School's Out for Summer!!!

It is officially summer-and it is officially HOT in Tyler, TX!! We are super excited to have Aaron home for the summer-Ryder has been singing that song and screamin "Summertime!" I started this post a few weeks ago but had trouble with pics so this is going to be full of pics! Ryder has taken swim lessons this summer and is swimming like a fish! Diving and everything!! We have been to Beaumont to visit and pick blueberries!! Had a great time! Rylee is already 12 weeks old-sleeping great-getting up 1 time a night to eat!!!YEAH!!! She is smiling a lot-always trying to follow Ryder with her eyes and keep up-that is quite a challenge! She seems to be very laid back-pretty content most of the time! I am teaching health and biology online and staying busy. Aaron is still buying and selling old cars and keeps a full schedule! We are excited about our summer-spending time at the pool, lake, camp, visiting family and friends! We leave for FCA camp this weekend with 2 kiddos!!! Can't wait to see how God moves at camp!!

1st family of 4 picture in the pool!
Aaron taking Ryder and his buddy Cole for a ride!
Great big brother Ryder with sister Rylee in my old room :)
Mommy and Ryder working on the blueberry farm!
Casey, Heather, Elena and I with our kiddos at the farm! We used to party-now look at us!
Rylee's summer outfits!
Cutest little man ever!!!
Ryder sliding and having a blast with his daddy at the lake!

Rylee's 1st swimsuit!!

Steeles are growing!

It is hard to believe summer is fast approaching and teachers and students are more ready than ever before it seems like it! I remember those days...don't miss this count down though :) We are ready and excited to have Aaron home this summer! Well we officially have a 2 year old boy! He had a great b-day. All grandparents pitched in to get him a John Deere tractor which he thinks it totally awesome!! He is a great big brother-loving, kissing, sharing, and not hurting too much! Rylee is really growing-she has really started to smile on purpose, sleep a little better, and really become content with her environment. She is really a good baby! We do look forward to sleeping through the night in the prayerfully near future! Our summer is loaded with swim lessons, FCA camp, visiting family and friends and lots of time on the water at the lake!! Hope you enjoy the pics!
Check out the RED hair-where did it come from?
Neither one is too sure :)
Bright eyed Rylee!
Ryder turning 2 with the famous chocolate cake!
Ryder still in shock with his awesome John Deere tractor!
Checking out cars with Mimi!
Ryder's 1st car show with Pop!

Easter Fun!

What a fun easter with our new family! Ryder is such a fun age and lots of fun to be around! He loves to be outside... Helped plant the garden, water flowers, rake leaves-of course each job lasts about 1 minute before he is on to something else! We had a great time dying easter eggs, hunting at church and at home! He is the best big brother-loves Rylee, kisses her, checks on her, helps me a ton!! We are having so much fun with our new family-we are just praying for a little more sleep :)
I think he thinks both baskets are for him!
Learning the farmer lifestlye with Pawpaw!
Sweet little girl taking the world in!
All dressed up and ready for more candy!
Easter best!
Ryder wanted to crack the eggs together once they were colored!
He concentrated very hard-took his job very seriously!
Easter egg hunt at church.
Ready dad!

Dramatic story teller...

OK-so Ryder has a little Bible and has about 4 favorite stories that he dramatically tries to share with everyone. I can understand every word but I realize that is not the case for everyone. He is talking about Zacchaeus, Noah, Jonah and Goliath. Hope this makes you giggle a little. And yes we had been playing outside and eating pudding-that is why he looks so awesome!

New Arrival!!

Rylee Elizabeth Steele arrived into the world at 6:02 pm March 25, 2010. She weighed 6 lb 6 oz 18 in long! She is a skinny little girl!!!! Things went well-we are all doing well-Ryder did great meeting his new little sister! We are now preparing for the whole newborn world of no sleep and crying again!!! Ryder may not be so excited when he realizes she is not leaving! Please keep us in your prayers as we all adjust to our new world! We are so excited and feel so blessed to have our "perfect" family!
Long and skinny pretty girl!
Peaceful with 1st bow on!
Big brother was excited to meet his new little sister!
New family of four!
Taking it all in...
Ryder and mommy's last day together-making bird feeders!
Ryder rolling peanut butter and bird seed leaving plenty on the table!

SNOW FUN!!

Well we have been having lots of fun since the last post! Ryder is getting so big and talking so much! He loves to learn anything new! He moved classes at SS and is starting to try and use the big boy potty (this process I know could take another whole year) :) I have gone back to teaching 3 days a week for a part time basis so Ryder is staying with a lady down the street from school that keeps kids. He is having a blast!!! Does not even care I am gone!! He talks about his friends constantly-lots of fun! We are due in 6 weeks with baby girl Rylee Elizabeth-we are all very excited! From the following pictures you can obviously see we received about 6-7 inches of snow in east Texas! It was lots of fun!!! Enjoy pics!
Aaron and Ryder and the best snowman ever!
Ryder sledding on the large hill on the side of the house-it was great!
This is our land covered in snow!
Ryder at the end of a sled run!
Steele family with snowman while snow is falling from the tree above!
Our house with a blanket of snow!
Tractor nearly burried!
Little reader!

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!