Mothers

I received this in a email today and wanted to share, it is so sweet.

MOTHERS
Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'
Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to


The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

Go Irish!

For those of you that don't know, any children born into our home will have to be supporting the Irish. And of course they have to be showing their team spirit. Though Rylynn and I were going shopping, she had her windsuit on Saturday morning at the soccer game, but of course she got dirty, so we came home and got her in her jersey. She didn't enjoy watching the game, because she was shopping with mommy, but everyone thought she looked so cute and of course Daddy agreed and also believes that Notre Dame won because Rylynn had her jersey on!

Rylynn being ornery

Well Rylynn is liking to experience new things. Ryan and I are practicing a new art...."listening".... if we don't hear Rylynn we know she is up to something! Yesterday I dropped Ryan off at a meeting, came home and rushed around trying to getting a few things done, Rylynn was hungry so I gave her a canister of snacks, I was in a hurry. I was not gone for more than 7 minutes and I came back looking for her and this is what I found!


She had not moved from the spot she was in, she had laid down, and had the canister completely gone! It had just been opened!

Rylynn is also enjoying being read to, she will carry books to us that she wants to read. She is also working on puzzles very well, dancing, still loving the outdoors, and now she is even reading to herself quite often, which we find very amusing.

Sipe News

Well several fun things have been happening with the Sipe family. Ryan is still enjoying his job working as a financial planner. He just got back from a training. He left this past Monday and got home Thursday evening. He continues to stay busy with his job.
I returned home from a Tastefully Simple Conference and a week later Ryan left for a training, so it was nice for us to spend one on one time with Rylynn. But Ryan and I also experienced quite a bit of time apart from one another which was something that we had never experienced. This past Tuesday, I start graduate school at Huntington University. I am working on getting a Master's Degree in Counseling. I will then work on being a Licensed Mental Heath Counselor, or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Right now I have been overwhelmed. I believe I am one of the only individuals that works full-time and is going to school. Most of my classmates are also taking several other classes. I wanted to get through this class, and then go onto the next step which will be taking my GRE and continuing through the program if they accept me once I get my GRE scores. I am continuing to be a Tastefully Simple Consultant. My team has continued to grow which in the end will help me and I am very excited about that, hopefully one day my Tastefully Simple money can help with that home that Ryan and I have always wanted.
Rylynn is changing everyday. She is learning new things. Lately she has taking an interested in washing herself in the bathtub and then helping with applying lotion to her tummy and legs after she is out of the bathtub. She is still loving the outdoors. She is always very happy and smiles most of the day. She has always loved patty cake, but she has now figured out how to do it herself which is exciting. Oh did I mention she climbs like a monkey? She will climb into and onto everything! We have to always have our eyes open. I will go through the camera and post receint pictures this week.
Please continue to pray for our family as Ryan continues to work with his new job, Rylynn to continue to grow and be such a good toddler, and for me as a balance my family, work, and school. We are excited about this new chapter but extremely scared.

Tastefully Simple Convention

Well I attended a Convention for Tastefully Simple from August 13-17th. It was the first time away from Ryan and Rylynn and it was pretty difficult for me. I called daily (a couple of times). While I was gone, I was sick, so I was extremely tired. But I had alot of fun and got to try all of the new items, they were very yummy!

Columbia Park Zoo

A couple weeks ago we decided to take Rylynn to Columbia Park Zoo before I left for 6 days. I wanted to spend time with her and Ryan. So we went had pizza, checked out the animals, played at the park, and ate ice cream. Hunter even came with us, it was alot of fun!

New set of Wheels

I don't know how many of you garage sale, but I LOVE them! I have found so many wonderful things by going to garage sales. We have found clothes that are in great condition, toys, and all sorts of other things, this weekend was no exception. I went to a garage sale in the morning this weekend and found some clothes, but then my friend and I went to one Saturday and it said it had Little Tykes things. Well we hit the mother of garage sales. There we so many Little Tykes things, we left with our car full of kids and toys. And the great thing was I walked away spendng $6.25. Rylynn got an outfit from Children's Place, a red sweater from Gap, kaki pants, a black turtle neck along with a Little Tykes car! All for $6!!! I was so excited. We haven't had a chance to totally clean up the car, but Rylynn still wanted to get it in yesterday, so we put her in it and took some pics.

She loves her new set of wheels!

Rylynn again

Well On July 18th, Rylynn decided to take some of her first steps at the Mavrick's home. She continues to do it weekly when we are over there for small group, however she only does it for us when she wants. We will try to include another video for those of you that don't get to see her often.

Rylynn is walking!