Summertime and the livin is easy

Long time, no blog! To all 2 of you that read this, I took a blogging hiatus, due to a very busy, but fun summer. Mark was gone from June 28-July 26. He lived in Guatemala for his intership for DTS. I joined him in Guatemala last week, and that will deserve it's own post, so stay tuned. I was so nervous prior to Mark leaving. I tend to be on the fearful side and experienced a lot of anxiety before his departure. God is so good. I felt at peace the entire time. The month he was gone flew by and thanks to the many friends and family that checked in on the Lamb Ladies. A special thanks to the Lambs, the Castleberrys and the Woods for babysitting Ryann and providing me with much needed breaks.He are some pictures from the month of June/July...

My family went to Arkansas for our annual fishing trip a couple of weeks ago. We missed Mark, but had a great time. Ryann went in a boat for the fist time and got a rockin' princess life vest...what every girl needs.




Ryann and I celebrated the 4th of July with my parents at their land in Junction. We had such fun relaxing, shopping in Fredricksburg, eating hot dogs, and watching the fireworks.We had so much fun, but missed Mark, of course.





The day before Mark left, we took Ryann to see her very first movie, UP. She didn't move a muscle and loved it from start to finish. I loved it too, although embarrassed that I teared up 4 times in an animated movie

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Shu Shu gets a Smoochie

We said goodbye to Shu Shu (uncle) Xiaoming and his daughter Tina. They went back to China last week and we miss them already. Ryann gave Xiaoming a clearly unexpected goodbye kiss....I absolutely LOVE this picture

Channeling Pedro

Since Mark started school last August, he has been letting his hair grow out.He had really begun to look like a disciple. His hair is really thick and it is so hot outside... his locks of love began to be a problem. Because of his internship, he will be spending a lot of time outside in the hot sun....so he decided to have his head shaved last night. It reminded us of one of our favorite movies, Napolean Dynamite, in that Pedro decided to shave his head because of the sole reason of being hot....which was Mark's sole reason as well.
I was at church when the shaving took place. When I got home, I went in to say goodnight to Ryann. She was sitting in her bed and said with concern, "Daddy's hair all gone....bye bye hair." Bye Bye Hair
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Oh Baby, Baby...

This past weekend, I celebrated the babies of two of my sweetest, closest gal pals, Annie Hunt and Liesel Rios. Saturday, we had a shower for Annie and baby girl Hunt. Hattie Hunt (love the alliteration) will make her debut the beginning of September.Annie is seriously so beautiful pregnant and I cannot wait to meet the newest Disney Princess. It was also so fun to have Jill in town this past weekend all the way from Colorado!





Baby Moses Rios came to Big D along with his beautiful mommy, Liesel this week. Motherhood definitely agrees with Liesel. I had so much fun meeting this handsome, handsome little man. He has the cutest dimples I have ever seen and Ryann seemed to think so too. Wish the Rios family lived closer.

Medieval Times and First Trip to the Zoo

One of Mark's life long dreams was to go to Medieval Times. Not Really. But,he has always wanted to go...so my parents made his dream a reality and we celebrated our family's April Birthdays with a Belated Medieval Times Bash. Happy Belated Birthday Mark, Jason, and Read!!
It was so incredibly cheesy and so much fun! Our knight was much more interested in his flowing hair than fighting...which provided us lots of laughs.
Ryann did not attend this bash...but definitely got an awesome princess hat and scepter from Pappy and Lulu as a souvenir




Ryann had her first trip to the zoo last month. We had a great time with Lulu and the animals. Ryann didn't show much love for the B team animals but was postitively giddy when she saw the elephants, monkeys, and the giraffes

Ryann loved the petting zoo

Let's Potty!

I need help, all you fellow toddler mamas. Ryann is somewhat interested in the potty now and I am going to go buy one of those little training pottys. Is one better than the other? or all they all the same? Being a first time mom, I have no idea! Any suggestions?