Christmas 2009

Beware: this post contains LOTS of pictures.

So, Christmas was good! It was all about the kids, Ty and I got each other some small stuff, but our personal focus is on getting our house done!! We woke up late and the kids had a blast opening gifts...then we ate breakfast at like noon. (We munched on these yummy donut/mini-muffins that I made - soooo good)!!! We were so busy assembling and playing that we were pretty late to Ty's mom's house for dinner. All in all we had a wonderful Christmas!

My cuties in PJS on Christmas Eve

Once I was FINALLY done with all of the work!!

Between the kitchen and her stocking candy....she was good. Why did we get her more stuff???

He was pretty stoked about his telescope...he loves space!

Cute apron Andrea made for her!

Mouth and hands full of chocolate...she is CRAZY!!

Digging for more chocolate!

Happy Boy!

We finally convinced her to open some presents!

I gave in this year and began the Bakugon collection

Bumble Bee the protector!

Back to cooking

More assembly for TY!!

Halloween

So we had lots and lots of fun this past Halloween.

Tyson's cousins in Logan threw a super fun party and the kids loved it!!! Riley was in his school parade, had a super fun party at school thrown by me and the other two room moms. Then, we went to trunk or treat and did some regular trick or treating too! Way too much candy!!

Riley loved the donuts!! He had to cheat to get it tough!
I tried to help, we just ended up laughing

Little witchy poo!

Big witch, little witch

Bobbing for apples

Obe-wan and his apprentice Anakin

Riley wanted to switch it up and do the Vader thing for trunk or treat....little does he know that Anakin becomes Darth! We aren't telling him yet either!

Off to trunk or treat

In the parade

Summer (again)

I was looking through my pictures and found some more summer fun!!

Since we live in the boonies...and Ty is a redneck at heart...we went to the Rodeo. It is a smaller one, but hey we live in a smaller town!! It was fun. My favorite part was the mutton race. Little kids on sheep...HILARIOUS!!!! I was a little anxious most of time since Brie would not just sit with Ty or I, and the grand stand (for those of you who do not speak HICK...that means bleachers!!) was not child proof, she could have easily fallen through and got very hurt!! Other than that, we had a good time, ate some yummy fair burgers and the kids loved seeing people riding horses!!

so pretty

Aubry made a new friend!
Riley and Landon

Aubry and Mallory

A cowboy trying to rope a calf

This summer we became known as the house with the big water slide in front. Yes, we have a nice BIG backyard...but we have a nice big dog that lives back there too! So the water slide was in the front yard this summer and we had kids knocking on our door to play!! Funny! We broke it out one last time for Riley and Aubry to play with their best buds Landon and Mallory. Their dad Skylar was nice enough to help Ty pull out some super ugly shrubs from the front and side of our house while the kids were playing!! So nice to have friends that help!! So I "watched" the kids play and have some fun.

Taking a snack break

The girls trying hard to get to the top!

Mallory finally made it, Brie...she gave up

When the wasps from the shrubs mentioned above got a little crazy (Skylar got stung in his nose!!) we moved the party inside. MESS, MESS, MESS!!!!

Soccer

Riley was old enough for soccer this year and he LOVED! He loved his team and they all had fun goofing around! They did pretty well and definitely improved over the season. I was the assistant coach... I had to study a little because Mindi and soccer are NOT words that have EVER been used together. Something about running and kicking a ball - and the no hands thing...not a good combo for me! Luckily Riley did better than I ever have!! He got the hang of it, scored most games and was bummed when the season ended! Kids on his team: 1st graders-Jacob, Payton, Jaimen and Kodi. Kindergartners: Aubrey and Austin.

Kick off, he wasn't the fastest on his team, though he was the biggest and a little on the physical side...need to work on that!

I think he scored that goal!!

Kindergarten...Really?

Really....is my little boy truly old enough for school, seriously?? I cannot believe it! My firstborn, precious little boy is in Kindergarten! He loves school and really enjoys recess and all of his friends. He is a bit too social for his own good and is a frequent visitor at the time out table in his class. The first week he averaged 2 time outs a day...his all time record is three in one day. That is kind of a lot considering he is only at school for a little over three hours!!!

Nevertheless, he is enjoying school, he does his homework willingly and loves to read with me! I hope that NEVER changes!!

Kindergarten stats: Age: 5, Height: 52", Weight: 67 lbs.

Get a grip, crazy lady!!!
Me crying and telling him to be a good boy!

Ready to go

Bumble Bee lights up when he walks and moves the backpack...what more does he need, right?

My Oh So Handsome BOY!!

THREE-O

For my thirtieth birthday Ty and I spent a nice "just us" weekend in Park City, UT. Park City is beautiful and is growing, but it still has a quaint feeling to it! We LOVED IT!!! We cannot wait to go back. I think that Tyson wants us to become a ski family eventually...we will see.

We got there late Friday night and relaxed in our room. Saturday we went to "Old-Town" Park City and walked the historic main street. We had a nice lunch there and then went on a scenic chair lift ride! I did not want to feel OLD...so we went to Olympic Park and went on the highest zip-line, then the Alpine Slide. Then we went shopping - it had been much too long since I had been to the Gap Outlet...super fun!! We ended the day with a delicious dinner at Ruth Chris Steakhouse - YUM! Sunday we drove around a little after breakfast and then drove back to Logan to pick up the kiddos!!

Thanks Tyson, my b-day weekend was the BEST ever!!

At Ruth Chris

The view from the chairlift ride

Tyson was taking way too many pictures, so I let him know!

On the chairlift ride

Transformers 2

Okay, life is changing. We learned the HARD way to start going to movies without our children to see if they are okay for them to see. Luckily for us, our son was so engrossed with all of the action that most of the YUCK, CRAP went over his head!!!! We dodged one this time. With that said, here is my boy waiting oh so patiently for Ty to get home so we could go see Bumble Bee in Transformers 2..opening night! I waited in line for a while, but worth it to have good seats! Ty, Ry and I had fun. Ty was a little shocked that I let him wear this shirt (normally these types of shirts are strictly play-not in public-shirts), I guess I am loosening up! ;)

4th Of July

The 4th of July is a BIG, I mean SUPER BIG deal here in Malad! The festivities begin on July 3rd....which is why Ty was sore the whole weekend!! He was drafted onto the Hospitals' BED RACE team and softball team! They won the bed race, which I think I actually posted in July! His softball team only played three games, but it was enough to make the poor guy sore! It was super, crazy hot here, so we missed the daytime fun stuff and just had friends over for a BBQ and some huge fireworks! Next year we are going even bigger...since we noticed everyone around did the same! Fun times!! Oh, Malad Idol was pretty fun to watch too, until it started raining, them we left!!

Poor guy recuperating in between games
My super cute patriotic kiddos!!