Father's Day!

Loves to play at the park with Tyler and go down the slides.

Teaches him to love sports!

This year we weren't able to celebrate Father's Day with Brian. He was sent to California for work. I felt so bad that his day wasn't going to be spent with his family. So I have something very exciting for him when we fly out to see him.
He is such a great dad to Tyler. He loves to play with him and tease him. I'm so excited to see him with our next child, I know that he will help as much as he can. He will do anything for his family. When we found out that we were pregnant with Tyler it was a big surprise. We were both working and going to school. We didn't know what we were going to do, but Brian made it work. The hardest part was when he lost his job. I know that put a lot of stress on him. But in the end everything seems to work out for us. I couldn't have made it without him. He makes me such a better person, even though I know that I get on his nerves when I'm pregnant.
Happy Father's Day Brian! We love you so much and can't wait to see you. We miss you. (Sorry all the pictures are old. All the recent ones are on the lap top with Brian)

Baby # 2

WE are so excited that we will be bringing another child into our lives. This baby will be here around January 1. This one was planed and we couldn't be happier to give Tyler a little brother or sister. The only bad thing is that I have been really sick. This time has been a lot harder. The sickness comes and goes. One day we could be at the pool and the next I'm in bed all day. I have to say that Tyler has been really good through most of it. When i'm upset he comes running to me and gives me kisses and says "Mom, Mom".

A couple of weeks ago I had my first ultrasound. I was 10 weeks. It was pretty cool to see the baby so small. The ultrasound tech tried to get the baby to move, but not luck until the very end then the baby moved its little arm. It was so cute.

Happy Mother's Day!

"I don't hesitate to promise you that the day will come, if you nurture your children and love and teach in righteousness, you will get on your knees with tears in your eyes and thank the Lord for blessing you".
 Gordon B. Hinkley


Do you ever think about the concept of time? How one minute I'm going about my own business, enjoying life, and then the next minute I'm holding Tyler, falling in love all over again, and wondering what I ever did before he came into our life. It's amazes me that we go from one point in our lives to the next through a series of moments, and nothing more. Moments are what make up our lives. Moments create all the beautiful memories. And moments are the true joys of motherhood. Moments like the first time I held my baby. Moments like when he puts his arms around my neck and kisses me. Seeing him light up when we got to the park and feed the ducks. Watching him search through my purse until he finally finds what he wants. When he runs to the door yelling, daddy! daddy! Somehow, those small moments become the memories that make up our lives.
Being a mother is not glamorous. It involves sticky messes, sleepless nights, and temper tantrums. But I chose it. I chose it because I knew nothing could ever replace the love that I feel for my wonderful son. Nothing could ever replace the joy and the happiness that radiates through our home. What we had before Tyler joined our family was great, but what we have now that he's in our lives is incredible. I'm grateful that I get a to be a mom, grateful for the messes I have to clean up, the kisses I get, the crying, the laughing, the snuggles when he is tired, and most of all, the moments. Of all the things I want to do in my life, being a mother is what I want to do best. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for this beautiful life. This is why I was sent here to earth...to be a mother.

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers.

Easter Cookies!

Tyler and I made some Easter cookies for our big Easter dinner! He wanted to eat the dough instead of making cookies. They turned out really good! I made homemade icing for that night..I have to say all the icing looked and tasted good.

Weekend in Denver!

We got to spend the weekend in Denver a couple of weeks ago. It was such a great/fun/exciting weekend. We drove up with some of our friends and we all got a hotel for that night. Getting some food before the game was a good idea! Stadium food is soooo expensive. The weather was so nice that we ate at a restaurant that had a roof top. It was such an awesome view that we could see the field from our table.





Before the game started the boys wanted to see if they could catch some balls from batting practice. They were so close..but they didn't catch one. The man that caught one ball came up to Tyler and gave him the ball. Tyler was so excited that he got a ball. I thought it was so nice of that guy to give it to Tyler. Brian wanted to tell everyone that he caught the ball for his son... but maybe next time that will happen.



We went to a Rockies game and we had some pretty exciting seat. Lets just say that I was out of breath went we got to our seats ( didn't help that I had an extra 26 pounds to carry)!








The next day we wanted to take Tyler to the Aquarium. The rest of the guys went to another Rockies game. One game was good enough for me. We took Tyler to tghe Aquarium in Utah a year and a half ago and he loves it. I thought for sure he would like it. It was a lot of fun to see him pick out the different colors of fish. He was talking so much telling us the colors of the fish, and how the turtles were swimming. I have say that I do have to say I like the one in Utah better. Maybe one day we will go back.







After the drive back from the Aquarium we went to meet the rest of our friends. Well this was the excitement of the day. Brian was driving our friends car, so he was so under the seed limit and really watching what he was doing. We two cars in front of us got hit by a lady that ran a dead on red light. We still had the green light and the other car in front of us stopped. It was the first time I have ever seen an accident right in front of me. I had my phone in my hand about to dial 911 and I looked up and we were right by a hospital. Brian hurried and pulled over to help. Both cars were very lucky..No one got killed or hurt very bad. The car that had ran the red light was lucky as well, she hit the other car so bad that her car lifted off the ground and slid into a pole so fast that the car pretty much did a 360. If that pole wasn't there then she would have rolled. My heart was beating so fast that whole day. I was so thankful that it wasn't us. I looked at Brian and told him count your blessings. I know that Heavenly Father was looking after us.

Easter 2011

Easter was great this year! Tyler was so excited to color eggs and play with his Easter basket. Since he is a little older this year he could do everything on his own. It was great to see him take control of what he wanted his egg to look at. Happy Late Easter!

Update!

BRIAN
He just finished another department! Yeah! Now hes on the final and most important department. We thought his training was going to be pushed back because of a big project he had to do for corporate, which meant that the training was put on hold.
Ending up being a good thing. Now he is back on track where he is suppose to be. Only 6 more months until we find out where we will go next. We are hoping to go to the Cali plant in lemoore. We will then be 6 hours from family.
Other than his work he's doing great. Staying busy with Tyler and playing with him.

TYLER
He is getting so big and learning so much. He is now saying two to three words at a time, sometimes even four. I love that he gets so excited to talk and communicate with us more. He loves to help mommy with everything. He is such a great boy who is full of energy. He enjoys learning and saying new words. When he trys to talk to you and you don't repeat it back he gets mad ( in his mind he thinks that if you don't repeat it than you don't understand him). We are so happy to have him in our home. He teaches us so much.
The other day we were picking out our temple pictures to put in his room and he said "Mommy look church" I tried to tell him its called a temple and he looked at me and said "Ya Church". I guess its close enough for now.