Happy 3rd Fathers Day Daddy!!!

from  your 3 girls

Steve-O, Thank you for working so hard for us every day, for giving the girls so much attention when you get home, and always making sure we are happy and taken care of! You always put us FIRST before anything else! You're the Best Daddy and Husband we could ever ask for:)

I'm so glad when daddy comes home, glad as I can be! I jump up & down and spin around and scream so loud: "DADDY"! I put my arms around his

 neck & squeeze him tightly too... I give a kiss and tell him what? "Daddy, I missed YOU!" 

Things I love to do with my Daddy: feed the DOGS, check the MAIL,  go for DRIVES, go SHOPPING, & WATCH BALL GAMES!

"Happy Fathers Day, Daddy"- love Rylee Jo.

We had a great Fathers day...  Rylee helped me make Steve a special card with her & Milly's picture, and breakfast in bed! Every chance Rylee got all day, she would run to Steve & tell him: "Happy 'Fasthers' Day Daddy"! And you should see baby Mills reaction when she sees her Daddy? She's like a squirming fish out of water- ha ha! 

We have many wonderful Fathers, Grandfathers, Great-Grandfathers and Brothers to be so thankful for!!!

Happy Fathers Day, Love- Your Girls!

Milly has 2 teeth...

But Still Smilin-

And Still Cute as heck!

We're now FARMERS!

A DAY ON THE FARM...
We went up to Grandpa Alan's farm in Idaho! Not only was it SO beautiful up there, but it was just perfect weather, and the cows hardly stunk!
We LOVE when we get a chance twice a year to round up the cows and move them to/from the dry farm. We get a chance to work hard, and live a day in the life of a REAL FARMER?...

And Grandpa Alan will show us how to ROUGH it-

Steve had to CARRY this baby cow... NOT as light as it looks. He is just hours old. All Rylee could say about that was: "oh, poor cow!"

Lots of fun was had at the RALPHS FAMILY FARM!

Happy Memorial Day???

Our dear Uncle Bretty!

Old Fashioned Dresses

Yes, it's Rylee & Amelia, not Gertrude & Gretta! For Mother's Day, I had these pictures taken of my girls in these special dresses. They were given to me by my Grandma- they were my mom's when she was a little girl, made for her by HER Grandma ... get all that? Aren't they Sweet little old fashioned girls?

Walks & Naps!

WE LOVE OUR WALKS...

Molly, Rylee & their baby dolls!

Avery, Rylee & Sophia with their REAL BABY's on back!

Chillin on our Walks!

& WE LOVE OUR NAPS...

& We ALWAYS have...

Every day, we make sure we get a little of each! The walks are great fun- sometimes Rylee walks her babies, but usually I walk MY babies, & we go around the paved trail around the park. And I don't know who needs the naps more? Me or the girls? Either way, they are some of the best 2 hours of our day:) It's SO nice- we draw back those darkening shades, turn on a little Cinderella and snuggle up with our blanky's and milk!

Daddy Daughter Date!!!

Ry got to go on a special Date to the Jazz Playoff Game!!! Her Daddy Bought her her very own D-Will Jersey! She LOVES her new Jersey (wore it 2 days straight, until we made her put a dress on for church), and she LOVED the Jazz Game. Steve says she sat on his lap the entire game, never complained once, and cheered at all the right times! Wow... All the guys around him were both shocked he'd take his daughter to a playoff game, and also jeleouse his little 2 year old girl was enjoyin the game more than there boys ever do:) She did, however, fall asleep in the last quarter- party fowl! But we'll give her the fact that it was an 8:30 game!


We also got to take advantage of the new TRAIN... Us SUPER JAZZ FANS rode it down to the next home game. Rylee thought the train was the greatest thing since Cinderella! Us girls had quite the adventure waiting for the train... we pulled up as the 6pm train left, so sat on the bench and waited for the 6:30, when Rylee needed to "go peep" 5 minutes before. We rushed in, rushed out- quick enough to see the train leave us! HA ha:) Good times... Ry was sad, until we just enjoyed a scone, and watched and waited for the NEXT train. Waiting made it that much better:)
GO JAZZ!!!

ZOO Adventures...
It was Milly's FIRST time at the ZOO!!! Rylee had to show her the ropes. We went with all the Ralph cousins, and even some of MY Anderson cousins and Their kids!

A few of our favorites were the Giraffes, the Elephants, and the TIGERS... "Rrroarrr!!!" (However, we're still tryin to figure out what the heck the dang giraffe says? Any ideas? I mean, the elephant sound is hard enough... can't they come up with something easier like the "Roar"?)



Another favorite, was the monkeys & Apes... Here is Rylee tryin to measure up!

Well, Lots of fun was had... Milly got a little sleepy, and missed the WAY long train ride (if you've ever ridden it, it's like a whole minute and a half!) ha ha.

Good times at the ZOO!!!

A trip to the Salt Lake Temple...

We had such a fun day at my cousin Greg's wedding! President Monson performed the Sealing, and WOW- what an amazing experience that was. The spirit in his presence is incredibly strong. What a wonderful man! And what a wonderful place to be- Rylee loves to "see the Temple"!

CUTE, CUTE, CUTE...

Baby "MIA's" Baby Blues!

Cute Little Rylee Jo is GROWIN UP!

Smith Cousins... Amelia, Suzannah, Rylee Jo, Abigail

UH-OH...

Rough day for lilly-milly... It started off with her FIRST BLACK EYE, and rylee's first spanking:( -if that explains anything- it of course made me cry? Later that day a basketball bounced off the back of her head, smacking her face on a toy, leaving her with her FIRST BLOODY LIP, and unfortunately the day was completed with a SHINER on her forehead when ry carelessly ran past her with a bat in her hand:(

JAZZ FANZ

GO JAZZ!!!

We're #1 Fans... last weekend we went to the Jazz vs Spurs! Good game, sweet seats, great treats and FUN! Rylee LOVES those games- she sits on our laps the entire time, cheering! Milly just looks around or sleeps the whole time.