tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34305703698118437822024-03-21T20:25:41.567-07:00Life Among the Broken HippiesRyan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-83256050766684349962012-03-18T20:56:00.007-07:002012-03-18T22:14:06.148-07:00December 2011As I go through our pictures trying to back post and fill in my memory gaps, 0k just one big memory gap. This is the look I get trying to remember...I can see that we didn't do a whole lot the month of December. Then as I wonder why I remembered that the kids got sick over and over this month. We had too many ear infections between the 3 of them to count, my pediatrician called me her BFF becauseRyan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-88981158965464188572012-01-22T21:04:00.004-08:002012-03-18T20:55:35.172-07:00November 2011Highlights of our November:Charlie started eating solids... why are baby's so cute sitting in highchairs/bumbos? I have way to many pictures of my kids like this!Noah's tiny tots gymnastics class ended. Here he is with his ribbon for finishing the final test... consisting of summersaults, jumps, a bridge and a handstand (with a little help from mom).He had a cute little group of friends from our Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-45591281066354588422012-01-22T16:45:00.000-08:002012-01-22T21:02:06.976-08:00BostonWe have been wanting to visit Chris and Jessie in Boston,so we took the plunge at the end of October. We decided to take the kids and make a good old fashioned family vacation out of it. I knew the cross country flight and nights in a hotel might be a little dicey with all the kids but thought we would be ok. I totally underestimated how hard it is to sight-see with toddlers and over-estimated Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-63400826128864607412012-01-22T16:16:00.000-08:002012-01-22T16:38:06.874-08:00Halloween (2011)We kind of had two Halloweens this year. The first was the Halloween carnival at Ryan's facility. As you can see, Ryan was working the dunk tank and so I tried to take the boys and Charlie around the best I could. Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of the 3 of them in costume. The boys fit into our German Lederhosen perfectly this year. I thought they looked dashing. These are the best Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-61679344350521577102011-12-09T11:18:00.000-08:002011-12-10T14:56:02.290-08:00Can it be true?For the first time in our marriage... and my life for that matter... I have got some Christmas cards done. The bad news is that I don't have most people's addresses, emails and/or phone numbers. So I am putting it out there. If you would like a Christmas card, I would love to send you one. Just put your address in a comment.. I moderate them all before they are posted and then I will just delete Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-39790392646805303312011-12-02T14:09:00.001-08:002011-12-02T15:25:48.971-08:00October EscapadesThe easiest way to record what we did in the month of October is to show the photographic proof. If you regularly read our blog you saw the Monkey video. This "funky monkey" (as the boys refer to him) paid a visit to our house. He knocked on the door and Luke let him right in. I don't know if I should be worried that Luke and Noah didn't question a giant monkey knocking on the door and coming inRyan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-12251722103290545972011-12-02T13:14:00.000-08:002011-12-02T14:01:20.527-08:00Charlotte's BlessingWe blessed Charlotte Labor Day weekend and so it was a really fun weekend. We had Ryan's parents up as well as his sister, Casey and her three boys. We spent the weekend enjoying the heat in the pool.The boys loved having cousins and grandparents to share the pool with. Kevin is Luke's best buddy. Charlie enjoyed some quality pool time with Grandma.As well as a nap in her pool-side bed a.k.a. Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-61411868065337562212011-10-22T23:04:00.003-07:002011-10-22T23:07:39.132-07:00What's the difference?Blogging/ Journaling... are they synonymous? The other week Ryan and I were scrolling through our blog looking at back posts and I realized that despite my best intentions this is probably the best family journal/ record that we have got right now and so I am going to back post so that some day we can look back at this to get our stories straight. Eventually I will catch up to the present but Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-81507118619791837692011-10-22T21:16:00.000-07:002011-10-22T23:03:02.579-07:00Happy Birthday Noah!Our little guy turned 2 this year.Hard to believe that they go from thisto this so fast?We had a pretty low key day. Ryan took Noah to work for part of the morning as a special birthday treat. It was a treat for one of them...We decided to celebrate big and go to Chuck E. Cheese's, always a hit with the kids. The boys loved it. Luke was determined to have a conversation with Chuck E. Cheese. I Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-80884916562118671172011-09-30T08:29:00.000-07:002011-10-02T12:01:02.900-07:00Monkey BusinessCan you take a wild guess at who that monkey is?
Monkey Business from Ryan Rasmussen on Vimeo.Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-70328935435916862822011-09-05T21:52:00.000-07:002011-09-05T21:58:35.717-07:00Benson Bash 2011
I come from a large family as most of you know and currently we are scattered everywhere from California to London and Chicago to Houston but for the past 3 years or so we have been lucky to get everyone together once during the year. It started with my Dad's graduation from MBA school and now has become our own reunion. I guess our family has grown old enough to have those. Anyhow, this year Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-44695494843998040162011-09-03T22:12:00.000-07:002011-10-02T12:57:10.490-07:00End Of Summer? Not in Visalia!
Summertime Fun from Ryan Rasmussen on Vimeo.
Less than 30 minutes after the pool, these two were zonked
And a special thanks to the Burkinshaws for helping us with
our family christmas card! Never too early...
Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-74189591337287604632011-07-25T21:50:00.000-07:002011-07-25T23:01:20.736-07:00Treading WaterSo it has been awhile since I posted... I will provide you a little recap of our last month.Charlotte was born on June 17th (see previous post) with in the next week we had found a place to rent in Visalia, moved to a new house. What a whirlwind. It is not your ideal week of post-childbirth recovery or ideal first week of life (Sorry Charlie!) but we made and lived to tell the tale. I have to Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-25680244911133784002011-06-21T16:13:00.000-07:002011-06-21T16:47:52.932-07:00She's HereLuke and Noah would like to announce the birth of their sister!Charlotte Rasmussen7 lbs. 8 oz.1:38 pmJune 17, 2011Thanks to Grandpa, the boys were taken care of while Mom and Charlotte were in the hospital. We are so glad he was here to help and the boys are always glad to play with their Grandpa whatever the reason.Due to fact we are moving to Visalia tomorrow this will be a short post. When we Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-8392904978809680862011-05-29T14:48:00.001-07:002011-05-29T15:30:15.510-07:00YesterweekYesterweek = any time in the past that you can't quite quantify.This is Luke's go-to term when talking about the past. I think it is going to catch on. A lot has happened in the past month most of which was not documented on film... thank goodness. We had a rash of the flu over our anniversary/ mother's day weekend. We should have known. Ryan has been battling a kidney stone that he had to haveRyan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-35061128245602977182011-05-08T17:55:00.000-07:002011-05-08T18:34:14.606-07:00Warm Weather FunIt has been really warm lately and so the boys and I have been busy enjoying the sun and warmth.Especially after my recent trip to Idaho where I woke up to this:Beautiful and charming in January, not so much in May.We tried the San Jose zoo this week. Happy Hollow Park and Zoo. It was pretty good. Although all you Idahoans will be glad to know that the zoo park doesn't hold a candle to TautphausRyan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-85409832170172578902011-05-08T17:31:00.000-07:002011-05-08T17:55:30.960-07:00Happy Anniversary!MAY 7, 2004BEST DAY EVERI can't believe how fast the 7 years have gone... yet as I take tally of the years past and look at the coming years I realize that we looking forward to the birth of our 7th child, planning to move to our 7th home, contemplating a 7th (more fuel efficient vehicle), have had 7 pets (counting those kittens that didn't last too long) and I am looking forward to what the nextRyan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-39102062212931919962011-03-30T14:23:00.000-07:002011-03-30T19:56:04.080-07:00Catch upWe have been doing pretty good at getting out every weekend since we have been here so I have lots of pictures that tell the story better than I do. So bear with me on the slide show...Vasona Creek Park: This was a lot of fun with the boys. They had a bit of everything.Carousels to ride on...Trains to ride on and whistles to blow...Geese to gawk at...and trails for little boys to run on and Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-48105348520368870152011-03-06T19:48:00.000-08:002011-03-06T20:54:01.265-08:00Jacob & Deidre come to visit!!So I am about 3 weeks late posting about their visit but it was definitely noteworthy enough for a post. Jacob and Deidre flew out for a couple of days to visit and to watch the kids for me for a couple of days so I could get caught up on some work. What a good aunt and uncle.... seriously.... they were great. I don't have pictures of what they did with the boys b/c they are on their camera but Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-48419209408907603992011-02-09T15:30:00.000-08:002011-02-09T15:43:11.856-08:00It's a ...GIRL!!We found out today. We are hoping for a healthy, calm, and obedient little girl... because that is what all little girls are like right???I wasn't going to post a picture but what's an announcement w/o a picture and like Luke told me today... "It's kinda cool and kinda gross." Don't know what he thought was gross but it was funny.We are super excited to welcome a new little girl into our Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-33217323832076148132011-02-06T20:31:00.000-08:002011-02-06T20:52:19.854-08:004 yearsI will apologize now for the back posting but let's look on the bright side... at least I am posting right? It is hard to believe that it has been that long. We decided when we made the decision to move away from Rexburg that we would try to go back to our cemetery and visit the quads' grave every year on their birthday (January 31st). Even though it has only been a month since we left, we Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-55816964015349907132011-02-06T20:30:00.000-08:002011-02-06T20:55:43.120-08:00San Francisco Part IIWe decided to head back to San Francisco for our Saturday trip this weekend. We wanted to hit Fisherman's Wharf & Ghiradelli Square... can't plan too much with the munchkins along! The first thing we hit was the traffic of thousands of Giants fans going to fan appreciation day at AT&T field. Thank you GPS for taking us right by this!Now we know where to go when baseball season starts. Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-48129123692900809302011-02-06T20:26:00.000-08:002011-02-06T20:41:53.717-08:00Is this for real?I have never lived in a warm climate like this. I am told that this is unseasonably warm weather for San Jose but it is awesome. I am amazed every day when I look at the calendar and it says February and then I go outside to green grass, sunshine and blossoming trees. The boys and I are taking advantage of the sunny days. Snack time in the back yard = no mess inside to clean up. Win-win for Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-19868832319348327152011-02-06T20:07:00.000-08:002011-02-06T20:51:49.148-08:00San Francisco Part I I mentioned that we were trying to use our weekends to explore what the Bay area has to offer and so after heading south we decided to go north to San Francisco. I had never been to this city and so I was excited to see what all the fuss is about.We headed straight for one of the most famous landmarks: the Golden Gate Bridge.We stopped at the end of the bridge and enjoyed the view across the Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430570369811843782.post-34331046760495498722011-01-19T13:57:00.000-08:002011-01-27T14:46:17.309-08:00Exploring Anyone?We have been making the most of our new surroundings. Grandma and Grandpa Rasmussen came up a couple of weeks ago and we set out on an adventure. We decided to go check out Monterrey and Carmel. After renting a van so we could try them out and all fit in one car we set out. The weather was beautiful and company was great. The boys like looking into the ocean at the pier in Monterrey.They liked Ryan and Annalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01580817778578402662noreply@blogger.com1