Hey there! here is a little quicker of an update (-: I got a new little nephew and niece this week (Emily had a little boy William, and Lauren, my sister, had a cute little girl, Bailey Jane. They are both VERY CUTE and healthy, it's making me anxious for mine (I have 7 weeks to go), I sat in church today, and those metal chairs are EXTREMELY uncomfortable when you're having braxton hicks contractions (-:
Anyway, I'm excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas, it'll be fun to see family and friends. It turned into winter this week, so everyone drive safe! (I worked in ER yesterday (Burley's first snow fall), and the Ice is definitely a threat out there!)

Here are a few of our highlights:
Tyler's painting skills--I think I could clean up all day, and never be caught up...I guess it's good cleaning is not my priority in life, because then I wouldn't have a life.

Tyler's first dance performance (in front of the old folks home)

Tyler (mom and dad) built his first snowman.

Due to a desperate update...(-:

Hello everyone! It's been a while, and a little...ok, maybe a lot has changed in the last 6 months (-: First off, I'm going to have a baby in 8 weeks (Surprise! I'm pregnant!) and it's going to be a little.....guess.....BOY (-: I'm excited to use all my boy stuff again. We're struggling on boy names, so if you have any good ideas please share! Tyler is excited and I think he's going to be a great big brother. (this picture was taken 3 weeks ago, I've definitely grown since then.

I absolutely love this little boy. He says the funniest things these days, every day he makes me laugh, whether he comes up to me crying saying "the couch bit me" or "mommy, I wake up and I happy", or he'll reach up at the stars (at night) saying "mommy, I wanna reach it...I wanna reach it"

A few of Tyler's favorite things: Hide and seek (when it's diaper time), horses, playing with figurines, cooking with mommy, going on walks, eating pancakes, building blocks, bath time (filled with army men), drawing pictures of monsters, and the list goes on

Tyler LOVED going "trick or treating" here he is with my brother Dallin. Tyler started saying to people "thank you, I love you" after they gave him candy, it was quite entertaining.

Daddy and Tyler trick or treating

Daddy and Tyler: Tyler loves his daddy. Usually he'll wake up and ask me, "mom, daddy at work?" and then daddy comes home and Tyler runs up to him saying "my dad! my dad!" and shortly after he says "dad, I wanna wrestle, take my shirt off". Then the wrestling begins (-:

Here's a quick update on our summer. Here are a few highlights:
We introduced tyler to the Zoo

Here's Tyler dancing on the stage at the fair. He's definitely a natural performer don't you think?

We had a family reunion in California this summer for my mom's side of the family. It was over Tyler's birthday, so it was a fun event!

Michele (my little sister) and Tyler at the California beach (-:

Grandpa and Tyler in Disney Land

We also did swim lessons, lots of bike rides and walks, the park, and some kind of adventure every day.

Cheering for the spudman (Luke did the biking) He did great (next year I should try to get in shape to do it too!) Tyler cheered like this for about half an hour.

I'll post again soon(er) than later!

We are still ALIVE!

Ok, I am in definite need of an update! I’m sure you are very excited to hear what we have been up to the last 4 months… Ok, here we go…
First off, I have somewhat of an excuse for not writing, it’s because I started taking classes toward a master’s degree, and every minute Tyler is sleeping, I do homework. That’s not a very good excuse, but that’s where I have been. The classes have been great so far, I love to learn, and I finished my first semester! Only 8 more to go (-:

Luke is doing great! He started doing P90X (a crazy workout program that you do for 90 days and are supposed to be ripped at the end). He’s been dedicated, he’s keeping busy with work and projects around the house (we are going to finish our garage and paint the bathroom next).

Ok, now for Tyler… He’s a little sponge, he soaks up everything he sees/hears. He’s my little friend and he’s turning into a real little boy. We have so much fun! A few new things with Tyler are:
His Father has discovered his son’s future career (I’m sure he’s not bias…right?)

Tyler may go in to the arts… He actually REALLY loves to draw, paint, and sculpt (play dough). He loves to draw dogs, bubbles, balls, bats, daddy, and bugs.

He is ABSOLUTELY obsessed with reading books. I could read to him for 3 hours and he would be saying “more! More! Choo Choo, Doggie, Monkey…” (meaning he wants to read about trains, dogs…)

He’s SUPER obsessed with Shoes…especially my red high heals…his dad doesn’t really like that(-:

We had Christmas…(is it too late to write that?)


And Easter… (in the house it was FREEZING with several inches of snow)

Lauren got married in December! To her best friend from High School-Devin.

My WONDERFUL little brother Josh went on a Mission last week to Tampa, FL; I am sooooo Proud of him. He’s always been a great example to me; he’s a happy, friendly, and hardworking. He will be an amazing missionary.

We took a trip to independence, MO. It was for my schooling, but we saw some good Mormon sites (this is Liberty Jail Behind Me), and a FASCINATING Art Museum (That's Monet behind Luke).


Maybe Tyler could ALREADY be professional (his artwork looks pretty close to this one!)


Well, that about sums things up! We are happy. But we are ESPECIALLY happy that the weather is warming up. Tyler and I have spent the last 2 days outside and it’s been beautiful. Hope everyone is well! Maybe I’ll try to keep up on the Blogging…Maybe (-: