Our 5th Wedding Anniversary

Tazz and I celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary on September 23rd.  At times it does not seem like it has been 5 year and other times it seems like we have been together longer (not in a bad way).

On Friday, September 23rd we had Oklahoma Joe's Barbeque (ribs and fried) and exchanged gifts.  We decided to keep the gifts small with all the charity events and traveling we are doing in the next month or so.  Since 5 years is wood, I got Tazz a K-State wood plaque for the basement when we get it finished.  He got me a really nice frame and Landon picked out a musical card...Daddy helped with the card, but Landon really likes the ones that have sound.

Saturday Grandma Griffen and cousin Torie came over and watch Landon so Tazz and I could go out.  We ended up have a really nice meal at Gordon Biersh (not sure on the spelling) down in the Power and Light District.  We were surprised to get right in and finished dinner earlier than expected.  So, we did what most parents do on a night out...we went shopping at the mall and Toys R Us.  Very exciting times.

Landon's New Big Boy Bed

We decided we would try the toddler bed idea again with Landon.  Only this time we bought a new Cars bed instead of converting the crib to see if it helped.

Off we went to Target to get the bed, bedding, pillow and a new Cars books.  He was very excited about the whole idea.  I am not sure he completely understood, but it was still a lot of fun.

We got home and Mommy started to get all the pieces out of the box to start putting the bed together.  Landon wanted to help with this and hit mommy several times in the head with the excitement.  For the most part it went together easiliy until we had to put the sides on and Mommy lost her patience.  Daddy came to the rescue and we got it all put together.

We have left the crib together and in the room for now until he gets used to the bed and he has options.  He was really excited and bounced on the bed until we read our new book.

It was finally time to go night night.  He did manage to sleep in his bed until about 3:30am and then he decided he needed to sleep with Mommy and Daddy.

Fun party at Fun Run

Landon was invited to one of my friend's daughter's 5th birthday party at Fun Run,  It was much quieter this year since it was a private party so Landon played more.  We had a blast.  Landon loved the bouce houses with all the slides, played a car game (glad he is no where near old enough to drive!!!) and learned all about skee ball.

Landon loved this turtle!

Lighting McQueen bounce house with slide.

The perfect slide for Landon.

The cake was VERY yummy!

Learning to drive...well it you can call it driving.

Skee ball...after we ran out our tokens he asked for more.

Early Grandparent's Day at the Griffen's

We went over to my parent's house for dinner and got to say Happy Grandparent's Day one day early.  My sister and our nieces were there too.

The girls and Landon love spending time together.  Unfortunately with our busy schedules we don't get to see each other that often.  We were finally able to do the Father's Day stone for my dad tonight.  Here are the kids working on it on the bottom deck.  We will always need to remember the order of the handprints since Landon and Maggie's hands are almost the exact same size.  Landon is 2 and Maggie is 5.  Now it just has to dry out and Papa Griffen needs to just let it stay where it is until it dries.

Mixing the 10 pounds of cement.

Adding the mosaic tiles.

Handprints from the top left and going around - Landon, Torie, Abby, and Maggie.

The grandkids!  It is hard to get all 4 to look at the camera at the same time.

Almost done...Maggie, Landon, Torie and Abby.

Playing catch up!

Wow!  It has been awhile since I have posted anything so I am going back a bit to catch everyone up.


We had Landon's birthday party on one of the "nicer" days of July (it may have only gotten to about 98 degrees).  Tazz bought a mister and hooked it up for the adults to stay cool.  The kids had a pool, a bounce house, water table and Landon's new play set to keep them occuppied.  The theme was Go Deigo Go and I had to laugh when we all came in to have dinner the kids asked if they could watch Deigo while they had their picnic dinner in the family room.  Here are a few pictures from the party.

The cake and chocolate suckers were a hit!

The bounce was enjoyed by kids of all ages (it was big enough for the adults, too).

The cooling off pool!

Most of the adults stayed in the shade on the lower deck and enjoyed the mister.

The kids dinner picnic.

Landon was able to blow almost all his candles out by himself.

The giant teddy bear and K-State blanket was a hit!  He still has to take naps and sleep with his K-State blanket his cousin Torie made him. 

 After the birthday it was time to start his new school.  We found a great place and after being there just over a month we are very happy.  Landon loves going every morning and can't wait to get to his room and play with the other kids.  It is a completely different attitude toward school for him.  I used to have to bribe him to get ready and once we were there he would have to give a ton of hugs and kisses.  Hind sight tells me he did not want me to leave, but now he is off and running and really comfortable.  The only sad part is I hardly ever get a kiss or hug goodbye.  Oh well, I can do without if it means he is happy.


We also enrolled Landon in a class at My Gym.  It is a children's fitness center.  He gets to go to Free Play with daddy on Monday nights for an hour and on Saturdays it is mommy turns to take him to the parent/toddler class.  We are meeting more kids and he loves it there.  He struggles with the circle time since he has to sit still and follow along, but with all his energy and physical ability he does a good job with the new skills he learns. 


I think that is just about every thing, but I am sure I am missing stuff.  We are very involved with several 5k run/walks over the next couple of months and that will keep up very busy along with our every day stuff.  After participating in Get Your Rear In Gear in KC we have sparked a light in us to do more for the fundraising for cancer research.  I hope to put together a fundraiser soon for Team Ryan and will let you all know about it.