Crapaw's request...more Rylee!

I made Rylee's Christmas dress
A look at the back

Rylee loved all the lights at Christmas

Mallory Stott is only 4 days older than Rylee and her first friend

Rylee loves to dig in the trash! This time she struck gold...well, ribs. She gummed that bone for hours and now we have to put our trash up high!

A happy girl with carrot sticker on her forehead

I love this face!

Open wide!

The kids say good-bye to Daddy's red truck

3 Years Later...Time for Scott to get a New Truck.

The Lease was up on Scott's 1999 Ford Ranger,So why mess with a good thing...

2002 Ford Ranger Edge

4-Door Supercab
4.0L V6 SOHC Engine
"On-the-Fly" 4WD
5-Speed Auto Transmission
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes
Dual Airbags
AM/FM/CD Stereo System
Air Conditioning
Twin jump-seats in the back for Mitch and Chase!
And Yes, it's bright YELLOW!!!
...much to Pam's chagrin!

Pam performs magic with her violin.

Pam must be doing something right with her practicing...

Rylee loved the music so much....
...it soothed her right to sleep. :)

February 2002

A major victory!!!

Rylee Finally Takes a Bottle!!!

After putting up quite a fight for 4 months, Rylee succumbed to thirst and figured a bottle wasn't that bad.

It's been a struggle with Rylee as my milk dried up when she was 5 months old. She is a teeny, tiny thing and we worried she wasn't getting enough nourishment. FINALLY, we can feed her and plump her right up!!

January 2002

Happy 2002 from So. Cal.

My brother-in-law, David Young, gets squished at the bottom of this huge pile. You can see Chase's head, but you only see Mitch's blue shirt and dirty socks in the middle.

(From top to bottom: Aunt Dianne, Chase, Clarissa, Mitch,Brayton, Whitney, Wesley and Uncle Dave)
Grandpa Felshaw looks on as Rylee starts to climb the end table.

Chase and Collin play in Aunt Dianne's truck.

Chase's nickname is Cheeseball, but here it's hard to tell who's who.

Mitch tries his hand at roller-hockey with his cousins.

After about 4 seconds with rollerblades on, he decides his tennis shoes will do just fine!

Chase also got into the hockey routine, but he didn't quite make it as far...(notice Brayton's huge skate-shoes he's wearing)

Not sure what I am laughing at here, but I'm sure it really funny!

Felshaw Family Pictures - 2001

The Originals... (minus one mother)...then we added a few...
...and a few more...

We are a Happy Family!

p.s. Story on Clarissa's broken leg. We had sold our trampoline to Danene and her family. The very day we put it up in their backyard the kids were having a ton of fun when Clare got bounced up a little too high and landed wrong on her leg. She didn't fall off...but landed on the trampoline and broke her leg. Then we tortured her more by taking family pictures the next day. What a trooper!!

Gma & Gpa visit OR - Christmas Time 2001

We were so grateful we got a visit from Gramma and Grampa J, even if it was for only 48 hours!

The Jorgensens

Christmas 2001
A better view of the house.
Grandpa stands on the porch after putting the finishing touches on the house.

Grandma & Grandpa on our front porch. Mom made the garlandon the railing to the left out of branches cut from our Christmas tree.(If you look closely, you can see the rain--that Dad complained about the whole time!)

Grandpa and Mitchell finally complete "the tower".Notice the cow in the loft!

"Grandma and Rylee, sittin' by the tree..."

Mitch and Chase put together pieces of Grandma's old tree and decorate.

Mitch shows Grandma his official US coin set from 1995, the year he was born. As you can tell, Rylee is ecstatic!!!

Grandpa and Mitch work on Lincoln logs while Grandma and Rylee look on.

She isn't even crawling yet! :(

Rylee is in charge of the knives!

Rylee helps "unload" the dishwasher.
Rylee just loves Grandma Jeannie's Santa Kneeling at the Manger

My sister Dianne painted it

Rylee holds on to the built-in "handles" in Grandpa's favorite position.

Rylee's new hat

Isn't she the cutest reindeer you've ever seen??

Christmas, 2001