January and February of 2011

Ok, so I decided to start fresh! My new years resolution is to blog more (I don't know how anyone has time to do it so much, but here is my attempt).

January:

01/01

New Years!

Starting off the year right with sparklers with the cousins, Camberlea, Dallin and Easton at Grandma and Grandpa Wrights cabin.

Don't forget the food...Tegan enjoying his chip, and looking SUPER tired. And James pretending to be mad.

Ty and Camberlea just enjoying a late night!

01/17

Bowling for Family Home Evening. Becki and Taylor joined us. It was super fun...and what could be better than nachos. (thanks Taylor!)

Tyrus started taking pictures...which is why we have the pictures of the bowling balls.

01/19

Tyrus' preschool went to Smiths on a field trip. We got to see lots of stuff and even the back fridge where they keep all the milk. They got cookies at the bakery and a grocery sack with a banana, water bottle, and suckers at the end.

February:

02/02

Tyrus' 4th birthday. The day was full of fun. He woke up to doughnuts for breakfast...

His door was decorated...

And a new Mario shirt to wear!

He went to preschool, then we waited for James to get home from work (he didn't want to miss out on a fun filled day), then we headed to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Tharp. We went to Wendy's, Ty's choice. His second gift was a shake and go car, Lightning Mcqueen.

The next thing we did is go to the movies...we saw Tangled. Super cute!

As soon as we got out of the movie we headed to the circus. It was just a little circus held in the equestrian park in South Jordan. We had some free passes so off we went. It was totally LAME! We didn't stay long.

After the movie we headed home for just a short bit, but not before another present...another shake and go car.

On our way to Taylor's (Becki's boyfriend) to watch him open his mission call, we had to have another gift...books this time.

After Taylor's call (he got called to Pittsburgh, PA which is totally cool for two reasons. First, that is where Steven went, and second the Steelers are his favorite team. We are so excited for him. He leaves March 30.). Grandma and Grandpa Wright were there with yet another present.

On our way home we stopped at Wingers to get dinner. Ty was super excited to use his free kids meal birthday card they sent him in the mail. And of course more presents to open.

All in all, he got tons of fun stuff including new jammies, Mario, of course.


02/05

Tyrus got a cool new bath toy set from his Uncle Todd and his cousins Warren, Alex, Trevor and Tristen for his birthday...so he wanted to try it out. While James was putting it together, Teg decided he wanted to get in and dad was taking too long...

02/06

Right before the super bowl, Becki convinced me to cut my hair (it was an agreement, she would color it if I let her cut it....)

Before...

and After!

I really like it! It is super easy to do, but it is still taking me a bit to get used to it.

02/07

Ty's 4th birthday party. He wanted a Buzz Lightyear cake...so this is what he got, Andy's Bed.

He got so much stuff, it looks more like Christmas!

02/15

All the fun stuff the boys got for Valentines Day, which includes books and candy.

02/15

The weather wasn't too bad so we decided to go to the park.

02/16

We decided to do dessert fondue for Valentines Day. It was a few days late, but who cares it includes chocolate, right?!


02/23

For Ty's preschool we went to the Zoo for Free Zoo Day for a field trip. It was a little chilly but not too bad. We were lucky cause the elephant trainers were out so we got to see the elephants do all sorts of cool things.

We went in to see all the animals and things in the bird area (ya totally can't remember what it is called at the moment) and Tyrus thought it really stunk!


All the animals were really active which was fun to see.
Tegan pretty much stayed in the stroller the whole time (mostly cause I didn't want to chase him)...by the end he was tired and ready to go.

02/25

The South Towne Expo Center had a safe kids fair, so we went to check it out. The kids had a blast.


Tyrus getting a baseball and baseball bat painted on his face...Teg wasn't even going to let the lady get near him.

Waiting in line for the clown to make us balloon animals, Teg got a dog and Ty got a sword.

That sums up the first two months...more to come in March (I promise)!

the funny things Tyrus does

So the other day I was washing my hands and James came in and smacked my butt and said, "hi mom" so what does Tyrus do...the exact same thing, smacks me on the butt and says, "hi mom" I still giggle about it.

pics of the boys

Tyrus just turned three so I decided to take some pictures of him.

I added this pic cause you can see his eyelashes so well, I just love them!

Tegan just turned six months...here are some pics of him.

This is Tegan's blessing outfit...I can't believe it still fits. He was blessed on Nov 1st.

New Year's Resolutions

Here are just a few random pictures I took yesterday. Tegan is now 4 months old...how time flies. He is my chunker that is for sure. At his 4 month appointment (12/28) he weighed 16 lbs 3 oz and was 25 1/4 inches long. Tyrus at 4 months was 14 lbs 9 oz and 25 1/2 inches long. Tegan is just a bigger kid, but eats way less than Tyrus did. It amazes me how different they are. Tyrus just loves his brother...a little too much at times. He always wants to kiss him and talk to him. Tegan is also sitting up, with help, and it such a giggler. It is so fun to have kids.

So I have a few New Year's Resolutions...which some say is super lame, cause really do you ever keep up on them. Well I am seriously going to try. One of them is to blog more. So I have tried to make it a reasonable amount...once a week. We will see how it goes.

Also I am trying to cook a new meal every day. A few months ago I cleaned out my cupboard full of recipes (what a mess) and I decided it is time to start trying some of them, cause if I don't like them, I am throwing them out, I am sick of the mess. I have found quite a few good ones. I think there has only been maybe one that I probably wouldn't do again. I have so many cookbooks it is insane.

The next one is to deep clean my whole house every six months. So it has began. On Saturday James and I cleaned the car and then cleaned one of our bathrooms. And when I say deep clean, I mean it. Like take everything out that is possible to take out and clean from ceiling to floor, including walls. I even washed the shower curtain.

I also want to scrapbook more. While my sister was out of school for Christmas she came over everyday and we scrapbooked. It was so fun. I am hoping to keep up on it better, since I am currently scrapbooking baby showers from before Tyrus was born. For my birthday I got tons of new stamp sets, so I am hoping that will get me to get going on it.

One goal that I am particularly excited about is going on a date with James once a week. Last week we went to see Blindside (good movie by the way). It was so great to get out. Tyrus got to play at his cousins house and he didn't want to leave (they didn't want him to go either). Tegan went with us, and was an angel, slept through the whole movie. So we will see what this week brings.

Another one I am excited about, is I am trying to grow closer to my Savior. James and I have been reading our scriptures every night for over a month, it has been so great. Some nights we talk and discuss scripture for hours. It has been such a great time to learn and grow.

Anyway...this is a super long post, sorry. It has been ages since I blogged. Thanks to everyone for the Christmas gifts, wishes and treats. We love you all.