The Pyles 7

Ryann the cake boss

2012-02-03T08:37:00.000-08:00

My family has been watching a lot of the show" Cake Boss" lately. Ryann decided to give it a shot. Not too bad for her first time working with Fondant, she even made her own.

Christopher's a movie STAR!

2012-02-01T12:22:00.000-08:00

Christopher was called to be an extra in the movie "Jackie". He did such a great job and I was so proud of him. He had to ride a little bike around the actors during the scene. He had a neat little part for his 1st time ever being in a movie. We even got to sit in a van with one of the main actresses, Holly Hunter. Too bad that I didn't know who she was until after I got home and looked her up. :) She was very nice to us. We has a great day.

Brie and Oliver

2012-02-01T12:06:00.001-08:00

Oliver is one of the best cats. He puts up with a lot of love from the kids, especially Brie.

Random Picture's from 2011

2011-12-28T09:35:00.000-08:00

2011 was not a good year of blogging for me, It was more of a Facebook year. However, I plan to do a better job in 2012. It is fun to go back and look at all of the wonderful memories that we have made.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T08:38:00.000-08:00

We had a very nice Christmas this year.We really missed being with family and hope that next year we will be able to be home for Christmas. We did get to spend Christmas with some good friends and having Christmas on a Sunday was a really wonderful way to remember what Christmas is truly about, however it was hard for the kids to wait until after church to see what was under the tree.

NM, November 2011

2011-12-21T23:22:00.000-08:00

Snow day and snowmen

2011-01-20T07:56:00.000-08:00

Christopher checking things out from the warmth of the house.

Ryann and her snowman

Brie turns three

2011-01-20T07:44:00.000-08:00

My baby turned three on December 16. I was sad that I would never have a two year old again. But Brie told me that she was still my baby princess.

Student produced Opera

2011-01-20T07:32:00.000-08:00

Ryann was in a student produced opera at school. She did a great job and it was really fun to watch the kids get to perform their plays that they worked so hard on.

John's work party at Lovelace

2011-01-17T08:40:00.000-08:00

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On our way home from AZ.
The sky looked really pretty from a far but up close it was a snow storm in the mountains that we had to drive through.

The beautiful lights of HOME!

AZ

2011-01-17T08:04:00.000-08:00

We went to IKEA. I love that place and I love this kitchen.Brie loved the Shark.

The kids really wanted to have lunch and Chipotle because we don't have them in NM.

We loved being able to visit with Josh and Amy.

Meeting baby Ava

2010-12-14T11:46:00.000-08:00

The day after Thanksgiving we drove to AZ to meet out new little niece, Ava. We had a great weekend with Ryan, Michelle, and their sweet little girl.

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-14T10:16:00.000-08:00

We had our first Thanksgiving by ourselves this year. We had a nice family dinner with a great turkey , made by John. It was also Christopher's birthday so of course he had a great day.

Happy 5th Birthday

2010-12-11T06:53:00.000-08:00

Christopher turned 5 on Thanksgiving Day this year. He was so excited to turn 5. I on the other hand can not believe that 5 yrs have gone by so quickly. He is an amazing little guy and we are so blessed to have him in our family. We Love you Christopher

sight seeing wiyh Purple

2010-12-09T11:50:00.001-08:00

Rio Grande River in fall

2010-12-09T11:40:00.001-08:00

ABQ zoo

2010-12-09T11:23:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2010

2010-12-09T11:06:00.000-08:00

Carving pumpkins and skype'n with my sister and family

2010-11-12T11:34:00.000-08:00

When we lived in Ohio we always got together with my sister and her family to carve pumpkins at Halloween. Since we live in NM it's a little harder to get together but though Skype we found a way.

Happy 10th Birthday Alex

2010-11-12T11:25:00.000-08:00

Alex turned 10 on October 8. We had a family party on his birthday and then he had a couple of friends go swimming and out to pizza with him.

Welcome baby Ava

2010-11-04T07:32:00.000-07:00

On October 1st our sweet little niece was born. We can't wait to meet her later this month.

Santa B

2010-10-18T20:05:00.000-07:00

Brie and Christopher got into some of my keepsake baby clothes. Christopher helped Brie into this little outfit. The last time that Brie wore this she was 2 weeks old.

Christopher the Circus act

2010-10-06T12:54:00.000-07:00

Christopher is my little climber/ monkey man. His latest thing is that he tries to do hand/head stands all of the time. I can't help but to smile and be amazed at this little guy whom we were told may never sit up or be able to walk on his own.He is an amazing little dude with a very strong will and strong very arms.

Las Vegas NM

2010-10-06T12:27:00.000-07:00

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Mom and I were headed to Santa Fe one day and we passed our exits. We were too busy talking and by the time we realized it we were not far from Las Vegas, which is a really cool old town. I has happy to take Mom there, I love that place. There is a really cool old hotel that use to be a Harvey House and hotel. A lot of it looks like it has not been remodeled in about 100 years. Plus we found a really cool bakery/cafe were we had lunch.

The Mormon Battalion monument

2010-10-06T11:53:00.000-07:00

On our way to Santa Fe we always pass this sign that says says Mormon Battalion Monument. So Of course Mom and I had to check it out. It was right off the side of the road. We have passed it many times but never knew that it was right there. Pretty cool to know that they passed through here.

hanging at the beach with Purple

2010-09-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

John's Mom came to visit at the end of August for a week. We always have fun together and like to go explore NM when she is here. Brie and Christopher get to go with us since they are not in school full time yet. We went to a little beach not too far from our home.

At first the Brie and Christopher were just throwing rocks in the lake.

But before too long they were soaking wet and loving it!

We had to dry their clothes in the sun.

They had so much fun running around on the beach. They looked like they were on Survivor. Christoper did not have dry clothes with us so he ran around in his pull up. And I will have to say that he reminded me of an albino pigmy. They were running around gathering different things on the beach to make a shelter.

We look forward to the Purples return at the end of next month.

New Mexico sky

2010-09-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

The Sky here does some really cool things!These are just a few of the picture's that we have snapped here and there.

First Day of school 2010

2010-09-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

Alex on his way to his first day in 4th grade. His teacher's name is Mrs Pink. PINK rocks so hopefully she does too. So far Alex thinks he has the best teacher!

Ryann started her last year of Middle school.8th grade came really fast!

The many faces of Brie!

2010-09-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

Ryann took these of Brie and they sure made me laugh.

Brandon's visit

2010-09-10T09:39:00.001-07:00

One of the hardest things about moving to New Mexico was that Brandon didn't come with us. He drove back from Ohio with me and the other kids and stayed for a week. It was great having him here for the week. I am glad that he is doing so well in college and is happy but man I miss that Boy!

Christopher's on Ellen!

2010-08-24T15:48:00.000-07:00

We love watching The Ellen Show and one day Christopher asked me if I could get him on Ellen. I had to tell him that I did not have those kind of connections but I could help him put on his own Ellen show. We worked together as a family and this is what we came up with. Just go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs55YQDJxsI and check it out.

Drive In

2010-08-15T18:05:00.000-07:00

While in Ohio my sister and I took the kids to a Drive in. We saw Toy Story and Despicable Me. It is funny how enjoyable sitting outside watching a movie can be.

Hanging out at G and G Ryan's

2010-08-10T08:23:00.000-07:00

For part of the time that we were in Ohio we stayed with two of my favorite people, Grandma and Grandpa Ryan. While we were there we did many fun things and got to hang out with our Ohio Family. I miss seeing them all of the time!

Youngs Dairy

2010-08-06T07:38:00.000-07:00

This was always one of our favorite places to go in Ohio. They have yummy ice cream and food and lots of fun things to do.

Boonshoft in Dayton

2010-08-05T10:36:00.000-07:00

Ceaser's Creek

2010-08-02T17:07:00.000-07:00

On a really hot day my sister and I decided to take the kids to an Ohio beach to cool off. We had a great time swimming and playing in the sand.

I love hanging out with my sister. We have so much fun together. I love New Mexico but I really miss being close to my family.

Handing out in G and G Ryan's hot tub!

2010-08-02T16:56:00.000-07:00

Kings Island

2010-07-27T08:36:00.000-07:00

We went to Kings Island when we were in Ohio with a juge group of family and friends. We had a great but very HOT day.

The 4th of July in OHIO

2010-07-23T17:33:00.001-07:00

Going Private

2010-07-23T16:59:00.000-07:00

I have decided to make the move to a private blog. Just add your email to the comments it you would like an invite to the blog. I will leave this up for awhile since I know that not ever one gets on here all of the time.

2010-06-26T06:35:00.000-07:00

We have spent the month of June waiting out our trip to Ohio at the pool. The kids have had a great time and it has been fun to watch the two little ones get more and more comfortable in the water.

Ryann's 13th Birthday

2010-06-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

For Ry's birthday we had three of her BFF's come swimming with us for the day and then came over for a party and sleep over. I think that from the picture's you can see that they had fun. I on the other hand need a nap,lol

2010-06-13T16:34:00.000-07:00

2010-06-01T11:30:00.000-07:00

Father's and Son's 2010

2010-05-29T09:29:00.000-07:00

John Took these pictures at Father and son's this year. I asked why there were no picture's of Alex and was told that from the moment they set camp until they left Alex was off who knows where with all of his friends. This is also the camp sight that a bear was spotted at a few hours before everyone got there. I am always surprised that everyone makes it back in one piece from these trips,lol

Chillin'

2010-05-28T09:58:00.000-07:00

This girl cracks me up!

2010-05-23T09:57:00.000-07:00

You have to love two year olds! As bad as they can be they are always willing to put on a show. Brie is such a silly little thing and I sure love her!

Smart little cookie

2010-05-23T09:51:00.000-07:00

Ryann made National Jr. honor society this school year. She received straight A's and we are so proud of all of her hard work. WAY TO GO RYANN!

Love to Grandma Burden

2010-05-18T08:56:00.001-07:00

On Friday my Grandma passed away. She was a wonderful Grandma and I have fond memories of spending weekends at her house. She would take us to church, folk dancing, and to festivals. I loved that she was crafty and loved to make us matching dresses and we all loved the year that she made us baby dolls. My sister and my cousins and I would watch the smurfs and dance to solid gold every Saturday.We loved to go to her house and she was so good to us all.I miss her silver dollar pancakes that we had every Sunday before church and I make them for my own children.I remember melting chocolate to make candy for suckers at Easter. She was the first person in my life that gave me knowledge that I had a savior and that he loved me. I hope that one day I will be a great Grandma just like her. Much love Grandma.

Ryann playing with Mark Wood

2010-05-14T07:57:00.001-07:00

The advanced orchestra at Ryann's Middle school got to do a clinic and concert with Mark Wood this week. Ryann was lucky enough to be able to do a duet with him on the electric Violin. Guess what Ryann wants now.

Camping in Santa Fe

2010-05-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went camping in the mountains in Santa Fe. It still a little cold up there but it is so beautiful!

Christopher's 1 yr anniversary

2010-04-19T15:08:00.000-07:00

John and I where talking the other day about the fact that it would soon be a year since Christopher has had any surgeries or been hospitalized. This a a huge milestone for a little boy who has had 9 surgeries in his first three and a half years and had to stay at the hospital a lot during that time. And then this happened..........

We were playing when Christopher's Head hit the fire pit and he had to go have it glued shut. He cried when it first happened and then was fine. I will say that it was really nice to just be dealing with normal bumps and bruises that that happen to most children at one point or another. And with Christopher I am surprised that we have not had to make more trips to the ER for these reasons. He is a little wild man and I am so grateful to be the wild mans mother and hopefully we will have another year of health.

Our Family through the eye's of Ryann

2010-04-16T07:25:00.000-07:00

Life living with a two year old.

2010-04-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

Brie is in love with clothes. She likes to try on a lot of different clothes. On this day she emptied her entire dresser.

On this Day Brie learned not to sing the Isty Bisty Spider song with sucker in hand. It can be dangerous to make the sign for the sun.

Easter 2010

2010-04-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

Easter was a little different this year since it was our first Easter away from all of our family. We had a pretty great day as a family in spite of missing our Ohio peeps. The kids woke up early to find their Easter baskets. Brie thought that candy in the morning was a very good idea. A little later we had brunch ( Brunch is my excuse to only have to feed everyone twice rather then three times,lol But don't tell the kids they think it's a great treat.) After conference we had an Easter egg hunt and then of course we had to have a ham dinner. All in all it was a great day and how could it not be HE LIVES!

Coloring Easter Eggs

2010-04-07T07:52:00.000-07:00

Ry's new guitar

2010-04-05T12:45:00.000-07:00

Ryann saved up her money and bought a new guitar. Lucky for her she was blessed with her Dad's talent of being able to play multiple musical instruments, unlike her Mom who is still trying to master the recorder from the 4th grade.

Not sure were Christopher lost his pants,LOL!

New Playground

2010-03-31T11:47:00.000-07:00

In March the kids got a new play ground. (New to us anyway) Ryann's friend was selling her play set and we just happened to be ready to buy one. The babies still had birthday and Christmas money and they really wanted a swing set. They are so happy with the new addition to the back yard.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

2010-03-25T09:27:00.001-07:00

Of course Brie had to try it too!

2010-03-25T08:48:00.000-07:00

Climbing the Walls

2010-03-13T06:32:00.000-08:00

For a while Christopher's favorite movie was Shark boy and Lava girl. He would run around the house saying I'm shark boy. Then he saw the movie Catch that Kid. In the movie they repel and do a lot of climbing. So we moved on from being a shark to climbing the walls. He puts his monkey harness on and helmet ( that came after he hit his head on the wall) and tries to climb the walls.I think we had better be carefully what the boy watches on TV. Maybe there is a movie out there about how to clean up after yourself.

Playing in AZ

2010-03-10T08:47:00.000-08:00

We spent some time at a Ghost Town,

the Casa Grande Ruins,Over looking the city, on South Mountain, on New Years Eve and we had fun at the Phoenix
Zoo.

swimming in AZ In January

2010-03-10T08:31:00.001-08:00

The kids loved swimming when we were in Arizona for Christmas. They thought that it was great fun to go swimming when most people were sledding.

Christmas 09

2010-01-17T15:30:00.001-08:00

On Christmas Eve we sang Christomas carols together and read a a book about the first Christmas. The kids were very excited for the next day when they went to bed. After Christopher was but to bed he came out every time that he heard a noise to see if it was Santa.

We had a wonderful Christmas day together as a family. Brie however was a little over whelmed and spent most of her day trying to get everyone else' s new stuff.

Thanksgiving

2010-01-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

My camera decided to give me trouble during Thanksgiving time. But I wanted to still have a post about Our wonderful Thanksgiving. This was our first year being away from family so John's brother,Ryan and his wife Michelle came to our home from Arizona. We had a great time together and had some great food. John made his first turkey this year and did a wonderful job. We are so glad that they were able to come and spend time with us.

Birthday's

2010-01-12T08:58:00.001-08:00

Christopher turned 4 on November 25. He got to have his first party with friends and I am sure that you can guess the theme.He had a great time but it is hard to believe that he is already four.

Miss Brie turned 2 on December 16. She was so happy to get babies and cake.

I am so grateful for these two little bundles of endless energy. They help me to get through those hard times in life.

Pumpkin carving

2009-11-10T07:49:00.000-08:00

Alex enjoying the pumpkin goo.

Christopher really got into carving his pumpkin this year.

We waited until Halloween Day to carve pumpkins so that Purple Grandma could be here with us.

Christopher's finished project, with a little help from Purple.

Alex and his pumpkin. For some reason I don't have one of Ry with hers.

Trick or Treat

2009-11-10T07:29:00.000-08:00

Brie is a monkey with tutu( Ryann thought she needed it),Christopher is Nemo, Alex is Darth Vader,and Ryann is Alex from Wizards of Place

Christopher liked to ride in the wagon like this so that he could jump out first. I hit a bump one time and heard his candy pumpkin hit the ground. When I turned around Christopher was sitting on the sidewalk looking at me like I tried to bump him out of the wagon.

Snow in Santa Fe

2009-10-25T13:49:00.001-07:00

We headed up to the Santa Fe mountains yesterday to do some hiking. We could see that there was snow on the top so we had to go check it out. It was very beautiful and it was surprisingly warm, 60 and sunny.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-19T07:38:00.000-07:00

We found a really cool little pumpkin patch and corn maze near our home.This made me very happy because I was not sure that we would have one in NM.

We were in this maze for awhile and Christopher was having fun leading us. When we finally ended up in the pumpkin patch.

After picking our pumpkins we hopped on the wagon for a hay ride.

The kids loved climbing the bails of hay and checking out the baby farm animals.

Gone Fishin'

2009-10-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

The kids had Friday off so we so John took the day off and we went fishing. Ok well I chased Brie and Christopher and the rest of them fished.

Happy 9th birthday Alex!

2009-10-10T06:38:00.000-07:00

Alex turned nine on Thursday. The kids had the day off so we went to lunch at Chuck E Cheese"s. This is one of Alex's favorite places.

The kids had a great time and we only lost Brie a couple of times so I call it a success.

Alex loved his new scooter from Purple, (His Grandma)!

Presents are always his favorite part. This year he wanted a fishing rod more then anything But how do you wrap a fishing rod so that he doesn't know what it it? Our solution was we made him follow a bunch of different post it's until he found it.

I think that we had a very happy nine year old by the end of the day.

when they talk of the terrible two's I think that they are talking about two small children together.

2009-10-07T14:06:00.000-07:00

Well it rained last night and the wind knocked the pool over.

Bad wee ones!

When I told them they would have to come in to change they tried to make a get away.

But lucky for me I can still catch them and this is were they ended up.

And how did that get there?

2009-10-05T19:54:00.000-07:00

It is never a good thing when the Doctor say " Well now that doesn't look right!

We took Alex to the doctor because he had been sick and was not getting better. The doctor proceeded to look in Alex's ears to make sure that there was no infection. He looked in the left ear and said that it looked fine and then he looked in the right. He gave a really weird look and said ummm... Now that does not look right. I was surprised because my kids never get ear infection. The doctor then tells us there is some thing stuck in Alex's ear but he is not sure what. after about 20 min of flushing the Dr. finally pulled out the little thing in the pic. Alex said that he has no idea how it got there. What is it with kids and foreign objects, at least in our family.

Up, Up, and Go to school

2009-10-02T07:47:00.000-07:00

The Balloon festival is coming up next week in ABQ. For the kick off they launched hot air balloons from all of the local elementary schools.

The kids and I got up early and dressed warmly, then headed to Alex's school.

It was pretty neat to be that close to them and watch them take off. Christopher just stared at them. I am not sure if he was fascinated or still half asleep.

Loving the outdoors

2009-09-28T08:49:00.000-07:00

Crayons, Markers, and Pencils

2009-09-16T12:54:00.001-07:00

Brie has a new hobby.

Mark on as many things that she can........

before she gets caught.

OSU game day! (NM style)

2009-09-12T19:17:00.000-07:00

A little parachute fun during halftime.

Brie favorite part was the food.

checking out our new stomping grounds.

2009-09-10T08:45:00.001-07:00

Heading out west

2009-09-10T08:39:00.000-07:00

We finally loaded up the car and headed out to New Mexico. The kids and the cat did really well. Thanks to Brandon's help in driving we made it in two days.

We are all adjusting well and love the beautiful mountain view from our back yard.

moving

2009-09-10T08:35:00.000-07:00

Even after all of the toys were packed Christopher found something to do.

magic mountaind c

2009-09-04T13:52:00.000-07:00

Uncle Ryan visit's

2009-08-01T20:56:00.001-07:00

John's brother Ryan came to town to visit. The kids loved spending time with him. I did not realize how much they missed having John around until I saw them with him. I think that Ryan reminded the kids of their Dad, even the babies were drawn to him. We wish that he could of stayed longer. And wow that is a funny face that he is making in that last pic.

Silly Little Christopher

2009-07-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

Zane Shawnee Caverns

2009-07-16T06:03:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to Shawnee Caverns with Tracey and Purple. We had never been before but I found discount tickets on a website and off we went. The kids really enjoyed going through it, even the babies. The only thing that I worried about was one of the little ones falling through a crack and falling 40 feet. After we all made it out safely we went to a near by small town and had pizza and ice cream.

Ice Cream For Dinner

2009-07-14T17:12:00.001-07:00

Yep we really did have ice cream for dinner! I know great Mommy skills. We had a late lunch that day and ice cream sounded yummy. Don't worry I made them eat fruit for a snack later.

Fireworks

2009-07-06T17:33:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we went to our normal spot on the hill across from where they set off the fire works.We have been going to the same spot for over 10 yrs.We have to get there 5 hrs before they start but we have so much fun.As you can see we find ways to amuse ourselves.

4th of July parade

2009-07-06T17:25:00.000-07:00

On the morning on of the 4th we went to old Dublin for the annual 4th parade. Christopher's favorite part was all of the candy that they passed out.

Kings Island

2009-06-30T06:45:00.000-07:00

We are still on the same theme of enjoying our time in Ohio and keepping the kids out of the house. Last week we went to Kings Island for the day. My sister and Mother in law went with us. Even with it being so hot, we did our best to stay cool and had a great day.

the Zoo

2009-06-25T07:37:00.001-07:00

With our time here in Ohio winding up, we have been enjoying our time at some of our favorite places. Not only are we having fun but we are staying out of our house, which helps it stay cleaner.

Purple's house

2009-06-22T21:11:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we went over to Purple's house for dinner. The kids had fun painting with water.

The Beach ( Ohio Style)

2009-06-20T04:27:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to Alum Creek to go swimming. The kids love it and I liked the fact that they were not home messing up the house. Of course I forgot about all of the sand that you take home with you in your bathing suit, oh well.

4 sale!

2009-06-15T14:37:00.001-07:00

After a lot of hard work our house is finally up for sale. Now hopefully it sells quickly.

Happy Birthday Ryann!

2009-06-14T00:48:00.000-07:00

Ryann is twelve years old today. I am so proud of the person that she is. She is a great daughter and an awesome big sister.We love you!

Pennies from heaven

2009-06-10T21:25:00.000-07:00

Ok well they may not be from heaven but the babies sure thought they were great. Ryann and Alex left a jar of money way too close to Christopher and Brie. Well they sure had fun. Christopher was spreading it around saying it was mulch.

A week of fun with cousins

2009-06-08T16:25:00.000-07:00

Miss Brie

2009-06-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Someone asked me the other day if this happy little girl is ever sad.

Check her out, she is a fit throwing mess! All of this was over the fact that she wanted a drink. She threw one of this at church today because she wanted to leave. And the fun begins!

Last day of preschool for Christopher

2009-06-04T09:34:00.000-07:00

Christopher was not a fan of preschool at the start of the year but really enjoyed it about half way through. It was a great opportunity for him to develop Independence from us. He loved his teachers and they seemed to enjoy his cute little personality.

Good- bye, hello

2009-06-02T05:43:00.001-07:00

John was able to come home for Brandon's graduation but he only got to stay for the weekend. It was hard on the kids to have to say good bye to him again. Hopefully we will all be together again soon.

About 20 min. after we said good bye to John. John's brother Eric and Family arrived from AZ. It is a nice distraction for the kids to have their cousins in town for the week. It help to take some of the sadness from John leaving away.