.

TRAINS!

2008-04-04T19:50:00.000-04:00

We built our train track today. Of course it is in pieces again. We probably construct a new track every couple days because Seth likes to be Godzilla and attack his city. Things are going well. We've got a lot of spring cleaning done this week! Too bad there is still quite a bit to go. Zac has started scooting on the floor. I even had to move him away from the track today because he was taking off a piece to chew on.

Typical Tuesday

2008-04-01T17:21:00.000-04:00

Just another day of cleaning and playing with the kids. As you can see Seth was having lots of fun with his Legos. He made sure each "glove" was the same color.

It Snowed Today!

2008-03-28T16:51:00.000-04:00

We woke up to a blaket of snow this morning. Finally started melting at lunchtime. Zac seems to think that sleep is a bad thing. His naps are few and only last about ten minutes. Then he is grumpy because he's tired. When Zac is happy he is very active. You can see him trying to get out of his chair. He does not cuddle, but wants to be held so he can jump and kick. We have gotten some e-mails from Ry and he is doing good. Said he is working a lot and only gets about four hours of sleep a day.

Enjoying Every Precious Moment!

2008-03-24T16:01:00.000-04:00

The boys annd I had a fun Easter morning. Seth loved looking for eggs in the house. Thank you to all who sent the kids the cards, etc. We went to church as usual, where I found out that our good friends' daughter was undergoing a last effort surgery to fight MRSA. Finding out just before dinner that she has passed on to the otherside. She was 16. My heart aches for their family. So I am enjoying every precious moment with my boys. Very grateful to have them.

Easter Fun Saturday

2008-03-23T00:29:00.000-04:00

We started our day at the church Easter Party where Seth got to play games and decorate cookies.
This is one of Seth's friends Chase. They are picking up eggs that they found during the hunt.
My darling Zachary.
We also went to the base Easter Egg Scramble. The had a roped area where they dumped out eggs. Seth's age group was 3 and under, so parents were allowed to help. Which I think every parent did except me. It was crazy. Seth disappeared in all the madnes. I was a little worried that he wouldn't get anything because I saw so many adults grabbing the eggs. When I finally found him, his basket was full. There was a little girl we saw who had only one egg, so I asked Seth to share one with her, and he thought about for a minute, then gave her one. This is Seth playing at the park afterwards.

Sick and Tired

2008-03-18T21:37:00.001-04:00

My sweet Seth has the flu! It is almost exactly a year from when he had it last time. Between Seth and Zac my average sleep per night for the last few days has been about four hours. Of course all broken up. Seth is holding fluids down, so we shouldn't have to do the whole IV thing again. Haven't heard from Ryan yet, but in the Navy not hearing anything is actually a good thing. Hope everyone had a Happy St. Patty's Day.

Just us Today

2008-03-15T14:26:00.000-04:00

We are going to a wedding of some dear friends of ours today. This is how Seth will be dressed. Isn't he handsome? Miss Carla (the bride) is one of Seth's favorite babysitters. The last time she watch him they decorated sugar cookies, and of course Seth dumped as many sprinkles as he could onto his.

Look at how happy I am? If only he'd always be this happy. Zac drools a lot right now and tries to chew on everything! Classic teething signs. He does have some redness on the right side of his gums, but I sure hope he waits a couple more months to get teeth.

And for those who want to see one of the few pictures of me I have, here it is. It was taken before I was pregnant with Zac, so I am not quite that skinny yet. I hate going to weddings without Ryan. All it does is make me miss him more.

Under the Sea!

2008-03-12T17:33:00.000-04:00

Ryan left for deployment today. We said our good-bye's yesterday morning because he had duty. I don't think Zac will notice too much that Daddy is gone, but Seth is as always sad. Hopefully we will keep busy at least the next week or so to make the transition easier. We love and will miss him!

2008-03-07T20:12:00.000-05:00

Here is one of those America's funniest video clips!

The fact that I figured out how to put a video on here is amazing.

Zac's First Jumping Day!

2008-03-06T22:29:00.000-05:00

Ryan put together the Johny Jump Up for Zac today. It almost reminds me of a straight jacket. We kept pulling his arms up and out, but Zac kept putting them back down by his side.

Zac didn't quite get the whole jumping thing, but he sure loved chewing on that bar!

And of course, Seth wants to be in all the pictures.

2008-03-06T19:52:00.000-05:00

This is Seth and Zac. Aren't they the cutest boys! I am going to working on how everything works on blogger program. My goal is to make it easier for everyone to see pictures and stuff.

Bayer Beginnings

2008-03-05T23:33:00.000-05:00

It all began on a typical high school day when a nervous girl asked a very sweet boy if he'd like to go out sometime. Three years later and very much in love they got married. Two years and 9 months later came son number one, followed by son number two three years after that. That's the simple and plain explanation of how the Bayer's came to be. We are Ryan, Kim, Seth & Zac. Welcome to sharing some of our busy lives!