Wowzers... it's been a while

Hello everyone.
Life has been a little bit crazy.The last two weekends have been a lot of fun. The first weekend we spend in Island Park with the Greene side and the next weekend we went to Frannie to hang out with the Roberts side.

Adventures in Frannie

Ben had to show us his tree climbing skills. It was a lot of fun. He is doing is "spidey" pose here.

Ben worked on some trees... this one is in Grandma and Grandpa Roberts' yard.
Russell wanted to give it a try.
so did i... I decided to try the spidey pose.
Mom also got into the tree climbing action.
We went through the Billings Temple.

This a great pictures of us painting Easter eggs.
Grandpa Roberts took us exploring through a bunch of old stuff. We found a tin full of pipes. Ben wanted to model one of them.
We also explored the cellar.
We had a lot of fun in Frannie. Ben, Russel, and I went to see the movie "Horton hears a Who" it was interesting. I also learned how to make some delicious bread. It was a great weekend.

Adventures in Island Park

Dev has a chocolate chip on her forehead... I put it there.

The girls are so cute.
I love this pictures of Ari... she is looking at something because Dallin is looking at it too.
Papa and Dev taking a nap
Dev was quite the cutie.

This is a few weeks ago at the cabin... we made an awesome snow fort.

This is me hard at work.
Dallin and Ben... they look cute
Ben disappeared for a while and when we found him he was making a creation on the roof.
it ended up being Angel Moroni

WOW this had a lot of pictures. I hope everyone enjoyed this enjoyable update.

I got TAGGED

Ok, I give in Britt... I'll do this. I got tagged to do this silly post. I think it will be interesting... well here goes...
How did you meet your spouse?I am not going to lie... this is kind of a loaded question. I'll give the short version. Ben and I had a mutual friend and I was on an intramural football team with her and she had asked Ben to be the coach. So he was my football coach. First time I saw him, he was wearing jeans, a white t-shirt, and a leather jacket. I thought he was cute. I was wearing a huge fur jacket (dress up clothes) over my "very attractive" football outfit. Pretty romantic huh?

Where did you go on your first date?We ate at "The Galley"... the school cafeteria. Then we went rollerskating. It was a Monday night and we saw my bishop and he asked why I wasn't at FHE. It was a blast.

How long have you been together?We have been married for a little over a year and dated for a year so about two years... ish.

Who eats more?Generally, Ben does. I pretty much ate triple what he ate today at the galley.

Who said I love you first?Ben did. It was actually over the phone because we were apart for 4 months and he just couldn't wait. I was taken a little off gaurd so I replied with, "I miss you too" somehow he thought I had told him that I loved him back (I had just had surgery and mumbled a lot). This when on for a little while and then a few weeks later I told him I loved him and then I told him that that was my first time saying so... it was funny.

Who is taller? He is.

Who sings better? He does. He always laughs at me because I sing the wrong words.

Who is smarter? Mostly he is, but it really depends what subject.

Who does the laundry and the dishes? Ben does... sometimes I do. He likes to clean... I am getting better.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do. It's closer to the door. Ben sleeps against the wall.

Who pays the bills? Ben does the working to pay the bills. Generally he does.

Who mows the lawn? What lawn? If we had a lawn I would mow it because I like it.

Who cooks dinner? We both do.

Who drives when you are together? He does.

Who is more stubborn? He is... I let him think he is right because I don't care... as long as I know I am right then all is good.

Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? I am never wrong... but I will admit I am wrong (when I am not) to make Ben think he is right.

Whose parents do you see the most? Probably my parents beecause they come up to the cabin at least once a month.

Who kissed who first? This is kind of a loaded question. Short version: he kissed me first.

Who proposed? My dad... haha just kidding. My dad announced the obvious. Weird story. We already had the ring. After Ben asked Dad permission they both walked out and there were like 20 people waiting to see what happened... funny.

Who is more sensitive? I am... but Ben can be. You should see him when we watched "A Walk to Remember." By the way Britt, I think Nate is more sensitive... I heard about "The Notebook"

Who has more friends? I have no idea.

Who has more siblings? Ben does... 4 brothers and 1 sister. I only have 3 brothers and 1 sister.

Who wears the pants in the family? It's me, It's me. Just kidding... We are kind of like "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" because we trade off.

Life with Ben is FABULOUS. I feel weird getting all sentimental on my blog (it just isn't the place) so I am not really going to. Ben is great and I love him... that is why I married him. He is not only the apple of my eye, but he is also the milk in my cereal, and the tootsie in my tootsie roll. I couldn't live without him.

I am tagging Paula, Linds, Aleasha, Shantay, and Keri. I am not a fan of "being tagged" but I figure if I should suffer... so should all of you.

A cooler post with cooler pics should be coming soon... maybe.

Hello

Hi. I have about 10 extra minutes. I thought I'd put up a little post. I have been thinking a lot about a certain issue and I just want to get it out in the open...
WHY HAVE PEOPLE STOPPED POSTING?
Not everyone... just some of my key "friends and/or family"
Let this be a warning to you all.

In other news... life is great. About 6 more weeks left of this semester. Ben's work is picking up. Sometimes we see the sun and the weather is nice.
I taught a sixth grade class yesterday and it was enjoyable.
So yeah... that is about it.
Good bye

Clarification

I am sorry I misled some of you dear friends in my last post. I did have an ultra sound but... it was on my leg. They just found some abnormalities in the blood vessels in my leg but it isn't a big deal. My artery and vein are kind of hooked in an odd way. They were just curious to see what it looked like.

Well... I thought I'd through in a picture or two. This is me as a torch barer for a ceremony up on campus.

Here is Ben in a crazy game of THUMB WAR against Chris.

Ok well I am done. I hope everyone is doing well.

News

Yesterday Ben and I got our FIRST ultra sound... I must say, it was a "thrill"

Long Ranger?

Hello everybody...
I have been working on a project about how my writing has changed and about my first experience writing. So I pulled out my journal that I was started when i was 4 and the first time I wrote in it I was six...
This is the first page I wrote all by myself. I remember writing it too.
Anyways the reason I decided to put this up here was because I ran into some funny stuff about Trevor.
February 17, 1996
"Then Trevor was playing around singing Hey Jude. We asked if Trevor could sing and be taped. We got taped at the end trevor said Hi Ho Silver Tonto lost his underwer he don't care long ranger buy him nother pare. and he said Birdy Birdy in the sky whyd you do that in my eye I'am not made andI wouldn't cry But Gosh I am glad that cows don't fly. We watched the movie it was funny Dallin didn't see it. Trevor did the splits... I had fun today withe Trevor."

Ok So obviously a 9 year old wrote this. I was just wondering if Britt and Trev remember that day because I sure do! I bet we could even find the video of Trev singing.

Anyway that just made me laugh so I thought I'd post it.

Weekend at the cabin

Well this last weekend we took a little trip to the cabin. It was a lot of fun. We invited Devin and Becky Lovell (cousins from Gilbert). They just moved to Rexburg... I think they LOVE the icy roads. It was a lot of fun to get to know them better. Basically we just played in the snow and it was quite a delight. We hope to go up again soon.
Here are some pictures:

This is quite a large icicle
Becky and i tried to pick it up but pretty much failed.
Aw... We are so precious
so are Devin and Becky... Ben has a hard time staying out of pictures.
Superman!

Nice landing... got the face all snowy

Ben and Devin went rope swinging in their robesOn saturday night Dallin and Ashley joined us and we had a massice fondue dinner... it was super.

So I just wanted to post a few pictures... here they are.

In other news: The Rexburg Temple dedication got delayed a week because of President Hinckley's passing. I sure am going to miss him, but I know he is

happy with his wife now.

Ben left Monday morning for a conference in SLC. He comes back on Wednesday eveing... I am excited.

Well I hope everyone had a good day.

Hi

Hello Everyone. I thought I'd put up a quick post. I am at school right now preparing to teach a bunch of 6th graders about animals. As I was looking for some pictures I could use I came across these photoshopped ones and they made me laugh.

Anyways... I have some new pictures to post at my apartment so look forward to those. I hope everyone is doing swell!

Boring Update

Hello World,

Ben and I have not been up to much lately. School is back in session and life is just peachy. We just got our video camera and our car fixed so that is pretty exciting. Ben is using the pull up bar and the ab roller I got him for Christmas everyday... that is neat. He is crazy on the pull up bar... maybe I can catch some of that action on video to show the world. I can almost do one pull up on my own. I can do four with Ben's help. haha, I am weak.
About two weeks ago I got the fluid drained out of my knee and it has been feeling fabulous. Ben thinks it's funny when I get excited about walking fast. The last week I have just felt wonderful and I enjoy that feeling a lot. Well I am tired. I will try to get some type of picture up soon.

See you later,
Ryanne

Crazy holiday pictures... lots of them

The last 3 weeks have been full of joy, love, and laughter. I have just taken the opportunity to download a ridiculous amount of pictures. We had a little pre-christmas about 2 weeks before real Christmas. One day after church Ben and I got a little carried away and accidently opened our presents. It was fun. We went up to the cabin for a few days and had a little Christmas there too then we went up to Frannie. I had sushi for the first time (proof is below). We had a lot of fun. We celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve so that on Christmas day we could head on down to Texas. We ended up starting our little 29 hour drive on Christmas eve to try to beat a storm... we hit it. It was quite exciting. We drove straight on through. It was fun to see the whole family for "FElin's" wedding. We got to stay at a little place called the Westin. A few days later we flew back to salt lake and drove up to the Cabin. We got to spend a few days there too. It was joyous.

Father Shane got me to eat his homeade sushi after Ben had been trying to for two years.

I ate it.

The first morning in Texas... we are such a cute couple.

Rachell lookin hott at the reception
Benji and Beckett at the reception
Russ and I having a grand ole time
What a cutie. We love our nephew Beckett.

Ben and Beckett at the temple
We got to meet our niece Lidya. She is soooo cute. We love her very much. Here she is with her Daddy.
Nathan, Logan, Beckett, and Lydia... the babies with their Daddys'
FELIN!
The cakes at the reception were D-licious

Russ is cutie.
So is Linds
wow... so is Ben
Ben and Beckett checking out BYU videos.
The wonderful Logan and Paula Roberts in all their glory.

Devy thinks she is going on a ride with Ben...
Tim and Rachell came and stayed at the cabin for a few days. It was a lot of fun to see them. They are just precious. I wish I had more pics of them... this is the only one I have.
Dall... what a looker.
Our Christmas tree! Isn't it just precious.
This is the first quilt I have ever finished. It was a gift to the Robert's Mom and Dad for Christmas.

What does Tetons mean? (Dad used to ask us that when we were little)
Ari is... cute.
One of Ben's drawings of his art gallery.
Mountains near the cabin
Ben likes to play with the little ones.

Devy is a cutie. She is what I call a smiler.
Dev looks a little high or something. Dev and Ash.
Ari takes good pictures.
Ben is showing Ari the nativity scene.
Ben basically dominates this machine.

So that was finally the last pictures. I didn't realize just how many I had put on but OH well. Enjoy them. Oh yes and by the way Logan... loved your new post. It was quite eventful to watch.

GOOODBYE break, HELLO school.