Summertime Travels...

I profusely apologize for the absence of "Benson Updates" as of late... please do forgive :). HOWEVER, I will greatly make up for it in the following post which encompass all of our last three weeks which have been very busy and FULL of firsts and lots of fun!!

Here we go...

We made our annual July Fourth voyage to the great Maggie Valley in North Carolina.
Below, you can see my favorite pics. CLICK HERE to view them all :)

I was worried about Benson being afraid of the fireworks. He um... wasn't.


Hannah was hilarious the whole time. She's such a girl. She loves shoes and playing dress up... I do hope the Lord blesses me with a little one of these one day. I just love her to pieces! And lets face it, you can't put a bow in Benson's hair! :)


Bathing suit over the PJ's with the bunny slippers.... priceless!

Poking her little tushy out...

Three monkeys...

Hannah was showing Will how to work his new toy...

She knows where her belly button is...

Blue eyed cutie Will...

Grandmama and the girls...

Bubble time!



Fireman Ryan

Mrs. Lula put together a "baby shower" for Susie while we were in the mountains. What a great idea! I have the most thoughtful mother-in-law in the world!!!

Hannah helping open presents...

Does this look like fun, or what?!




We had a snake in the little pond. Mrs. Lula took action. It was quite funny watching the commotion. They got it. It was gross.

They LOVED playing DOG all week with the dog leashes. Hannah's favorite time was when they actually attached a leash to a REAL dog and let her walk it around. Poor dogs...


Juice break...

There were three in the chair and the little one said... Move over!

We went on a "picnic" to Lake Joccassee. Well, we ended up only taking drinks, but it was fun nonetheless!

Hannah looks like a rapper.

On our walk... Pretty good for a self timer pic, huh?!

We looked a little cult-ish walking around in our all white and khaki...

Family pic at the lake...

Please mama, can I have some?

Cheerios rock my world...

Thomas, Susie, Hannah and Addie Grace

Christa, Will and Jason

Running through the sprinkler. They were all afraid of it. Maybe next year...

Silly girl...

Independent little thing...


The Ryan Five (plus parents)