This is dedicated.....

to the ONE I LOVE:}

























Happy Anniversary! 2 years and counting.......

Must a been...

a BEAUTIFUL baby, cause baby lOoK at you now!!!!

Dylan 9.15.05


Dylan 1st B-day


Dylan 2nd B-day


Dylan 3rd B-Day


Dylan 4th B-day


So Happy Birthday to you Berta, cheetah, Alex(from Madagascar), bolt, and Prince Caspian.
Dad and I love you very much and cannot believe how many years have already passed!
Thank you for ALWAYS being the highlight of our day!

Yep... I'm a SoCceR MOM!!!

So, it's official. I'm a soccer mom, and I LOVE IT!
Seriously, it's been one of my favoritest sports since I played it in elementary with Mr. Ferguson. Fillmore was to small for a real league so I just got a small taste, but it was oh so tasty!!
Here is his debut, Dylan James Ryan with the blue tigers(not sure where the blue comes in, but they ALL voted on it)!
A little story goes like this...
Dylan went to practice on Thursday and all was good. He practiced hard, loved his new friends(mostly talks about Luke the first boy he met) and participated the entire practice time. Then Saturday morning game time rolls around.
All is good til someone gets aggressive and gives our little precious an elbow, and the drama breaks loose. Crocodile tears all over the place. I wish SO BAD I would have taken a picture of him crying because the blue team shoved him (in his words) and of the rest of the drama to follow.
It's 10:50 in the morning, probably 100 degrees outside and I am playing soccer with my 3 year old. I held his hand and ran up and down the field. I helped him kick and I gave him fruit snacks for "soccer energy".
Talk about living out the glory days...
Don't worry, if I have to I will do it EVERY single game til November 7th just to say my son was involved and part of the team!!!!

Just Dylan

Here's how we found him... Tiger, Necklace, Poo Tana Blanket. All snuggly on the floor:)

Family Ties

That's right it was the 5th (couldn't believe that much time has gone by) annual Brown, Skinner, Ryan family reunion!
As usual we had a blast and this years theme(cuz mom always comes up with one) was "Family Ties". We all wore "tie- dye" t-shirts and had a scavenger hunt hiding things that "tied" each individual family together and then all of us as a whole.
We decided to take it back to our roots and head to Fillmore for a long dirty weekend in the canyon. We stayed at one of our favorite childhood spots, Pistol Rock!
The men were totally unsure of the woman's choice in camping and fishing spots, but we proved them wrong(as usual):}

Dylan helping dad drive up the canyon like mom used to do!

Justin with his first fishy;[ Poor thing. Nice arms babe:}
The first attempt at the "timed" family pic! Look what we got
Second attempt...look at my bad bad habit
Ta da!!! If your wondering why my shirt doesn't match-it was the ONLY one that faded. I'm always taking one for the team

Making crafts. Don't look at my posture. That is sick and wrong

Two very creepy fisherman:]

Dylan with the "gun" he found

Ky with his"Narnia forever" sword (he will love that when he's older)

Throwing rocks in the creek. could have done this all.day.looong

Another beautiful weekend!

I had a short fun trail race in Brian Head on Saturday morning and then we headed up to Duck Creek to Jon and Tera's cabin.
Honestly, I can't think of a better way to spend a weekend. Great food, great friends, and some endless laughs! Oh, and I won the race being the first women to cross the finish line and 5th overall! I was excited cause they said prizes to the first man and women to cross. Take a look at my prize!lol
After the race we took a scenic ride on the ski lift to the summit of Brian Head. It is so so beautiful up there and I can't believe how blessed we are to live so close to natural beauty.

Pre-Race family pic - Me with my victorious crown;)


Our family self portrait on the ski lift- I loved this cool green rock


A view from the top




A friendly game of "shoes" @ the cabin - Pics are blurry but my sis with her best form


Sarah and Jon with some kinda "I'll kick yer butt horse shoe clank"


The boys after another HARD weekend:)

Hogle Zoo

We decide it was time for some family fun, so we headed to the zoo. Dylan was talking about it for two weeks(mostly the"hotel" or "otel" as he calls it) cause he is obsessed with staying in them.
Thanks Nana for again getting us the best hotel ever. We didn't even have to leave and we didn't. Just went to the store and whipped up some dinner in our little kitchenette and slept all day Saturday cause it was raining outside. Dylan seriously did not leave the TV and thought he was in HEAVEN when shark tales came on and he had the whole thing to himself. Just like a king propped up with some pillows and a box of vanilla wafers by his side. I wish I could have captured the moment. He cracks us up even when he is being so dang naughty!
We went to the Hogle Zoo on Sunday and I think Justin was truly disappointed at the fact that he is now 25 and the zoo isn't what he had remembered at the age of 7. Sorry hun... it's all about the kiddos!










Dang... It was a long day