Trip to Colorado

After our trip to the Poconos, we made our way to Denver to visit Ricky's family. It was an excellent visit with lots of fun pictures and memories. Topping that list was the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The zoo was interactive and the animals were sooo close. Here are a couple pictures from the zoo.

I know, I know. I took it a little far. But, how often do you get to kiss a giraffe. Plus, a giraffe is one of my favorites animal.








Ryder rode a horse all by himself, well...not with mommy or daddy holding him. He did great!


Next we spent the night at the beautiful Broadmore Resort and the next day swimming in the resort pool. It was a great visit to Colorado Springs.

Then we headed further up the mountains to Ricky's grandparent's log cabin. Ryder loved the railroad. He also went hiking and fishing and did all those fun cabin things.

This is Ryder before he left for fishing...how cute.





I love this picture, 4 generations of Rahne men! All happy and handsome.

The Big Drop

I wasn't sure if I was going to share this video, but we have had some requests for it, so here it is. This is my 26 month old on a drop ride. This one is more like the tower of terror, it goes up and down and you never know when it is going to fall again. You had to be 44" to ride alone, but there were NO restrictions on riding with an adult, so Ryder was allowed on everything in the park (or maybe you had to be 36" which we hit months ago). Pretty sweet.

Sesame Place

We recently got back from a two week vacation to the Pocono Mountains and Denver. Unfortunately our camera died after the first week, but we still have pictures. We had a few standout events, and this one day earned its own post..Sesame Place. Ryder loved this park outside of Philly. It is a great water park for 2-4 year olds and especially those that love ELMO!!

Highlights of the day... meeting all the characters Riding all the rides. Ryder did great with all the rides, even better than his dad. At one point I heard the guy next to me say this..."look at that dad. His kid is having a great time, but the dad is turning green". He was talking about Ricky and Ryder. It was hysterical. The parade was probably the best part. We lucked right into front row seats. I wish we had better video of the parade, Ryder danced his little heart out the whole time. it was adorable.

Beach Bums

Ryder and I took a trip with some friends and their kids. It was a wonderful time had by all. We had three women and six kids under the age of 5. The house was AMAZING! It was beachfront with its own pool. Large and beautiful and surrounded by palm trees. Life is good.

Special thanks to our hostess and all the kids that were excellent for both the trip down and back and the week of fun...you guys are great!


Ghost Crabbing

Our Ghost Crabs

All Boy

Not sure when it happened but Ryder became a true boy. He rams his toys together, loves the dirt, and plays every kind of ball. Here are a couple recent fun pictures.

Just a little dirty

Hangin Out


Playing soccer with Papa


Wish I had a picture of the bugs he has been picking up and showing to me. We had Cicadas here and they were his definite favorite for a while. They were disgusting!

Missing Post - Memorial Day

OK, I owe my parents a post from our visit there...but my pictures are missing. More on our memorial day visit to the Burg later. IU need to catch up again, so I will come back to this.

Update...finally

Life has been happening in the Rahne household for the past 5 months...I just have been too darn busy too post. So, first our top 10 to play catch-up then back to regular life.

1) Back in December Ricky accepted a job as the new Quarterback Coach at Vanderbilt (SEC baby!). He left the next day and has been lovin Nashville ever since. Btw, Vanderbilt is black and gold...so I feel right at home here! (Shoot me an email if anyone is looking to add Vanderbilt gear to their wardrobe.)



2) In January, the Fab 4 (Kahla, Bump, Ryder and I) cleaned house and took off to live with my folks in Pittsburgh**. I just thought it would be easier to show our house without the baby and dogs. It was so sad saying good-bye to friends (for all of us, even Ryder)




3) The month in Pittsburgh was awesome. Especially for the little guy. He had the attention of 3 people at almost all times, he still misses his Granny and Pup-pup. It was great for me too. The weeks before I left Kansas were exhausting and having other adults there to help with Ryder and the dogs was great. They also babysat while I took a solo trip to visit Ricky in Nashville and house hunt!




4) Signing Day - Feb 2. Vanderbilt signed a kick-butt group of freshman after only a month of recruiting. This included some start QBs. We had a great night out on the town and enjoyed Nashville.

5) March 1- moving out...although we left Kansas in January, we only took some suit cases, where else would we put the stuff. So, March 1, Ryder and I took our last trip to Kansas (birthplace of Ryder Richard Rahne) and said a sad good bye as we packed all our things and moved out.


6) March 5 - the Fab 4 moved to Nashville!** We moved into a great place with fenced in backyard, excellent location and fantastic neighbors. We live in Greenhills. pictures of the house to come in a future post.

**It really should have been the Fab 5 since Granny did all of our traveling with us. I could not have done it without you...thank you Mum!




8) Ryder and I took a vacation to North Carolina to see my best friend in the world walk down the aisle. It helped that she was walking to one of my college buddies. it was a wonderful collision of high school and college for me. It was a beautiful wedding and "Lorraine looked gorgeous" quoting Ryder.




7) Made it back in time for a visit with Nini (Deb) and the Vanderbilt Spring Game. It was awesome because Ricky was the Offensive Coordinator of the black team (maybe it was the gold team...who knows.) Ricky team's did not win, but it was his first run at being a OC. Way to go baby!

9) Easter and Ryder's birthday were that next weekend. Yes folks...I have a 2 year old!! Unfortunately he was sick for his birthday and we canceled his party at the Monkey Treehouse, but we did have bunch of friends over for Easter, including my parents who were in town.




10) recruiting season begins...that lands us at present day. Ricky has been on the road for 4 weeks...one more week to go. We all miss him here. Hurry home!