Val Day

For Valentine's Day, Tyson and I made rice crispies - heart shaped! And then printed out these cute Star Wars cards and used them for his little friends at primary and at dental school.  It was fun cooking with him (if you count melting as cooking!??!) and teaching him how to give to others was very sweet.  He wrote his name on the back of each of them too, awe.

6th Wedding Anniversary

Yay!  Can't believe it's been 6 years!!  A great 6 years.  About all of them D has been in some sort of school.  We've now been in 4 homes.  Have 1 kid.  Accomplished a lot.  Have a lot of keepsakes and holiday decor to cart with us forever too haha.

Feb 12th was Friday, D had school and Ty and I just hung out.  Kind of a chill day.  We all went out as a family for dinner to Training Table, cute!  Ty sure has a personality and was a bit wild at dinner but was good enough that we could all enjoy dinner at least.

Saturday the 13th we had a babysitter, Autumn came over, for the afternoon!  So we did get some time to celebrate with just A & D.  We went to the Jordan River Temple and did sealings - one of the last times we'll be there for 2 years as it's closing for some renovations!  It was nice to do together.  We also had dinner at Olive Garden and then dessert at McDonalds.  Dinner at Olive Garden reminds me of the time we did this for a date night before we decided yes to getting married (at least that date was when I knew it was a yes...).  We did a few extra sealings because we joined a group that was an earlier time and then we did our scheduled time.

We came home and put Tyson to bed and had a nice time chatting about our last few years.  And then the 14th we exchanged our presents - I got some candy and $10.  D got some candy in different baggies put into a wood display case (that we returned to get a different size later on) - 6 years was candy or wood so it worked ;)  I haven't spent my cash yet.

A few thoughts on ACDC....  Sure am glad to have this guy in my life.  He makes everything more fun, just ask Ty, haha.  But, not getting too sappy, just saying, I wouldn't survive without him.  I'm so glad we found each other and just happened to be in the same singles ward and that he went for it and asked me out and kept at it.

Provo City Temple Tour

Tyson's first temple visit - Feb 10

I've been the Secretary for YW's since last October... may not have mentioned that here.  It takes me out on Wednesday nights and a few other times as needed.  It's nice to have fun with the youth and try to be an example for them, but I'm guessing mostly us leaders just are silly oldies.  It's also nice to have a few friends as leaders in there too - a nice time to chat about mom issues and such ;) haha.

We got tickets to go with the youth of the ward to the new temple opening in Provo Utah - the Provo City Temple that was built to replace the Provo Tabernacle that burned down in a big fire a few years ago.  It was early afternoon before David got home, and most of the leaders worked... so Tyson and I got to cart a few youth down to Provo.

First temple walkthrough for Tyson - yay!  I taught him a week or two ahead, or tried, so he knew what he'd be seeing.  But as we walked through I kept telling him everything and lugged him up and down all the many stairs in that temple (like 4 floors or more!).  It was beautiful and lots of pretty wood work.  Tyson liked the baptismal font and the oxen below.  And he'd point out pictures of Jesus and then also other random stuff like vents and hallways and such.  It may have been a little long for him, but he did well.

Loved taking him there, wished David could have joined us or gone another day!  But next time.  It's very nice to be in Utah where we can get a chance to walk through a few new temples every once in awhile.  The drive up and back went well, quiet with the girls and Tyson being shy - I tried to keep us all entertained with kids music hahah!  Here are a few pictures of the afternoon.

Tyson 2 1/2

As of Feb 9 - Tyson is 2 1/2 - what??  Oh wow it goes by so fast.  I need to be better at documenting these things as they happen rather than trying to remember the last 6 months (or as I'm writing this as he just turned 3, sorry buddy!)


Movies: Brother Bear; Pinnochio; Aladdin; Toy Story
Toys: New Puzzles; Pretend Food with other small toys (alphabet, pixar, milk lids, marbles); Water cups or squeezers; Guess Who; Hi Ho Cherri-O;
Food: Tyson isn't a veggie guy at all, and will eat them only when necessary. Some fruits are okay but he eats them strangely - apples he doesn't eat the peal, etc. He is a carb and cheese guy still.  He loves yogurt, pasta, and candy - just like his dad.  We deal with constipation no matter what we try so we have been adding powder to his milk to try and combat that.  Hoping it calms down soon.


Schedule these days:
Up @ 7ish
Still in crib
Play and learn
Lunch
Nap @ 12:30/1pm, sleeps till 3/3:30
Play and learn
Wait for Daddy
Dinner @ 6
Bath (every other day)
Bed @ 7ish

First Movie @ Theatre
Big Helper these days
Knows his letters and numbers
Ready to play outside at parks again
Loves nursery as long as Bud is there
Loves watching 1-2 shows a day, Mickey or Goldie & Bear