Bowling

We went bowling for Rustin's little sister's birthday. Tyce loved it. He kept rolling everywhere and would decide which ball we could have.



He was the keeper of the balls.


There was a track-hoe digging at the neighbors house and Tyce stood by the fence and watched for about 30 min until I had to drag him away kicking and screaming. I hope he grows out of this obsession some day.

Snow Cones & Cotton Candy

The elementary school hosted a carnival and Tyce had a ball. He loved his first "ba-loo" (blue) snow cone and cotton candy.




Inspecting the cotton candy. He wasn't so sure at first.



He decided it was ok.


Then we couldn't get enough.


He had a ball on the big blow up toys.



We visited some baby chickens with my niece Andelyn.





And we did some finger painting on a rainy day. He liked it for quite awhile and then had more fun watching me draw everything he requested which consisted of tracters, blue Ford tractors like Grandpa Palmer's, Green John Deere ones like Uncle Dan's, backhoes, trackhoes, Lightening McQueen, and Sally, etc.

It's a Girl!

So I'm pregnant. I don't think I've mentioned that on here yet. I'm about 24 weeks and we found out we're having a girl. Rustin was so excited. He wanted a girl so badly. He was perma-grin the whole day when we found out. I'm due September 8th. This pregnancy started out a little rough as they all do, but I'm feeling great right now so I am very grateful for that. I'm a little nervous to have two, one has been pretty easy lately but we're excited.


It was really funny. Tyce had to be in every picture and he is very good and saying cheese as you can see.

Girls weekend out

My sister Hayley lives in Wyoming and wanted us to come up and play in a volleyball tournament a few weekends ago. It was such a ball (no pun intended). We all left our kids (except Anna brought her baby) for the weekend and drove to Afton Wyoming. There is only one who is not a sister...can you guess which one? Hayley recruited a friend to play with us and she was awesome. We really needed her considering our tallest player was maybe 5'7. My favorite part is that I had to play middle blocker - if thats not intimidating, I'm not sure what is.


We had so much fun. We talked and laughed all the way there and giggled all evening like we were twelve years old at a sleepover. We played volleyball all day Saturday and drove home Sunday. It was so therapeutic, except I haven't been that sore in a long time. I could barely walk the next day.


Considering three of us were pregnant, we actually did really well in the tournament. I think we would have been in the championship if we were all about 5-10 years younger, but we were pretty wore out towards the end of the day. We really had a blast though. Thanks Hayley for inviting us!

Tyce has been able to spend some time with Rustin and the semi and he has loved it. He sat on the step of the truck for 45 minutes completely mesmerized watching the forklift load the hay onto the semi.



We went with Rustin to take a load of sheep to Cedar Valley so Tyce went on his first day trip in the semi and he thoroughly enjoyed it.


He even took a little nap in the sleeper on the way out.


Tyce was fascinated with the CB. He would get so excited to hear Uncle Dan when he would come on. He kept yelling "It's Dan, its Dan, Hi Dan! I ride'n in a ba-lue semi!"


This picture says it all. He thought he was something special, sitting in the passenger seat. He wouldn't let me near it without yelling, "No its for Tyce's. You sit in a back. Mom, mom, get in a back." So I had to sit on the bed in the sleeper the whole way out and back except for when he fell asleep. Rustin got out to fuel so I came up and sat in the driver seat for a minute and he said, "you dribe it mom." I told him I couldn't so he said "oh well get in a back, k, you get in a back."


He loved talking on the CB. It was so funny. He would just giggle every time.


Tyce waiting impatiently to finally get in the semi before we left for Cedar Valley. "Wets go, wets go!" he says.



We went out to help sheer Sheep and Tyce chased them around trying to catch one.



He helped get the sheep up... sort of. Mostly he just watched and yelled. "Go a dumb sheep!"




This is the piles of wool waiting to be compressed into bales.


Cousin Caleigh. His kiss'n cousin.


He's counting the sheep as they come off the chute.


Here are a few Easter pics. A little late but whatever. I was so mad it snowed that morning but I hid the eggs out there anyway even though it was freezing.





I love his face in this picture. He was not expecting to find a twinkie!


My boys!

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.