Introducing the NEWEST member of the Glover Gang~ Ryker

As you can see, he was just too CUTE and SWEET to leave at the Animal Shelter!!

So, on 9/24/08, our family grew by 4 FEET as Ryker came home with us. He's a super-sweet and mellow German Shepherd puppy mix--with some other (calm) type of dog in him. And it's true that POUND PUPPIES are the BEST dogs....He's convinved that he 'IS' one of the kids, and wants to be in my lap all the time. Ryker runs with the boyz...and even puts up with "Princess Aimee" pulling his tail and saying "No, no Cracker!" (that's how you say Ryker when you're 2 years old)

And YES, that's SNOW you see outside our house on October 12th--how cool is that!!!!!






Ryker ~

Hunter and Aimee's Birthday Celebration!!!

This year we decided to combine birthday party celebrations for Hunter and Aimee. Since their 'special days' are only 2 days apart, September 17th and September 19th, we had DOUBLE-THE-FUN at a surprise "Bowling Birthday." We went to Jack & Jill Lanes in American Fork--and had yummy burgers (classic birthday junk food ;-) and milkshakes followed by the long-awaited 'present opening ceremony.' Hunter got lots of games (Risk, Life, HeroScape) and a microscope that attaches to the TV for viewing up-close investigations of bugs, rocks, dirt, etc...Part MythBusters, part Discovery Channel!!
Aimee Madeleine got a new Care Bear (her MOST FAV THING), her 1st real doll and a DVD and tub toy of the Little Mermaid (her second FAV THING!.)

Then it was on to bowling--which none of us are good at! The kids LOVED the whole thing, from getting special bowling shoes to picking their balls. Reilly was SO EXCITED, he ran into someone else's lane, took a ball and tried to play!! In the end, it was a tie with Reilly and Hunter fighting for top place. Mommy came in 'dead last'--but Aimee came in 3rd place (bowled by Mommy--go figure????.)