Ryker getting lippy.....

Today after church we fed Ryker and even at this young age was already getting lippy....

Givingthanks Day

This was a fun day for us. We started by going to the zoo in Salt Lake. On Thanksgiving day they give the animals different things like pinatas filled with fruit and vegis and the crowning event is when the elephants smash a giant pumpkin and eat it. This year the pumpkin was 1054.5 pounds!

After we were finished with the zoo we went home and made a great thanksgiving meal and got stuffed. The day ended with a piece of amazing pumpkin pie made by Konae...she makes dang good pie! We hope that all of you has a great day and took time to remember all that we have to be grateful for.

Ryker is 5 months old

Well the time sure flies...just seems like yesterday that Konae was begging for the epidural and then we had our little bundle of joy. Ryker is now 5 months old; we just took him in to the doctors today, technically his 4 month check up but due to no insurance he had to wait a month. The Doc checked him out, said he looks great, and he got his regular shots. He is now 14.5 pounds and just over 24 inches long.

A Condo divided

Well we went and did it. With a 5 minute tromp through the snow and rain and a 1 minute wait in the non existent line we made it to our voting location and did our duty. Even though Konae and I voted differently we feel that it is important to get out there and vote and exercise your right as an American...and even though only one of us voted for the winning presidential candidate I will still love Konae after her candidate looses.

Fall Festivities

Over the past few weeks we have had the opportunity to spend some time with family; enjoying the time of year when it is perfectly legal, even expected, that if you have young children you should dress them up in some type of ridiculous costume so that when they eventually do have that first date you as the parent can bring out the old pics and get a chuckle...well, here ya go.

New Paint

When we moved into our condo we didn't really like the the color of the walls in the living room. With a few days off for UEA we thought it would be fun to paint them. Here are some pics...

Before... ( Bad 90's green)

During...

Finished! ( cool 2000's red)

First Snow

The weather man said snow and I had a hard time believing...but this morning we were surprised...here are a few pics.

Family Pictures

When we were up in Logan last weekend we though it would be a good idea to take a family picture...here is what we got.

Bridal Faire

Chris had the opportunity to be part of the USU Bridal Faire this past weekend and here are a few pictures of his booth.

Fist sucking

For the past several weeks Ryker has started to become slightly aware that he not only has a mouth to scream with and a butt to poop out of, but that he also has appendages. He will at times try to fit most of his fist into his mouth and just today lifted one of his feet up in the air and stared at it trying to figure out why this was attached to him.

In other news around the Putman household we are doing good...keeping busy. Chris is well on his way with coaching volleyball; his boys have done well and now hold a record of 4-0!, and school is going well. He has also been busy preparing for the USU Bridal Faire this coming weekend up in Logan at which he will have a booth. Konae is doing well, she is enjoying her new school and the shortened commute time. She recently had a very successful stamp party where she got to demonstrate her stampin skills.

That's all for now, take care everybody!

5 Years

Konae and I have now been married for 5 years! Sometimes we wonder were the time goes, I guess the saying is true...time flies when you are having fun. For our anniversary Konae's mom, Shauna was nice enough to come down from Logan to watch Ryker for the night. We traveled up Ogden Canyon to a place called the Alaskan Inn. It was great!~ all of their suites and cabins are themed in some Alaska way. They have a full size jetted tub (very relaxing), chilled sparkling cider, and a few different packages to choose from. We ate dinner at the Timbermine restaurant; this place is way cool; themed like a old mine, the booths are very secluded and the food was excellent...I would definitely recommend it. It was a great little getaway and a fun anniversary!

http://www.alaskaninn.com/index.html

http://www.timberminerestaurant.com/

Ryker is 2 months old

Ryker is now two months old! He is accomplishing so much with his life already... pooping all the time, being hungry, starting to smile!, and getting heavier...(is this Ryker or Chris we are talking about). He did go in for his 2 month check up and is now weighing in at 10 pounds 6 ounces and is just shy of 22 inches long. He received his shots as well and did not really appreciate those but is getting back to his normal self after a few fun cranky days (medication was involved). Here are some pictures of him today...sporting a new outfit sent from Dawn and company...thanks guys!

As far as the rest of life, Konae and myself have spent the past week at our different schools getting prepared to go back to work on Monday. Konae is getting acquainted with her new cooking lab and and getting ready to teach 7th graders (new experience). Chris has been busy getting his office arranged, getting ready to coach boys volleyball, which will begin the first week of school, and oh yea, getting ready to teach both PE and health.

So we are keeping busy, hopefully we will get into some kind of regular groove over the next few weeks.

First home repair

Here are a few recent pics. Some of these are from our first home repair, new toilet seats. We didn't like the old wooden ones so with a gift card we purchased new ones. The rest of the pics are of course Ryker.

the old seat

taking off th old seat putting on the new seat

all done!

Ryker in Swing

Here is some video of Ryker enjoying his swing...

Moved!

Well, we did get moved down to Clearfield this past Saturday. With some wonderful help from some friends and family we were able to load the majority of the 26 foot Uhaul Friday evening and then finished up on Saturday. We arrived in Clearfield around noon and then finished unloading around 5, it was a tiring day but we made it. We are in the process of getting the house put together and will post some pictures of it after we have it all situated.

Hiccups

Ryker is starting to make more noises besides crying and he was doing quite a bit, but once we got the camera out he was done...this is still slightly entertaining.

Ryker is 1 month old

Ryker was 1 month old yesterday! We weighed him and he is now 8 pounds 14 ounces...which is about a 1 pound 10 ounce gain since we weighed him last. Here are some recent pics....