Tyce's cousin Jayden is only a month younger and they seem like twins. They get along so well and are so cute together. They were both helping Rustin with the license plate. I loved their concentrating faces.



The other day it was snowing and cold so I put some rice in a cookie sheet and let Tyce play with all his "yellow iron". It was a hit. He played and played forever. Moving rice from trackhoe to backhoe to dump truck. When Jayden came to visit he was so excited show him his 'Bryce' (rice) as he calls it.


We took him to the Fun Park up in Logan and he had a ball.


For two and a half hours he ran and ran and ran from slide to slide. We didn't have anywhere to go so we let him go until he quit. It was so funny to watch because he ran for two hours and during the last half hour he starting walking, then he would crawl up the ramp, then he would sit on the stairs for a minute before he went up, til finally he walked over and sat on the chair next to me - he was done. He was exhausted.


Not very often we let him play until he's done. It was really fun. He was pretty thrilled.


This was the first day of his 'Bryce'.


Every morning since, he would wake up and ask for his rice. It was kind of a mess but worth it.


The highlight of Tyce's life is to ride on the backhoe. Nothing makes him happier.


He loves to feed sheep with Grandpa Mickel and Uncle Dan.



Rustin's cousin rebuilt this little tracter for Tyce. It's so cute.

2nd Birthday Party

Here is the backhoe cake that caused us so much grief. But finally the moment came to give it to Tyce and he couldn't have been more thrilled. Rustin's aunt made it (I helped a little, mostly just put the Kit-Kats on) and turned out so cute.






When we gave it to him, he wouldn't touch it with his hands.



He ate the better portion of the cake over the next few days before I finally through it away. It was really fun.

Backhoe Cake Tantrum

Sorry about the fuzziness. Our camera doesn't take very clear videos but you get the idea. So Rustin's aunt made Tyce this backhoe cake for his birthday. She made it the day before his birthday and we happened to be there. He saw it. Loved it. and this is what happened when I tried to get him to leave it (until tomorrow). It was unreal. I didn't even get the part where he was kicking and screaming on the floor - but you can see how tramatic this was for us. My favorite part is he happened to see it a few more times before he could actually have it and every time we had to leave it, these sorts of tantrums occured. It was unreal.

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.