Anniversary and fun

We finished the crib and the baby's room! Yay. Here are some pics from our last couple of weeks.

He's become a thumb-sucker. It used to be the whole fist, but he has now
found individual fingers. He spits the pacifier out to get them, ha.

Landon putting in the last screw on the crib.

He's learning how to work while he's young ;)

Ty's also getting into the jumper lately. It scared him at first, but he's liking it more and more.

Our second anniversary was last week! Landon brought me these :)

We were lucky that Whitney babysat for us so we got to use our free passes and go to Seven Peaks. It was great to just have some fun together, and it was a beautiful day for it. I was so excited, I just love water parks.

Later that night we decided we wanted to do a barbecue in the canyon.  We invited others, but it was last minute, so Ryan was the only one who could come with us, but we had a fun time. As you can see, Landon was pretty proud of our big burgers.

Tyson seemed a bit unimpressed by the dinner...

but he loved dessert. We made s'mores and he helped us roast them just right.

We used those Gihugic ones that are especially for camping. That's a lot of marshmallow. Unnecessarily large in my opinion, but it's more exciting that way.

Tyson watching some Saturday college football with Daddy. We had just put the chair together so it was still in the living room and Landon was taking advantage.

Tyson and I made Landon this fruit pizza on an especially rough day for him. He had planned to get his bike pumped at the place on the way to school, but it turned out all of the places he used to do it weren't there anymore. So he spent all day walking his bike around...in the rain. We hurried to get this made for him by the time he got home.

We also finished the baby room. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.  Thanks to Grandpa Rowley for helping us with the crib, and to Mama Rowley for the vinyl lettering.

Tyson also went to his first football game. Lest you assume he was always just a raggamuffin with no pants on, I must explain that he started with really cute pants, but it was so HOT outside that we were trying to keep him from heat exhaustion. Lots of sunscreen and kept him in the shade. He seemed ok except the constant noise got to him by the end...and he has woken up screaming with nightmares since, so I think the cheering might have really scared him...Poor kid. He's a trooper.

But the noise could not have been too bad, since he slept through the second quarter and halftime.

Other than that, Landon's in school, and I'm just trying to keep up with the little guy. If you have any fun ideas for things to do with a 5 month old, I'm taking suggestions.

Big Boy!

 Tyson graduated to solid foods!! We took a video but I cant convert the mvi file to make it smaller in the windows program...any pointers are appreciated. The first few bites went great...but then we got these for your enjoyment

Great faces, huh!

Along with that, Landon is about to finish putting the hardware on the crib. We found out there wasn't enough of certain pieces so it took us a while to find something else that would work, but it's about done. Tyson had to supervise and make sure Daddy did it right.

Passing the time during harvest

It's harvest time! Tyson and I have just been chillin' at home while Daddy is at work all day and night. I have actually been working about 2-3 hours at night to get the shift started, so I get to use my Spanish, and Joyce gets "Grandma time" away from the office.  If you want to see any pictures from harvest, look at the blog for the farm at freshpickswa.com/blog.
But while we are home during the day, I get to play with the baby.  Lately me and the babe have been trying some new things...

Since he can see colors better now, he likes to look at
pictures while I read to him, for maybe a whole book

His new favorite thing is taking rides on blankets
as we drag him around. Puts him to sleep half the time,
but he likes to stick his hands out and feel them drag on the carpet

And his neck is getting stronger. Tummy time is generally just
laying and sucking on his hands time, but every once in a while he
will look at the cars on this rag or get mad and look around.

A week or two ago I got to go to Tami's to visit for a day or two. We went to the zoo!As you can see, the little guy was pretty excited...until he fell asleep.

If you can't tell, we are howling with the wolves (behind us)

He was so excited the whole day to see the komodo dragon--his favorite

For a couple days here at the Rowley house, the AC went out. So, I took Kaden and Amy and made them have a water fight with me. It was pretty refreshing. It's times like these where it's fun having younger siblings

Summertime!

It's been a while since I've posted because we have been moving and living with the Rowleys for a while.  But we started our summer with a visit from my brother's family on their way to Florida.  We had to see Grandma before leaving for the summer.

The cousins got to meet for the first time. My little guy was happy about it, I swear. 

And look at that Fro!

Tyson's first road trip. It took a while to convince him he couldn't drive.

The car was packed to the gills. It was mostly baby stuff, I swear.

And we were able to go to the Allsop reunion. Landon decided the kids probably should have some supervision on the archery, so he went out and taught them all his skills.

And Landon blessed our little baby.  We have a great circle of priesthood holders who were able to be there.  We even got a four generation picture, but my sister has it, so I will have to post that soon. Tyson even had a really cute little white vest and wing-tipped shoes. I love baby clothes!!

We got the day off for the fourth of July. The whole gang went to the parade--Tyson's first. He woke up for the fire engine.

Our cousins made this bike in a week! Genius! It balances on two wheels-I was amazed.

A good old Basin City parade is based on good John Deere equipment. Notice the size of this combine compared to the house in the background.

The fire truck sprays their fire hose at the people dumb enough not to run away. Landon swore that if he held the carseat that they wouldn't spray him. That worked for the first two trucks. But the third one had no mercy. Good thing Grandma Rowley was smart enough to take the baby out with her. The Davidson float was my favorite, they threw out ice cream sandwiches.

 

 

And Tyson's first fireworks. I don't think the booms scared him so much, but he didn't seem to like us holding his ears.

Our cousin's baby and our little guy.

Love is in the Air

David is married!!

Landon and I have spent some of the last month or two getting ready for the wedding. Landon threw a bachelor party, and Whitney and I did some fun stuff with Becky. We are so happy for them, Becky is great.  I won't be the only "in-law" anymore :)

On the day of the wedding, we may have been stressed with directions and finding places, but we made it. The ceremony was beautiful.  Landon and I sat front and center, but we were bummed because it turned out to be a bad angle to see their faces.  What are the odds. 

Best buds.  We thought it was cute that all of the pictures of David as a kid in the slideshow had Landon in them. They did everything together growing up.

Lunch from Magleby's. Yum!

Bad timing, but their all in there :)

They even made a boutineer for our little guy!

Family pic

Batter Up!

This spring term, Landon was able to get on a men's softball team for intramurals.  It's the first time he has had enough time to do intramurals in over a semester, so he was excited to play.  I wanted to get on the team too, but it's men's only.  Landon almost snuck me on there, but I wasn't supposed to be exercising yet, so we let it go, ha.  Their team had a rough start, but they are now in the playoffs and doing pretty well. They have one more week of games.  We'll see if they can pull it out.

I struggled with the camera and seemed to always get the picture after I wanted it.
This was while playing against team "Orange Julii", which I would venture is plural
for Orange Julius???

We had to document the baby's first baseball game, right?!
He may have slept through the whole thing, but he did
wear baseball socks in support.

In other news, Landon has definitely improved in his multitasking.  He now can do homework or eat one-handed while also holding a baby.  And, as seen in this picture, he can even keep the pacifier in at the same time!

Wonder where he gets this from...It seems I always find both of them sleeping in this position