Happy 5th Birthday Ryken(Feb 16th)

Happy Birthday to our wild and crazy Ryken. We decided for his 5th birthday to throw and friends party, Ryken was so excited and he choose Jump N Bounce and we all had a BLAST!! the party was in the "space" room with lots of pizza, pop and cupcakes and unlimited bouncing time. Ryken had fun with all of his friends and family, we are so proud of Ryken and how much he has grown, he is the best brother anyone could ask for and is always looking out for his brothers. Ryken is a very active boy who is always on the go, he is busy with preschool, friends and Karate, its so hard to believe that he's going to kindergarten this fall. We are so happy to have him in our family with him there is never a dull moment. WE LOVE YOU RYKEN DANIEL WHITNEY!!

Ryken Whitney

Ok people right here right now Im calling that Ryken will be a NBA basketball player, this kid LOVES basketball and his very good at it. We have a basketball hoop in our basement and he slam dunks hit all the time, he does spin shoots and even gets in the window ledge and jumps out of it and slam dunks it :) I know that Ryken will be and is good at many other things but when I think of him I think basketball player.

Happy Birthday Luke (Jan 11th)

Our baby is growing up, I can't believe is 2!! where has the time gone? Well we all thought that he would for sure have a Shrek birthday party( LOVED Shrek for longest time) but when I took him to the store he picked out all Mickey mouse stuff so that's what he had and fun Mickey Mouse party with family and friends. So the morning of his birthday I woke him up by singing happy birthday to him and he said NO!! and would just tell me to stop ha ha!! he was like that all day and then a few days later we had his party and I would ask him how old he was and he would just get a grumpy face and pout and walk away, well he kept this up all the way until his party, he sat on the chair with his head down and was really shy, when it was time to blow out the candle we all started to sing he freaked out and dove into big brother Jordan's lap and wouldn't look at anybody. We are do very blessed to have Luke in our family he keeps is on our toes and has us laughing all of the time. WE LOVE YOU LUKE SAMUEL WHITNEY!!

The Big 3-0!!! (Sep 22nd)

I seriously can't believe that I'm 30, I remember even in high school saying/thinking that 30 was so old and now I'm here 30 old and fat blah blah. But thanks to my amazing husband I had a wonderful birthday(that I wanted to skip) so Dan took the whole day off and let me relax, I took a couple naps and ate yummy Chinese food for lunch and then I was off to get a massage and facial(2 hours) and then Dan said after we would go get some dinner, well after my awesome massage I checked my phone and had 7 missed calls and 5 texts so I call Dan and he was way worried because I was gone longer then expected so I rushed home expecting they would be in the car waiting for me to take off and I ran inside and much to my surprise it was a surprise party for me, I was shocked and I hate attention on me but I was Happy the house was decorated and the Dan had cafe Rio food it simply was perfect....as if that wasn't enough there was a knock at my door and as I turned the corner I FREAKED out!! it was my sister from Georgia, wow did I cry like a baby, I seriously couldn't be happier I have been missing her like crazy and this was exactly what I needed. I owe my husband so much he is the best to me and I love him so much and thank him for a WONDERFUL birthday. Thanks to all my family and friends that came to suprise me :)

Luke's 18 month appt

I can't believe our Luke man is 18 months, he has grown up so fast but we have enjoyed every little moment. Luke is our sweet calm baby who is always smiling and giving hugs, he loves playing with his big brothers, likes to wrestle and play outside. Right now he only says a few words(wow, dog, dada) but if he's around a dog or a baby he will jabber like there is no tomorrow. Luke is now old enough for nursery and LOVES it!! Everyday he amazes us, he is a very smart boy and although he doesn't talk much he now how to tell us what he wants, often times he will let you know he is tired and point to his bottle and then wait by his crib to to bed, he also feels that he can get into the pantry and grab what he wants and then will wait by the highchair. I often get asked if Luke is my baby, with is beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes I'm very proud to say YES!! I love that my three boys look different from each other and knowing that they have a little piece of Dan and I in them. Luke bring a calm sense to our family and we couldn't have been more blessed to have him in our family.

31 3/4 inches

27 pounds

Disneyland 2010

We decided to take a family vacation before Dan starts school this August(for his MBA), so we decided to go to DISNEYLAND!!! the original plan was the 5 of us and my mother-in law and her husband but sadly they weren't going to make it but she so graciously offered to take work off and watch Luke while we went. So the tickets were bought the car was packed and we said a tearful goodbye to our baby and hit the road at 4:30 a.m(June 13-17th) the boys and I slept all the way to St. George but once there it went down hill, I woke up with a very sharp headache but it went away as quickly as it came and then all of the sudden I felt nausea's and extremely dizzy, I opened the door and about fell out my head hurt so bad along with blurry vision and dizziness. We sat there for a minute(while I was bawling) and decided to go to Insta-care but they suggested I go to the hospital so long story short I was in the hospital for 4 hours and it was determined that I had Vertigo ( a type of dizziness , where there is a feeling of motion when one is stationary), and all I could think was that I was ruining our vacation :( so 4 hours later I was determined to make it to California but on top of that delay we ran into major traffic and our DVD players wouldn't work oh my it was awful but to our amazment the boys were so good.

We arrived 16 hours later and were very tired, I was given medicine for the Vertigo but did not feel 100% but I was determined to have a fantastic time, the boys loved Disneyland but were a little on the scared side and refused to go on a lot of the rides, our first ride was Pirates of the Caribbean which scared them a little but were pumped for other rides and to see Mickey. We did the 3 day hopper pass and had equal fun between the parks, I really wanted to take them on splash mountain but they refused although they did go on space mountain and only because we had no idea what kind of ride it was ha ha you should have seen there faces. We all had a fabulous time but sure missed our Luke.

Memory cans

I decided to make these memory cans for my sweet boys(mainly for me) I made Jordan's when he was a baby and one for Ryken but I just finished it recently and so of course made one for Luke, the reason I started back on them is because Jordan and Ryken had one last show in tell at preschool and they wanted something different at cool and I saw them in there closet and showed them it and what was inside and they thought it was COOL. So inside they each have different things but mainly stuff from when they were born and from the hospital stuff like the clothes they came home in, ultrasound pictures, booties, diapers(unused), hospital beanie and lots of other stuff, the boys had a blast taking to school and showing there friends and I like it to look back on how small my babies use to be, wow they grow so fast.

I LOVE MY BABIES!!!