We love Sunday!

We had to take pictures in these cute blue and white dresses! We realized that this was their first time wearing blue. They are such sweethearts!

Pictures

Betsey Bulkley did our family pictures and she put a few of them up on her blog. She is so talented and amazing! I don't know how we are ever going to choose what we want! Click the link to see them! http://bulkleyphotography.blogspot.com

Update

This picture was taken the other day at the park. A bunch of us got together for a picnic with the kids to celebrate that it is finally warm here! We hope it lasts! The girls are totally covered up to avoid sunburn, but with that fair skin from mom and dad, it is inevitable. It was so fun to chat with everyone and I'm grateful for great friends here in Kirksville! I don't really have any other new pictures lately. I've made some videos of the girls but haven't been able to get them onto our computer yet. Hopefully soon.

Anyway, Scott spent the weekend in Philadelphia at a SOSA (Student Osteopathic Surgical Association) convention. He went with some other guys from school and had a great time. They went to different presentations and workshops to learn about different surgical specialties and techniques. Scott is the President of this club at his school for this next year, and he will be awesome! I was jealous because they went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art which I would have loved! The bad weather put a damper on some of the historic sightseeing and made it so he had to stay an extra day because his flight was cancelled. We missed him and are sooo happy to have him home.

The girls and I tried to keep busy this weekend without Dad. We went to Columbia for a little shopping on friday. Saturday Betsy Bulkley (a photographer in our ward) did pictures of the girls. Those stinkers wouldn't smile, but I'm sure she got some other cute shots. She has a blog that she is going to post some of the pictures on, so I'll let you know when she does. We also went on a few walks and had Stake Conference.

I read both Twighlight and A New Moon by Stephanie Meyers to take up my free time. I have to say that they were fun, very quick reads that I totally got into. It was a good thing to keep me busy!

The girls are doing great and are learning new things every day. They are both teething of course and oddly enough have one tooth each in the same spot. They were both so fussy today and Scott and I noticed tonight that they are both getting another tooth in the same spot. They must be twins! They have also just started to crawl and it is super cute! Bella does more of an army crawl, but looks like she is trying to crawl like Maddie does (the regular way). My world is about to change that's for sure! Maddie can now pull herself up and stands up while holding the side of her crib. This has caused a bit of a struggle at nap time because she pulls up and then gets stuck and cries. Last night I peeked through the door because they were talking up in the cribs forever and Maddie was standing on the edge of her crib looking over at Bella. Bella was laying there talking with her and probably trying to figure out how she was standing like that! They are our little angels though and make us so happy!

Well, there you have our update. Kind of long... sorry! We love and miss our family and friends, and we'll post new pictures soon!

Happy Easter

Madelyn

Isabella

Happy Easter from the Rynearson's. The easter bunny found us in Kirksville for the girls' first easter. Don't they look adorable in these dresses? They are the dresses for Mike and Chantelle's wedding next month, and we thought they'd be great for easter as well. We are excited for them to wear them again and to come to Utah for the wedding. We've had a wonderful day with lots of good food, a nice church meeting (Scott spoke in Sacrament and did amazing of course!), and some good family time. Scott spoke about the resurrection and we watched the Finding Faith in Christ dvd to get into the easter spirit. We are so grateful to think about the atonement of our Savior and to celebrate his miraculous resurrection during this easter season.

We also had the best time seeing my brother John and his family for a couple days here in Kirksville and Nauvoo this weekend. It is so great to see our family. They are the best! Our other exciting family news is that Christine and Jeff had their baby on thursday! They named him Tyler Jeffrey Jackman. We can't wait to see a picture and are so glad all went well. We love you all!

Family Fun!

We have had the best time the past couple of weeks visiting family! We went to Indianapolis to visit my sister Sarah, her husband Josh, and Jacob and Andrew. We loved seeing their darling house and hanging out together. It was so fun to go shopping, eat great food (we ate at Cheesecake Factory and Outback in the same day!), play with the kids and have some sisterly chats! Sarah and Josh even watched the girls while Scott and I went out. There is an awesome Children's museum in Indianapolis where the girls rode their first carousel. We also got to go to Jacob's Pinewood Derby where his car took 2nd place over all! Way to go Jake! (and Josh of course... those axels were fabulous!) The boys loved watching the opening weekend of March Madness too! We had so much fun. Thanks for letting us visit Bradley's! (We forget our camera so I'll post some pictures as soon as Sarah sends them along!)

This last weekend the girls and I got to go meet the Bradley's, my parents and the Hilton's in Nauvoo. We saw some great church history sights and I must admit I'm becoming the expert at the things to see in Nauvoo. Then my parents and Michelle and her girls came to our house and hung with us and watched conference. It was the best to have family together for Conference Soup! The Hilton girls are darling and they took care of the babies with lots of "Sally Walker" and playtime! I loved being with Michelle and my parents as well. It was such a treat and we've been well spoiled!

We can't wait to see my brother John and his family this week! They are coming out this way for their spring break and we are so excited! We'll see you soon guys!! Hooray! We love family and think we have the best one in the world!

Swimsuit Season!

We took the girls swimming last week for the first time! I love doing new things with babies and watching them discover everthing. I expected them to be a little nervous and they were cautious at first, but they ended up loving it! It was so cute to see them kicking and splashing around! We had a great time! Here they are with Dad!

Time Out for Women

Time Out for Women

Last weekend I had the best experience at a Deseret Book Time out for Women in Kansas City! I honestly loved it and left feeling motivated and rejuvenated! They do these mini Women's conferences all over the country and it was well worth it. Scott finished his finals on that friday (hooray) and we headed off to Kansas City. We went with 2 other couples from Kirksville, the Roos' and Wrights'. Tami, Tobey and I went to the conference while our husbands watched the kids! It was so sweet of them and we all had so much fun together! We stayed at the Hyatt and it was super nice! After the conference we all ate at Cheesecake factory and shopped at the Plaza. We loved it!

At the time out there were some great speakers including Lloyd Newell, Sheri Dew, Stephen Robison, Jane Clayson Johnson, Sharon Larson, and others. Hillary Weeks was the host and she has some great songs she sang. There was another guy there (I can't remember his name) but he has this CD that is called Joseph: A Nashville Tribute and it is country-style songs about Joseph Smith and the early saints. I was skeptical at first, but I'm a true country girl and I actually loved it! I totally recommend it! Anyway, it was so nice to sit through a meeting without juggling babies and be able to just really listen! What a great thing! I have the greatest husband to let me do it!

We loved our weekend in Kansas city!

We love to Play!

For equality purposes I had to write that Bella is also sitting up all by herself these days (just a few days after Maddie). We think they are so cute!

We love Dad!!

(Tomorrow, March 4, is my sweetheart's Birthday! He is right in the middle of finals and has been studying like crazy, poor guy! He is amazing though and we know he will do great... he always does!)

Dear Dad,
Happy Birthday!! We are so glad your birthday fell on a sunday, so we can spoil you and have you the whole day! We are so proud of you for doing so well in school and being an incredible husband and father! We love you to the moon!
Love, your girls

Lots of pink!

So the other day I had a tragedy with the girls' laundry!! I accidentally washed a pair of pink pants with some of their white clothes and suddenly all their white sweaters, pjs, and everything have become light pink!! I was soooo sad about it! Luckily there wasn't a ton of stuff that got ruined, and it could have been much worse, but still!! Anyone know much about using bleach?


We love these cute outfits from Grandma Melanie and the ones below from Aunt Lacey! The girls looks so grown up! This chair is our classic picture place. We have a picture of them here in a billion outfits. It is just the easiest way to get them both to look at me since they haven't been sitting up by themselves for very long.


Here Maddie is sitting up all alone!! Doesn't she look proud! She finally will sit up by herself now, and Bella is getting there too. She isn't quite as stable, but she's close. They have such a tiny little bum and legs, so they don't have a very good base! :) They have finally got the balance thing down though I think.

Ice Storm

The weather was sunny this last week and it was so nice! It has been pouring rain the past 2 days, but it is nice not to have snow! I thought I'd post a picture of an icestorm though. It really is pretty. Every little blade of grass and leaf and everything gets frozen. I hope we are done with these for the year though. I'm ready for spring!!

Babies

You can see a little bit of red hair coming in... not much yet though. Aren't those stares priceless? They look so similar in this picture. People are always surprised when I tell them that they are fraternal. Bella is on the left. She looks bigger in this picture, but is still half a pound or so and an inch smaller than Maddie. We are just waiting for them to start crawling. That is when the craziness will begin because they already want to get into everything!

Bambi and friends

You probably can't really see the deer very well, but this picture was taken last week from our back door. We kind of live in the wilderness and we have furry friends in our yard everyday. We've had a few scares when the deer have been in the driveway, but no accidents yet!

Some Current Pictures of our girls

Bella

Maddie

The ultimate Valentine!

Scott did it again. It never ceases to amaze me how romantic he is! It is the best! Every holiday/birthday/special occasion he spoils me (and I love it)! Yesterday was no exception. I won't go into all the details but lets just say our night included lots of roses, love songs, candles, delicious food, a relaxing bath for me(with 2 new magazines, my robe, and PJs all set out), a sweet sweet love letter, pride and prejudice, a book I've been wanting, and lots of kisses :) I'm the luckiest girl in the world. He truly treats me like a queen. Wow, I love that guy!

(Okay, so I actually had to go back to our pictures from last August to find a picture of Scott and me alone. We only take pictures of the babies these days, so this is out of date and I actually think I look really scary in it! Oh well!)

Love is in the air!

Happy Valentine's Day from the Rynearson's!

We love you!

Baby love!

I walked in from the other room behind the girls and said,"Where's my babies?" They both turned simultaneously to see where I was, and they were in the exact same position. I had to grab the camera for this one!!

Aren't these coats fabulous? They are so cute in them... they can barely fit into their carseats with all that fur!

My family

We have recently realized that our babies are becoming little girls! They are getting so big and doing new things every day. It is such a fun stage right now. I love watching them learn new things and be constantly checking out everything around them. We have a Dr. apointment today, and they have to get their shots! That is never fun, but I'm excited to see how long and heavy they've gotten. I truly can't get enough of them! Isn't that a handsome Dad they've got too?

Cabin Fever?

Have you ever had big time cabin fever? This week I've been feeling a little stir crazy. I love my life and my family, but sometimes you just need some new scenery. I mean, honestly, how many times can I walk the Walmart aisles in a week? We have no mall and very few stores to wander around in. It is so cold that I hate to take the girls out anyway, because that double stroller is a workout to set up! I was ready to drive to Columbia today, but it was supposed to snow, so I didn't. Anyway, I just wondered if anyone else gets this way!
The next place we live must have the following essentials: 1. A close airport to fly home 2. Somewhere to get a really yummy salad (rumbi's, zuppas, or cafe rio preferably) 3. Some fun shopping (Not that I can spend the money, just for getting out and looking).
Scott has been studying so hard for a test this week (bless him), so he has been busy. The girls probably get a little bored of playing with mom all day, but tomorrow is Sunday (hooray) so that means I get a husband for the whole day!

Does this sound like a complainer? I didn't mean to...

10 things you may not know about my darling husband Scott

He's at school... hope he doesn't mind! He'd probably tell you different things, but here are some fun facts I've learned about him.

1. He is an amazing athlete at EVERY sport! He is especially good at raquetball these days!
2. He wrote the story of how we met, dated and got married, and also the story of our girls' birth. We are talking pages and pages of all the details!
3. He wants to serve lots of missions one day. (For the church and medical missions)
4. He loves to cook with me in the kitchen and is great about doing dishes and stuff around the house.
5. He has a lot of patience with me. He is always the one to apologize first in an argument. (Even though it is rarely his fault!)
6. He is clean, clean, clean! I love it! He even taught me how to fold our laundry very neatly!
7. He is a believer in "men's responsibilities" (He takes out the trash, carries the groceries in, always drives, he is in charge of family prayers/scriptures, kills all the bugs or spiders etc.)
8. He has an incredible memory! He is amazing with directions, sports trivia, and of course the insane amounts of stuff he remembers for med school.
9. He spoils me with diamonds, chick flicks, concerts, flowers, eating out, basically anything!
10. I've seen him become an incredible father the past six months. He loves our girls so much and always wants to play with them. He gives them a million kisses a day, and he loves it when they cuddle up with him and fall asleep.