...and we made it through nursery! Well kind of!!

So nursery went a little bit better than I expected. So I have to explain a little bit about our nursery. When we moved into the ward it was huge. Ok so huge is an understatement. Gargantuon!!(spelling) Over 55 kids in nursery. So 2 weeks ago they split our ward but the nursery is still huge. There are 35 kids now so they put the kids into groups and split the gym into stations and rotate every 15 minutes. SO we go in and get Ryley's name tag (which goes on their backs so they can't take them off) and went to our first station. I figured I would stay for a little while till she got distracted and then I would leave. Our first station was singing so we got singing and I tried to leave but Ryley noticed before I could even get out of the station so I went back in for awhile and then I left. Well before I could get out the gym door I heard her crying but a mom in the hall assured me that she would be fine and all would be well. If it got too bad they would come and find me. So nervous me couldn't even listen to the lesson because I was so paraniod the whole time that she was just crying and not doing good. Well I should have not worried cause she was just fine. We made it through Sunday School and I was so excited to get to listen to the Relief Society lesson and then what do you know. One of the nursey ladies came and said"Ryley is wet. I don't know if she just spilled her water at snack time or if she leaked through her diaper. " So off I go to save the day. She just had spilt her water and she must have sat in it cause she was soaking wet. But what was I supposed to do. I didn't have a change of clothes so we made it through the last 45 minutes. Well once I was in there she wouldn't let me leave so I spent the rest of church in the nursery. But all in all she did awesome. Can't wait till this Sunday when she has some familiar faces(Bryson, Haylee, Abby) to play with. So I guess that is our nursery story . Oh and the pictures are before our first day in nursery. She wouldn't pose very well so we got her doing her normal thing in the morning. Eating cereal and drinking milk!!!

HELLO NURSERY!!!!

It is a very happy day in the Allen home today!! We are celebrating Ryley's big 18 month birthday and rejoycing because that means she finally gets to go to nursery unattened by me the mom!! Well we will just see how that goes cause she is still a mommy's girl and thinks she needs me. But what a happy day!! She is really getting to be too big though. She is really talking up a storm and is keeping us quite entertained to say the least. I am so excited for Christmas it should be a blast this year! I love you RYLEY!!

ABC Tag, Watch out you might be next!!

I was just waiting till I recieved a tag and well here it is!!

A- Attached or Single? Attached, going on five years!
B- Best Friend? Clay
C- Cake or Pie? Probably Pie, Pecan
D- Day of Choice? Friday or Saturday, Weekend
E- Essential Item? Purse, never leave home without it
F- Favorite color? Pink
G- Gummy Bears or Worms? Bears
H- Hometown? Paul, Idaho Go Panthers!! (sorry Grandpa had to through that one in)
I- Favorite Indulgence- Shopping
J- January or July? July, I love the summer
K- Kids? One Our little Princess Ryley
L- Life isn't complete without? Family and Friends, Don't realize how much you need and appreciate them till you are miles away!
M- Marriage Date? June 6, 2003
N- Number of Brothers and Sisters? 2 brothers, One Sister
O- Oranges or apples? Apples
P- Phobias or fears? Heights, snakes and spiders
Q- Quote? "Remember who you are" Love ya Dad
R- Reason to smile? Ryley and her cute little way about life
S- Season of choice? SUMMER
T- Tag three friends or family (if your name is here you have to do it) Megan, Stacia, and Carrie
U- Unknown fact about me? I LOVE BAGS!! Mostly purses but my Dad says I came out
with a bag in my hand!!
V- Vegetable? I love most all veggies!!
W- Worst habit? When Clay has a drink I always have to have a sip and it drives him bonkers!!
X- X-ray or ultrasound? I have only ever had an ultrasound so I don't know the difference.
Y- Your favorite food? That's my problem I like everything!! But probably pasta!!
Z- Zodiac sign? Virgo

At last!!

Well this week has been one I have been waiting for, for a long time. Since we have moved here I have kind of been having a hard time finding something to keep me busy. I haven't done a whole lot of hair since we moved here but it is crazy how fast word gets around and you start getting phone calls. This week I did two colors and three haircuts. It is so nice to have that little piece of me back. It is kind of my little get away (well kind of, I still have to fight Ryley cause she thinks she needs to help) but all in all it is good for me. We also had an awesome weekend. Friday night we got invited to a super fun Christmas Sparkle Party. It was way fun. There were probably 15 couples there and we all brought a appetizer. I took spinach dip(thanks Mom for growing me up on it) and it was a hit. I left with nothing left on my platter. We kind of just hung out and talked for a while till everyone got there and then we did a white elephant gift exchange. It was hilarious. Then we played this fun Name Game. If you want to know how to play I will email instructions to you cause it is kind of confusing to explain. You just have to play and you totally catch on. But is was probably the funnest game I have played in a long time. So that was Friday night. On Saturday night we had a dinner for a lady in our ward who has cancer. It was at a couple in our wards beautiful home on the river. There were about 25-30 couples there. It was a wonderful meal. We started off with soup, I had Tomato Bisque and Clay had Clam Chowder. Next was salads and we both had Caesar Salad. For the main course we both had Filet mignon(however you spell it STEAK) with sauteed mushrooms and onion, vegetable, and I had wild rice pilaf and Clay had garlic mashed potatoes. And last but not least for dessert I had molten chocolate cake and Clay had poached pear with custard sauce. I cannot even explain in words how delightful and delicious our meal was. Words can't even describe it. WOW WOW WOW!!! The lady who made the meal is well known around here for her wonderful abilities in the kitchen. When the temple was dedicated here she was asked to prepare the food. Oh ya for President Hinckley. You know she is good when our sweet prophet is involved. What a wonderful man. So ya it was amazing. The tickets for our dinner were $25 for each person and the money goes to help the lady in our ward. So such a nice weekend but at the same time motherly instincts kick in and I worried about Ryley quite a bit. It is the first time I have ever left her with anyone other than family and the first time since we moved. But she did awesome and last night she slept in her big girl bed all night long!!! We will see how long that one lasts. But all in all it was such a good weekend and good for Clay and I to have some one on one time alone together. I hope everyone is doing good and we can't wait till Christmas to see everyone. Love you all!!

Gingerbread House

The other night some friends invited us over to make gingerbread houses and I thought oh that will be fun for me and Ryley and didn't think much about Clay enjoying it but look at him go. He had a blast and made the cutest house ever. I was really proud of him. It is fun to see him enjoy something so simple and have fun with it. Good job babe!!