The Oskvig Family

First Day of School

2009-10-12T08:30:00.000-07:00

This year Kaylee is in first grade and Dylan started preschool. Both of them are really liking school so far. Kaylee loves seeing her friends, playing at recess, and showing me all her papers when she gets home. Dylan is making new friends and likes play time and story time the best! When I ask him how school went, he doesn't have a lot to say, but he is liking it a lot.

Waiting for the bus. Even though Dylan wasn't starting school yet, he was excited to wait for the big yellow bus to come down our road!

Kaylee's first day of 1st grade.

Dylan's first day of preschool.

While the new elementary is being built, the preschool is being held at one of the local churches in town. Here is Dylan outside his school.

What could be more fun than playing in the laundry baskets?

Ryan and Grant inside one of the race cars that

Nitefly Designs wrapped this summer.

Kaylee, Dylan, and Brayden with Grant after the races in Mason City.

Ryan just hanging out at home.

Family Pictures

2009-09-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've posted some pictures, so here are a few family pictures from the last couple of months. On Kaylee's birthday we went to Mason City and took pictures of the kids in the park. In August, we took a family picture with my parents and my sister and her family. Ryan also had his six month pictures taken in August, so I've posted some of those as well.

I also have many more pictures to share from both Kaylee's and Dylan's first days of school, and just random shots that I will post as soon as I can.

Dylan (3 yrs.), Ryan (6 months), and Kaylee (6 yrs.)

Ryan - 6 months old

The Keanes, Moores, and Oskvigs

Kaylee's 6th Birthday

2009-08-06T20:22:00.000-07:00

This year instead of having a family birthday party, Kaylee had a party with her friends. Six girls came over to our house for the afternoon. They played in the pool, had races on the slip 'n slide, smashed the pinata and got lots of candy, and ate cake and ice cream. It was so much fun watching all of them playing together!

On the day of Kaylee's birthday we went miniature golfing and played in a park with a huge wooden playground. The kids had a blast! Later that evening we went to another park and had pizza with the grandparents. We had a great time celebrating Kaylee's birthday!

Kaylee's birthday crown.

Races on the slip 'n slide.

The girls being goofy!

This year Kaylee wanted a cake made out of cupcakes. She was really excited when she saw it!

The girls (and Dylan) at the party.

Kaylee was super excited about this new game for the Wii!!!

When Kaylee was really little she didn't like to have her picture taken at the studio, so we started taking them ourselves. And since her birthday is during the summer it's the perfect chance to get some outdoor shots. This is just one of the many pictures we took that day for her six year pictures!

This was the first time Kaylee had been miniature golfing and she said it was one of her favorite parts of the day!

Instead of cake Kaylee wanted dilly bars from Dairy Queen. So we put a candle in it, sang happy birthday to her, and then she still got to blow out a candle on her birthday!

Alison & Josh's Wedding

2009-07-23T07:02:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, Grant's cousin Alison got married in Des Moines. All of the little Oskvig cousins were bell ringers for the wedding. So there were 13 cousins ages 3 months to 9 years in the wedding. Each of the kids walked down the aisle ringing their own bell while some of the older kids carried the younger ones. They all did a great job and looked so cute too! We had such a fun weekend at the wedding and reception and just getting to spend some time with our family!

Our Family

Dylan & Grant

Kaylee & Michelle

(Funny story about the dresses. I've looked back at pictures from when I was little and said that I would never wear matching outfits with my kids like my mom used to do with us. But for the wedding we had already bought Kaylee's dress and then went shopping to find something for me. Kaylee saw this dress right when we walked into the store and said, "Try that one on Mommy and then we can match!" She was so excited, so I tried it on and since I liked the dress I went ahead and bought it. Before the wedding she told quite a few people that her and Mommy had matching dresses!)

Ryan, Grant, and Dylan

Dylan, Kaylee, and Ryan

The Bell Ringers

Front: Savanna, Livia, Kaylee holding Ella, and Eva holding Ryan

Back: Dylan, Owen holding Kendall, Emmett, Nora, Colin, and Brent

The Oskvig and Werner cousins

Grant's sister's kids and our kids: Colin ( 5 1/2 yrs.), Brent (3 1/2 yrs.), Ryan (5 months), Kendall (almost 1 yr.), Kaylee (almost 6 yrs.), and Dylan (3 yrs.)

Alison and Josh leaving the church.

Cutting the cake.

Dylan out on the dance floor. When we asked him what his favorite part of the weekend was he said dancing!

Ryan had fun at the reception too!

Lori, Ryan, and Michelle

4th of July

2009-07-05T19:56:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time celebrating the 4th of July in Williams. Kaylee was on the Little Princess float (and later the t-ball float too!), Dylan got to ride in a race car, Grant walked through the parade throwing candy, and Ryan and I got to watch everyone. After the parade we went to the park for all of the activities. The kids both ran in the races, rode the train, did frisbee art, visited the duck pond and got way too many prizes, went to the ring toss and won some pop, and they also did the cake walk. That night we came back to the park for the little princess program that Kaylee was in. They interviewed each one of the girls and then a band played after that. Then we finished off the night with some great fireworks in town. It was a great day and all of us had a lot of fun!!!

Dylan was so excited to be in this car. Before the parade he was being a little impatient and wanting things to start. He kept yelling, "Go, Daddy, go!!!"

Kaylee practicing her princess wave.

Kaylee and Dylan each got to run in the races in the park.

Our nephew Brent (far left in the red shirt) also ran at the same time Dylan did. You can see him along with a few other relatives in the picture.

Having fun on the train.

Ryan enjoying a ride in the stroller through the park. He had fun at his first 4th of July celebration!

Dylan eating a snow cone.

Riding the train again. I don't know how many times Dylan rode this throughout the day!

Kaylee and Grandma Gina before the Little Princess program.

Being interviewed during the program.

One of my favorite pictures of Kaylee with her friends Adalie and Aspen.

The Little Princesses

Ryan slept through all of the fireworks!!! You would have thought it would have been too loud for him, but then again he's been around Dylan enough that he's used to a lot of noise!

Doing sparklers after the fireworks.

Going to the Zoo, Camping Trip, and other June pictures

2009-06-25T11:45:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've posted any pictures, so we have a TON to share!!! We've really been enjoying the summer so far. We went to the zoo with Megan and Luke one day, went camping with my family over Father's Day weekend, we've been going to Kaylee's t-ball games twice a week, and she has also been taking swimming lessons the past two weeks. Plus there are just a lot of other pictures that we wanted to share as well.

Dylan, Luke, and Kaylee outside of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines.

Dylan and Kaylee rode a camel while we were at the zoo and thought it was a lot of fun.

Riding the train at the zoo.

The kids playing in the tent that Dylan got for his birthday from Megan, Andrew, and Luke.

4 months old

Aunt Paula got Ryan this shirt. We always get lots of comments on it when we're out.

Just playing outside.

Trying cereal for the first time. By his face you'd think that he really didn't like it, but he kept opening his mouth for more!!!

Kaylee at one of her t-ball games.

Kaylee and Dylan at the campgrounds in Clarion.

The kids and Grant in the camper. Wanted to get a picture of all of them together on Father's Day.

Recently, Ryan has become really fascinated with his tongue. Every time he smiles he sticks his tongue out too!

Pictures of our happy baby!

Kaylee's First T-ball Game

2009-06-03T19:57:00.000-07:00

Kaylee had her first t-ball game this week. The kids don't have any practices, so we knew it would be interesting to see how everyone did. Some of the kids when they were told to play one of the bases actually went and stood on that base. One girl ran with the bat all the way to first base, and once when it was Kaylee's turn to go out to the field she forgot her glove, so we got a chuckle out of watching everyone! Kaylee got to play shortstop and I think there was only one ball hit to her while she was there. She also hit the ball every time she was up to bat. She had so much fun playing and is looking forward to their next game!

Waiting for the ball. Can you see the excitement on her face?!?

The coach giving her directions on what to do next.

Up to bat. She looks excited now!

Running to first.

Kaylee's Field Trip

2009-05-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

Last week I went on a field trip with Kaylee and her kindergarten class to the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. We spent a couple of hours there walking around and seeing all the animals. Then we took our lunches just outside the zoo entrance near the playground area, and there we all ate our sack lunches together. On the way back to school we stopped in Story City to learn about the carousel and the kids got to have two rides on it. After that they played in the park and had a snack before heading back to school. It was a fun day and I was glad I got to go too!

Kaylee's kindergarten class at the park.

Playing at the park.

Kaylee and her friend Faith at the zoo.

Faith and Kaylee looking at the fish.

Jennifer, Mrs. Oakland, and Kaylee at the carousel.

Time for Pictures

2009-05-15T08:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we took the boys to Waterloo to get their pictures taken. Dylan for his 3 year pictures, and Ryan's 3 month pictures. They also took some pictures of the boys together, which turned out really well. We were really happy with the photos we got, the hardest part is narrowing it down and trying to figure out which ones to buy!!! We ended up with these first three poses of Ryan, two different ones of them together, and four poses of Dylan. The pictures after that are just some of the other shots they took. They were really fast and both of the boys cooperated too!

Happy 3rd Birthday Dylan!!!

2009-05-13T19:27:00.000-07:00

Today was Dylan's 3rd birthday. As soon as he got up this morning he was ready to open presents. His favorite gift from us was a big wheel! Grant decorated it with stickers from the vinyl shop. The big wheel has Dylan's name on it, some checkered flags, and will soon have sticker of Lightning McQueen and Mater on it too. Since it rained most of the day we weren't able to take it outside and try it out, but Dylan did ride it around the house a little. We also made cupcakes and Dylan and Kaylee decorated them. Because it rained Grant was able to be home tonight and not have to go to the field, so we all got to spend the evening together. It was a nice day for all of us!!!

Dylan opening his big wheel.

Trying it out.

Making cupcakes.

One of my favorite pictures. Dylan is decorating the cupcakes and licking the frosting off of his fingers! Mmm good!!!

Blowing out his candle.

Happy Birthday Dylan!!!

Dylan's Birthday Party

2009-05-11T10:47:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we celebrated Dylan's third birthday. We had the party at my parents shop and decorated it with Lightning McQueen and some of the other cars from the movie. Grant even made a birthday banner at the vinyl shop that had Dylan's picture on it along with Lightning McQueen. Dylan was so excited when he saw it!!!

Dylan's birthday is on Wednesday the 13th, so I'll be posting more pictures after he opens his presents from us. We think he will be excited about it, but we'll have to wait and see!

Dylan loves to sing, so here he is entertaining everyone. Can't tell he likes to be the center of attention can you?!?

Dylan with his birthday cake.

Opening presents.

Dylan & Kaylee at the party.

Our little man is now three months old!!!

Playing in the sandbox.

We made some Mother's day cards and took pictures of the kids wearing their Iowa State shirts.

Our family on Mother's day.

Concerts, Tractor Rides, Birthdays, and More!!!

2009-04-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

Lots of things going on this past week!!! Kaylee had her spring concert at school last night and she even had a speaking part. She told the name of the song they were singing and what it was about. She did a great job getting up in front of everyone!! It was fun watching her and her classmates having so much fun singing and doing the actions to the songs.

Dylan started wearing big boy underwear this week!!!! He still wears a pull-up when sleeping, but when he's awake he's in underwear. He's also discovered the great outdoors is a great bathroom too! We're so excited that he seems to be getting the hang of it and has been doing so well. Sticker charts seem to be working pretty well and once his chart is full, the big prize is a trip to Des Moines to see Sesame Street! That's incentive enough for Dylan.

Ryan got to go on his first tractor ride and slept through most of it!!! Dylan kept trying to "drive" the tractor and had a hard time understanding why Daddy wasn't touching the steering wheel (he's using another farmer's tractor that has auto steer!). Kaylee hasn't gotten to go for a ride yet since she's been either at school, church, or tumbling when Grant has been in the field. But she did get to go sit in the tractor with Daddy and Dylan and she liked that.

Grant's birthday was Wednesday and the kids helped make and decorate a cake for him. They had fun decorating the cake and singing "Happy Birthday". Dylan's birthday is just a couple of weeks away so he was having fun blowing out the candles and pretending it was his birthday.

And the news with Ryan this week is that he slept through the night for the first time Wednesday night!!! He went to sleep at 11:00pm and slept until 5:30 the next morning! We were both shocked when we woke up and realized what time it was!!! Most likely he's not ready to keep doing this, considering he usually gets up at least once if not twice a night, but it sure was nice to get some extra sleep!

Kaylee's kindergarten class.

Getting ready for her speaking part at the concert.

The kids spending some time in the tractor with their dad.

Fast asleep during his first ride with Daddy in the tractor.

Grant with the kids on his birthday!

Dylan loved helping Daddy open his presents.

We might have another thumb sucker at our house. Ryan has been sucking on his hands a lot lately and keeps trying to get his fingers in his mouth. We've been trying to get Dylan to break the habit and to just do it at nap time or bed time, but as you can tell that doesn't always work!

Ryan seems to like his crib.

After making Grant's cake, Dylan liked licking the batter. He's also wearing the ears to Kaylee's cat costume. For some reason that seems to be one of his favorite things to dress up! Might have something to do with us going to the play Alice in Wonderland. Ever since then he's been saying they're bunny ears.

All smiles wearing his ISU outfit from Grandma Gina and Pa Dennis.

Taking a nap in our room. He looks pretty comfy!

Ryan hanging out during some tummy time!

Growing and Changing

2009-04-20T13:15:00.000-07:00

Recently, Kaylee decided she wanted to get her hair cut. She's told us that before, but then changed her mind once we got to the salon. This time she was ready for a change and did get it cut, so I wanted to post some new pictures.

Ryan is getting bigger and changing all the time. He recently had his two month check up and weighed 13 lbs. 6 oz. and was 23 1/2 inches long. So he is in the 80th percentile for weight, and 75th percentile for height. He's still a happy baby and has a huge smile!

Dylan is now paying more attention to Ryan and talking to him more often, probably because Ryan is now awake for longer periods of time. He likes to hold Ryan, but it usually only lasts for a minute or less, and then he wants to do something different. I've put a few pictures of the boys together on here too.

Kaylee's hair before getting it cut.

Kaylee's new hair cut.

Ryan - 10 weeks old (4/17/09)

Brayden, Kaylee, Dylan, and Ryan at Grammie and Pa's house.

Dylan and Ryan hanging out together.

This is one of Kaylee's favorite shirts that she got shortly after Ryan was born.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend the kids got to go on three Easter egg hunts, dye some Easter eggs, and spend lots of time with their cousins. The kids really enjoyed looking for eggs, and Dylan was all about the chocolate! After the hunts were over, he'd sit down and immediately pull something out of his basket, and then shove it in his mouth before someone would tell him he couldn't have it. Kaylee had so much fun looking for eggs that when the Easter egg hunt was over she wanted to hide more eggs for Dylan and Brayden to find. It was a fun weekend for all of us!

Our Family

Ryan's First Easter

Dylan (almost 3 yrs.), Ryan (2 months), Kaylee (5 1/2 yrs.), and

Brayden (2 1/2 yrs.)

Celebrating Easter at my Mom and Dad's house.

Back: Lori, Travis, Grant, Michelle, and Ryan

Front: Brayden, Bob, Kaylee, Elaine, and Dylan

Ryan - 9 weeks old

Dylan looks for eggs at the Easter egg hunt in the Williams park.

Kaylee looking for eggs.

Kaylee and Dylan after the Easter egg hunt in Williams. Notice the chocolate bunny in Dylan's hand!

Kaylee with her basket full of eggs!

One of our Easter egg hunts was at Grant's Grandma Oskvig's house. Here is a picture of all the kids that got to look for eggs. Kendall and Ryan were too little this year, but next year they will be able to join all the fun! (Brent, Kaylee, Savanna, Livia, Colin, and Dylan)

What a Busy Week!!!

2009-04-07T07:43:00.001-07:00

What a busy week we've had!!! We've had lots of things going on and have TONS of pictures to share. I was going to make a separate post for each of the kids, but then decided it was easier for me to just put all of the pictures on together (even though there are SO many!!!). So here are the pictures we have to share and I will put a description under each picture, or group of pictures, telling what was going on.

Daddy and Mommy got to go to school with Kaylee on Friday for Donuts for Dads and Muffins for Moms. When we got there, Kaylee showed us some of the stuff they've been working on at school. She had a writing journal with the stories she had written throughout the year and then one booklet for mom and one for dad. In those booklets she told what our favorite colors are, our favorite foods, etc. My favorite part was where they had to tell how tall we are and how much we weigh. She thought Mommy only weighed 14 pounds and was 55 inches tall!!! That made me smile. I heard one other mom say her son thought she weighed 5 pounds, so it was pretty cute. The kids also sang songs for us, one about how their moms are the best, and another about their dads being the best. The funniest one was about a soup that dad makes and it uses all of these animal parts in it and you could tell the kids had a lot of fun singing it because there were lots of smiles and giggles!

Some of the kids in Kaylee's class: Kyle, Leigha, Faith, Lexi, Kaylee, Cassie, Ethan, Tasha, and Haley.

Wearing her cheerleading outfit.

Our baby is now 2 months old! He is smiling all the time and we love it!!! He's got such cute dimples and he always makes us smile. Lately, we've been working on getting him to go to sleep on his own and he's getting a lot better. We've been putting him in his crib while he's still awake and giving him his pacifier, and that seems to be working pretty well. Some times when he loses his pacifier, we've seen him trying to get his fingers or his whole fist in his mouth so he can suck on that. I have a feeling we could have another thumb sucker!!!

Taking a nap on the couch.

Ryan is starting to wear off some of the hair on the back of his head.

Here Ryan is taking his first bath in the big tub. Kaylee and Dylan were already in the tub for their bath and since Ryan needed one too, we decided to put him in there with the other two. We told Kaylee and Dylan that they needed to calm down a little so they wouldn't scare Ryan, but Ryan doesn't look like he's so sure about taking a bath with them!

Playing dress up again! This time Dylan was the doctor, but Kaylee thought he should still put on a couple of necklaces too. His favorite thing to wear is this pink hat, he absolutely loves running around with it on. He also has a fireman's helmet on over top of the pink hat. He said he was a firefighter!

And here are a few pictures of the boys in some of their Iowa State stuff. The hat we got from our doctor at the hospital when Dylan was born, so we thought we should take a picture of Ryan wearing it too before he outgrows it.

Our handsome boys! I was telling Dylan the other day that I have two handsome boys, him and Ryan. He told me that Daddy was a handsome boy too, and I told him that he was absolutely right!

Easter Outfits

2009-04-01T06:56:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend we took some pictures of the kids together wearing their Easter outfits. I wanted to get some cards made for our families to send out to them for Easter and this is one of the pictures we took of all three of them together. They actually did pretty good and it didn't take that long to get a nice picture of all of them!

Ryan was 7 weeks old on Friday and the picture above shows him with one of his huge smiles. We love his big grins because then we get to see his adorable dimples!!! Below is a picture of him during some tummy time. He actually kind of likes being on his tummy (something Kaylee and Dylan both hated!!!). He's getting really strong and can lift his head completely off the ground and hold it there for short periods of time. He also likes lying on his tummy because then he can find his hands easier and he likes to suck on them.

Kaylee has been reading to her brothers a lot lately. We had conferences at school last week and her kindergarten teacher told us that she's doing really well in reading! We're glad she enjoys reading so much and her brothers like having their big sister read to them.

We have been trying to encourage Dylan to use the potty, and for a short time we were having some success. For about a week and a half, he was using the potty at least once a day (sometimes more). We even bought him some big boy underwear, but lately he's decided he's not interested in using the potty. So, we still ask if he wants to use it, but if not, no big deal. It will happen in time. (Although, I have to say it will be nice when we just have ONE in diapers!!!) He recently got some new rain boots and he's been wearing them around the house constantly! We thought this was kind of a funny picture of him in just his underwear and his Lightning McQueen boots!

Playing Dress Up

2009-03-23T06:52:00.000-07:00

Kaylee got her dress up clothes out over the weekend and her and Dylan decided to play dress up. I don't know if Dylan got to pick out what he wore or if Kaylee just dressed him, but this is what they had on when they came out of their room. I'm sure Dylan will love these pictures when he gets older!!!

Dylan the cheerleader!

Kaylee dressed up as a doctor.

Ryan is now 6 weeks old! Seems like the time has just flown by. He has been smiling so much lately and is sleeping better at night too. This weekend he had has first sleepover at Grammie & Pa's house, which meant that we got to go out for the first time since he was born. We went out with some friends from high school and had a great time!!! Ryan had a fun night too!

Smiling Kids

2009-03-16T15:22:00.000-07:00

Kaylee has been such a great helper with Ryan. She loves to hold him and when he has a bottle she likes to be the one to feed him. Whenever we go somewhere she always gets him covered up in his car seat while I'm unbuckling Dylan and by the time I get over to Ryan's side to get him out, she has him all ready to go! She has definitely made things easier for us!!!

This past week Ryan has been giving us a few smiles here and there, but today he really started showering us with his smiles! We tried to grab the camera quick to capture some of those big grins, and here are a couple of the shots we got. We love his dimples too!

This past weekend we were also able to get outside and enjoy this beautiful weather! The kids had so much fun just being outside and getting to play with some toys they hadn't played with for awhile. They both played in the sandbox and sand kind of got flung everywhere and some how Dylan ended up with it in his mouth. At first he was mad and didn't like it, but once he found out that we thought it was funny, he started laughing too.

Family Time

2009-03-09T11:01:00.000-07:00

March 2, 2009 - Kaylee still loves holding Ryan, and whenever she has him Dylan wants to be right there beside them too.

March 6, 2009 - Ryan is one month old today! Hard to believe, it seems like we just brought him home from the hospital!!! He's starting to like his pacifier now too. He mostly just uses it when he's in his car seat or swing, but it sure seems to calm him down.

Grant's Uncle Dale won this big Snoopy dog at Adventureland and gave it to us when Kaylee was a baby. For each kid we've used it to take pictures of them as a baby and at least monthly after that to show how much they've grown. Dylan wanted to get in this picture with Ryan too.

Ryan and Snoopy at one month old.

Grant's sister and her kids were home for the weekend and we got a picture of Ryan and Kendall together. After each one of the kids were born we got a picture of them with their cousin that was closest in age to them. (Ryan is one month old and Kendall is 7 months old)

Grant's cousin Alison came home this weekend too. She lives in Hobbs, New Mexico, and was home for a bridal shower that her sister had planned for her. While she was home we got to all hang out together at Grandma Oskvig's house. Since she lives so far away this was obviously the first time she had seen Ryan, so we wanted to get a picture of the two of them together.

Ryan's baptism

2009-03-03T06:42:00.000-08:00

On February 22nd, Ryan was baptized. Since he was only 2 weeks old, we had a hard time finding an outfit to fit him. After looking we decided to see if my Great-Aunt Alice would be willing to make one for him. She said she would be happy to do it and she did a wonderful job!!! It was a one piece outfit and had a little vest attached to it. It turned out very cute!

Both Aunt Paula and Aunt Lori stood up as his godmothers.

While Paula was home for the weekend we got a picture of the cousins at Grandma Oskvig's house. This was the first time we had gotten a picture of all six of the Oskvig/Werner cousins. All of the kids are under the age of 6, so you can imagine the fun they have when they all get together! Dylan (2 1/2 yrs.), Kaylee (5 1/2 yrs.), Ryan (2 weeks), Colin (5 yrs.), Brent (3 yrs.), and Kendall (7 months).

This is one of Grant's favorite parts about having a newborn, the excuse to get to lay down and take a nap with Ryan!

Lately Dylan and Kaylee have been fighting over who gets to hold Ryan. Whenever one of them asks to hold him the other one gets mad because they wanted to. But at least they like their new little brother!!! Kaylee said to me the other day, "Which brother do you think I like the best?" I told her that she liked both of them, but she said, "I like one of them better, guess which one." Turns out she likes Ryan better because she can hold him and he doesn't get into her stuff!

Ryan Daniel Oskvig - 3 weeks old

2009-03-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

A friend suggested that I try blogging as a way to share pictures and update our family and friends about the Oskvig family. So here is my first attempt at posting some pictures!

On Friday, Ryan was 3 weeks old. We've always liked black and white pictures and when Dylan was a baby we had a few taken of him at the studio. Looking at those pictures we decided to try it ourselves and these are the pictures we got of Ryan. We thought they turned out pretty well!