New Year and New Pics!

I can not believe Thanksgiving and Christmas are over and we are already in the second week of January!! Insane!! Well we had a great Nov. and Dec. and great time with family! We were able to spend all of Thanksgiving with Aaron's family seeing lots of faces we had not seen in a while-lots of fun! The first of December we found out we will be blessed with a GIRL this go around! My mind is still trying to wrap around "girl stuff"!! We are excited! A few days before Christmas we took Ryder for his first plane ride to Virginia to see my brother Trey and his family. We were blessed enough to land in snow and have a white Christmas!!!! It was awesome!!! We got to sled, build a snowman and throw some good snow balls! Ryder was fascinated with the plane and the shuttle bus! He loved meeting his new baby cousin Zach and only poked his eye out once! He followed Uncle Trey around like a new best friend! Since we returned home he looks for Aunt Jamie, Trey and Zach! Ryder is talking up a storm-repeats everything many times! We are noticing he has a really bad accent too! We are having lots of fun! Have a great new year and hope you all enjoy the pics!!
The national Christmas tree in downtown D.C.
Aaron and Ryder on a sled run! Had a blast!
Ryder got into the sledding thing-he liked being pulled!
The Christmas snowman-mom, dad and Aaron built it for the record! Ryder did not understand why he could not eat the hot dog that became the nose!
Ryder giving some love to baby Zach on Christmas morning!
This large "love sac" was Ryder's favorite place to get to flip and be thrown on!
The national tree with the White House in the background. Very cool!
Ryder becomes Rudolph with red play-do!
Ryder and mom having fun in the snow!
All ready for the snow!

What have we been doing?

Strongest superman and his daddy-showing their muscles!
Super fun slide! He wanted on the inside with the big kids!
Checking out all the costumes running around-not too sure!
Ryder and mommy just finished the corn maze!
Ryder at the pumpkin patch!
Ryder and Cole at the fair petting zoo! No Fears!
Ryder with a goat just his size-thought that was awesome!
Zachary Ryan Griffin-arrived on October 29!


We are all still alive! Sorry I have not posted in a long time! Baby #2 has given me a run for my money. I am on meds and that has helped a lot! Eating again and keeping it down :) YEAH! Aaron is having a good school year-trying to keep up with new classes he has never taught before! He has been tinkering with lots of old cars lately! Ryder is non-stop! He does not like to sit still, always on the move, has hit a very testy age, talks a lot!!! He is lots of fun! Likes to hug and kiss everything! Loves to read books and learn new words! His first boy cousin arrived last week-Zachary-we are so excited! We will meet him at Christmas! October was fun with the fair, pumpkin patch, and Halloween! We are loving this time of year! Enjoy the pics!!

Latest with the Steeles

Well summer is officially over. We finished up with Elena and her family coming for a visit and had a great time. Took a trip to Beaumont for a family reunion to see lots of family-it was great. Aaron is having a great start to the school year. Everything is getting up and going now. We also have some news!! Check out the pics!
That is right-a positive pregnancy test!
Big Brother Ryder thinks everyone has a baby in their belly!

Summer Fun-Part Two!

This is the awesome cabin that we stayed in at Beavers Bend! Beautiful!

Jay and I making donuts for breakfast! Yum!!
Aaron and Ryder chillin in the hot tub!

Supermoms, Nichol and myself with Jay, Ryder and Elli on a hike!


Me with Ryder and Elli-getting a little tired!
Ryder and I at the lake for a Sunday School party!
Showing off our garden!
Ryder on stage for kids day at FCA camp-this was to close out camp-he did not do much singing!
Nieces (Darci, Laney, Haley, Megan and Dani) at the lake with Ryder.
Aaron and Ryder trying to look cool!

We have had a very busy last month! We went to another FCA camp at A&M-had lots of fun, fellowship and saw great things for the Lord happen. Aaron went to a mens conference and had a great time-heard Kurt Warner and some other athletes speak. Then the 5 neices came for Girls Week!! It was great-Ryder loved all the attention! Then we went to Beavers Bend in Broken Bow, OK with the Wildt family. We had a great time! Boating, 4-wheeling, canoeing, paddle boating, bumper boats, hiking, lots of eating and games. We are now recovering, washing clothes and cleaning. Our garden that dad started for us has been producing like crazy! Tomatoes, squash, eggplant, watermelon, okra and maybe beans (we haven't seen any yet). I made salsa with our tomatoes-it was great! I think it was the recipe (thanks Jeff). We have made the decision for me to continue to stay home with Ryder next year and teach online. Ryder's favorite word right now is no! He is definitely in a testing stage! But having a blast. He eats great, sleeps great (at home), plays SO hard and makes every day an adventure! With 1 month of summer left we will hopefull spend a good bit of it at home and on the lake!

Summer Fun-Part One!

FCA Camp 2009-trying to figure out with this Jesus statue won't talk back.
FCA Camp 2009-Ms. Lisa feeding Ryder up with chips! Ryder loved her!
FCA Camp 2009-found hiding spot in our dorm room!
FCA Camp 2009-hanging with the huddle leaders (he was their mascot all week!
Casey and Tracy-just like college!
Casey pulling Cole and Ryder for some wagon fun (they never wanted to get out)!
Ryder and Cal-their last day together! We miss you Cal!
Ryder loves to empty our drawers and has become quite the climber!
Ryder's new best friend is Daisy who lives next door. This is the word he says perfectly and non stop!
Ryder's 1st big boy haircut-finished product!
So embarrassing that I let his hair get this mullett like!!
Caught in the middle of the toilet paper!
First family four wheeler ride on the farm!
Ryder loves the pool!!!

A year of blessings!

It has officially been a year since our lives were flipped upside down forever for the better! Ryder turned one on April 30 and we celebrated with a cupcake at home. We then partied with family and some close friends a week later. He is so blessed to have so many people love him! He is going through a very picky eater stage right now (loves yogurt though)! Ryder is officially walking all over the place for about a week now. I can not figure out how to put video to show! Sorry! He gets a little scared on uneven surfaces outside but will stop and ask for a finger! We are ready for summer to have Aaron to play with! Dad started us a garden so hopefully we will have some pictures of fresh produce soon. Enjoy the pics!
First 4-wheeler! It goes 2 mph!
Ryder and Cal playing it safe in the baby pool!
Ryder and Pop!
He knows his daddy!
This was the real b-day cupcake. He did not stop until he licked all the icing off of his fingers!

Cousin fun in the water!
Way more fun to push than to ride in my new wagon!
Totally worn out!