Ryker's AlMoSt ONE YEAR OLD pics!!!

I know my little guy doesnt turn one for another month but a few days ago we had his pics taken. The main reason that I wanted to get them done early is so that we can have them on his birthday party invites! Here are just a few of my favs! I think Melissa did an amazing job and it was just so much fun! Check out her work @ melissabrynerphotography.blogspot.com

4th of JuLy!!!

We had a fabulous 4th of July weekend! We started the holiday off by attending the Oakly Rodeo! We have been doing this family/friend tradition for 10 years now and I still LOVE it! I was really wanting to find some cowboy boots that Ryks could sport but no luck, so we had to settle for some patriotic flip flops that were just as cute! The rodeo was so fun as we had a picnic beforehand then the rodeo and the fun firework display after. I love this time of year! The next day we headed up to Bear Lake were we stayed and played all weekend! My mom makes every holiday so fun and special, I hope I can follow in her shoes with Ryks and future kiddos someday!

Ryk's first time wearing a life jacket.....! I thought he would have a fit wearing it but he enjoyed constantly having something to suck on!

....His first time on the tube!!!!

....first time on the wave runner!

....first time on the boat!

Our little fami just chillin (literally) in the Brrr Lake Water!

Kirst, Ryks and I

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The 3 best little buddies at the Paris ID parade!!!

The troops at the parade

Dee and Papa Dick decided to stop by one of the days before taking one of there drives across the state!

The boys playing in the home made sand pile that my mom/dad made a few weeks ago...the boys love it! Including Ryker..he only tried once to eat the sand! Better than I thought!
Our fam plus my 2 cute nephews in our patriotic attire heading off to church

Mike took this pic at one of the nights of the cabin and I thought it looked so pretty so thought I would post it

What more could of made the night of the 4th complete than fireworks....

patriotic cupcakes that my mom created and....

SpArKlErS!!!! Such a fun weekend!

Mikes BiRthDaY/St George,Vegas/Fathers Day!!

On June 19th was Mike's 29th birthday and fatehrs day was the next day. So to celebrate the 2 big occasions we decided to take a much needed vacation and headed down south! We went to St George and Vegas with our good friends, the Bells. They have a little girl 2 months younger than Ryker so was nice to go with someone who related to our situation. The first night in St George we saw Tarzan at Tuachan. It was amazing. It was a great night to be outside under the stars sitting in the warm weather! It was a windy at first but eventually stopped. The play was so much fun! I love the plays down there. I was a little worried about Ryks and how he would handle sitting for that amount of time and for the fact that the play would go later than his bed time. But...he did AWESOME! But kiddos did! He sat on my lap 3/4 of the play before falling asleep. He loved watching the flying monkeys and the flashing lights and loud noises. On Thursday we headed down to Vegas where we ate, shopped, swam, guys saw A Team us girls saw a Circue de Soleil show and shopped and ate some more! It was so nice to get away and spend time with our little fam and the Bells fam. Thank you for such a fun trip!

Stringham Family Pictures

For Christmas we gave my parents and Mikes parents a gift certificate to get our fam photos taken. A few weeks ago we had our pictures taken with Mikes family and I thought they turned out pretty good! Here are some of my favorites!





Thanks Melissa for taken our pictures, they turned out great! To check out more of Melissa's work go to melissabrynerphotography.blogspot

Mother's Day/Bearlake!

This was my official first year to celebrate Mother's Day as a mom! And I must say I loved it! I had such a fun day! To start the day off I had to speak in sacrament (NOT so fun) I really really really hate public speaking, but Im glad that I did it and its over with! :) We then took Ryk's on his first bike ride! He loved it! He wasnt to fond of his helmet, but besides that he loved the heck out of it! We then went to my grandmas where we celebrated Mother's Day and my mom and aunts birthday since they are twins! My aunt gave my mom a bike and she loves it! Im excited to go to Jordan Parkway and go on bikerides. My mom brought a pinata for the kids and we played some games! It was so much fun!!! We then headed up to Mikes grandparents where his family was and had dessert there. It was a wonderful day and I'm so thankful for the opportunity that i have to be a mom to Ryker!
This past weekend we headed up to Bearlake to get the dirt ready for sod. It was such a nice weekend up there. The weather was perfect! Ryker, my nephews, and Gabe loved playing in the dirt! Ryker loved it so much that he decided to eat some of it-gross! Brax found a worm and loved playing with it! Boys will be boys! Im excited to the memories that will be made this year at our family cabin! Now, just bring on the good weather!