Growing up

This is a little delayed, but for those who haven't had the pleasure of seeing the drunken sailor walk, here is a video of our little guy walking. He's all over the place now, usually babbling or clapping as he goes.

 

 

The bedroom we are staying in at the Rowley's has a small drumset in it. Grandpa was so proud when we visited. Tyson was excited to show off his new skills. Here's our little drummer boy.

Poor little guy had his shots this week. He slept for days, and was fussier than ever before he broke out with this rash all over his torso and face. They say it's from the measles shot--basically a mild form of it as a reaction is what they told us. The little guy is so miserable it just makes me sad for him. But after 5 days, he is starting to make progress. They say it could be 8 more days. 

I dun gradiated!

It's true! Landon has finished, Yay. Though we have had a fun time through all of our BYU experience, we are ready to move on, and excited for the next exciting adventure on the farm.

 

 I just thought I would take a minute to say how proud I am of Landon and his ability to keep balance during school. I never had to juggle a family with college life, since I graduated before then. Though it does come with the perks of someone to make dinner after a long day, or a built-in editor of your papers, I know it also came with challenges. He had to deal with the sleepless nights of a newborn while preparing for exams and taking classes.  He had to work so that we had enough money for essentials, rather than take time off when school was busy. It took extra effort and planning to still be a part of the BYU experience with football games, concerts, student programs, or intramurals, and still have time to come home and play with the baby before he had to be in bed. I just wanted to say that I'm glad that family is a priority for Landon, because Tyson and I always felt a part of the process instead of a hindrance.

Here are a few pictures from our graduation weekend. Thanks to the Rowley family for helping us move!!!

So cool!

We saw some of our good friends, the Youngs. Amanda and I had fun
with mother's group, and Adam had some classes with Landon as well.
They are a fun family.  We will miss the great friends we've made in Provo.

Just makes me think of a little leprechaun. :)

 

We played some family tennis that weekend to break things up from the moving and ceremonies. We aren't exactly amazing, but we aren't bad. It made for some funny games.

 

 

 

Tyson was pretty excited Daddy waved to him.

Fly like and Eagle

I couldn't help thinking of that song. For graduation, we decided to do an activity that we would remember instead of spend money on a graduation gift. Since the Point of the Mountain is supposed to be one of the best places in the world for hang gliding, we said "Hey! We'll probably never try this otherwise--let's do it!"  So we found an awesome deal, and talked David and Becky into coming with us since our sister-in-law is graduating this year as well.

Dave and Becky

Landon was the first brave one

Landon flying!

Britney has the white pants :)

Becky had the awesome emergency landing

We don't regret it. It was pretty awesome. The weather got a little rough, so our rides may have been shorter than possible, but we had an awesome time. The rules were--don't be a sack of potatoes. Keep your legs running when he said, and don't touch anything you shouldn't. Easy enough, right. While Landon was flying, there was a hawk flying against the wind. They decided to chase it and swoop in over it. The guy driving the hang glider even "cacawed" at it to scare it, ha. While Becky was up, the wind stopped. They couldn't get their altitude high enough to land back where we were and had to go down the cliffside to another spot, but it worked out. Overall, I decided it wasn't as scary a I expected, but that's probably because I wasn't driving. Just along for the ride!