Recap last few months...

We don't have the internet anymore so updating my blog takes a little more effort than I've been willing to put forth, but here is a little recap of the last few months. A few pics of Christmas. Long over, but here it is anyway.


Christmas was so fun. I haven't enjoyed Christmas like that since I was five. Tyce was so thrilled. It was so fun, I didn't want it to end.


He caught on really quickly and loved everything he got - except for the clothes - he could have cared less. But we sort of fed the obsession with semi's, backhoes, etc. and he was so excited.



As for the rest of the goings on - we have played in the snow a lot.


We feed cows with Grandpa Palmer, well mostly he just rides the "Ford" Trac-a-ter. He is really into what is a Ford and what is a John Deere.


Tyce helped Dad install a new dishwasher. Hala-freak'n-luia. Being without one was nobody's favorite.



We ate ice cream cones with cousins.


and played in the snow some more...



Always a party!

Tyce just turned two (I'll post birthday pictures, hopefully more sooner than later) and the number of tantrums in a day have increased exponentially - but for the most part it's actually kind of funny. He has been so fun. I love this age. He is talking so much and it is super entertaining, for me anyway. It is a little frightening all the words and phrases he picks up from me. He is determined to be independant and I hear, "No, My do it!!!" 69 times a day. Tyce is a good boy, and I really am enjoying this age.

Family Pics

We just took some family pics. Thank you so much Cal!

The rest of our summer pics

So I realize that summer is long over but here are the rest of our summer pics. I wasn't very good at taking my camera wherever we went but we mostly fished, camped, and moved a lot of sheep. It was so fun.

This is Tyce and his cousin Jayden. They have so much fun together. Jayden was kind of tired but Tyce was just thrilled to be outside. He loves loves to camp.

Jayden's grumpy face cracked me up.

We fished A LOT!

We also camped quite a bit in the sheep camp and loved every minute.

Tyce had his first powdered donut - that was a happy day.

We rode horse and moved sheep quite a bit.

And riding the backhoe with Uncle Dan is better than Christmas.

The other day I put Tyce's hair in pig tails. I was laughing so hard, and Rustin was ultra annoyed.

My Buck!!!

Last Thursday I got my first deer. It was so fun! I've never really shot anything besides ground squirrels before and I was kind of nervous, but it was so fun.


It was really fun to hunt together. Rustin was just as excited as I was.


Fortunately for me, my part ended after I shot it. Rustin threw it in the truck, gutted it, skinned it, boned it out, and cut it up into jerky (I did help cut up the meat). He is really nice. After I shot it, I was so excited that I thought I might even be brave enough to help gut it, but when it came right down to it, I decided to let him have all the fun. This is us watching Rustin gut the deer.


Tyce has a slight obsession with Uncle Dan - mostly because he gives him rides in the backhoe.

Hauling Sheep

It is sheep hauling season and Tyce has been loving it. We got him up at 5:30am and put him in the Semi and although this picture looks like he is not sure, he really loved riding in the Big Truck with Dad.







He screamed when I took him out of the semi. He loved all the buttons and dials and talking on the CB.





He was making faces at himself in the bumper. I was laughing so hard.



He kept poking the sheep in the truck. Finally he had them where they couldn't run away.




This has become his little sand box. He gets all his trucks and climbs in and plays in there. It cracks me up. Tyce has been so fun lately. I have absolutely loved this age. He talking so much and is starting to put sentences together. He is my little pal, and goes everywhere with me - so so fun!