Ryne during professional pictures

Ryne and his cousins got professional pictures taken outside today. I captured this between shots while Ryne took a break. Don't worry, he was fine after his stumble.

September So Far...

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks:

This is the awesome rocking horse that Krista's Uncle John made for Ryne. It even has a blond streak to match Ryne's.

From Sept.2009

From Sept.2009

This bib was made for Ryne:

From Sept.2009

Banana is his favorite word and his favorite thing. We cannot go to the grocery store without buying bananas, and he likes to hold the bananas the whole time he is in the cart.

From Sept.2009

I know Ryne is 16 months already, but we had to take his picture next to the 1 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

From Labor Day 2009

From Labor Day 2009

Another picture from the IMA:

From Labor Day 2009

Here are a few pictures from Labor Day at Grandpa and Grandma H's house:

From Labor Day 2009

From Labor Day 2009

From Labor Day 2009

Zoo Day

Ryne and I went with my mom to the Indianapolis Zoo a few weeks ago. Ryne liked the dolphin show and loved all of the animals that he could see up close (like the ones behind glass). But, I think one of his favorite things was sharing Dip n Dots with his Mommy at the end of the day!

From August2009

From August2009

From August2009

Ryne loves the slide!

From August2009

From August2009

He hates goats!

Ryne at the State Fair

We're way behind on updates, so here come several in the next few days. Krista took Ryne to the State Fair one day a while back. Kyle is not a fan of the fair, but even he admits these pictures look quite fun.

From August2009

How does this thing work?

From August2009

Now we're moving!

From August2009

Excuse me sir, do you have any apples?

From August2009

I found an apple, but this apron is ENORMOUS!

From August2009

This is much smaller than the other tractors!

From August2009

My daddy from the "city" might not approve of this.

Life without Sammy

Well unfortunately we never could find Sammy a new home. We tried several avenues over the past 6 weeks. We even tried to reintroduce Sammy and Chloe to each other at my parents house over Labor Day weekend and that did not go so well. Luckily we were able to avoid any stitches this time. So unfortunately we had to do the really tough thing of surrendering Sammy to the Hamilton County Humane Society last night. It was extremely sad especially for me (Kyle). I am man enough to admit that I was crying quite a lot.

The Hamilton County Humane Society is a great place. They are a no-kill shelter, no matter how full they get. Last night the place was packed and in just the short 20 minutes we were there I saw a couple of adoptions in progress. So hopefully a nice family without other dogs will come through and see how great Sammy really is. She's beautiful, has a great personality, and loves every person she's been around. If you know of anyone interested, please send them there and have them ask about Sammy.

Thankfully we are allowed to call periodically to see if she has been adopted or not. We are praying that it happens soon. Before we took her there last night, we took some pictures. We also tried to make her last few days in our house memorable.

From Sept.2009

From Sept.2009

From Sept.2009

From Sept.2009

From Sept.2009

From Sept.2009

Touring Wrigley Field

This past weekend we went to Chicago with our friends Rob and Kristen to tour Wrigley Field. This is something that we've wanted to do for oh so long, but its difficult because tours don't happen often when the team is in town. There were still some parts of the field and stadium that Kyle wishes they would have let him see, but all in all it was very memorable. We have all the pictures in our August 2009 album to the right. Here are just a few.

From August2009

From right field bleachers - there was a HS All American game going on.

From August2009

In the press box

From August2009

The famous Wrigley organ!

From August2009

Inside the Cubs clubhouse. Wrigley is very old so the clubhouses are extremely small. Unfortunately plastic had been put up because the Iowa Cubs (AAA) were coming in town the next day to play a AAA game and they didn't want the minor league players messing with the big boys stuff. Nonetheless it was great just picturing the guys in my mind sitting around before a game and I remember the video footage of the champaign celebration last year in there when the clinched the division.

From August2009

Ryno's Hall of Fame frame in the hallway on the way down to the dugout.

From August2009

In the dugout. Much smaller than I ever imagined. Very easy to hit your head on the ceiling.

From August2009

The greatest scoreboard in sports, a view from the field.

From August2009

From the field view. Normally packed with 40,000+

From August2009

Behind home plate

From August2009

The brick backstop.


We had a great time and it was well worth the trip!

July Recap

Here is a recap of our July. We have been lazy in getting pictures up, but please enjoy this slideshow recapping our month. You will see pictures from the 4th of July, swim class, our buddy Jackson's 1st birthday, lake day with church friends, The Children's Museum with cousins Ellie and Penny, Ryne mowing the lawn with Daddy, George Strait concert, Cubs game, and our last weekend in Morton saying goodbye to family! For even more pictures, check out our July and August picture links to the left.