Looking Back

I thought it would be fun to see what Phil and I looked like when we were at the same ages of Coleman and Teegan. It is interesting to compare the different facial features. I think that Coleman has Phil's eyes and Teegan has my hair. What does everyone else think?

Phil at two and a half & Megan at almost two years


















Coleman just coming up on the two year mark! (His birthday is in August.)

















Phil and Megan at about three months


















Coleman at 5 Weeks. Look at that hair! :)














Teegan at 5 Weeks. To me, he looks so much like my brother Cameron in this picture.

One Month Old

Today Teegan is one month old. I can't believe it. Time is flying by! He is such a joy and we just love him. We had a mini photo shoot trying to get a good picture for the baby announcements. Here are a few good shots!





Coleman wanted to be apart of the fun, so we let him join in. He behaved really well at first.


But then . . .


Brothers . . . what's a mom to do?

(*Note: no one was harmed in the taking of this picture, it just looks like it!)

Play Time and Nap Time

The UP time . . .
Last week, I desperately wanted to start up our family bike rides again. We wanted to put the carseat in the bike trailer so Teegan would be safe and Coleman and Teegan just didn't fit together. Our solution was to buy a back seat for Phil's bike. I think Coleman likes riding there more anyway! Here is Dad & Coleman testing it out.


On Friday, we headed over to the Grand Forks County Fair. It was, to put it lightly, small! There was a mini petting zoo, lots of junk food, and way too expensive carnival rides. Mom and Coleman "gone fishin'".

On Saturday night, we met up with a bunch of our friends. It was supposed to be a bbq, but the weather wouldn't cooperate. We ended up at Happy Joe's (a pizza joint). Coleman and Elizabeth riding in the motor car!


The DOWN time . . .

Phil and Teegan crashed out on the couch!


On Monday, my friend Heather and her daughter Maggie, went down to Fargo with me and the boys to do some apartment hunting! On the way home, Coleman and Maggie had enough of the adventure and fell asleep for the ride home. Lucky for the moms! We were able to chat in peace and quiet! (For a little while, anyway).


Teegan and Coleman this morning on the floor. Aren't they cute?

Baby Announcements

So I have finally finished the baby announcements and sent them off. I thought they turned out really cute and was kind of proud of myself. Thanks to the gallery on splitcoast stampers for the idea!
I'm sorry to those who didn't get one. I realized way too late that we have a lot more family and friends than I had supplies! Please consider this your announcement!

I made several different paper designs.


Here is the front of the double pocket card.


The card with all the tags out.

Happy Birthday America!

Teegan's first 4th of July!


So I absolutely love this time of year! The 4th of July is one of my most favorite holidays. I love getting together with family and all smashing into the condo in Park City. I love the Boy Scout breakfast, the wild wacky parade, the afternoon bbq, and of course the big firework show at night. This year, however, was very different. Phil and I attempted at keeping some of the traditions alive. We went to Village Inn for breakfast, then we headed out and bought way too many fireworks. (North Dakota doesn't have such things as illegal fireworks). Afterwards we went downtown where we saw a mini children's parade and a small car show. We then headed down to the Bronson's farm (a family in our ward) and had a blast hanging out with friends and eating good food! We ended the day climbing the berm and watching an excellent fireworks show put on by the city of Grand Forks!

We had so much fun on the 4th that we decided to keep it going. On Saturday, we had some friends over, and Phil used them as lab rats to try out some new dutch oven recipes. The ribs weren't my favorite, but the cake turned out awesome. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us over the weekend! We had so much fun!

Phil with all his fireworks. At the store, he was like a kid in a candy shop!


Phil and Coleman with our friends, watching the children's parade.


Coleman and Maggie playing on the swingset at the Bronson's.


Coleman and I watching the fireworks and eating popcorn!


Phil with his dutch ovens on Saturday!

What do Grad students do on the weekend?

The other night we had our friends, the Bartlett's, over for fun. Justin brought his new Wii game, "Guitar Hero". While we were playing, he said the funniest thing, "look at us, some geeky grad students rockin' out to guitar hero." It hit me at that moment that maybe even as adult graduate students we can still have some fun. So here is an "Ode to Fun!"

















Megan's first time playing, a little apprehensive!















Megan M. Roylance, mother of 2, avid Pat Benatar fan. ROCK ON!!!!

Thank You Grammy!

Well, my mom came and helped out for a week while Phil and I adjusted to life with a new baby. Coleman and Grammy became good buds. I don't know what we would have done without her. She was so helpful. I loved having that extra set of hands. I thought when she left I would be able to fly solo, but Teegan had other intentions. That first night after Grammy left, Teegan decided to stay up almost all night long. I couldn't ask for help from Phil because he had his clinicals the next day. Needless to say, when Phil left the house at 5:30 am, his wife had tears streaking down her face. All of my older sisters have two kids, and I don't know how they did it, and kept their sanity! I guess I just need to take my mom's advice and just live life one day at a time!

Teegan in his fisherman's hat!


Teegan has a few faces that he pulls that we have started to name. There is "the Elvis", "the scowl", and "the pout". This is obviously "the pout". I'll try to get pictures of the others.


A couple nights ago, they had a kid fair/carnival and Coleman definitely needed some outside time, so we went! Coleman didn't really care much for the kid crafts that we made together, but he absolutely loved the spray park!


So I made this Apron for my mom for her Birthday (which was like two weeks ago), but it arrived at her house the day she flew out to Grand Forks to help with Teegan. So she didn't get to open her present until just a couple days ago, so now I can finally post this picture. I told Ashley I would put this up on the blog, so here you go!