Help from Big Sis

 

 

 

When these two aren't pushing each other down and pulling hair, they actually play well together and even help each other out. So sweet!

Ice Skating

 

Jon just joined a hockey team here in Missouri so he dusted off the old hockey skates and got back on the ice this past weekend. Kylea had fun skating around with him and was determined to skate on her own, which she was able to do a little at the end. Kade & I had fun eating snacks and watching them on the ice.

Happy 1st Birthday!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday to our sweet little boy!
We love you Bubba!...XOXO :)
Some of Kade's favorites...
Food: Cheese, fruit (esp. oranges!) and oatmeal
Toys: Dora cake (it makes a whistling noise when he sucks on it), balls and cell phones (the real kind)
Hobbies: Getting into everything, walking, dancing, clapping and wrestling with sister.

Christmas Break

Our first destination of our crazy Christmas trip was Surprise, Arizona where we got to stay with our good friends, the Millburns!

These girls will be forever friends!  

     And these girls will too! ;)                                                                            

We got our nails done with giant snowflakes for the winter (ha!) :)                     

 Mike & Jon took a few trips to Sonic for chocolate malts.

 Celebrating Kade's 1st Birthday

  Making Gingerbread houses

 Thanks for letting us come visit! We love you guys!

 

Christmas Eve Dinner in Gilbert, AZ with the Ruckers

We had so much fun staying at Drew & Aaron's house.  Thanks for being such great hosts!

Christmas Morning

Kade & Chloe

Rucker Boys (minus Nate)

A visit to Yucaipa to see the Hicks' & Gramma June

Fun in Palm Desert with Papa, Mimi, Uncle Nate & Auntie Syd! We love you guys!

 

 

Molly & David's Wedding

Here are a few pictures of my little sister's wedding at the Draper Temple. It was a beautiful day and we are so happy for the 2 lovebirds! :) Love you sis! Thanks for all the good times! Just don't ask me to tie another bow, haha! j/k!

 

 

 

We had so much fun meeting up with our good friends, the Sedas Family, in Utah during all the craziness of my sister's wedding. Kylea and Karissa were so cute together and we got to meet adorable, little brother, Jaden! You have such cute kids, Janelle!

Mr. Mischief and Miss Preschool

 

Any chance he gets, he's headed for the bathroom or stairs. He is a super fast crawler and he's walking now too. He definitely keeps me busy!

 

We started doing a little preschool group in our neighborhood with 2 other boys, Carson & London. Kylea loves preschool days (Tuesdays and Thursdays). I can't believe how smart this little girl is! She's always surprising us with crazy things she thinks of and writes. Oh and P.S. She loves picking out her own outfits now! :)

P.S.S. I started this post back in October and never got around to posting it!

Happy Fall Y'all!

 

Just in case I don't get anything else posted before Turkey Day, I wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful to have such amazing family and friends like you! We are truly blessed and can't wait to spend the holidays with the people we love the most! XOXO da Rucker Fam

Shutterfly Holiday Cards

I'm so excited because we just got family pictures taken a few weeks ago and they turned out great (Thanks to an awesome photographer, Danica! Check out her website here. She is amazing!)

Now it's time to pick out the cutest holiday photo card for 2010. I searched all the online sites and found a bunch of cute ones at Shutterfly.com. I've ordered prints from Shutterfly before and I was really happy with how they turned out.
Check them out here and here:
I love how there are so many to choose from and I think I've narrowed it down to 3 different ones. I like the idea of having a picture collage style because it's hard to choose just one photo. We got a lot of great ones of the kiddos this year so I'm excited to use them along with a family pic. I'm just debating on using color or black & white photos. Oh decisions, decisions! :)

I'm also thinking that we'll make photo calendars this year for some of our relatives because who doesn't love more pics. Check them out here:
I love all the different background options for these and they're on sale right now, always a plus!

Also, Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly, see here.

I love sweet holiday deals!

Happy Holiday Card Shopping Everyone!

This Guy Loves Cheese!

 

Blogging Question

Do any of you savvy bloggers out there know how to get a picture in the header? I can't figure it out! Help! :)