FEBRUARY 25th......SYDNEYS PARTY

PIZZA/POOL PARTY

The first half of Sydney's Birthday party was at her home where they had pizza,cupcakes, ice cream and presents. The second half was the pool party, indoors of course as it was snowing outside in good ole' Utah.

Natalie stayed with the girls while Jay joined the boys

Shannon, John and I just enjoyed watching the kids play in the pool. Shannon looks so great for only having one more night before the big arrival of our little guy.

The favorite thing for the kids was going down the slide, Jay is one of the those kids

(see him in the background) SYDNEY'S POOL PARTY WAS A BIG SPLASH!

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

TWO BIRTHDAYS PLUS A NEW BABY ON THE 26th

CREED'S BIG DAY THE 11TH

SYDNEY'S BIG DAY THE 25TH

BABY CURTIS WILL BE COMING OUR WAY

THE END OF THE MONTH

Creed celebrated his birthday in California with his family

The family celebrated Sydney's birthday the Sunday before her big day

Natalie made this cake for Sydney - a beautiful cake Nat

Mother & Daughter

Natalie and Carlee lighting the candles

Help blowing the candles out

Tayler loves to lick the frosting from the candles

Cutting the cake

Yummy cake and great ice cream

Natalie and Shannon helped serve the kids

Sisters are forever..........brothers too

Cousins had to put Syd through the spanking machine

Old pictures of the adult kids were brought out and enjoyed

Adults relaxing while the children are playing down stairs

Only 5 more days Shannon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CREED

FEBRUARY 11TH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUR LITTLE GUY

YOU ARE NOW 2 YEARS OLD

We missed Creed's birthday by just a few days, but we heard that he had a fun one. We miss him, we were so happy to get the opportunity to be with him for a week. Love you little man!

You are so cute when you sleep He is the happiest 2 year old, we love you

BASKETBALL WITH THE RIUDELS-FEBRUARY 2011

SYDNEY AND COLLIN HAVE BEEN ON BASKETBALL TEAMS FOR DRAPER COMMUNITY SPORTS. JAY THE COACH FOR BOTH TEAMS. THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND I AM SURE THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW AWESOME THEIR DAD WAS FOR WILLING TO TAKE ON SUCH A BIG PROJECT WITH THE CRAZY SCHEDULE HE HAS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE MISSED A GREAT GAME WITH COLLIN. HE MADE 14 POINTS OUT OF 17, WAY TO GO! SYDNEY IS NOT AFRAID TO BE WITH ALL THOSE BOYS ON HER TEAM I AM SO PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM.

BEFORE THE GAME SYD WAS MAKING LOTS OF BASKETS WHILE PRACTICING

THE COACH/JAY

SYDNEY IS A GREAT DRIBBLER THE OTHER TEAM IS ON HER TRAIL
SHE IS AN AWESOME BASKET BALL PLAYERJAY WAS GIVING A COUPLE OF HIS KIDS SOME SUGGESTIONSLET THE GAME BEGIN COLLIN WAITING FOR HIS TEAM MATE TO PASS THE BALLTHROWING THE BALL BACK INTO THE COURTGREAT THROW COLLINANOTHER GREAT THROW THE OTHER TEAM IS TRYING TO KEEP COLLIN FROM SCORING

SHANNON'S SHOWER-FEBRUARY 5th

FAMILY SHOWER FOR SHANNON

NATALIE HELPED ORGANIZE THE SHOWER, SHE ALSO MADE YUMMY CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICHES AND PUNCH. SOUPIE AND CARLEE BROUGHT HUGE CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES AND BERTHA HELPED WITH A VARIETY VEGETABLES. SHANNON FROSTED THE MINI BROWNIES FOR ME SHE ALSO SURPRISED US BY MAKING SOME BEAUTIFUL MINI CHEESE CAKES.

BERTHA'S FAMILY GAVE SHANNON SOME WONDERFUL THINGS SUCH AS THIS TV MONITOR AS WELL AS CLOTHES A DIAPER PAIL AND GIFT CERTIFICATE.

I GAVE SHANNON THIS LITTLE OUTFIT, IT'S A CATTERPILLAR THAT SAYS SQUIRMY ON IT, I LOVE IT! NATALIE GAVE HER THE BIGGEST BOX OF DIAPERS I HAVE EVER SEEN!

BERTHA EVEN FOUND A NAVY BLUE & WHITE NAUTICAL CRIB SHEET!

SOUPIE, NATALIE AND I GAVE HER A LOT OF DIAPERS AND BABY CLOTHES. ROBIN GAVE SHANNON A CD THAT SHE AND HER FRIENDS AT THE "Y" CREATED WITH SPECIAL SONGS JUST FOR THE BABY. COOL IDEA ROBIN! EVEN BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF A SHOWER, SHANNON'S SISTER-IN-LAW, NICOLE GAVE HER A WONDERFUL DESIGNER STROLLER. I'M SURE SHANNON WILL LOVE TAKING THE BABY FOR WALKS IN THIS STOLLER AS IT MAKES FOR A SMOOTH RIDE FOR THE BABY AND AN EASIER STROLL FOR MOM.

SHANONNON WILL HAVE FUN PUTTING HER BABY IN THIS OUTFIT WHEN THEY GO TO THE BOYS BASEBALL GAMES......BATTER UP!

THE WEEKEND OF THE SHOWER, ROBIN WAS HERE FOR THE SHOWER AND HER DAD CAME INTO TOWN FOR GUARD SO THEY SPENT SUPPER BOWL SUNDAY WITH US.
JOHN WAS HAPPY THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF (WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE SUPPER BOWL) WOULD SIT WITH HIM AND ENJOY THE GAME.

THANKS PAUL AND ROBIN!