It was one year ago today, December 16th, that our lives were forever blessed with the gift of our darling Siena Noelle.  I can’t believe how quickly one year has flown by.  It seems like just yesterday that I held our tiny girl for the first time and wondered if my heart could handle the [...]

The last couple of weeks have been quite the whirlwind, but exciting days too!
It’s been such a treat having Ryan home for the past 3 weekends!  We will be joining him officially in Kansas City this coming Friday (12/18) and are looking forward to having our family back together again!  Siena loves to play with [...]

I have not blogged in far too long…meaning this will be a longer post…and I’ve genuinely missed it.  Since Siena was born, I’ve tried to keep the blog current and keep you posted on the ongoings of our lives.  However, I also think of this blog as Siena’s baby book that not only includes the [...]

Time to play a little catch-up on the blog - and I have tons of photos for ya!  It’s been so busy around here that I’ve barely packed.  Yikes.  Gotta do that.
Siena turned 9 mos. on the 16th of September - and I’m just now writing about it!!  She weighed in at 18lbs, 8 oz [...]

Siena has been quite the world traveler these past few weeks!  When Siena and I came back from KC (and had to leave Daddy there…oh so hard…), we drove to Salt Lake City with my parents to visit with my grandparents (mom’s parents) who live there.  My grandpa used to pastor a Nazarene church in [...]

(<— MAJOR bedhead this morning!)
We’ve been having fun in Kansas City!  Siena has loved all the things you can do in a hotel - such freedom!  :o) Ryan is really enjoying his new job so far and keeps saying what a “cool” company they are!  Siena and I have driven around a lot and explored [...]

We are only 30 minutes from Kansas City now…almost there!  Siena finally conked out after yelling for the greater part of 2+ hours.  I told you in the last blog to tune in again later to see if the screaming had begun…it did.  :o)  We stopped for dinner at a frozen custard place called “Freddy’s” [...]

We are driving to Kansas City today.  When I asked Ryan how I should start our blog, this is what he came up with…
Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today in the sight of God, to join this state (Kansas) with this family (the Ropers)…
Ahem.  Well then…I think I’ll proceed to write on my own [...]

I just got Siena up from her afternoon nap and her hair was so crazy I just had to take her picture!  HA!  I promise I didn’t touch it - this was styled all on her own!  She seems pretty pleased with it!

There’s a new addition to our landscaping at our house now…a “For Sale” sign.  I never would have thought two months ago that we would be on this wild journey of not having a job, then having a job that is less than ideal, then having a great job offer, but having to move to [...]