Rylander Family Photos

November 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:27:19 -0500

Day 2 of the sickness
Day 1 of the sickness. Poor baby.
Avery playing dead. Clifford the Big Red Dog has taught her well.

Gimli Gus!

Reese's Baseball Game

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:59 -0500

Getting warmed up

He can throw it really far and really fast!

This photo? Is why I need a telephoto lens like, yesterday.

"Mommy take my silly picture!"

"Take my picture AGAIN!"
Up at bat!

Again!
Aaaaaand again.

Aaron's 8th Birthday

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:15:22 -0500

the Birthday Boy!

High-Five!

Reese is all ready for Laser Tag!
John Marland and Avery

Avery was SOOOOO TIRED.
Laser Tag Vest Cake

Kelly and Aaron

Opening presents!

Standing Room Only

Halloween 2009

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:44:36 -0500

Pop and Zoe
Avery and Aaron intruding on their quiet time
Avery was quite fond of the cupcakes. Shocking!
Ms. Shannan rented a bouncey house for the kiddos.

I wish you could hear Zoe HOWLING with laughter!

Uncle Shannon, all decked out.
Makin' sausage balls
Me and my Mom in a RARE photo!
Aaron has a disgusting skeleton with pumping blood
There's our little kitty cat!

And our Sweet Witch

Aaron again!
Reese is some sort of camouflaged Ninja
With Candy!

Avery looooooves Gertie
Waiting out the rain

Waiting out the rain, inside-style

Aaaaawwww.
Tired out from a busy night of trick-or-treating in the rain!

Zoe loves her Reese

October 2009

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:54:36 -0500

Sushi To-Go
Avery on her fourth birthday

Making a wish!
Avery with the new Pearl Jam album!

Soccer 10/24

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:34:02 -0500

I have no clue what she's doing here.

Team Huddle!
GO ULTRAVIOLETS!
And now the game starts!

Reese and Aaron were paying CLOSE attention to the game. :)

Aunt Kelly, Uncle Shannon, And Aaron
Note that Avery has decided not to run anymore.
She's so over it. :)

Sloan's First Birthday Party

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:17 -0500

Cali and Avery

There's the birthday girl!

She liked the cake pretty well!

Very Important Girl Stuff

Cousin Secrets!

Opening Presents!

Look at Sloan standing up!

Zoe, Mike, and Uncle Jack

Jack in assembly mode

Happy Birthday Girl!

This photo sums them up PERFECTLY.

Boo At The Zoo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:30:46 -0500

Attempt at a posed picture. Did not go well.

Watching the gorillas

Avery and Katie with their trick or treat bags

Avery meets Franklin

Zoe in her mask

Avery in her hot pink mask
Avery is VERY excited to meet CLifford

Zoe was not so sure
Avery and Katie checking out a hedgehog

Curious George running away
Petting Zoo!

Mike holding Avery over the Swamp. Scary!
And there's Curious George again!

Trick or treat!
Dance Party!

Gabby's Christening

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:13:43 -0400

Text Wars with Ben and Rachel
Waiting on the mountains of food that were about to come
Todd and Gabby
Karen and Beth

Clayton and Zoe
Clayton, Zoe, D.J. and Michael
Avery is happy with the sweets!
Clayton and Michael
Karen, Granny, and Dave
All this fuss over her and she just got too pooped to party!

Zoe 14 Months/Walking

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:58:24 -0400

Oh Mommy! You've got that camera AGAIN!
Here, let me pose for you.
You wanna see me walk?

I got it!

See? I walked all the way over here!
And now I shall climb on you
I mean it, Mommy! I WILL CLIMB ALL OVER YOU!
So there!

Trash, Mommy? Really? Tsk tsk.
Just kiddin! I LOVE trash!
Here I go again!
Singin about how cool I am
Oooh a shiny NEW piece of discarded paper!

Avery's 4th Birthday Party

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:49:46 -0400

Chocolate dipped pretzel party favors

Aunt Stephanie, Sloan, and Uncle Jack
Uncle Shannon and Aunt Kelly
Zoe had a good time.
Grandma
Uncle Jack had a LOT of fun playing football with the boys!

There's the birthday girl! With Cali right behind

This sums up our relationship perfectly--Shannon does something ridiculous and I roll my eyes. Happens all the time!
Pizza Time!
A very happy four year old

Birthday Cake!

Making a wish!

Avery and Shayna

Avery loves her Grandma!

Avery with her knight in shining armor

Aunt Colleen came too!
Zoe making off with one of Avery's gifts

Jack is so multi-talented--catching a football WHILE pushing a stroller!
Reese. I have no idea what he's doing.

Sloan digging into a goodie bag!

Aaron's Soccer Game

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:20:02 -0400

Zoe LOVES a good soccer game

GO AARON! (That's what she's thinking)

Avery's collection
Aaron contemplating his next move

There's Coach Shannon!

Park With The Mallorys

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:20:02 -0400

I think it's a little small for Aaron

Reese is ALWAYS there to help out!

Handsome boy
Another handsome boy!

Sand is so delicious
Mmmmm.

Zoe kept running away

Running away again

Warner Robins 9/12/09

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:21:01 -0400

Avery and her Great Granny

Grandpa Dave likes to take pictures too!

Great Granny gave the girls some books. She knows them SO well. :)

Zoe REALLY wanted to crawl all over the coffee table

Even a movie couldn't keep this one awake.
But it kept Avery entertained. Did you know I LOVE my van?

Just A Wednesday

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:01:23 -0400

Don't let her fool you...she is SO NOT sleeping.

Going up...
And down!

See? Avery CAN roll her tongue!

JB and Holly Visit!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:17:21 -0400

Dylan liked Mike for a minute
Then he hated him.
Daddies with their babies

Avery LOVED Baby Dylan
Look how BIG he is!!!! Only five months. Total basketball player.

Gymnastics Party

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:51:34 -0400

Swingin'

On the zipline

Avery with her best buddies from school
Getting ready for a BIG jump

She LOVED it!

Eight Months Old

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:39 -0400

Grandma sent Avery a gift from Warner Robins! Avery had a great time opening it up

Ooooh! It's a wooden pull-toy!

Zebras are tasty!
"Hi Mommy! Let me show you how I pull up in the bathtub!"
"First I grab onto the side, Daddy's not really helping, just making sure I don't crack my head open--bathtubs are slippery!"
"Pull!!!"
"There's a frog on the floor! I KNEW there was a reason I did this!"
Playing in the new outfit Grandma got her

Baby in Motion--She'll be crawling soon!
This is how Avery tells Mommy she's sleepy
In the outfit Aunt Kel and Reese picked out for her...
Back View

Look at me! I'm climbing!
Look how her little toes are sticking out!

I turned away for a few minutes while I was cooking, and this is where Avery ended up.

This is what Avery looks like when she's squealing
Check out her bottom teeth!
Check out my big ol' belly!

Making a big splash

Getting a lift from Daddy
A serious attempt at climbing...I think we're in trouble!
Walking across the curvy bridge

Making her way through a tunnel, with Daddy's help

Baby Soccer! You swing the babies so they hit the balls with their feet. Avery really likes this game.
My Daddy came to class with me! He is so cool!
Parachute Time!

Getting a big hug from Gymbo at the end of class
Eating her fruit puffs...She's such a big girl now!

Playing outside today...Avery studied everything, hence the serious expression in most of these photos

Bartleby "guarding" Avery

She's always got that little tongue out, just like her cousins
Investigating a leaf

Mommy, I want that camera!

Warner Robins Trip Feb.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:18:28 -0400

Watching Sesame Street
Avery and her Great Granny

We got to see Baby Emily, daughter to my cousin Brian and his wife Mandi--isn't she PRECIOUS?
Avery wasn't too impressed, but I know they'll be buddies one day!
Avery decided she needed to sit in Emily's bouncey seat--for a whole half hour

Aaaaaaaw!!!!

What happened to my chair??
Avery thought her Aunt Karen was TOO funny!

Nana and Pop's Visit April 08

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:26:34 -0400

Avery wasted no time getting Pop outside

The girl loves her apples

Zoe spent much of the weekend with Nana

Avery loves to go to Aunt Kelly's--she's always got some sweets for her niece!

The Mallorys were having a yard sale--which translated to unusual toys for the kids
Aaron is so shy--can't you tell?

See? Totally introverted.

Uncle Shannon loves a cuddly baby
And he loves to make a certain little girl laugh!

So silly

Aaron helped Avery with her tricycle

This is what happens when you leave four men in charge of a baby

Riding bikes in the cul-de-sac

Aunt Kelly on Reese's bike
Reese had to show her how to use the brakes

Yep...he really hates his picture to be taken

Pop took Aaron for a ride on Shannon's motorcycle

And off they go
Avery got on Aaron's dirtbike and would not get off. Guess we'll have to get her a pink one in a few years

Warner Robins Christmas

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:13:26 -0400

Sloan loves her Aunt Sara!

Avery and Zoe in the dining room

Avery and Cali being Cowgirls!

Grandma and a sleepy Zoe

Uncle Mike feeding Sloan

Opening gifts!

The closest we got to a shot of all four girls
Avery and Cali in Cali's new princess tent
Stephanie and Sloan

Is it any wonder people ask if they're twins?!?!

Sweet girls

Aunt Karen and Zoe

Zoe loved her Aunt Jeanne!

See? She fell asleep on her!
Avery with Great Granny and Grandpa Dave's Christmas tree

Aunt Karen explaining some of the ornaments
Sleep Daddy and Baby
Kristin(she's a little pregnant, can you tell?), Dave, Granny, and Karen

Avery loved the Nutcrackers!

Karen, Beth, Pop, Granny, Nana, and Zoe in the middle of it all

Aunt Beth helping Zoe walk. No clue where Zoe's pants ran off to!

Uncle Paul and Zoe
Granny and Joey
A house down the street from us. Nice, huh? Totally energy efficient. Uh. Yeah.

September 2009

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:49:21 -0400

Avery and Gimli watching their stories

It is SO EXHAUSTING reading books.
Avery sleeping

Like Father, Like Daughter
We read. Alot.
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Avery crackin' codes

Soccer 9/26

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:17:23 -0400

"Let's go to SOCCER, MOM!"

Zoe looks like she was having fun, huh?

The net was especially fascinating

Mike got into the mix too!

Daddy knows a little about soccer. ;)

There's that TONGUE! It's a family thing.
Listening(Sorta) to Coach Brett

The girls played a little impromptu game

The Big Storm

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:23:43 -0400

Gimli helping with the wet floor

Avery on the phone with her Pop

August 2009

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:49:51 -0400

Avery hard at work
Butterfly

Gimli LOVES his baths. Or not.

Zoe is mad because I'm taking her picture instead of pulling her up on my lap to read.

Avery doing her puzzles

Poor Zoe. She has to wait for her dessert.

He's very relaxed.

My favorite two-legged and four-legged people in one place

Mike Welcome Home Pie!
Avery's art gallery, devoted to her Daddy
Picture of Mike driving home to Avery

My little ham!
Two little monkeys jumpin' on the couch!
Avery before her first day back at school!
Gimli likes to particpate in the art-making
Sigh. This happens EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Mike (and Avery) in an airplane

Just Blondie

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 22:31:39 -0400

I STILL love her feet. They are delicious.
Zoe with her beloved duck