Recap of last week...

So we had our own family Christmas party where we opened one present besides the pj's I made. Here is Tyce with his little stalking.


He would have been perfectly content with only the candy cane.


So these are the pj's I made. I forgot to take a picture with all of us with our matching jammies...well I didn't forget, I thought I would take a picture at Christmas, but Rustin forgot his..... and so it goes.


Tyce got sick. He had a nasty cough and was wheezing really heavy (because he has asthma) so we had to put him on the nebulizer all week which was very exciting.


This is his "Holy Cow I'm so excited this Christmas morning" face. Or something like that.


His favorite toy was this fire engine that Grandma and Grandpa Walker gave him. He was so excited when he opened it. It was so cute. He didn't like riding it as much as he liked playing with the wheels. He has a wheel fetish. He loves wheels of any kind, truck tires , 4-wheeler tires, lawn mowers, wheels on the suit case, wheels on the dish washer basket, etc.



Great Grandma and Grandpa Mickel gave Jayden (Rustin's sister Rachel's little boy) and Tyce these little rocking chairs. They loved them. It was really cute.


They both loved their fire engines. Tyce is one month older then Jayden. It is so fun to have them so close.


We went to the annual Mickel sledding party on Saturday and Tyce just wanted to sit on the 4-wheeler the whole time.



I didn't have any snow pants so I borrowed Rustin's Dad's coveralls - very warm.



We put Tyce and Jayden in a tub together but these are the pre-tub pictures. They were so funny together. We were laughing so hard. (Sorry some of these pictures are so blurry. The camera had been in the cold car and I couldn't get it to de-fog.)


They were hugging, pulling hair, biting, poking each others eyes. It was great.





They were both splashing frantically.




Well I might have gone a little overboard with all the pictures but we thought it was fun.



Tyce got kind of sick of the splashing but Jayden didn't. He would have splashed for a week. We had a wonderful Christmas break - hope all of you did too!

Mmmmmm

Tyce loves things with flavor like ketchup, BBQ sauce, A1 sauce, cocktail sauce but wont' eat a cherrio. However, his very most favorite food is rice cereal, which is incredibly bland - I don't know. Strange little boy. It cracks me up because he says mmmm after every bite.

Rustin's Graduation

Rustin graduated on Saturday, Wa-hoo! We are pretty excited to be done. The commencement was good. They kept it pretty short so that was nice. It was snowing like crazy Saturday morning though and it was super cold.


Tyce was pretty good throughout the graduation. He bounced from person to person, so he was pretty entertained.


All he wanted was Rustin's tassel.


My parents came up for the graduation in the storm. It was so great to have them there.


Rustin's parents and two little sisters came up the night before and stayed with us, it was so great to have them there as well, especially to help with Tyce throughout the commencement.


So I have been sewing some Christmas pj's for us and Tyce has to be sitting right on my lap or he gets so mad. He loves to watch. My Mom gave me this sewing machine for my graduation two years ago and this is only the second time I've used it ....so maybe I'll be a semstress yet, who knows.


Tyce sat on Santa's lap at the ward Christmas party. He just stared at him and wasn't sure what to think but he was pretty thrilled about the candy cane he received.

Grandpa Palmer

Tyce loves Grandpa Palmer!




This is my niece Evelyn. She is so much fun. I couldn't help taking a picture of her with this hat. It cracked me up.

Army Crawl

So Tyce is 9 1/2 months and he's still not crawling, but he has managed to get where he wants to go. He use to scoot on his back but now he does this army crawl. Sorry, the video on our camera is not very clear but you get the idea.

Tyce face...

Rustin is just finishing up his final projects before finals week (Tyce is good help). His last finals week. He graduates on the 13th and we are super excited to be done and do something other than homework in the evenings.

Last Saturday we went up Spring City canyon with a lot of Rustin's family to get our Christmas tree and of course I forgot my camera. It was gorgeous and we had a wonderful time. Tyce was enthralled with all of the diesel engines, 4-wheelers, and chain saws. This boy loves motors.


Tyce helped Grandpa Walker sort through the lights.


Rustin gave him an oreo cookie and he was pretty excited about that.


He had some wild morning hair.

Alas...

I'm usually not into the whole tagging game, but alas.... Six random facts about me. I thought I would narrate with some pictures.

1. I've only seen the ocean once in my life. This picture is at White Sand Beach in Florida - it was heavenly.


I couldn't resist adding this picture for you Cal! This is also at White Sand Beach but it was right after we got out of the van and we were both incredibly car sick.


2. I have always wanted to write children books. I graduated with a degree in English, emphasizing in creative writing. All of you will be very glad to know me when I am a booming author someday.


3. I can't swim. Not really well anyway. I never took swimming lessons. The only real swimming we did growing up was in ponds.

The only time I feel comfortable in water is with a life jacket and every time I go under I plug my nose.


4. The only time I ever had short hair was a couple of years ago and I donated it to Locks of Love. I sort of looked like Orphan Annie so I don't think we'll be doing that again any time soon.


5. My favorite Christmas song is "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas". It makes me so happy when I hear it. (I took this picture at Bush Gardens in Florida. I was so fascinated by this giant swimming hippo.) Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xjjlUbpJ4


6. Me and Rustin just bought this little cabin up in Wyoming........... ok its a lie, but my sister lives by this house and I thought it was beautiful.

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture for this but I have started to play the guitar which is fun. If Sarah and Melanie are reading this, I know your thinking that I was a pretty amazing guitar player when we were at Snow, but this time its for real. I can play some songs without a five minute pause between each chord.

Ok, like I said, I'm not really into this tagging business so if I don't abide by all the rules, I'm sorry. I tag, Cali, Katie Jane, Melanie, and Mandy.

More Of Us

We went to the BYU game last Saturday and met up with Cali and Bryan. The weather was perfect. Every time the fall weather begins, I get so excited for BYU football.





Grandma and Grandpa Walker brought this giant sucker home from Disney Land for Tyce and he thought it was fabulous.




He was such a sticky mess so we stripped him down and put him in the tub afterward.


I usually love when the weather gets cooler but it is hard with a baby. We use to spend a lot of time outside so its hard on both of us to be inside so much. But I do bundle him up now and again to go on a walk.