Fathers Day

Its a little late but I had to do a Fathers Day post. The kids were so excited for Fathers Day... well they love any chance we get to celebrate. They spent the weekend chasing their dad around and treating him like a jungle gym. Ethan and Chloë love to play "super hero vs. super villain" and they love when Travis is home to "fight" ...mom isn't so hip on being chased around and tackled to the ground. I love watching them play with their dad, and Travis loves it as much as they do!

Ethan and Chloë have the best dad and granddad's a kid could ask for. Love you Travis, Wendell, and Mark! Hope you all had a great Fathers' Day!

Update

Here is the reason the blog has not been updated in a long time. Back in September we decided to build a home and its been quite the roller coaster ride. They started digging February 6 and it was complete April 24. We moved April 29 and finally feel settled. We are working on getting a fence up so we can put in some grass and have a play area for the kids.

The kids love living in a cul-de-sac where they can drive their car and ride bikes without having to worry about to much traffic

      

Chloë at the mall

Ethan was really into "Where the Wild Things Are" so this was his way of dressing up like a wild thing.

 Sitting in the driveway waiting for the eclipse

Chloë's class had an end of year program at school, they sang and danced for all the parents. It was so cute.

Chloë and her best friend AshLynn

                                                             

     Chloë and her teachers

       Field day at the preschool

 Ethan graduate preschool! We are so proud of him, 3 long years preschool and he is finally headed to kindergarten. He is SO excited and asks on a weekly basis if its time for kindergarten yet. Chloë chimes in with "I wish I was going to kindergarten!"

 Ethan had the idea to take a picture like he was holding up the school. 

Chloë in front of the school, it her last year here too, she will be in preschool at the same school where Ethan will go for kindergarten!

 Now that we live closer to Papa Wendell he can drop by just to read stories!

Catching Up... January

So I've been slacking on my blog, not a very good start to 2012. We have been pretty busy and if we're not busy we're sick lately. So finally here it is: January 2012 adventures.

Chloë helping me make cookies!

Pretty LIttle Princess

Below are our pictures of the annual January trip to Antelope Island. Maybe some time we will get smart and go when the weather is warm. It was pretty cold that day but at least the sun was shining so we got some way cute pictures and the kids had a blast running all over the place... and feeding the chickens (their favorite part)

I'll be back on soon to blog about february 

December 2011

We had such a fun Christmas, the kids (and Travis and I) were spoiled as usual. We opened presents at home in the morning then headed to the Farnsworth's for a yummy Christmas dinner and to meet up with Wendell and Carole. The kids love it when all their grandparents are in one place! Here are just a few pics from Christmas day...

Waiting to open their stockings

Ethan's new science book

Pretty Chloë opening presents

Thanks to our family for making Christmas so special, we love you guys!

Christmas Letter 2011

Merry Christmas!

2011 has been the year of projects at the Rhynsburger house. We finally finished our basement family room and are enjoying the extra space. We also repainted our main floor family room and remodeled the main bathroom. We have lived in a constant state of chaos this year but we sure have enjoyed the benefits of all the hard work.

Ethan turned 5 this year and is in his 3^rd and final year of preschool. He has done really well this past year and is academically where he should be; he just needs to work on sharing and learning to follow directions. We feel confident he will be ready for kindergarten next fall. He is a wild little boy with a HUGE imagination and always has a story to tell. He loves to learn new things and enjoys books about the solar system and the human body… he is our little scientist

Chloë is 4 now and started her first year of preschool. She absolutely loves it and has made friends with everyone in her class. She is still our little girly girl always dressing up and pretending to cook for everyone. Plus she helps clean the house! Chloë developed a love for bugs over the summer and held lady bugs, praying mantis’, grasshoppers and potato bugs (she calls them trilobites).

Travis is still doing well at the power company and even got a promotion this year. He has been working really hard on all the house projects and looking forward to a break from all the long days soon.

I’m still enjoying being home with the kids and I have more time to be crafty; making bows, tutus, blankets, and scrapbooks. Plus we get lots of chances to go on day trips around the area. Our favorites are the zoo (they had dinos this year!) Bridal Veil Falls, Antelope Island, The Dinosaur Park, and Salt Air.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,

Alexie, Travis, Ethan, & Chloë

Chloë's 4!

I'm late as usual posting pics of Chloë's birthday. She had her party at Chuck E Cheese this year and had a blast, she was so excited about her rapunzel cake. As usual she was VERY spoiled, thanks everyone!

26 on the 26th!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!

I found this picture of Travis and it reminded me SO much of this picture of Ethan. Definitely his father's son, they are both so cute!

And this one of Chloë looks a lot like Travis, also both VERY cute!

Chloë Bug...

... and her bugs

Hard to believe this little girly girl LOVES bugs!

Chloë and her "Trilobite" (roly polie/ potato bug) on her arm

Grasshopper

Praying Mantis

5

I cannot believe Ethan is 5 today. He is at such a fun age where he wants to learn about everything and he just goes a mile a minute. Ethan keeps us entertained everyday and loves being the center of attention. 5 is definitely going to be a blast! Happy Birthday E!

Catching up... Fist day of School

Ethan was all set to go to his first day of preschool on Aug 31 and since Chloë registered late she wasn't going to start until the following week. But when we went to the school to drop Ethan off her teacher said they only had 2 kids in class that day and Chloë could stay! She didn't have any of her stuff but off she went anyway. They are both loving school and they really like their teachers.

First day of school

Here they are going to their 2nd day of school, backpacks on and ready to go!