Happy Birthday Sally

Sally turned three. Thank you to EVERYONE that came to the party. I know it was a little crowded but Sally loved (yes, I hear about it everyday since then) having everyone.

Putting up Christmas

Sally was very excited to put the Christmas tree up. She is excited for Santa. Tyler and I are excited to see her reactions this year. All Sally has asked Santa for is a blender. That is her number one present. I am pregnant and getting closer at having this baby.

Thanksgiving

Sally had fun at the Cox's this Thanksgiving. She loved having her fingernails painted by Sarah and eating peanuts with her grandpa even if she was just picking the peanuts apart. Her purple baby that she carries everywhere is Brocoli.

Congrats Ryan and Julie

My brother Ryan finally had a little girl. She is darling and yes that means that I am an aunt once again.

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend we went as a family up to Brigham City. It was a really good visit. We were able to visit Paul and Becky and Family. We also made it up to Logan to visit Matt and Mindy, as well as Jeanne, Sandy, and Amy. We went up and were able to see Jason ordained an Elder and Paul ordained a High Priest. We also had a barbaque up at Matt and Mindy's. Happy Birthday Bryton and Luke.

County fair

Our family went to the horse pulls, the parade, and the rodeo in this year's county fair. Sally went on many rides and absolutely a blast all except her first ride on the train. She covered her eyes the whole time sometimes laying her head down. We took Tyler's brother along with us. It was his first time to the horse pulls and a rodeo. Sally now has enough candy from the parade to last her until Christmas, but don't worry we will take her trick-or-treating.

Potty Trained

Sally is so excited to wear pretty underwear and her mother is relieved that she is finally potty trained! She got a train for filling out her potty chart.

Back to School

Well, Tyler is back in Snow. We have been super busy this month and it has been wonderful to finally get home to a set schedule again. I am a little behind on some events. I passed through Yellowstone for the first time. If you notice I got really close to some elk and got some awesome pictures. Tyler was busy being fire fighter for the Forest Service and he was able to quit a little early and go elk hunting! No. He didn't get anything with a bow and arrow. We also helped Sandy and Ryan move into Beaver. We are so happy for them and think that they are in a good house to rent. Best luck to them in their new endeavors. Sally and Carter played so cute and Sally was such a great distraction for Carter and I loved seeing Sally play so well with someone younger than her. Thanks Sandy! I really enjoyed our visit. I will have to come soon again so I can get some of your wonderful cooking too. For now Tyler is back at Snow for one more year. Wink is taking a institute class for fun doing Family History. Dave Lanier is the instructor so she is really excited.

Yellowstone

We went the long way home after the wedding and saw several things but not as much as we would have liked to. At least I got some awesome pictures. Ryan and Julie drove me and there was also my dad. We saw Old Faithful.

Kayleen's Wedding

Well, Kayleen looked absolutely beautiful and happy. I think Rex and Kayleen had a long day and was glad to get everything over with. Congratulations! We hope the best for them.

Camping by the Cabin

We were able to go camping in our trailer. Sally loved playing with Kimberely at the cabin. Thanks to Tyler's Uncle we were able to camp right by the cabin and our kids had fun playing with one another and finding giants in the woods. Guess what?! Tyler shot his first buck. Although it was a circumstance that he didn't want to. He got permission to shoot this buck from the Fish and Game after it had been hit on the highway and it was suffering pretty badly. We also did a small hike up to Harry's Monument (if I am correct). Below you can notice where the cabin is and how close it is to this monument. Yes the dog had fun too.

Smokey the Bear

My mother has the picture, but Sally was so excited. She was asking about Smokey the Bear all the morning long. So she was able to go to the Mayfield parade and ride with Smokey and her dad in the fire engine. She was able to growl through the engine and wave to people. She heard people saying,"Hi, Smokey." Sally in return said,"I'm not Smokey. Smokey's up there."

Dinosaur Park

Sally's grandparents were great to take Sally to see the dinosaurs. She really loved it and especially like the robotic dinosaurs. Becky couldn't get her to leave. Thanks so much for the fun and the memories. We will come visit again.

Other than that Tyler has been busy working and Sally has been her cute little self. Just today I have been trying to teach her the difference between our dog, Thunder and the thunder she is hearing outside. She still is telling the clouds to "be quiet like a good boy."

Summer days

Well, I don't have any pictures, but unless anyone looks at this I thought I would let them know what we are up to. Sally is very busy and likes to go swimming and fishing everyday that she can. Tyler is very busy. He is now taking out perscription fires. He had his first fire on private property that is used for guided elk hunts. He thought he was pretty neat. Other great exciting news is that I am pregnant! I am about 7 weeks along and am due around the 26 Feb 2009. We are excited for whatever comes although Ty does tease me that it is going to be twins. No funny. First time I told Sally I was pregnant she got mad and said she wanted a baby in her tummy too. I told her she would have to wait for a long time. Funny the way they are so innocent. If the baby is a boy it will be named Randall Paul and a girl will be Annie Jane. I am going to a new doctor in Gunnison, Dr. Wilden. I hope that my health will be better through this pregnancy. My cardiologist told me I wouldn't have to worry about anymore health problems again. Congrats to Mindy and her family with new baby Ethan.

Camping

Our little family found time to camp this month. We were really excited to try out our new tent trailer (a special thanks to Jan and Roxcy- hope I spelled it right). We were snowed, rained, and hailed on. Sally got a new bike and thought she was really neat. We were able to hike quite a bit and enjoy the mountains. Sally loved picking the flowers too (even if I was taking a picture of them).

Memorial Day Weekend

Wow! How time flies. Our family is doing great though. Tyler is busy working on the Forest Service and has been gone quite a bit for that. I am getting prepared to hopefully sell some of my artwork this next September. We will see how well that works (I am a little nervous about it). Sally has been sick for quite a while. But don't worry, that doesn't stop her from being outside. Above is Sally's and my new haircut. Thank you Crystal!

More zoo pictures

Here are some more pictures. We had alot of fun. We went last Thursday.

Welcome to the Zoo. We decided to have a last minute break and go on a mini vacation. It was so fun and thrilling to see Sally's reactions to the animals. She was so hilarious wanting to wake up all the animals, play with them, or ride on them (but she did tell mommy to put the snakes away). We had so much fun and enjoyed the wonderful weather. Her most exciting thing that she did was ride on the train. She giggled as we were about to get on.

Easter

Shoveling Snow

Bubbles

Sally chasing bubbles from a Gazillion Bubble machine.

New Addition to the Family

This is our cute new addition to our little family. His name is Thunder. He was born Jan 8 and adopted by us over the Easter weekend. He is a pure black lab, and is almost 11 weeks old. Sally loves having a new friend, but sometimes from a distance. He is very good at following her around.

Happy Spring

Sally is so excited for Spring to come and is getting the bug as well as everyone else. Happy Easter!!