Deacon Household

Football Frenzy!!

2009-10-26T18:42:00.001-07:00

Our household loves weekend football especially when all our teams WIN! This weekend was great. The Aggies beat Tech, TCU beat BYU, and the Texans held on to win! For Nonnie and Pap's sake we will mention the Cowboys too, but we do not make it a habit in our household to cheer for them :) Rylie was so excited of the biggest win, she has to support her Aggies. Below are the pics, enjoy!

Miscellaneous

2009-10-20T11:01:00.000-07:00

So maybe I could do better to post more often, I will try, I promise! Here are some miscellaneous pictures of our past month. We haven't done much, but a lot it seems. We have been going and going, but I will do better to post.

Rylie and her cousin Carson reading a book with cousin Jessica

Rylie at my Papa's house

Rylie and Daddy at the 1st Fall festival at her school

Rylie and "Ray Charles"/ David Charles playing Mr. Potato

The one cold day we had this year, Rylie was dressed up ready to go

Rylie and Gracie, I know who is happier in this picture!

Chris and Rylie at my grandparents, we miss Unlce Chris, he has now gone off to boot camp in Chicago

The family at my grandparents

Rylie hanging out with her baloon

Rylie's 1st pigtails, she thought she was so cool

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Catching Up

2009-09-10T08:51:00.001-07:00

I am a little behind on my posting. We have been so busy lately and I am trying to get all caught up on my pictures and posting. I will try to do this over the next couple of posts!

Rylie has gotten her first hair cut, well it has been so long ago, she probably now needs a second one!

Jon traveled around the world, he went to Korea for a week and then to Norway. I met him in Norway, we had a great week there.

Rylie has started preschool again this year, so far so good, she seems to be doing great, she really likes it.

We have traveled to Mutti and Putti's for Labor Day and back again. We are trying to get all caught up and back in the swing of things for the fall to begin.

Pictures below of all of our adventures.

Rylie and her haircut, she was not real excited, but she didn't cry. She did need her paci however and was not letting go of the train! She was watching the lady very carefully!

Pics of Korea, very crowded place

More pics of Korea from a ferry Jon took

Jon on top of a derrick they had almost completed and were fixing to ship out, he was so excited to get to climb up.

Pics from Norway, what a beautiful place

Pics from the harbor

Rylie at my grandparents

Rylie and Chris

The family

Galveston and Moody Gardens

2009-08-15T05:59:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to Galveston and Moody Gardens with Jon's family. We had a good time and got to visit with his cousin who was in town from Oklahoma. Here are some pics of Rylie, she loved Moody Gardens!

Rylie and her Papa going to eat at Stingaree, she loves her Papa!

Hanging out at the Beach house

Observing all the fish

Her and Aaron looking through the shark cage

Us with Aaron at Moody Gardens

This huge shark at the bottom of one of the aquariums

Silly Rylie

2009-08-02T13:04:00.001-07:00

Rylie was being so silly this morning before church, she wanted to take her picture, which is VERY unusual. I just thought I would share them. Hope everyone is doing well.

Misc Pictures

2009-07-11T05:56:00.000-07:00

These are just some misc pics I have taken of Rylie over the past couple of months so I wanted to post them.

Playing with her toys with the basket on her head! She actually kept the basket on her head the whole time.

Watching tv with Uncle Chris. Don't worry she doesn't sit with me like this :)

Going to swim lessons with her red, white, and blue on. Her favorite sandals.

She was copying me doing situps, it was hilarious! She was very serious about her workout!

Her new backpack for the summer activities.

She was eating a kolache, the size of her! For those of you who don't know, she is a BIG eater!!!

Abilene Museum

2009-07-10T13:07:00.000-07:00

Rylie and I went to the museum when we were at Novice for 4th of July. She loved it and had a great time. Good thing we did something this day because she got sick on the 4th and we spent the day driving home, therefore these are the only pics we have!

Children's Museum with Abby

2009-07-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

Rylie went to the Children's Museum with her friend, Abby. She had a great time and is glad Abby is getting old enough to "hang out" with her. We had a good time and look forward to our next play date.

You mean I have to share these things???

Playing a little nicer for the moment!!

Trip to the Zoo

2009-07-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

We went to the zoo before 4th of July and boy was it HOT!!! Rylie loved it and got to hang out with her friends Ryan and Sydney. I will post more pictures later when I get them.

Rylie and Uncle Chris looking at the zebra and birds

She loved the petting zoo area

Rylie and Mommy on the carousel

Big Girl Table

2009-06-20T05:31:00.000-07:00

Rylie got her first big girl table and chairs. She was so excited. I figured it was time when my poor child was coloring on the floor :) We had our first meal there and we all joined in, daddy was out of town so mommy and Uncle Chris ate with her!

Crazy Rylie

2009-06-18T12:13:00.001-07:00

Rylie is so goofy. Night number 1 she decided to start wearing her headbands after bathtime. No big deal. Then night number 2, we started with the sunglasses too, which was quite getto. Then night number 3, we are onto the goggles. She is now obsessed with the goggles. She wants to wear them morning, noon, and night. I don't know how she sees, but she does and wears them ALL the time. It is insane to say the least!

Night 1-Just the headband

Night 2-With the glasses

Night 3-Found the goggles, she loves these things

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

2009-06-09T06:25:00.001-07:00

My baby turned 2 on Sunday. How time flies! We had a great day and she had her birthday party on Saturday. She loved every minute of it. She stayed up extra late and I think she is still trying to catch up on her sleep. She is getting so big and I cherish everyday we spend together!

LPS Easter

2009-04-11T06:13:00.001-07:00

Rylie had her Easter party at her school on Wednesday. She had a blast, plus Mommy and Nonnie were there so that was even better! It took her a minute to catch on to the whole Easter Egg hunting, but then she was off to the races. It is a tough choice to hunt Easter Eggs or play on the playground!

They made Easter Eggs, then went out for their Easter Egg hunt

Nonnie's B-day

2009-04-02T06:21:00.000-07:00

My mom had her birthday the other day and Rylie was having a blast eating her piece of the "pie" She calls all deserts "pie" She doesn't know the difference between cake, pie, ice cream, etc... Needless to say, she loved it and had a big mess for Daddy to clean up!!! Yep, I let him clean her up :)

She was all done and not very happy

1st Pony Tail

2009-03-28T11:36:00.000-07:00

Her hair is finally long enough to pull most of it back in a pony tail!! We were going to play outside the other day and it was pretty warm so I pulled it back in her 1st pony tail. This will be so handy when it is 100 outside, since she is so hot natured.

Then, this morning, she was getting ready and she insisted on wearing this headband. It didn't look too bad, and actually stayed in her hair! Another miracle. She loved it and left it in the whole morning!

Bad Day for Art

2009-03-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

Rylie decided to get a little carried away with her drawing on the chalkboard and playing with her letters. She had a "little accident" She was fine and so was her easel!

She thought it was pretty funny!

My Little Adventurer!

2009-03-05T12:55:00.000-08:00

Today I was working on the laundry and talking to my brother and I heard Rylie getting into something so I went to check on her and as you can see she was in to something all right! I ran and grabbed the camera, I had to take a picture, she was trying to brush her teeth, her favorite thing to do! I told my brother this is why we close the bathroom door all the way!!! :)

Swim Lessons

2009-02-21T07:41:00.001-08:00

Rylie started swim lessons this week at the Houston Swim Club and she LOVES it. She jumped right in, I think she thought she was on the Olympic swim team. This is definitely her calling.

Getting ready to go, she is getting her jacket on, she has learned how to zip and unzip!

Watching a little tv before we go :)

Tag... I'm It!

2009-02-05T13:27:00.001-08:00

Being I have been a little slow, I think my cousin tagged me about 3 weeks ago, but better late, than never!!

Here is what you do:

1. Go to your 4th folder where you store your photos.

2. Select your 4th picture (no exceptions)!

3. Post the picture with an explanation and link it back to your tagger

4. Tag 4 people (or as many as you want) to do the same!!

This is Carson, my cousin Jessica's little boy. Him and Rylie are 3 weeks apart.

Now it's your turn to play!

I tag...

1. Lara Miller

2. Monica Squiers

3. Christine Chapman

4. Jessica Lackey

and anyone else who wants to play!!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-13T05:52:00.000-08:00

I hope all of you had a wonderful Xmas and a Happy New Year. We are getting back into the swing of things for the New Year! I will get some Xmas pics on here when I get them downloaded to my computer! Happy 2009!

1st Dress Up

2008-11-17T05:44:00.000-08:00

This morning we were getting dressed for the day and after I put her down to go play. She immediately went back into her bedroom and got her bib out of her dresser and put it on, then she went and found her hat and put it on. She loves bibs and hats. She will go pull them out of the drawers and play with them. This morning though, she put them on and wore them the whole morning until it was time to go. I then made her take them off. I know, so mean, wouldn't let her wear them out of the house! I had to take a picture, it was to funny.

Dewberry Farms

2008-11-13T12:42:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we headed out to Dewberry Farms, it was a lot of fun and Rylie had a great time. Nonnie and Paps went with us so we all took turns chasing Rylie around. Below are just a few of my favorite pics :)

Mom, Dad, and Rylie before we left

Rylie crawling through the long tube to the other side, you can't really tell, but she is laughing

This was her least favorite ride of all. She is not screaming yet, but once the wheels starting turning, Jon had to go get her, she starting screaming and cried the whole way!

She loved the goats. We fed them several times and she went back and visited them several times.

She was watching the ducks and didn't understand why she couldn't go swimming with them. She headed straight for the water.

She looked like such a big girl on the horse tire swing. Of course, I was having a heart attack the whole time Dad was pushing her.

She loves slides, she is sliding down the tube slide.

Rylie, Nonnie, and Paps

2008-11-09T05:33:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there was one little Aggie and one little Red Raider sitting on a bench reading there two little books. They were so oblivious to the hostile world of College Football around them :) They remained friends in their young little lives not knowing their teams weren't friends, but rival competitors.

I thank the lord each day that we can have precious moments like this with our children. That they are so innocent and sweet in their young lives. Who knows where they will end up, but we will be proud either way!

Happy Halloween

2008-11-02T14:40:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had a great Halloween, this Halloween was a lot more fun, now that Rylie is getting bigger, not that she still knew what was going on, but at least she could participate a little. Rylie was a fairy. We only went to the houses on the streeet and on the way home from the last house, she was already walking slowly, she was very tired.

We got her pictures made in her costume and this was getting ready for the pictures a couple of weeks before

This was actually on Halloween, we were getting ready to go out and she discovered candy was in her basket! She was really interested in what was in there and then she dumped it out.

Our first stop was two houses down and we ran into our buddies, Ryan and Sydney. She was not too sure about Ryan and his spiderman costume, she just kept walking around him in a circle looking at him. It was hilarious. She was very curious.

After a few houses, she learned how to knock on the door, this is her knocking all by herself!

She was very excited, because she got a lollipop, which she proceeded to eat right then and there, we couldn't leave the doorstep until it was opened!

I can't wait to see everyone else's pictures too.

Little Miss Rylie

2008-10-28T12:36:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was the first of many I am sure! She has really started to develop I guess what you would call a "personality"

It stated with her oatmeal, she didn't want to eat it, so she rolled her eyes at me, I thought, well maybe she didn't mean too, yeah right :)

Then when we were getting dressed she decided her doll stroller was for her and then proceeded to fight me on her bow, which after this pic, was no more. She didn't wear it the rest of the day.

We were then headed out the door to run some erronds and I told her to come on and she stood there and shook her head "no" at me. All day, everything was "no" She didn't say no, but she just shook her head.

I am not quite sure what happened to my sweet little girl, I am sure she is still in there somewhere :)

The whole day went on like this, luckily she slept until almost 9 this morning and has been much better today. Although, I am not in denial, I know there will be plenty more "no" days!!!

Traveling and Festivals

2008-10-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

We have had a busy week or so. We have been to Great Granparents, Mutti and Putti's house. We had a blast, there are some pics below. We then returned home on Wednesday and had a full filled weekend at the festivals.

I went in to get Rylie to wake her from her nap, she had already been asleep 3 hours and she was sound asleep with her foot hanging out of the bed. She didn't even wake when I took the pic

Pic with Mutti and Putti

Mommy, Rylie, and Daddy at Mutti and Putti's

Rylie riding her car while Putti is BBQ

This was hilarious, her car got stuck on a rock, so she got off and starting pushing it.

Rylie at the festival

Getting her face painted at the festival, she is getting a pumpkin, I couldn't believe she actually sat there and let the girl do i

Long Time, No Blog!!

2008-10-14T11:33:00.000-07:00

So I have been a little behind on the blogging, but I will try to do better. We have been a little busy lately. Since the last blog, we started school, had a hurricane, went to Las Vegas, and are now trying to get ourselves back in gear! Just a little bit going on. Below are some catch up pics to show everyone what we have been up to the past month. We are looking forward to the upcoming fall, we have lots of activities planned and will try to take lots of pics to post on our blog to keep everyone up to date!

Rylie started preschool and her best friend Sydney was there to walk her in. They go to the same school, but on different days. We are hoping next year, they will be in the same class, that would be soooo cool :)

Rylie went right in and started playing on her favorite toy

This was during Hurricane IKE, we lost power for about 12 hours, we were one of the fortunate ones, it wasn't too hot, but the kids had their best clothes on. It was a little toasty so we all had story time and a snack. Rylie and I then bailed out and went to Nonnie and Paps house, they didn't lose electricity at all!

Welcome to Las Vegas!!! We were supposed to be on a cruise the week after IKE, but it got cancelled since it was supposed to leave out of Galveston! We booked a trip to Las Vegas instead with our neighbors, Paul and Lara. We had a blast and it was nice to get away for the 1st time since Rylie was born!!

We thought these glasses were cool, we didn't buy them, too expensive, but made a cool pic!

This is the water show at the Bellagio. Awesome! We didn't stay there, again, great pic!

That is what we have been up to. Stay tuned, more pics to come soon :)

Children's Museum & Find Your Classroom

2008-08-31T18:59:00.000-07:00

We have had a busy couple of days. We went to the Children's Museum on Thursday and Rylie had a blast. She enjoyed seeing all the kid friendly items and being able to walk around on her own and doing what ever she wanted. Friday we had find your classroom at her school. She got to play with some of her classmates and see her new classroom for the year. She had a great time and I think she is going to love it there.

I couldn't resist adding this picture, she thought she was so cool!

This was at the Children's Museum, I think she thought she had some real food. For those of you who know her well, she will eat anytime, anything!!!

She loved the cow and wanted to pet it. She loves animals and is not scared of any of them

Getting ready for find your classroom

Mommy and Daddy watching Rylie play, she was working on laundry back there :)

Rylie and Sydney playing with another classmate

Daddy's 1st Soccer Experience

2008-08-26T11:15:00.000-07:00

Jon volunteered to play in our Sunday school class soccer game. This was very interesting because Jon has never played soccer before! Needless to say, it was a little more challenging than he thought. We all were there to support him and cheer him on :)

Rylie and Mom waiting for the game to start

Paps watching the game

Jon taking a breather on the field

Daddy a little tired and Rylie wanting to play!

Day 1- Our New Blog

2008-08-22T18:33:00.000-07:00

Ok, here I go! I have so many pics of Rylie and I don't send them out via email so I am going to try this method. I know, Lara, you can be soooo proud of me :) I take pics almost everyday of her and never send them out so check back often and I will try to put them on here at least a couple times a week.

I hope everyone is doing good and sorry I am not better at email or calling! Rylie is doing great, growing like crazy. She is starting preschool September 3rd. Some of the pics below are from tonight, we went to meet your teacher night! She of course, had no clue what was going on except running and playing at the playground with a bunch of kids her own age!

Playing around the house

Playing with her food

Getting ready for church

Playing on the playground at meet the teacher

On the way to the car, her and Daddy were very tired!