Jackson Hole

We just got back from an extended weekend in Jackson Hole. We had a great time and got to spend time with my Aunt Gayle and Uncle David, our Cousins Susie and Peter and of course our wonderful host Grauntie Ginger. I am still sorting through the 1000 + pictures we all took, but so far these two of the kids are standouts.

Miss Ryan looking far more serious than she is

Mr Aidan hunting for the resident Moose

This was taken shortly after we got back home. The kids decided to have a wrestling match on Sydney's bed just before their bath. Don't worry, Ryan got a couple of good licks in on Aidan.

Overdue Update

Hi all. First our apolgies for the lack of updates. We have actually attempted to update this a couple of times but we have been having trouble uploading pictures. Anyway this is what Ryan and Aidan have been up to:

Our friends Penny and Chris came to vist from New York. We had a lot of fun with them as we always do.

We have also introduced the twins to water this summer. They are more fond of the shallow pools but we can ocassionly lure them into Ginger's pool.

Here are a few more shots from the summer:

Ryan & Aidan's First Birthday

We made it! Ryan & Aidan officially celebrated their first birthday last Sunday. We had a great time with family and a few friends. On Saturday the twins had their friends over to play in their new sand box and ball pit, have some cake and formula, and watch the adults chase their friends around. It was a little on the warm side but I am happy to report that everyone had a great time and stayed happy!

Family shot to prove we attended the festivities.

Miss Ryan Elizabeth, 1 Year

Mr. Aidan Patrick, 1 Year

This was by far my favorite part of the day, as soon as they figured

out what they had they both had a guilty look on their face.

Official shot of the cake

The twins had a great time with their friends; Aidan

Carly and Blake spend some quality time in the sandboat

Aidan and his buddy Gabriel in the ball pit

Ryan & Aidan in their new Sandboat

Digging into the gifts! Please note that this is

Aidan's 3rd shirt of the day. The kid likes to drool.

Now, I am not sure what was going on a year ago, but

there sure were a lot of 8-14 month old kids around.

If you think all of this looks crazy, listen to this: Katie and I are happy to announce that we will be blessed with baby number three this Christmas. If anyone has any friends at Pampers or Gerber let us know.

Here is a picture of the new little bugger

Bye for now. Hopefully next post will have some good action shots of the twins walking!

Quick Update

Nothing major to report. Ryan and Aidan are getting ready to celebrate their first birthdays next weekend. I can't believe they are going to be one already, time flies! They are babbling like crazy, trying to walk (not quite there yet) and praying for hair. We will post pictures of the festivities but we wanted to pass on two recent pictures that Katie and I love.

Mr. Aidan at the park

Ryan with my leftover Starbucks

March & April

Hi everyone. The McClain Bed & Breakfast has been busy. Kate is attempting to compete with my Aunt Gayle and Uncle David (www.beechwoodinn.ws) for the busiest inn in America. We have had many visitors and a lot to report. Before we get to our visitors here are a couple of recent pictures of Ryan and Aidan. They are getting into everything, crawling in every direction but never in the same direction.

Mr. Aidan 10 Months

Miss Ryan Elizabeth

We also missed a couple of holidays. Above is the family at our traditional Mexican feast (Old Town Mexican Cafe) for St. Patrick's Day.

Here is Ryan working to understand the concept of the Easter Egg Hunt and the Easter Bunny.

Now to our company. Our most recent visitor was Aunt Anne (aka Bounce) Anne was here for about a week and spent the bulk of her time cooking and planting Spring Flowers. Bounce is awesome!!!

Before Bounce arrived we had the entire Souder clan come to visit from Jacksonville. That is Suzi, Terry, Megan, Emily, Peyton and Taylor. We had a great time visiting the aquarium, going to the beach and even a trip to Disneyland.

Half way through the day we decided to feed the kids to the shark at the aquarium.

Aidan and Taylor

Before the Souders arrived we had a visit from Grandpa Terry and Grandma Nancy. On the days that we have vacancies Ryan & Aidan spend a lot of time playing with their friends.

Last weekend we took a wagon ride with our friend Gabriel.

We also took a trip to the Wild Animal Park with our friend Taylor.

And we go to the park with our friend Lily.

That is all for now. We will see you soon!

Feb Fun

Not too much to report. Ryan & Aidan are doing well as we constantly check for new teeth and more hair. We are getting ready for a slew of visitors in March. I hope you are all ready to work!!! The twins are learning to feed themselves. So far they are doing well with the cheerios type puffs but as you can see the bottles are not working out so well for them.

Again not working out too well, but for some reason I think this picture is really funny.

This is Aidan during his first trip to a Mexican restaurant.

Ryan on a stroll around the hood with Grandma Jane

Mr. Aidan

Ryan says bye for now. We should have lots of fun pics of all our visitors in March!!

Jackson Hole

We took quick trip to Jackson Hole in January. We did not get any time on the mountain but we had a fantastic time playing in the snow and relaxing in the condo. Here are a few pictures from the trip: