The Lythgoe Fam

This is Really Cute

2012-02-03T14:58:00.001-08:00

Here is my baby girl... Well she is not a baby anymore, but I love how she sleeps on her belly. I had to get a picture. On a side note, she has discovered she does not like levi's. I hated jeans up until I was six or so.... so she is taking after her mom!!
For my birthday, my little man made me this birthday card. He also gave me two dollars with it. He is getting so good at writing and I loved the card!!
This is the inside of the card. He only spelled a couple things wrong and got the rest right....

Get Air Trampoline Park

2012-01-25T13:38:00.001-08:00

Sooo, I heard about this great trampoline park in Roy and so we headed out to try it. It was awesome. This is Ember climbing up the side and sliding down. She thought it was fun to bounce to. It is just a bunch of trampolines together and separate ones that you can jump off of into a pit of foam cubes. I had to try that once and it was fun!!
Yes, even me and Brice paid to jump. It is five dollars if you are 46 inches or shorter. And 10 dollars if you are taller than 45 inches. I would recommend going at least once. If you do go and watch you don't pay anything.
Here is me and Ember playing. I was tickling her and she was having a ball.
Tayson is the one in the back behind the kid in the gray shirt. He loved it and wants to go back.
As long as I jumped Ember would play, so I might have to pay everytime, but I had just as much fun as the kids did.
Here is the tramps with the pit of foam cubes. This is Tayson about to jump into them. We did it on my birthday and it was a very good present to see my kids have fun!!!!

Birthday Pics

2012-01-25T13:29:00.001-08:00

I am officially 31!! Here is Tayson and my niece Maddy posing for a picture. This is the only pic I got on my birthday besides the one below. Me and Brice got to go to the Temple in the morning and then we took the kids to the Get Air trampoline park (pics to come). Brice then took me to dinner and we came home and had cake and ice cream. Saturday was a really wet and snowy day, so we missed some people that didn't come, but we understood completely.
Here is a shot with my cake. It was cherry chip with yummy butter cream frosting. Amanda made it and it was awesome!! I only wanted a picture of the cake, but she handed it to me and I had no other choice but to take a picture. Just don't look closely at me, admire the cake!! Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday in some way. It was a great day....

Kangaroo Zoo

2012-01-22T13:48:00.001-08:00

I took the kids to Kangaroo Zoo and it was awesome!! Tayson had so much fun playing on all of the bouncy houses and slides. Next time though, he wants to bring a friend, because everything is better when you have a friend. Ember was not so thrilled about it. She was terrified of all the blow up animals and was even afraid of a blow up tree!! Towards the end she found a bounce house with a slide and was having fun going down the slide.
Here she is sitting on a couch and not playing!! Crazy girl....
I kept wanting to take Tay's picture,but he moves to fast I had to make him pose for me. And if you can't tell he is not happy about it.
We also took my niece Brinlee with us. She just got a new sister and so we thought we would take her and give her mom some time to enjoy the baby and relax a bit. She loved the place. She even found a little friend to play with. Thanks Kenzie for letting us take her!!
This is the one shot I got of Ember inside a bouncy thing. She lasted about 15 seconds and then came out crying!! We will go again and maybe it will grow on her....

First Snowman

2012-01-22T13:45:00.001-08:00

It finally snowed!! And so Brice and Tayson had to build a snowman. He lasted about three weeks and then Brice knocked him down. I wanted to take a picture with Tayson, but buy the time I got the camera he was cold and inside..
So, that is why I have a picture with just Brice. He was really proud of his snowman. He only got two eyes put on the snowman. He was cold and tired after rolling all of the snow balls!!

Pretty Eyes

2012-01-22T13:09:00.001-08:00

Ember has decided to talk a little more. Her favorite thing to say is I have pretty eyes... I love it!! She is such a girl. She loves to put on dresses and play with her babies. Love that face...

New Year's Eve

2012-01-19T19:35:00.000-08:00

There are no photos for this post. I was a slacker and didn't take any. By the time new year's eve came, I just wanted Ember to be over her cold. We went to my mom and dad's and had Chinese food. Earlier in the day we went bowling and I didn't take any pictures there either. We were home by 8:15 and in bed by 10:00. I was sound asleep until I heard fireworks going off at midnight. So I guess you can say I was up at midnight on new years eve, but not by choice!! New Year's Resolutions:

Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Drink more water!!
Be more patient with my children and enjoy them while they are little!!
Read the scriptures more as a family.

Here's to a new year. I know I know I am 19 days late, but better late than never!!

Hardware Ranch

2012-01-14T20:46:00.001-08:00

So I have always wanted to go to Hardware Ranch and I finally made it up there. The day after Christmas we decided it was a good day to go. Well, Ember ended up getting sick and so Brice stayed home with her and me and Tayson went with my mom and dad, Chad and Mary. This is a picture of an Elk in the visitor center/place you pay to go on the wagon ride!!
Here is Chad, Mary and my dad all ready to go. There were hardly any male elk because we haven't had the snow fall. But it was fun to see the female elk anyways.
Here is my little man. He was all excited to go and then when we saw them he was done. He did see a McDonald's on the way up and was way to excited to stop and have lunch there.
Here are some of the elk. The guy told us that they would prefer to lay in the snow than on the grass. Crazy animals!!
Here is proof that I actually went and just didn't take pictures. We had a good time and I am glad we went. Next time we hope everyone else will come up!!

Christmas

2012-01-05T15:07:00.001-08:00

Here is the evidence that Santa came to out house, he ate the cookies we left for him. Tayson was up at 6:45, but we told him mom and dad needed fifteen more minutes and then we can go open gifts. He did wait until seven and then we had to get out of bed. Ember was still asleep, so we let her sleep a little longer.
Here is Tayson trying to figure out what ones are his. And yes I have a Charlie Brown tree and I like it!! Somehow Aunt Wendy got a hold of Santa and he delivered her present to. So now Aunt Wendy has an in with the man in the red suit, according to Tayson!!
Here is the gift from Aunt Wendy. It is a race track that attaches to the wall. It is awesome!! Tayson got a lot of legos, books, clothes, monster truck set, shoes, lego watch and a gift card to Old Mcdonalds.
I had to put this pic up because Tayson has the biggest grin ever. I love to watch his face light up!!
I made Brice sell his jeep this fall, so I made him a collage of pictures and his license plates for Christmas. I think he liked it!!
Here is Ember after we woke her up. She got a kitchen, some princess shoes, a baby, clothes, books and goldfish crackers, her favorite snack. She was a little overwhelmed because Tay kept giving her presents and she didn't know what to think.
We went to my mom and dad's for breakfast and then we went to their ward for Sacrament meeting. I had to get one pic of me on Christmas. I had to bribe Ember to be in the picture with me. But doesn't she look so cute in her dress??
We came home for a while so Ember could have her nap and then we headed up to Brice's parents house. Valerie bought everyone a nerf gun and so we had a "war". It was quite fun, it was us against Brice and Brad. Tayson had such good time playing "war" he wanted to play it at home the next day!! We had such a good Christmas day. We are truly blessed to be able to celebrate the birth of our Savior.
This picture is adorable!! I almost forgot to say something about it. There is Tayson with his nerf gun and Brinlee and Ember enjoying the moment!!

Christmas Eve

2012-01-05T15:01:00.001-08:00

You all know I am the worst photographer, so therefore I only have this picture from Christmas Eve. Don't mind my unmade bed in the background. We cleaned out Tayson's room that day and took three sack to the DI. Ember was having so much fun wearing Tayson's cowboy hat we had to take a picture. We went over to Brice's parents house for Christmas Eve. We had a yummy honey baked turkey and so much more yummy food. This kids reenacted the Nativity at the first of the month and so we watch the movie. We opened up pjs, but no pics because I did not remember.

Gingerbread Cookies

2012-01-02T19:32:00.001-08:00

So after many years of thinking I would make gingerbread cookies, I finally did!! And they were tasty. This is Ember helping me make them, as you can see she has flour all over her face.
This is my silly boy!! He had so much fun decorating them.
This is my hubby, tasting them for me. I don't like to taste my cooking, because most of the time it is not that good, so Brice gets to be my guinea pig. Next time I will have better frosting and better things to decorate with. They turned out good though, for my first time making them.
Here is Tayson's finished cookie. Without the candy, they did look like ghosts, but we just went with it!!

Cookies With Santa At The Treehouse

2011-12-28T19:58:00.000-08:00

The Treehouse does this annual event for members of the Treehouse. They call it cookies and milk with Santa, only you don't eat the cookies with Santa. You do get to see Santa in the theater and the expression on Tayson's face was priceless when he came in. So for that reason we will probably be going next year. It was madness though, kids everywhere you turned!! This is Ember posing for the camera.
Here are my two sweet kids. I don't think they knew we were taking there picture!!

The 844

2011-12-22T12:46:00.000-08:00

Here is my little Tayson, waiting for the steam engine 844. It comes to Odgen once maybe twice a year and we got to see it come into the Union Station. There were a ton of people there, but we still got to see it.
It was pushing passenger cars. So Tayson thought we could get on and ride it, but that was not the case. They did set up a bridge so you could see inside of it, but there was too many people.
This is the last half of the steam engine. It is the only one in the US that still works. Tayson has watched a dvd on it and would love to ride it sometime!!

Thanksgiving

2011-12-15T18:20:00.001-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving. We had the annual Turkey shoot and Tayson found out that he likes to shoot the BB gun. All day long all I heard was how he wanted a BB gun. Of course, I did not take any pictures of the shoot or eating dinner, but I got pictures after. I decided to try and make gingerbread houses. Amanda was great and made the frosting. This is cute Maddy with hers all decorated. I think they turned out good.
Here is my sweet Ember with no clothes on. She was helping with the dishes and was getting all wet so off went the clothes. Her little gingerbread house in pictured there.
You can't see Tayson's face, but that is him decorating his house. We went with a flat roof, it was better for Tay.
Here are my two awesome parents. I am sooo thankful for all they do for me. I couldn't have asked for better parents. Thanks mom and dad for raising me the way you did and for teaching me the value of a good day's work. I love you both and my kids are so lucky to have you as grandparents.
Brice was just wiped out from all of the fun we had. Yes, Tayson is playing the tablet!!
I couldn't leave her out of my post. Her shirt says Grandma's pie taster and she loved the pies. We are truly blessed and couldn't have had a better Thanksgiving.

Treehouse

2011-12-15T18:10:00.001-08:00

For Ember's birthday Randy and Valerie got her a pass to the Treehouse. She has been there before, but she did not remember much. She loved the kitchen area and watching the fish. She also loved the area with the huge train you can climb through.
Every time we try and take her picture, she tilts her head back. Sometimes you can get a good picture and this one turned out okay. We had fun the day we went and we be going back.

Happy Halloween

2011-11-29T12:06:00.001-08:00

This is the only photos I have of Halloween. We had a parade the Friday before Halloween and that was fun. On Halloween we went to my mom's trunk or treat and then came home for more trick or treating. Tayson's favorite part of Halloween is handing out the candy. Ember was Snow White and would only wear the dress for a little bit. Tayson was Spiderman without the mask.
Tayson loves to pose. As you can tell his sister is not sure what to think of him!!

Black Island Farms

2011-11-22T14:36:00.001-08:00

We had the opportunity to go to Black Island Farms. I have never been, so this was an experience for all of us. Here are some of the kids waiting to go on the tractor ride. Don't mind my shadow!!
We finally got on a trailer and here Ember is pulling a face. She wanted me to hold her and I am just not willing to do that all of the time. It is a cute face though!
They take about carrots and then they take you over to pick out a pumpkin. Here is Tayson and Ethan with their picks.
After the ride we went to see all of there slides, games, bounce house that they had. Here is Ember going down the slide by herself. I like I got a pretty good shot.
They had this huge thing of kernels of corn that you could play in. Tayson is trying to bury himself in it.
They had tractor tires all over the place and Ember was having a grand time climbing on them.
So they have this train ride and it takes you in a big circle. The kids loved it, but me not so much. It was way bumpy, but it was meant for kids not adults. Tayson and Ethan have so much fun together. Thanks to Stephanie for inviting us along, we had a great time.

Universal Studios

2011-11-17T13:12:00.000-08:00

Okay on Sunday, we decided to take the two hour drive and go see Universal Studios. It was awesome. I don't have that many pictures, because Brice was filming alot of it. Once again it was not that busy at all. We got on all of the rides within minutes and saw all of the show without too much waiting. This is the front of the entrance before going in.
This is Brice rubbing the belly of Jaws. There were quite a few people trying to take pics in front of it so this is all I could get. I had a picture with Curious George, but my dumb camera won't let me get it off. We took a tour around all of the movie making sets. That was awesome to see. Brice got to see the clock tower where they filmed Back to the Future. The tour was the longest wait, but it was only about 20 minutes. The weather was great and I even got hot.
For lunch they had a Bubba Gump's outside of Universal Studios, so we had to go. This is the only dessert Brice will eat at a restaurant. It is a warm chocolate chip cookie on the bottom and then vanilla ice cream on the top with cool whip. It is heavenly!!
They had this quaint Paris restaurant and Brice had to have a picture. I was the one taking the pics, so sorry guys to pics with me in them.
Here is the Apollo 13 space shuttle, I think that is what it is called!!
This is right after we rode the Mummy ride. It was scary, but fun. Brice got sick after that ride so we stopped going on rides. My favorite show was the Water World show. I have no pics because Brice recorded most of it. I would have seen it again if time allowed. They had awesome pyrotechnics and the water stunts were awesome. We had a blast at Universal Studios and hope to take the kids there one day. Overall the trip went really well and the kids did so great with everyone. Thanks for the trip honey. Here's to the next ten years!!

San Diego Temple and USS Midway

2011-11-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

Okay, we went to the Temple first and the USS Midway, but just go with it. This is an aircraft carrier that was supposed to be used for WWII, but it was finished eight days after the war was over so it was used for other wars. It is 1001 feet long and 250 feet wide. It is enormous and I think it could be its own city its so big. We got there and we only had about two hours to see everything and you need way more time than that. But we managed just fine. This is the flight strip where the planes would land. Behind Brice is where the captain and all of the important people were. We did take a tour up there, so I will post those pics later.
These are the controls near the boiler room, I think.
This is a room where the sailors could come and relax. It was like a home away from home.
That guy is not real. He scared me when I turned the corner and there he was. They were all over the ship, I got used to them after a while.
These are the bunks where the lowest ranking sailors would stay. Three per side and really small!!
We got to go to the San Diego Temple and do a session. It was awesome. We actually went when it was the Spanish session. I was a little nervous to have to have a head set, but it worked out well.
We asked some nice young man to take our picture. It was so awesome to be able to go to the Temple. This was such a nice trip. We had so much fun with each other and the kids had just as much fun back home. More to come later, thanks for looking.

Sea World

2011-11-11T12:59:00.001-08:00

We have established that I am not a good photographer, so here are some of the better pics. We arrived in San Diego and Thursday. We did go to Old Town, but did not take any pictures. We were not that impressed with Old Town, but we did enjoy the Mormon Battalion Museum. On Friday we spent the whole day at Sea World. You need a whole day and maybe even a half day to see it all. This is Brice in front of the huge Octopus. I must say that going in October was the best. We never waited in line for anything and if we did it was less than ten minutes.
Here I am enjoying my Shamu ice cream. I had to get a pic, it was three dollars.
This is the Shamu show. It was AWESOME!! I would have seen it twice but they only did it one time that day. It is the only show you can get front row seats, but you will get wet!!
This is the Shamu stadium before the show started, it was full, but not all the way.
This show was awesome to. It is the sea lions and otter show. Of course they had a Halloween theme and it was good. It is amazing they can get those animals to do what they do. We also saw the dolphin show, but was not impressed. It was more about the acrobatics than the dolphins. It was okay, but compared to the Shamu show we were let down a little bit. We had a great time at Sea World and I can't wait to take the kids.

Ember's Birthday Cont.

2011-11-02T20:36:00.001-07:00

I had to show another pic of the awesome cake. I almost didn't want to cut into the cake because it looked so good. Ember has a pair of these pink sparkly shoes that she loves to wear. So Kenzie came up with this awesome cake for her birthday. It turned out great.
Here is a pic of some of the stuff she got. As you can see she would not look at me. She got a princess chair, an outfit, a purse, princess book, princess blanket, a bed tent, a purse puppy, princess musical instruments and snow white attire, from her brother!! She is such a little cutie. She weights 25 pounds and it right at the middle of the chart on her weight. I can't remember how tall she is, but she is at the 60% for her height. She is growing fast, but she will not speak. She says momma, no, yea, please and sometimes dadda. She just doesn't want to talk right now. It gets a little frustrating, but she will get there. She loves milk and any kind of juice. She is my fruit girl and will eat any kind of fruit but she likes grapes the most. She isn't a breakfast girl, but loves her dinners. She loves princess, especially Snow White and loves to play with her brother. She loves to ride her trike and loves to be outside. We are truly blessed to have her in our lives. We love you baby girl!!

Ember's 2nd Birthday

2011-10-29T20:19:00.001-07:00

Where does the time go, Ember turned 2 on October 15th. She wasn't quite sure what was going on, but she loved what she got. Here she is sitting in her princess chair. She was so excited to see this.
Here she is opening her presents, with the help of her big brother. He loved helping her open gifts, even though they were girl presents.
I had to throw this shot, because my hair actually looks normal. This was at the end of her birthday celebrations.
Here is gramby and grandpa, with Maddy and her mom and Tayson. I have a ton more pics, so I will probably have to do two posts.
Here is Ember blowing out her candles. The AWESOME cake was made by Kenzie. Ember has these sparkling pink princess shoes and so Kenzie made a princess shoe cake. I got a better picture that I will post later. The cake was so cool, it looked like her shoe. She loved it and it tasted great to.

Visit with Our Cousins

2011-10-29T20:12:00.001-07:00

Okay, Sarah, Victoria, and Weston all came for a visit at the first of October. I have more pics, but my camera is goofy so this will have to do for now. Here is Tayson and Victoria before they left the next day. They had so much fun together. Tayson is so sad that don't live close, but maybe one day that will happen, until then we will enjoy the visits.
I got to watch Weston for a little bit and he is sooo cute!! Ember did not know what to think of her cousin. They played well together, mostly because Weston is so mellow he balances out Ember!!
I had to get this look on photo. Brice calls it the Casey look and it looks like Casey!! We were so glad we got to see them. We were sad we didn't get to see Casey and Daxton, but maybe next time!!

Fall Soccer

2011-10-11T13:17:00.001-07:00

Here is my little soccer player. He was so excited to play soccer this year again. He got on a team with older kids and so that helped them be undefeated this year. He is getting better at soccer and I just love to watch him play. I want him to have fun, and I hope he did.
Kind of blurry, but this is him going after the ball!!
This is the whole team. His coach was awesome and Tayson can't wait for the spring to play again.

Fun Center

2011-10-11T13:10:00.001-07:00

On Friday October 7th, we went to the fun center with Brinlee, Victoria, Weston, Tayson and Ember. A shout out goes to Gramby for taking them. This is Ember going down the big slide. She wouldn't do it at first, but then when she saw everyone else doing it, she was in!!
I am not sure what Tayson is doing is this picture, but it was the only one I had of him at the fun center.
I had to put this picture up. I love her little face!!
This little boy is sooooo cute!! He has the bluest eyes and the biggest smile. And he is so mellow!!
There is Brinlee, such a cutie. Ember was not so sure about me taking a picture. She is currently on a nap strike. And this was one of those days she did not want to take a nap!! Thanks Gramby for taking us to the fun center, we had a blast!!

10 Year Anniversary

2011-10-05T14:01:00.001-07:00

This is the most updated pic I have of us. We celebrated ten years of wedded bliss on October 3rd, 2011. Brice surprised me with a trip to San Diego over UEA weekend. I was excited, but nervous. I know my kids are in good hands, I just don't know if they will be good. Most likely they will be awesome, but I am nervous nonetheless. Thanks honey for the last ten years, can't wait for the next ten years, it's going to be great!!

Garden

2011-10-04T13:59:00.001-07:00

Okay here is the skinny on our garden this year. We had corn, cucumbers, watermelon, potatoes, butternut squash, carrots, and all sorts of pumpkins. This pic is of most of the pumpkin plants. By this time of year, we are done with our garden. I still have a ton of carrots and a lot of pumpkins. I might have neighbors come over and get some!! It was another good year for our garden.

The Shed

2011-09-22T13:55:00.001-07:00

I know everyone has been wondering what we did this summer....well here it is. Brice wanted a shed and so he built it all my himself. No plans or any contractor or kit, all by himself. It turned out pretty good considering he is a Spanish teacher. This is the roof of the inside. We were bad and did not take photos as it progressed.
These are the shelves that he built. If you are wondering what is on them, well those are utility kilts that he sells. This was one of the main reasons for the shed is so he has a place to store all of his kilt stuff.
This is the side and front view. The door he built all by himself as well. I do need to thank his brother Brad for coming and helping. And also his other brother Casey for helping put up the walls.
This is the side and of little bit of the roof. Yes, he did the roofing all by himself too. I am just as amazed as you are. There have been no leaks and it has not sunk into the ground. There you have it, that is what we have been doing all summer. Not very exciting, but we have a shed now. Thanks honey, you did awesome.

Slacker!!!

2011-09-19T13:23:00.000-07:00

For anyone who looks at my blog I apologize for not having alot of posts lately. We are really boring and so I do not have much to post about. For our summer we spent a lot of time constructing a shed in the back. I should say Brice constructed a shed all by himself. From the floor to the roof, he did it with no plans. We are very proud of him and I need to go and take pics for everyone to see!! Thanks for looking at my blog and I hope to have a more exciting post later.

Ember's New Do

2011-09-03T20:45:00.001-07:00

Ember has so much hair that I thought it would be cute to put it in a ponytail. This is the first time she hasn't tried to rip it out so I got a pic while I could. This one is of her and putting on my shoes. She loves shoes and she even got them on the right feet.
This is the side view of the ponytail. She is holding a stuffed do.....just in case you were wondering.
Here is the top of the ponytail. It is not perfect, but she is adorable with a ponytail. This post is also my 200th post. I can't believe I made it this far. I sure do love blogging!! Thanks to everyone who looks at my crazy blog!!!!

First Day Of First Grade

2011-08-24T14:55:00.001-07:00

Yea for school!! I was a little more excited for school to start than Tayson was. This is him eating his breakfast. He loves to watch a show and eat breakfast at the same time. He was not thrilled I was taking a pic.
Here he is all ready for the first day of first grade. He did awesome. He will be taking his lunch sometimes and eating school lunch sometimes.
Of course I had to get a pic of Ember. I don't think she noticed Tayson was gone. She did really good with just mom for all morning long. We are so proud of Tay and hope its a great year at school.

Chad's Wedding

2011-08-13T17:56:00.001-07:00

Okay, so let me start off and say that I do not have one picture of Chad or Mary. I am the worst photographer and just did not snap any of them. I was a little preoccupied with my children, so maybe I can get one from Emilee or Amanda. Mary looked gorgeous and Chad was handsome as ever. The weather was great and the day turned out fantastic for them. I got this shot of the fountains, so that is where we started the day is at the Logan Temple.

Here is Emilee and my mom taking pics of us so Brice started taking pics of them. Mary and Chad were about to come out of the doors that are right behind Emilee.
Family picture at the Temple. This is the best I could do, Ember would not look up and my eyes get squinty the more we took.
Here is my Tayson, he was not excited to be in pants and a nice shirt. He survived though!!!
How cute is this!! The dresses were adorable and to my surprise the dress stayed white the whole reception. They served Zeppes Italian Ice and cookies from Cutlers in Bountiful. As I stated before I did not do well as a photographer, so I did not get a pic of Tayson at the reception. I am going to have to get one from someone else.
Such a cute pic!! Kelsie was so cute and Amanda was so pretty. I had to take this pic.
Finally I did get Emilee to take a picture of me and Brice at the reception. As you can see it was outside at a park in Syracuse. The kids did great, Ember did get ornery at the first of the reception, but got over it after some dinner. She had the best time playing with her cousin Maddy. Congrats to Chad and Mary, we wish them the best.

Bear Lake

2011-08-01T20:34:00.001-07:00

So last Thursday, we decided to head up to Bear Lake for the day. This has started to be a tradition and we thought we wouldn't be able to go because they say there are no beaches left. But we got online and discovered two beaches, one on the south end and one on the north end. We went to the south end and it was great. There was not a lot of people and plenty of room to relax. This is Ember and Tayson waiting for our lunch. We ordered hamburgers before we went to the beach and ate them on the beach!!
I had to put this picture up. Brice is not trying to flex, the water is just cold. Although he is really buff!!
Here is one of my little fish out swimming. He loved Bear Lake and could have stayed there all day.
Ember and Tayson loved to play in the sand. Tayson was trying to find as many sea shells as he could. Ember just followed him around and would do whatever he was doing. I was taking all the photos and relaxing in my camp chair. We had a great time and Brice got to have his raspberry shake before we left!!

4th of July

2011-07-17T12:24:00.001-07:00

Here is my creativity coming out!!! I made pancakes and then cut them out with cookie cutters for the stars. I would have put strawberries and blueberries on the plate, but Tay does not like fruit.
We went to the Riverdale parade and had a lot of fun. Ember really liked all the people dressed like animals. Tayson was ready for the candy to come. I even got a free towel from AFCU, I was way excited.
Here is Tayson with his bag of candy. I threw most of it away because he does not eat candy. But he loves to get it!!
Here is cute Brinlee waiting for more candy. We sure had fun that day. We had a barbeque at my parent's house, but I am a slacker and didn't take any pics. Happy 4th of July!!

Swimming Lessons

2011-07-17T12:22:00.001-07:00

Tayson got to take swimming lessons with his best friend Ethan, and they loved it. Tayson is not afraid of the water at all and so swimming lessons were needed.
Here is Tayson with Ethan right next to him.

Such a good daddy!!

2011-07-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

I was going to put this pic with the birthday post, but decided it needed its own. Ember loves reading stories and so this is what daddy does most of the time with her. Tayson loves to sit there to and read some of the stories for Ember. Brice is an awesome dad and I am blessed to be sealed to him and our children for eternity. Thanks honey for being so awesome, we love you!!

Brice's Birthday

2011-07-17T12:16:00.001-07:00

Now I know that Brice's birthday is before Tayson's, but I had Tay's pics on the computer all ready, so just go with it!! We celebrated the Sunday before and here are the two birthday boy holding their cake. Thanks Kenzie for an awesome cake.
The one side is a computer for Brad and then a gym for Brice. Kenzie did an awesome job. Happy birthday honey!!!

Tayson's 6th Birthday

2011-07-08T20:49:00.001-07:00

I can't believe it, Tayson turned six on June 19th. He had to share his birthday with Father's day, but that is to be expected since he was born on Father's day. I am a bad mom and forgot candles the day before. We had everyone come over on Saturday to have cake and ice cream and pizza. The above picture is of Tayson on his actual birthday blowing out candles. And yes there is a picture of the cake, it is just at the bottom.
Here he is on his birthday with his new wiggle car we got him. He has been saving his money for one, but we thought we would surprise him with one for his birthday. He loves it and rides it everyday.
This is the Saturday before when everyone came over. Grandpa Randy is holding Kelsie and Tay is opening his gifts. Gramby is helping him!!
I just loved this picture of Brinlee in the car and Tayson on the top.
And here is the fantastic cake made by Aunt Kenzie. He wanted a soccer field and he loved it. It tasted awesome, thanks aunt Kenzie!! Happy birthday little boy, we love you!!

Hoogle Zoo

2011-06-21T14:36:00.001-07:00

All of the kindergarten classes went down to the Hoogle Zoo the Friday before school got out. I had to put one picture of an animal in and so here is the giraffe. Lucky for us it did not rain that hard, it only drizzled while we were there and the sun even came out for a bit. It was so crazy that day at the zoo, but the kids sure had fun.
Here is Tayson posing by the monkey, I think!!
Here they are with there zoo maps. They each had to have one.
This is the four of them that we followed around: Brenda, Ethan, Tayson and another little boy that I can't remember his name!! It was a little hard to see everything, but we made it through. Thanks to Mindy for letting me drive down with her.
Here is Ember and Paige ready for a trip through the zoo. Ember did not last long, she walked or I carried her.

Soccer Baby!!

2011-05-24T14:13:00.001-07:00

I know I know, I should have taken more pictures of Tayson's soccer games but I didn't. He played seven games and improved each time. He made the only goal of the season and was so excited. He got a trophy at the end and that was the most exciting part of playing soccer!! Way to go buddy we are so proud of you.

My Mom is a Graduate!!

2011-05-24T14:07:00.001-07:00

I have one awesome mom. She graduated on May 11th , 2011 in medical coding from the ATC. She is an amazing lady and we are so proud of her.
Trying to get us all to look at the camera is impossible!!
This is Ember after she spilled water down herself. She had no idea Grandma was graduating but had a good time running around.
Here is Tayson waiting for Grandma to graduate. He lasted about fifteen minutes in the chairs and then he was done waiting!!
Maddy is so cute!! She gave me such a cute smile. There is Kasey waiting for it to start.

18 Months Old

2011-05-06T13:48:00.000-07:00

I am SOOOO not a photographer!! Every time I tried to take her picture, she would move on me. This is the best one and she had to have her princess ball!! She weighs 22 pounds with is the 20th percent. She is 31 inches tall, 50th percent. Her favorite foods are green beans, animal crackers, apple juice, yogurt and anything her brother seems to be eating. She loves to read books and play outside on her "bike". She loves to blow bubbles and has decided that talking right now is for the birds. We love her so much and glad she is in our family!!

My Newest Niece and Nephew

2011-05-06T13:44:00.000-07:00

YEA, I finally got to see them!! It took us three weeks to get over there, but we did not want to get them sick. The little girl's name is Kelsie and the little boy's name is Hayden. My mom happened to be over there too.
I am so sorry you have to see my picture in all of them, just look at the cute babies and not my face!!
They are such good babies when I am over there. Ember was not so sure about me holding a baby, but she did much better than I thought. Tayson looked at them and said oh they are cute and ran off to play with Maddy.

Easter

2011-04-27T12:29:00.001-07:00

I am such a slacker. I did not take very good pictures on Easter. Tayson got up at 6:30 on Easter morning, which by the way is way early than when he gets up for Christmas. He set a trap for the Easter bunny, but he got away!! He was so excited to look for eggs, but I told him the Easter bunny left the eggs for dad to hide so Rowdy wouldn't chew them up. After church Brice hid the eggs and Tayson had a great time finding. them.
Here Tayson is on the new toy I convinced Brice to buy. Tayson LOVES the new trampoline. He is on it everyday and hates it when its raining!! Ember is not so sure about it, but give her time and I think she will like it.
Finally here is Ember in her Easter dress. Yes she is eating a cookie and I couldn't get her to smile without the cookie. Tayson got new shorts and a shirt so that is why he is not in the picture. I hope everyone had a good Easter and I am truly thankful to know that the Savior lives.

Fun Center

2011-04-27T12:26:00.000-07:00

Over Spring Break we took the kids to the Fun Center in Layton. This is Tayson and his best friend Ethan. They have so much fun together!
Here is Ember at the fun center. She usually has fun, but this was the start of her being sick so she just wanted mom to hold her.

Sickness

2011-04-19T12:55:00.000-07:00

I have no pictures for the post because I don't take pictures good when I am not sick. So therefore we don't take pictures at all when we are sick. We had have two cases of pink eye, sinus cold, ear infection, flu, common cold and more ear infection. All of those things have happened to my sweet little Ember. She has not been happy for over a week and a half. I want my sweet girl back!! We are doing much better and hope that the sickness bug stays away from are family for a long time. I just wanted to quickly post that my brother and his wife had twins on April 8th. I haven't seen them in person yet because of all the sickness so I don't have any pictures to post. But, the little boy weighed 7 pounds 14 oz. and the the little girl was 6 pounds 15 oz. There names are Hayden and Kelsie and they are doing good. I can't wait to hold them!!

Ember's Photo Shoot!!

2011-04-02T20:11:00.000-07:00

Ember loves treats!! I gave her this ice cream cone and the top fell of in her high chair, so I pulled it out and set it on her tray. I turned around and had shoved the whole ice cream top in her mouth. I had to take a picture of her face.
This was our family home evening treat. Yes she loves ice cream cones!! She is about to eat a piece off the floor. Ten second rule, right!
She found Tayson's sunglasses and would put them on and take them off. You can see her little belly, she is my eater!!

Lady Antebellum - "Hello World" Music Video

2011-03-18T12:33:00.000-07:00

I loved this video!! Everyday I need to be thankful for the small things in life! I am truly blessed to have the family I have.

Part 3 (and final one) of the Cruise out to Sea

2011-03-08T12:59:00.001-08:00

Here we are waiting for the shuttle to take us to the airport!! We made it back.
Here we are waiting for the ship to dock. I don't think Kenzie realized this picture would be on my blog, sorry Kenzie!!
This is the last night at dinner in the Wind Song dining room. Dax was laughing and I had to get it on camera. Our server was so cute, he took the kids around with him when they dance in the middle of your dinner service. Tayson and Victoria thought it was awesome!!
Here is Tayson coming off of the big slide. He is so skinny he wouldn't make it to the end on his bum!! We had so much fun on the boat and we would go again, just not out of Galveston Texas. Thanks to everyone who looked at all my pictures and once again thanks to Randy and Valerie for taking us, we love you guys!

Part 2 of the Cruise Out to Sea

2011-03-04T12:32:00.000-08:00

Okay backwards again, but here it goes anyway. Here is Aunt Wendy entertaining the children. She is so good with them, thanks Aunt Wendy for being awesome. And a side note, she looks awesome to she has lost a ton of weight and I think she looks fabulous!!
Brad and Kenzie enjoying the sunshine on the last full day on the boat.
Tayson and grandpa in the hot tub. They were the only ones in the hot tub. It took Tayson thirty minutes before he got all the way in!
Here is a fun towel animal. We got a swan (funny story below), dog, elephant and frog.
This one of the three waterslides they had on the ship. Tayson went down the very big one the most and we spent most of our time on the slides.
Here is my handsome husband posing by the ocean.
Okay, we forgot to tell Tayson about towel animals and so on Monday night after dinner we came back and found this. We let him in the room and were in the hall talking when he ran back out and said there is something scary in our room. Me and Brice walk in the find the swan. Although to me it looks like a rattle snake, we had a good laugh. After that we went and found out who makes the towel animals and asked for a dog or a bunny.
This was dinner on formal night. Gramby did not realize I was taking her picture.

Cruise Out To Sea!!

2011-03-02T13:18:00.000-08:00

These are backwards, but who cares!! Here we are sitting by the freezing cold pool. I wore that green jacket everyday, but you know me I am cold where ever I go!!
This was formal night and Tayson did not like getting dressed up!
I ordered myself a non-alcoholic drink and I bought the monkey to. It was a mango smoothie and it was awesome.
Casey pretending to throw Weston in the pool! Dax and Victoria were having a great time in the COLD water.
Tayson and Brice mini golfing the first day on the ship. Tayson mini golfed six times or more before we left the boat!!
This is Webster Texas water tower at the nearby park. This was our "shore excursion". Next time we go to Webster we are going to stay on the boat.
Here is Brice trying to get you to think we went to Paris!! I bet you are all fooled, right?
They had a park while we waited for our boat to come in and the kids had so much fun, we went to the park twice!!
The whole trip Tayson wanted to be with his grandpa. This was before all the fun started.
Here we are ready to go on an adventure!! We did have lots of fun on the ship and I can't say thanks enough to Randy and Valerie for taking us!!

This Never Happens!!

2011-02-28T12:44:00.001-08:00

Here a few pics. This one of me and Brice is us on the boat before we set sail. And the pic below is before we got on the boat. More pics to come!!! Enjoy.

Let me explain that title a little bit. On Feb. 19th we were headed to Texas to board a cruise ship with all of Brice's family. We left Ember home and Brad and Kenzie left Brinlee home to. We all got there sometime on Friday and then on Sat. we went to board our ship. Everything was going fine until we realized we needed a passport or a copy of a birth cert. to get on the ship. Well no one had these things except for Sarah and Casey. We spent the next 3 and a half hours calling home getting someone to find them and fax them. If only Carnival had those requirements in bold letters, it would not have happened to us. Our ship did not come in by then so we thought we were doing good, only to realize that is was the beginning of two long days of trying to get on the ship. The fog was so dense that the ship could not come in on Sat., so we had to find a hotel on Sat. and come back on Sunday and hope it had come in. We had small blessings throughout this process and even though it was not the cruise we had hoped for, we did have fun on the ship. We finally boarded the ship at midnight on Sunday, which really is Monday morning now. We did not set sail until Monday at noon. So you guessed it right, we did not get to go to any ports. It was called three fun days at sea. They had a water slide, mini golf, hot tubs, pool, shows, comedian and lots of other stuff to do. We just would have liked to go to Mexico and let Tayson and the other kids play in the ocean. We understood the fog was not Carnival's fault, but they way they handled the situation was their fault. We did enjoy each others company and we got to see Brice's two brothers that live out of state. It was definitely a vacation to remeber. Thanks to Randy and Valerie for taking us and even though it was not was we expected, we sure had an adventure!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

2011-02-14T13:15:00.000-08:00

I am truly blessed to have three Valentines. Ember does not know what is going on, but Tayson sure did. He had fun at his party at school and giving away his Valentine's. I love you Brice, thanks for being such a great dad and husband! I hope everyone as a great day!

Very First Ponytail

2011-02-01T12:39:00.000-08:00

Here is Ember with her first ponytail!! Her hair is so crazy that is goes past her eyes. It is way curly, which I love, but very frizzy. Poor girl got the same hair as her mom!!

Happy Birthday!!

2011-01-28T12:41:00.000-08:00

Well everyone I turned the big 3-0 on January 21st, 2011. And the only picture I have of the big day is this birthday cake that is almost gone, pretty sad, huh?!! My mom and Brice did get everyone together and they had a surprise birthday party for me at the Ogden Pizzeria. Thanks to everyone who came and to my mom and Brice for getting everyone there. That was on Friday, so on Saturday Brice's parents watched to kids and we went to Applebee's and then Brice took me ice skating. It was sooo much fun!! Turning thirty isn't to bad, here's to the thirties, bring them on!!
Here is a picture of my mom and Ember on my mom's birthday January 20th. That's right are birthdays are one right after the other!!

Ember's First Snow Day

2011-01-28T12:37:00.000-08:00

I couldn't wait until Brice came home that night, so I took the kids outside to shovel with me. I have to thank my great neighbor and friend for the snow suit for Ember. Here they are all ready to go!
I could not get Ember to look at the camera. She kept looking at her brother. Maybe next time I should have him take the picture.
Tayson always loves to pose for pictures!!

Temple Square

2011-01-19T12:48:00.000-08:00

So these pictures are out of order and a little late, but better late than never, right?! Here is the statue of Christ at the Visitor's center. I tried to get Tayson to stand next to it, but he would not cooperate very well.
Don't mind my huge nose and forehead, look at Ember she is much cuter than me.
Here we have gramby posing for a picture. We rode the frontrunner down and it was so nice not to have to park and pay.
I am sure Randy is going to love this picture!! Tayson and Brinlee are looking outside and Brad is not paying attention, but Grandpa is. I am glad we got to see the lights.

Ember Dancing

2011-01-08T15:26:00.000-08:00

Ember bustin' a move!

MERry ChrISTmas Part 2

2010-12-30T19:33:00.000-08:00

Yes these are backwards, but oh well. We tried to get the kids to act out the nativity, but they just would not do it, so the adults did. Here is the only sheep, she kept the ears on for quite a while.
Here is grandpa opening Buzz Lightyear for Tay.
Here is Ember opening her computer from Gramby and Pappa. As you can tell Tayson did most of the unwrapping for her.
I know Valerie is going to love this picture, but she had on such a cute hat I had to put in on. We were blessed again up at Brice's parents house!!

MErry CHRIstmas

2010-12-30T19:22:00.000-08:00

Yes, Santa found our house. It was quite the Christmas for us. Tayson waits 364 days for it to come and he got sick on Christmas Eve. He got a nasty cold, but when Christmas morning came he jumped out of bed. He wasn't 100%, but he did great. I am such a slacker and didn't get any pictures at home, Brice recorded all of it though. So here is at my mom and dad's house. We got there every year to have the BEST breakfast ever!! Ember was a little warm and so here she is in her diaper with a new toy.
Tayson and Maddy had a ball. They are helping me get Ember's toy out.
Here we are with all of the loot. Chase is giving us a great pose.
Tayson is wondering if there is any more presents to open!!
Ember is chilling with her dad with her new doll. Thanks to everyone for the gifts and to Santa who did not disappoint. We are truly blessed.

Before I Forget...

2010-12-13T19:45:00.000-08:00

I don't think this post will have pictures, but I wanted to write it down before I forget some of the things that happened to Ember. I found a picture and had to put it up!! On Nov. 3rd, she came down with a fever after nap. I gave her a little bit of Tylenol and she went to bed just fine. The next morning she woke up with no fever and was fine. Well, right after her nap she had the fever again, but was eating and playing. She went to bed just fine that night. She woke up on the 5th of Nov. and felt a tiny bit warm, but nothing really to bad. Again after nap she woke up with a fever again, but this time she was way warm. I took her temp. and it said 101. Brice was home by now and told me to call the dr. and of course they didn't answer. By now she is crying hysterically and nothing will calm her down. I finally get a hold of the dr. and they tell me to bring her in. We get there and she now has a fever of 104 and they find an ear infection. We get her some antibiotics and they tell me to give her Tylenol and Advil, rotating the two. We go home that night and she is pretty subdued, she just layed by her dad the whole night until bedtime. When I went to put her down I told Brice she feels like she is on fire, I am not kidding you. We decide to let the Tylenol work and put her down. I go up and take a bath and Brice is at the computer when he hears her moaning a lot. He decides to go check on her and runs upstairs with her yelling at me to come down. I come down and I see her and she is having a seizure. I take her from his arms and tell him to call 911. At his point I am trying to remember my ninth grade health class and what to do when someone as a seizure. I take her to the couch and lay her on her back and try and talk to her. By now the 911 operator is telling Brice to watch her and when she is done with the seizure make sure she is still breathing and to put her on her side. The seizure only lasted about one minute, but that was one long minute for us. The ambulance came and put oxygen on her and gave her more Tylenol and took us up to the ER. I rode in the ambulance with her and Brice followed us in the car. When we got to the hospital her fever was at 103. The nurse happened to me someone I went to school with and so that was nice. We were there about three hours. They ran a test for a urinary tract infection and they saw the infected ear as well. They sent us home with her fever down to 100 and told us to alternate the Tylenol and Advil every three hours. As a parent that was so scary for both me and Brice. I was actually pretty calm and Brice was the nervous one. He did find her though and that really shook him up. Tayson slept through the whole thing thank goodness. We have wonderful parents who came and watched stayed at the house and came to the hospital. Wonderful neighbors and siblings who care so much for our little girl. Thanks to the Bishop and first counselor for coming up to the hospital. I am truly blessed to have the priesthood in my home. Ember got a blessing from her dad and uncle and I know that helped. I am so thankful for a loving Father in Heaven who blessed me with a wonderful husband and two beautiful children. It happened over a month ago and Ember is doing great. It all started because a molar wouldn't break through!!!

First Snowman

2010-12-02T14:24:00.001-08:00

Tayson just had to get outside and build a snowman. It lasted a long time until someone came and knocked it over!! Way to go dad and Tayson.

Family Pictures

2010-11-20T20:44:00.001-08:00

So I dragged my family down to the Union Station the first part of October and made them take some family pictures. Here are my two monkeys. This was at the end so it was nice to see Ember smiling and Tayson not getting mad.
Here is the whole family. Tayson is saying cheese if you couldn't tell.
Here we are with us kids and my mom. I think they turned out great!

HallOweeN

2010-11-05T12:38:00.001-07:00

Well here are the two munchkins. Ember does not cooperate very well. Tayson was a pit crew guy and Ember was a lion.
No smile, but at least she looked at the camera.
Here is my favorite dude!!!
Here is Brice in his costume as a student. His students were freaking out and thought he looked hip. I think he looks pretty hot!!

Eating Pasta

2010-11-05T12:36:00.000-07:00

Ember LOVES any kind of pasta. This is her first time having it and she gobbled it all up.

Punkinaze

2010-10-26T12:15:00.001-07:00

Over the fall break we took the kids to the punkinaze. We even got Tayson to go in the corn maze and we got lost!! Here is Ember is the corn, she was not so sure at first, but then decided it was okay.
This is Tayson's favorite part, the slide. He went up and down the slide

Ember is One!!

2010-10-22T13:25:00.001-07:00

Okay picture overload, beware. I always do the pictures backwards, but that's okay. Here is Ember after all of the gifts were open. She only has a shirt on cause after her cake the clothes came off.
This is the after the cake. That is grandpa's hand getting ready to feed her ice cream. As you can tell she loved her cake. She was not afraid of it at all.
This is her tasting it. Wondering if its okay to have these in front of her!!
This is the cake by her wonderful Aunt Kenzie. The rest of us had cupcakes filled with strawberry cream, yummy! Thank you Kenzie for another wonderful cake.
Here is dad getting a vacuum ready to play with. She got a teacup set, a cabbage patch doll, clothes, a bug that does all sorts of stuff, a pink bus and lots of love. She wasn't too sure what was going on, but her brother was way excited for her birthday.
Tayson is trying to help her open her gifts.
This should have been at the first, but oh well. We went to Applebee's on her birthday, she was way excited. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate, we sure had a fun day.

Random

2010-10-12T12:56:00.001-07:00

We like to keep things boring here, so not a lot has happened. Here is Ember eating her first ice cream cone. She loved it!!
Here Tayson is holding what we thought was a wacumber, but was actually a cantaloupe.
Here Tayson is getting all muddy. Luckily it was just his hands.
Here is the little muddy boy again. We love him.

How Tayson Entertains Ember

2010-10-01T15:36:00.001-07:00

As you can see Tayson is pulling a face and Ember is enjoying watching him. He puts her in his dump truck and wheels her around. She loves it!!
She does try and get out so he tries to be careful. These two have so much fun together.

Lythgoe Family Pictures

2010-09-22T12:20:00.001-07:00

While we were in Wisconsin we got some family pictures done. I tried to get the good ones!!

Is It A Puppy?

2010-09-13T13:03:00.001-07:00

No, it's just my little girl thinking she is a puppy. She loves to put that ball in her mouth and crawl around the floor. As of late it just isn't the ball anymore, it's just about anything she can find!!

And then for some reason Tayson decided to be a puppy to and put this bear in his mouth. I have some fun kids!! We love em!

The Frontrunner

2010-09-06T13:51:00.001-07:00

Before school started, we took Tayson on the Frontrunner the Saturday before. My mom came with us and it was fun. Tayson has been on it before and loves to ride it down to Salt Lake. We went to the Gateway and ate at Applebees. And then we stopped at the chocolate factory and got a peanut butter bucket. It was a huge peanut butter cup!! I wish I would have taken a picture.
This is the ride home. Here is Tayson trying to entertain Ember. Brice was really awake!!
Here is my cute boy who loves to ride the train.

First Day of Kindergarten

2010-09-06T13:40:00.001-07:00

Tayson's first day of kindergarten was on September 1st. He was so excited and of course mom gets the pictures backwards. This is when it was all done and he came home. This boy would not tell me anything. The rest of the day was not good. He is such a boy!! Going to kindergarten was no problem, it was the after that was not so good. But we have adjusted to not asking him about his day and waiting until he has had some time to adjust.
This is the before going to kindergarten. I can't believe he is five and going to school. It is crazy how time flies. He did have a good day, he just doesn't want to talk about it!!!

A Late Post

2010-08-27T12:56:00.000-07:00

Here is Tayson at the 24th of July parade in Ogden. As you can see he is eating his breakfast!! I could only get this picture before my camera batteries died.
Tayson loves the Roy Aquatic Center. We had to buy a punch pass because it was way cheaper. He loves to go down the big slide but needs a little help. This picture is the best I could do!!

Weber County Fair

2010-08-21T15:49:00.000-07:00

My mom and me took Tayson to the Weber County Fair. He had a pretty good time, but he loved this trampoline. My mom was kind enough to pay for it and away he went. He had no fear.
It was hard to get pictures will he was on the trampoline, so this was as good as I could get.
We had to go see all of the old tractors so we could get a pin for Grandpa John.
Another old tractor. Thanks to dad for staying home with Ember will she took her nap!!

Curly Sue

2010-08-14T07:03:00.001-07:00

This is the close up of Ember's curly hair. Yea for mommy!! I only hope I can do her hair better than I do mine.

This was before we were going to church. I think she is adorable, but I think that about both of my kids!!!

Bear Lake

2010-08-14T06:52:00.001-07:00

Last year we all went up to Bear Lake and spent a few days up there. Well this year our big trip was to Wisconsin so we decided to just take a day trip up to Bear Lake. We left on a Friday morning and spent the day on the beach and played. Ember had a great time in the sand and water.
Here is Tayson and Gramby after playing in the sand.
Brice decided to make a sand sculpture. This is the turtle he made.
I am usually not in pictures, but I decided to be in one. Isn't she cute?!!!
Here is my Tayson sitting in Bear Lake with his chair. Crazy boy!! Thanks to everyone who came. And of course we went and got hamburgers and raspberry shakes before we went home.

I'm Nine Months Old!!!

2010-07-26T15:28:00.000-07:00

I took Ember to the doctor on the 20th of July and she is doing pretty good. She still does not crawl, but she will turn herself around in a circle on the floor. She weighs 18 pounds and is 29 inches long. 30% for her weight and 90% for her height. I couldn't believe she only weighed 18 pounds 'cause when I hold her it feels a lot heavier. She loves her older brother and gets so excited when she sees him. She loves her milk and is starting to not like her rice cereal anymore. She would much rather eat what I am eating. She loves baby goldfish, puffs, any soft cracker and Popsicles. She smiles at everyone and really loves to see her daddy when he comes home from work. She sleeps from about 9:15 until 7:30. On good days she will still take two nap, but she is getting four teeth on the top so she is kind of crabby lately. She is such a blessing and we can't wait to see what happens next. We love you little Ember loo!!!

Swimming at Chase's Parents Pool

2010-07-26T15:19:00.000-07:00

On the fifth of July, Chase and Emilee invited us over to his parent's house to swim in their pool and have a BBQ. Here is the after swimming game. This is Chase and Chad playing. I am sorry but I can't think of what it is called right now!!
Here is Chad and Tayson playing in the water. As you all know, Chad loves to tease Tayson and this night was no exception.
Brice gathered all of the noodles and wanted to float. So here he is with the finished product. Of course right after Chase gave him a blue raft that worked much better.
Here is Maddy enjoying a Cheeto.
This is Aunt Emilee and Ember enjoying the water. It was a little cold for Ember so she did not stay in to long.
This is my little daredevil trying to throw the ball in and then jump in. He even goes off the diving board now.

Riverdale Fourth of July Parade

2010-07-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

Every year I drag Brice to the Fourth of July parade in Riverdale. This picture is of my mom, Maddy and Tayson trying to get candy in the road. The only time you can go in the road without getting into trouble. I also believe Amanda is getting the candy to!
Here is Brice all wet from the parade. His ninth grade officers were in the parade and I showed them that Mr. Lythgoe was sitting there and they came and poured a bucket of water on him and shot him with a water gun!!
Here is Emilee with Ember. She wasn't too impressed with the parade.
Here is Maddy and Tayson enjoying themselves. Tayson got so much candy but ate only about two or three pieces. He loves to get the candy just not eat it!!

Tayson Is Five

2010-07-04T09:48:00.001-07:00

Here is Maddy playing in the swimming pool on Tayson's birthday. We had everyone over and had pizza and cake and ice cream.
Here is Chase, Emilee, Grandpa Randy and Grandpa John and the back of Gramby head, sorry!!
Here is Grandma and Ember enjoying the party.
Here is Brinlee and Tayson playing in the pool.
They all look so happy to have their picture taken. We have Brice eating some pizza and Kenzie chillin'.
Here is Tayson ready to blow out his candles on his Bumble bee cake that Aunt Kenzie made him. It was an awesome cake. He didn't let us finish singing happy birthday to him before he blew out the candles.
Here is the before picture of the cake before we cut into it. It was awesome. Thanks goes to Kenzie for putting up with me and making it. Tayson had a good day and he got some great things for his birthday such as a scooter, goggles, inner tube, puzzle book, clothes, transformer and croutons!! I know it sounds funny but Tayson loves to eat croutons for a snack, who knew!!

Tayson's First B-day Party

2010-06-29T20:40:00.001-07:00

Tayson had his first birthday part with friends!! Here is Cooper with a green Popsicle. I never could get him with the rest of the group, he moves to fast!!
Then there is Mason, Tayson and Ethan. They are playing in the sand box enjoying a Popsicle.
Here are the two girls that came Haley and McKenzie.
This is Optimus Prime pinata that we got for the party. It took about thirty minutes to break it open. The girls loved the candy inside and the boys just loved hitting it. We had hot dogs and chips for lunch and a cupcake for desert. Tayson got a ball, lightening McQueen cars, transformers, a shirt and a snake!!! Not a real snake a rubber one, but I don't like it. I sure hope the kids had fun, I am not a party planner at all.

Tayson's Friends

2010-06-25T10:34:00.000-07:00

Here is Haley, McKenzie and Tayson playing in his room. Haley loves to come over and play with Tayson.
Sorry Stephanie the picture is blurry. Kenzie got wet and so we put some of Tayson's clothes on her.

Brice's Birthday

2010-06-21T15:30:00.001-07:00

Here is the birthday boy. I don't think he knew I was taking this picture!! I was so nice and let him buy a new tv. He got a movie, shirt and of course the new television.
Here are the two the birthday boys enjoying the cake!!
This is the cake I made for Brice. It was a peanut butter cake with a chocolate fudge frosting.
He turned 31 on June 13th.

The Garden

2010-06-14T13:05:00.001-07:00

Here is the start of the garden. Brice planted corn, cucumber, watermelons, potatoes, pumpkins, squash, and zucchini. We will probably get some tomatoes in there too!!

Swimming Lessons

2010-06-14T13:00:00.001-07:00

Tayson took swimming lessons at the Roy complex June 1st to the 11th. Every morning at 9:00 we would go for a half hour lesson. Sometimes he didn't want to go, but soon changed his mind when we got there. He also thought his teacher's name was Charly because she played a game with them. Her name is not Charly, but ask Tayson and he will tell you differently. This picture is of him coming back after a back float.
This is Tay being helped by the teacher with his back float. By the end of the lessons he could do it all by himself.

Biter Biscuit

2010-06-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

Ember has been teething, so one night I gave her a biter biscuit and she LOVED it. It kept her content for about twenty minutes. Long enough for me to clean up the kitchen.

More Pics

2010-05-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

I have them backwards, but oh well. Here is Tayson on the last flight home. We had some awful turbulence, it felt like you were on a roller coaster. Tayson was done with plane rides by this time.
Here is Ember with her burp cloth on her head. This was me and Brice trying to keep her from crying on the last plane ride home.
Here is Trent, Sarah and Wendy at the pool at the hotel we stayed at.
I have to get a picture of these two goofy guys!! This is them waiting for all of the pictures to be taken and go and have some dinner.
And finally here Casey and Sarah with Dax, Victoria and Weston after Dr. Lythgoe graduated. Way to go Sarah, cause we all know you were the driving force behind Casey!!!

Graduation and Wauwatosa Visit

2010-05-25T14:28:00.000-07:00

Okay, I think I put most of the pictures in order. I might have to do two posts about our trip to Wauwatosa. Here we are at the Denver airport on Thursday getting ready to go to Milwaukee.
Here is the next day at the hotel. Tayson and Ember slept so good all three nights. Tayson had his own bed and he loved it.
Here is the swimming. Tayson is a little fish sometimes. He loved to go to the pool and it was just the perfect size for little kids.
Toria and Tayson playing with each other. Tayson had so much fun with Dax and Toria, he was sad to leave!!
Ember at the graduation. By this time she was ready to go have some dinner!!
Here are the pictures after the graduation. Everyone was able to come and see Casey get his degree. Way to go Dr. Lythgoe.
This is right after he graduated. Ember is to the side in her stroller. We had a ton of fun in Wisconsin. We are so glad we got to see Casey graduated and to Casey and Sarah we wish you the best in their new adventures in Illinois!!

Preschool Graduation

2010-05-25T14:23:00.001-07:00

Tayson graduated from preschool on May 19th 2010. He actually graduated with the other class because we were on a plane when his class graduated. Here he is patiently waiting for the program to start. He did so good and sat there very quietly. They sang songs and each had a part. Tayson's part was it is important to keep our bodies clean. He said it loud and clear. I didn't take many pictures because Brice was recording the whole thing.
Here is the graduate after the program. Thank you teacher Misty for a great year at preschool. Tayson has learned so much and I am so proud of him. Now on to kindergarten, here we come.

Mother's Day

2010-05-18T13:16:00.002-07:00

So I am such a slacker at blogging. I have pictures to post, but my dumb computer will crash when I try to put them on my blog. Anyways, for mother's day, Brice made me breakfast and he got me a new book and some chocolate almonds, my favorite. It was a good day. The best gifts I have are those two kids in the picture. I am truly grateful for the opportunity Heavenly Father has given me to raise some of his children. I am truly blessed for the mother that I have and mother in law. I have big shoes to fill on both ends.

New Tooth

2010-05-06T12:06:00.000-07:00

Ember got her first tooth, about three days ago. She has been cranky for a few weeks now and well I know why now. I would have pictures to put up, but my computer is having issues so those will come later. Also, Tayson got the top part of his bed. So he now has a bunk bed. He loves it and slept on the top last night. Thanks mom and dad for bringing it and putting it together.

Utah Scottish Association Tartan Ball

2010-04-26T19:35:00.000-07:00

On Friday the 23rd, Brice and I got to go down to SLC and go to a Tartan Ball. Pretty much everyone gets to wear there kilts and you get feed. The parking was a joke. You were supposed to park at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, but it was full. So we parked in a parking lot behind the church office building, but we didn't have to pay!! We got right when dinner was supposed to start, but they were running late, yea for us. So we had our picture taken, that will come in another post. We had roast beef with rolls, salad, and squash potatoes. It was a good meal. Brice looked very nice in his kilt and he was glad he got to go once, I don't know if we will ever go again, but it was a nice evening away from the kids. Thanks mom and dad for watching them!!

Six Months Old

2010-04-21T13:47:00.001-07:00

My little girl is six month old. I took her to the doctor and she weighs 16 pounds and is 26 inches long. She is 50% on her weight and 70% on her height. She had to have four shot, poor thing. They say she looks good and is growing well. She loves her big brother. She tries to reach out and grab him all the time. She loves to grab whatever I am holding in my hands. She loves any kind of orange food and hates the green ones. She eats all of her fruits and loves her bottle. She can roll over, but she gets mad because she hates being on her belly. She sleeps through the night and most of the time has good naps. We love her so much!!

Classic Fun Center

2010-04-14T12:55:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday we went to the fun center in Layton. You can pay 7.50 for the bouncing, pirates ship, ten tokens and skate rental from ten until five. I think it's a pretty good deal. If you go when everyone else is in school, than it is even better. Here is Tayson about to go down the slide in the pirates cove.
Here is Tayson, Ethan and Emily. Tayson and Ethan are best friends and had so much fun together. We even got a pizza there for lunch. Thanks Ethan and Emily for go with us!!

Easter Fun

2010-04-07T13:00:00.000-07:00

Sorry, the pictures are backwards. Also, I did not take very many pictures. Easter morning was recorded on the camcorder so I didn't get the camera out. Here they are after Easter. Ember is in her pj's and Tayson is going to get his on. Ember got a dress and two books. Tayson got the shirt he has on with some shorts, candy, books, spiderman stuff and two movies. Brice got clothes and some candy. It was a good day. We spent the morning up at Brice's parents house watching conference and eating doughnuts and pizza. Then we went and watched the second half at my parents house and had chicken and potatoes.
At my parents house, Emilee and Chase hid some eggs outside and here is Tayson opening one of them. They had money inside, I think those are the best kind of eggs!!
Here Tayson is hunting for the eggs. He had so much fun this year looking for eggs. We had a hunt inside our house in the morning, way to cold outside. I am truly blessed to have a wonderful husband and two beautiful kids. I am also very blessed to be a member of the church and to know that the Savior lives and that he has made it possible to live with him again.

Tayson's Stats

2010-03-31T10:27:00.001-07:00

Tayson went to the Dr. on Monday to have his kindergarten check up. He was 37 pounds and is 43 inches tall. 70% in his height and 50% in his weight. He had to have four shots in his legs. I had to bring Brice because I can't hold him down. Poor little guy hated getting shots, but he doesn't have to have any until junior high, thank goodness. He was so brave on everything else. The doctor said he is healthy and ready to go the kindergarten!!

Rob's Frosted Rock Creamery

2010-03-25T12:19:00.001-07:00

Tayson got to go see how ice cream is made at the creamery in Roy with his preschool. He had so much fun watching them make the ice cream. He got to have a mix after it was made and he chose marshmallows. He ate about three bites and was done. He is still my picky eater and eats like a bird. But I am guessing one day when he is older he will eat way more!!
Here they are at the table before the tour. All boys and no girls at this table. Thanks Miss Misty for a fun filled trip. Putting Tayson in preschool has been one of the best decisions ever. He has learned so much about his ABC's and he can even recite the pledge of Allegiance. He is so excited to go to kindergarten and learn more.

What's Up!!!

2010-03-25T12:16:00.001-07:00

Here is my little what's up girl!! I loved this outfit she got and couldn't resist putting the hood on. She is all wet because she just ate and got washed off.
Here she is almost smiling. She loves the bouncer, I am sure glad she does 'cause Tayson hated it.

Family Pictures

2010-03-10T13:44:00.000-08:00

Here is one of Ember smiling. It was at the end of the photo shoot, but at least we got one.
We had some pictures done in Feb. by Mandy Call. She is awesome I would totally recommend her to anyone. Of course Ember wouldn't smile when we want her to!!