Ryker's Birthday Party

Onala and Brad Perkins went all out for their son Ryker's b-day party a
couple weeks ago. Raleigh got "drafted" and we had to RSVP to his
recruitment officer (Onala). I brought Kysa and Shay to the park where we
dropped Raleigh off, and they got to join in the fun for awhile. Obstacle
course, camo clothes, a water balloon "war", even helmets and face paint.
Raleigh was impressed and so was I. He is convinced that it was the best
party EVER.

Happy Holidays from the Sue & Emmett Shippen Family

Getting more comfortable with Photoshop, but I still like Fireworks better.
Man, I wish I would've taken a Photoshop class when I was at BYU.

Kysa Says the Pledge of Allegiance

Yay for Apple Athletic Club's Preschool teachers!

Kysa's Excuses for Not Going to Bed

“You need to read me a book.”  “I need to take a bath.”   “I need to do my homework.”

 

Raleigh Learns to Ride His Bike

Mad at Addison?

Kysa was talking about my friend's daughter "Madison", and Shay chimed in, "You mad at Addison? You not mad at Addison. Be nice to Addison."

Raleigh's Favorites

Since I don't really do any scrapbooking, I thought I'd have some fun with
Raleigh's poster of "favorites" that we're supposed to return to his teacher
this week.

Raleigh's First Day of 1st Grade

Raleigh gave his first day of school two thumbs up! His comment on his
teacher, Mrs. Bird, "Well, she's a little bit too nice. We didn't really
do any homework, so it wasn't that fun."

He wanted to play with Logan Taggart after school, but Cynthia and I decided
that was a little much for the first day so they will play on Wednesday.
They have a soccer game tomorrow night.

Sleep

Sleeping in the same bed as Shay (or Kysa for that matter) is pretty tough,
as I found out on our trip to Kirby's. Shay fell off the bed once the first
night and slept in about every position possible. This is how she ended up
the second morning we were there. Kysa had a hard time sleeping on the air
bed with Raleigh the second night so I finally carried her into our room
around 2 a.m. and slept with both of them in the queen bed. (Raleigh was
grateful.) So glad we've never made it a habit of sleeping with our kids
and that they have their own rooms. We wouldn't get much sleep!

Raleigh's Ditch

Raleigh might be headed for a career in engineering.  He’s learned some pretty good ditch-digging skills from his Shippen cousins at Bear Lake.  (Had fun doing this with Gabe and Porter Gardner, friends from Kirbo’s ward.)

look at my belly

 

Fun to see Sharlyn

It was fun to see Charlyn Maughan and her 4 kids at the lake. She looks great and she has beautiful children. Her husband is a dentist in Pinedale.

Fremont Lake

 

Pinedale Pics

We’ve had fun with Kirby and Andrew swimming at the PAC, relaxing on the shore of Fremont Lake, riding in the boat, watching Dora (Kysa), playing the Wii (Raleigh) and Halo 3 (Raleigh and Andrew), and playing with Poot (Kysa and Shay).   I thought I’d post some cute pictures from the trip. 

Pure Joy

Nothin' better than swimming at the Rupert Pool with your cousins. (This is the artistic rendition of the photo--the crosshatch effect in Photoshop--wanna frame this one for the girls'
bathroom.)