Breaking the silence

The Winner Grandkids

Ryder struttin his stuff

A fun family photo in Seattle

The boys in the sleeper car on the train

It's been far too long since I last updated my blog. frankly, it's kind of a pain. It's much easier to just post photos on facebook. But on the outside chance that there are people out there that actually follow my blog, I will give you the cliffnotes update.
Ryder is fully potty trained. No accidents in the past month. I will give it a few more weeks b4 I start giving away our extra diapers, but he doesn't even need them at night or for naps. It's such a blessing to have had 2 boys both potty trained by 2.5 years old. Guess we must have done something right. Ryder's newest trick is telling people his name. It started this past week when a fire fighter asked him "what's your name" and he responded "Ryder". So cute. Seems I always have a lot to say about Ryder, but that is becuase he is still at the age where he is growing and learning exponentially. Zane is a little less obvious with his growth, although I will say that he is becoming much easier to deal with. Tantrums are starting to diminish, and we are able to communicate more effectively. He is much better at arguing his point though, and I am not always sure I like that, cuz it makes a lot of sense.
We went to WA for a last minute trip in October, we were able to see Kib's family, my brother and his family, and a couple of friends as well. The highlight for the boys was the train ride to LA, which was AWESOME, and relaxing, and most definitely the way that we will travel again. Halloween came and went without any incidents this year (last year Zane was in the hospital with pneumonia). We had lots of parties to go to. Zane was a police officer, skeleton, batman, and astronaut, Ryder just stuck with the astronaut the whole time. They were so good, and respected our candy rule. They each got to keep 5 pieces of candy, and the rest got recycled back out the door to the trick-or-treater's