Just Ordinary Days

Just capturing a few snapshots of the "ordinary" days of life for Ryan's scrapbook. Thought I would post them here. Most days are ordinary by worldly standards; but if we stop and enjoy the extraordinary moments and blessings God has given us, every day can be extraordinary!! Ryan is one of those beautiful blessings and 99.9% of the time we remember that :)! No, really, we know that all the time, but it may take stepping back from some 3-year-old situations to bring it to the front of our minds! How easy it is to take our family and health for granted. We thank God for our beautiful, healthy, growing, intelligent and curious little boy. We are so grateful that God has given us the privilege to raise and love him each of these ordinary days!






Another blessing taken for granted... we now have more grass showing than dirt, YEAH... still some weeds, but we'll take care of those after the grass is well established!! Quality father/son time... Ryan really enjoys helping Steve mow these days. He will ride for sometimes up to almost 2 hours! Great time for them and Mom, too :)!

Ryan also spends several days in the sand boat - building race tracks in the sand or scooping dirt like "Bob the Builder".

I love this picture... despite his high energy level around others, he really does play quietly by himself a lot. He will sit and just flip through books for long periods of time. I caught him yesterday playing with his Leap Pad... so innocently! I love those moments!

He is so ready for the adventures of preschool. He'll go 2 afternoons a week starting after Labor Day! Look out world!