Sledding

Saturday afternoon we went sledding with Andy's sister, Richelle and her family. The kids had a blast. I was so proud of Tyler that he's starting to overcome some of his cautious nature and even sledded down the hill by himself! I turned off the video camera on this clip right before he stood up and yelled "I did it all by myself!"

Mostly he went down the hill with Andy.

I'm sure next year we'll have some pictures of Bryce on the sled too. Your turns coming bud.

Only in Spanish Fork

I love the town we live in. I love that its relatively small and that almost everywhere there is to shop is located on Main St. I love that rodeo stars are local celebrities. I love that the car wash has special instructions for cleaning hay and manure out of your truck bed. I love that Tyler can see a farmer driving his classic green John Deere tractor down Center St. at 9:00 am on a Monday morning. I love that I can often smell manure on someone in the produce section of the grocery store. And I love that on a Saturday morning at the drive in of the bank you can see a chicken wandering around the cars. Not having much else to do, a Spanish Fork policeman stopped and chased him around for awhile. I had to pull away before I could see how the story ended. Hopefully it wasn't with a squashed chicken in the middle of Main Street. Only in Spanish Fork...

First Big Snow

It has been dumping snow here in Spanish Fork. Tyler and I went out to shovel the driveway today while Bryce was napping. I couldn't believe how much snow there was and it was still coming down. The wind last night created big drifts like this one on our front porch.

All bundled up
Tyler helped me "rake" the snow. I couldn't find him a kids shovel. Some areas were up to his waist. He tried to follow me to the front walk way and got stuck and had to have me lift him over it. He loved it though and wanted to go back out as soon as we were inside.
Only an hour after shoveling it was covered in at least another inch and a half again. We'll probably be back out again later.

Organizing

Andy got these old blocks from his parents house on Saturday. He was really excited to show them to Tyler and "build" something together. We left the room for a few minutes and when we came back this is what we found. Instead of building something Tyler had organized all of the blocks according to shape. All Andy had to say was "Thats your child."

Rockin Bryce

Bryce is now 5 months old. He's taken some big steps these past few weeks: falling asleep without the aid of Mom, rolling over both ways, sitting up without support for about a minute, and finally taking a bottle! Its made for a much happier house for everyone. Today I had Bryce in his swing in our bedroom while I cleaned a little. The batteries ran out on the swing a long time ago, but Bryce figured out how to swing it back and forth just by rocking his body. He was quite proud of himself.

Bryce's First Food

On Sunday night we introduced rice cereal to Bryce for the first time. His reaction was like he hadn't eaten in days. I couldn't get it in his mouth fast enough. Notice Tyler in the background desperately trying to get Andy and I's attention too.

Trick or Treat

Tyler was a dragon and Bryce was a bear for Halloween this year. We lucked out and had really good weather. We opted for the neighborhood's trunk or treat at the elementary school instead of going door to door and I'm a big fan now. You get to see all the neighbors and friends you'd want to see, it only takes about 30 minutes, you don't have to walk as far, you can socialize a little and once you're out of candy you leave. At least while our kids are little I think we'll be doing the trunk or treat.
Tyler loved to say "Raarr!" in his dragon costume. I found it at DI about a month ago. Only $10 and it fit him perfectly!

Our sweet little Bryce in his bear costume.
I can't get enough of this kid's giggles. We kind of think he looks like a monk here. Bald head, brown cape..
I thought they looked pretty handsome today at church so we had to get a shot. Its rare to get one with both of them smiling.