Matt and Brianne's Wedding

Scott's brother Matt got married to the cutest girl a couple weeks ago! We loved being with everyone and the ceremony, lunch, open house and reception were all beautiful. We are so excited to have Brianne in the family! Love you guys!

SG!

Nathan's first haircut by Aunt Lacey.


Feeding the ducks


The girls had an early birthday party! Grandma took them shopping for new Tiana dresses, and they made chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting. We even went to Pizza Factory where they got 4 shaped pizzas!

Lacey did the girls' hair and they looked darling. The girls with Grandma.

Recent fun!

Bear Lake with cousins!


Gotta love snack time at grandma's!

Scooter rides with Dad and Grandpa in Oakley!

Nathan always has a ball.


Visiting Grandma and Grandpa with cousins at temple square.


Our crew.

A few more...

I got the pictures from Scott's parents from graduation so I had to add a few. These people made our medical school experience!


Scott's study buddies!


Grandma and Grandpa made the trek to Kirksville to support Scott. We love you!


My dearest friend, Tobey! I miss you- how are you? Call me!


The girls who made it all worth it. I love and miss you all!

Dr. Rynearson

Celebrating Scott's graduation was so exciting. It is an incredible accomplishment and we were so proud of him. Of course our camera battery died right after we took only a couple pictures, but luckily Scott's parents took a lot of pictures so we'll get them soon. Melanie and Randy made the trek all the way out to Kirksville to celebrate with us. We loved seeing them and the kids were so excited too. We celebrated at the SAA banquet, the awards banquet, and the actual ceremony. It was a great week. Way to go Scott!

Kirksville

We were excited to head to Kirksville of course to celebrate graduation but also to see our dear friends. The friends we made in Kirksville were truly like family. We were all at the same place in our lives and we spent a ton of time together. It was a blast to see everyone's kids all grown up. It made me miss them all! I Love you girls.

Abe

On the way to Kirksville for graduation we stopped in Springfield at the Lincoln museum. It was really neat. The kids were good sports too heading to a museum after all the driving. The kids all ended up doing fine, but I have to say, I'm not a fan of long car drives!

Packing and last day of Preschool

Packing was crazy but the kids loved playing in all the boxes.


Maddie and Bella went to an amazing preschool this last year. They had incredible teachers -Susanne in the Pink and Cheryl in the yellow. They also grew to love Pam- one of the classroom helpers. It was also perfect that their best friend Ashlyn was in their class. They became quite the inseperable trio. They were so excited to go everyday and the learned a lot. I saw them grow in a lot of ways and it was neat to have them tell me about things they learned. Carol Nursery School was amazing. All the staff was so kind and truly cared about our girls. We were really sad to leave and it will be hard to find something that compares. I took this picture on the girls' last day. They had to leave a month early because of our move. I totally cried on their last day and we had to say goodbye. I'm really grateful for our year at Carol Nursery.

Good bye Cleveland

We can't believe the time is here. It is moving week and I'm so sad to go. We have LOVED living here. Our neighborhood is gorgeous right now and our purple tree in front of the house is in full bloom. (pictures to come soon.) We had our first beautiful home here, Nathan was born here, Maddie and Bella started preschool here, we were in the Kirtland stake, and mostly we made wonderful friends. I will miss a lot things about Cleveland and Shaker Heights.

Our last month or so has been a busy one getting ready for the move. We've done a lot of house things to get our inspections done. It has seemed never ending and I will be grateful not to have some kind of worker at our house 24/7. We made a weekend trip up to see our dear friends the Roos' in Michigan and it was the best weekend. Our kids were in heaven because even after 2 years of living away from them we still talk about Addie daily. I loved catching up with Tobey and even having a few moments of kid free shopping! It was just great to spend time together and feel like we had a litte time with some "family." Thanks Roos fam for letting us take over your house and for taking great care of us!

Last week I went to Cheesecake factory for one more girls' night out with some of my friends from the ward. It made me so grateful for the wonderful women I've gotten to know while we've lived here. I've looked up to their examples and have appreciated the countless amounts of service they have given me and my family. I always knew there were friends just a phone call away. While living away from family is hard, it is a blessing to make dear friends along the journey. Thanks for organizing that Sarah. It was so sweet of you. I will miss you girls so much and am COUNTING on you frequenting the temple!!

My wonderful friend Cathy also hosted a "See You Soon" party for Maddie, Bella, Emmy, and Charlee- all the little girls who will be moving in the next couple months. It was absolutely darling from the frames and friendship bracelets to every detail in the decorating and food. Truly picture perfect. It makes me teary even just thinking about leaving these wonderful people. Thank you Cathy. That meant a lot to all of us.

We also had one last barbeque with our Kirksville "family", The Gowdy's and Moss's. I will truly miss living closeby these girls. I've been incredibly grateful for their friendship and adore them. I've watched them as amazing mothers, wives and women, and as they've gone through various trials. As we've all spent time together I've learned from their examples and advice, and depended on their friendship. It was so nice to have these girls who I feel so comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings with, and who just understand what we're going through in a way that other people can't. I love you girls and your families and am already looking forward to our reunions ahead.

Last night our realtor took us out to eat at an amazing chinese restaurant with some other friends of ours that she has worked with. We feel so blessed to have had this great lady in our lives and are grateful still that things have worked out so well with our house from the day we bought it to tuesday when we'll officially sign it away. Sure we've had plenty of "moments" when we thought, "Another thing is broken??" but overall it was such a blessing to live here.

So after all these "last" get togethers the only thing left to do is finish packing, let the girls finish preschool this week and load up that truck. It is time to get into moving mode and embrace the chaos, the change, and the next stop along this medical journey. Columbus here we come...

Dance Recital

I've been teaching a little dance class for the girls and their friends every thursday at our house. It has been really fun and we always looked forward to it. It was fun to watch all the little girls get excited about dancing and they really got better and better. Their attention spans got longer as the weeks went on and by the end I thought it was a definite success. We celebrated with a little "recital" in our living room. We made the girls all tu tus and Maddie and Bella were super excited to put sparkles in their hair and wear make up. All the families came over and we showed off some of the things we've learned all year. The girls did great and I will really miss having this little class each week. I grew to love all these girls and Maddie and Bella couldn't wait to dance around with their friends every thursday!

Maddie


Bella




Having snacks after the show.



All the girls- minus Emmy, who was out of town.