Ryan's AWANA Grand Prix

I spent the all day Saturday in Chicago shopping with my mom and sister. We didnt buy a whole lot but we did have a lot of fun. So while mommy was gone, Daddy and the boys spent the afternoon at the AWANA Grand Prix at church. This was Ryan's first year participating and he didnt do so well but now he knows more about how the car should be shaped so he is excited for next year. They still had a fun day together. Ryan wanted his car to look like Snotrod from the Cars movie and I think him and daddy did a pretty good job at it.

We're Having a Baby

We are having a baby! Baby #3 is due May 28th, 2010! We are super excited. I really am hoping for a girl or at least one that looks like me a little, but as long as its healthy I guess I cant be too picky!! Really hoping to find out what this one is and if we do the earliest it can be done is the week of Christmas, WHAT A GREAT GIFT! We are blessed and happy to be adding to our family. The boys are starting to understand more now that they have seen ultrasound pics. Ryan says he wants a boy baby and if you ask Josh he says No baby. But Im sure once its here they will love it just like they love each other. They are really good little boys.

Fall 2009

So this fall has been kind of uneventful! Dave has had to work almost every single weekend so we havent got to do a whole lot as a family. We had one more scare with Josh and his breathing a couple weeks ago but we just did breathing treatments and gave him a steroid for a few days and he was fine. The doctors dont seem to think its anything serious just his lungs arent strong enough to have a productive cough so it just gets stuck and causes him to have trouble breathing. Please pray that he outgrows this soon! Last weekend we finally made it to Fort Wayne to visit my sister and watch Courtney play soccer! It was freezing!! And me, Stacey, and Courtney are all sick! We had our annual Fall Festival at church and the kids had a blast. We went to a bonfire for our Sunday school class and enjoyed a great time of fellowship. Trick or treat was fun. Josh wasnt scared a bit! I'm sure it helped that he had Ryan, Courtney, and Alston to follow after. They were all so cute. They got tons of candy. But other than that there hasnt been a whole lot going on. Ryan is still enjoying school and doesnt like the weekends because he cant go to school. LOL ! Ryan has also started practice for his Christmas program at church. I cant believe its almost Christmas and almost Joshie's 3rd birthday!! Where does time go?!?!?

Not much going on!

So there hasnt been much going on around the Gilbert household. Ryan is doing great in school. He is still loving it. He did get in trouble last week for kicking someone that puched him off the swing but other than that no problems. He is excited to be going on his first field trip in a couple weeks to the apple orchard. He gets smarter everyday. Josh is just rotten. He enjoys Ryan being at school I think but after he wakes up from his nap he is always asking if its time to go get Ryan from school so I think he kind of misses him. We are excited about some opportunities that we have coming up in the future. Will tell you more about those later. I am heading out to an overnight scrapbook retreat next week with Lori(my sister in law) and some good friends from church. I plan on getting a lot accomplished and having lots of fun. I went last spring with just Lori and we had a blast! Its missions emphasis month at church so we have been busy with lots of extra activities. Ryan started AWANA again and loves it! But other than that not much going on around here! Til later........ta ta! :)

Ryan got to bring home the class "pet" and was very excited!

So Josh grabbed the bear and was acting like it was his pet!! Very Cute!

Labor Day Fun

For Labor Day we went to my mom's house for a cookout. After we got done eating we decided to get out a new slip-n-slide that she had bought. They had a blast but they did get a little cold.


We also celebrated Courtney's birthday since my sister was in town. I made her cake with less than 24 hours notice. I think it turned out pretty cute but it definitely wasnt perfect. She loved it so thats what really matters!

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Dave took a vacation this week and instead of doing some relaxing we did some home improvement. Our laundry was in our garage so we decided to close off the area and make it more of a laundry room and not just part of the garage. It may sound easy to some but it involved a lot of work. In order to do this we had to move the plumbing and the kitchen door to insure that we still had enough room to park in the garage. We had no major issues, which was a blessing. We were able to get it done except a few small things ( like finishing trimming out the door panels in blue) but we built a wall, drywalled, painted -laundry room and kitchen, and put in doors. I love my new space and am so thankful that I have a husband that was willing to take on the project because if we had to pay someone to do it we never would have done it!

BEFORE PIC.......(even though we had already tore out the old drywall and ceiling tiles)


DURING...the big whole in my kitchen wall


AFTER PIC

Backyard Campout

So the weekend before Ryan started school we decided we wanted to do something special with him. Not having a whole lot of money we gave him a few suggestions and he decided on camping. So we had a big family campout in our backyard. We made a fire, smores, roasted hot dogs, and just hung out in the tent. The boys both had a blast and we definitely will be camping more in the future.