What I love about having boys

* How they have to step in a mud puddle everytime they see one
* No matter how much you wrestle with them, they always want more
* Dirt equals hours of fun
* Cuddle what is that?
* No matter how tired they are they go,go,go until they pass out
* Anything two inches off the ground has to be jumped off of
* They ask for food all day and then when you put dinner in front of them they won't eat
* No matter how much I do for them, dad is still they're favorite (except when sick)
* You think you know where they are and then you turn around and they're gone
* You can never have too many balls for them to play with
* They can name all the specific kind of trucks and tractors
* They want to be held, but wiggle the whole time you hold them
* Storytime - yeah right!!
* Clothes may be harder to find, but I know I spend less because of it
* They get the coolest toys, I guess that makes up for girls getting better clothes
* They give me the best hugs
* They remind me so much of their dad

Monkey Business

Well today the boys and I met up with Tyrel's cousins and their boys at this indoor play area called monkey business. It had just opened Monday and the boys had a blast. Tyrel's cousin Haley has two boys the same age as Cooper and Trip and then his other cousin Karri has a little boy named Luke who is 2. The pictures are not that great, because seriously how can you take pictures of 3 toddlers running around at an ultimate playground?!! The nice thing is though is Cooper has been asleep for 3 hours and still going!!

I'M BACK!!

So I finally have internet!! Yeah!! I am so excited to keep better updates on my blog!! So now I just need to start taking more pictures again!! I am pretty much in Aurora,CO with Tyrel in the condo and we are having a blast!

9 months old!

Trip is already 9 1/2months old! I can't believe it. He has his 9mo well check and I don't remember everything, but I know this:

weight: 19Ib
heights: 28"
head: 70th percentile

He has two bottom teeth -6mo old
Crawls- 6 1/2mo
Working on top teeth
Loves to smile and laugh at everyone
Walks along things
Sleep a lot!!! (wakes up at 8am, two 2-3hr naps,goes to bed at 6:30-7pm)
Tries his hardest to keep up with Cooper
Is always kicking his left leg (or as Tyrel always says he is kick starting his dirt bike, Cooper did the same thing)
If you ask where is daddy he will look right at Tyrel everytime.
Also as you will notice in his picture he has one sock on. He always takes one off and chews on it.

He is such a joy in our lives. He is a such a happy and content little boy. He can always put a smile on your face. Cooper can't wait for him to get older. Cooper tells me he wants Cooper to big and strong so he can wrestle with him!!

Home Away From Home

Well since Tyrel has pretty much been working in Denver since October, Tyrel's work decided to get him a furnished condo up here until is work contracts get settled down in the four corners area. So now me and the boys are up here and get to see him everynight. We have enjoyed having dinner together as a family. Cooper is also for the first time since we moved to Colorado in Jan going to bed without getting up once instead of the 1hr fight everynight, going to nursery without crying, and just loves being with his dad. This condo is great. It has two bed two baths, a nice park across the street, and little playground, and in the summer a pool with a kid pool (if we are here that long). So I pretty much just going to stay here until Tyrel works closer to home in Bayfield.

Quick Update!

Well I know I haven't posted a lot lately, but that is because I dont' have internet. I just got my computer fixed so once I get back home I will look into internet providers. Right now the boys and I are in Denver with Tyrel. It has been a boring week, because I have been super sick. We headed up here Monday and on the way up I started to feel aching. By that night I was up all night with a fever, a mean chest cough that made my chest go up in flames each time I coughed and of course major sinus pain!! Wed night and Thur morning I had the worst fever. Cooper leaned to give me a hug and jumped back saying "mommy hot". So it wasn't until Thursday afternoon and Friday that we haven't gotten out of this hotel room. So now I am feeling a lot better and ready to enjoy a fun weekend. Life in Colorado is going pretty good. As of Sunday Tyrel will have a furnished condo up here so we can come visit more. It has a park across the street and a pool in the summer. His company is renting it for him until the cotract for this mine in New Mexico gets settled because he will be working down there more. Which is still three hours from our house in Bayfield. The boys are doing pretty good. Cooper is still having a rough time here and there adjusting to the unstability of our life. He has gone to bed once before 9pm since we moved here. I have tried everything. He still won't go to nursery without one of us in there. Other than that he a great fun kid!! Trip is wonderful. He sleeps most of the time,but when he is awake is all smiles and just exlpores!! As for me I am doing great and loving life!!

Denver

Last Friday on a whim I decided to drive up to Denver with the boys to see Tyrel since he wasn't able to come home for the weekend. We had a lot of fun. On Saturday we went to the Aquarium and the Children's Museum. The museum was more of Cooper's thing because he got to be hands on and play. Then on Sunday we went to church and then Tyrel's Aunt and uncle's house for the superbowl. Tyrel's cousin and her husband also came over with their two boys who are the same ages as mine. Her older son Rowen is 7 days older than Cooper and Trip is 2 days older than her other boy Bauer. Cooper and Rowen I thought played so well together. It's too bad they don't love closer together. Then on monday I hung out with the boys and then we went to Chucky Cheese for dinner and Cooper that was pretty cool. He still talks about it. Of course Cooper got to go swimming a lot at the motel too. We then came home on Wednesday. We were exhausted, but it was a lot of fun. Thanks Tyrel for a great weekend!!

We're finally here

Cooper helping loading the trailer. He even carried two gallon jugs of water. Once in each hand. He was kind of wabbly doing it.

Here are the two trailers filling up and Tyrel's truck on the flatbed in the distance

Just a cute picture of the boys enjoying their dinner

Cooper and Trip finally getting to enjoy their John Deere wagon they got for Christmas for Tyrel's parents. It's been at their house since we were moving here so they hung onto it.

Here's the boys toy room.

the family room

More of the family room.

Well we are settled in!! Getting here was a little rougher than we thought. Tyrel's Dad and brothers Coy and Spur started off by bring three trailors. Two for our stuff and one was a flat bed to haul Tyrel's 1976 Ford pickup. We got things loaded up and head to Bayfield,CO. Then about about an hour away from Bayfield on the same hill Coy's and Troy's trucks broke down. Troy's truck was completely dead so Coy litteraly pushed Troy's dually 4-door Ford pickup out from underneathe the trailor and then Spur hooked his truck up to the trailor. They took Tyrel's 76 Ford and hooked it up to the flatbed and since Coy's truck had a little power left they put it on the flatbed hauled it an hour to bayfield probably getting about 6 miles to the gallon using about a whole tank of gas. And Coy's truck was probably the heaviest of them all. Then once they got to bayfield Spur went back to get the other trailor with our stuff and a wrecker had to haul Troys truck to the shop since it didn't have enough power to get up on the flatbed trailer. So instead of getting to Bayfield at about 4:30pm they got in unloaded the one trailor with stuff that could freeze and got to the Tyrel's parents house at about 10:30. Once this all started I left with the two little boys because they had enough of the car and I just went to Tyrel's mom and dad's house in Pagosa to put the boys to bed. Then on Saturday Tyrel's mom watched the boys all day while Tyrel and I unpacked!! I think we started unpacking on Saturday and by Monday all the boxes where unpacked and stuff put away. We are settling well. Cooper is having a little bit of a rough time with all the changes, but it getting there. He is usually great with nursery and even when he visits other wards he's great, but with all the changes he has had a rough two weeks. The first week he went in just fine and then an hour later he came out crying and had to have one of us in there the whole two hours today. He has a rough time getting to bed except finally last night it only took 15 min instead of an hour and he freaks out if we are going to leave. But he loves living next door to "papa john" and "mama georgie" Tyrel's grandpa and grandma!! He asked to go over and visit all the time!! He has plenty of space to run around and get dirty!! We are grateful to be here and are excited to start looking for something to buy!!

Signing Off For Now!!

Well I am going to pack my computer today. So I guess I will post next when I have things set up. We are moving this Friday so here we go on another adventure!!

Girl's Week!!

This week started off great by taking off Monday morning to go and see my sister Sarah. That night I got there we went to her friends and had a Bachelor show premier little party. I don't watch that show, but after one episode I am hooked. Then Tuesday I got to go hang out with my sister-in-law Carrie and go to lunch with her and my two sister's Sarah and Lea Ann. Then on Wed my sister had a play group at her house. Then on Thursday I got my haircut. Then I headed home and stopped at my friend Meggan's house in Glendale, we had fun visiting and watching our boys have fun together. Then Friday called up two friends got a babysitter and we went to see Bride Wars and Saturday had a baby shower. This whole time Tyrel has worked this job and traveled for a 1 1/2 years I never done a girls night. And this week I have done so many fun things. Usually when I visit Sarah is really busy, but we got to hang out a lot and had a blast. I don't usually have a desire to do a girls night because Tyrel is home on the weekends and that is only time we get to hang out, but he is in Denver all weekend and I can't do a girls night during the week because I can't get a babysitter. So I know this is a cheesy post, but it was so nice to be around so many friends this week and make my week fly by. It was great to get to see a lot of people that I will miss so much when we move. I am so grateful for friends and the support of everyone around me who is willing to help me at the drop of a hat if I need it. This has been a great area to live in and I will miss it. Now Monday is back to the grind of doing the rest of the packing.

Here We Go Again!!

Well as you can see from the picture we are moving again!! This will be our 8th move in just under 4 years! We are moving to Colorado though finally! For now we are moving into an empty house that Tyrel's Grandpa and Grandma own in Bayfield,Co which is about 45 min from his parents, 10min Durango, and about 1hr 10min from Cortez which is where we want to buy a house. Tyrel's work is transfered him to the Denver office and he will work out of the four corners area. I have mixed feelings about this move. This move could potentially mean I see Tyrel less at times and more at times. But it get's us closer to where we want to be so Tyrel can find a job that brings him home at night. I am also bummed to leave my ward. This is the first ward where I have made so many friends. I am not ready to make new friends again. You think I would be used to it by now though. This ward has been great, not only have I made tons of friends, there are always a handful of people offering to help out watching the boys when I need it since they know Tyrel is rarely around and tons of girls anxious to babysit our boys when we want to go out on a date. We actually went on a date Fri and Sat this week it was great. We also had Tyrel home for two weeks. It was the best. We had so much fun together. We laughed so much and stayed up late playing games and watching movies. It was one of the best times we have had together in a long long time!! I still wasn't ready to take him to the airport last night to go back to Denver, but I am grateful to his work for giving him that time off paid even though he was out of vacation days!! So I guess it's back to more packing with a 2year old who likes to "help" and a 7mo old monster who is crawling into everything!!

Christmas!

Well we had our first Christmas at home. Tyrel came home from Denver on Tuesday before Christmas and is home until Jan 4th. Due to weather and never knowing Tyrel's schedule we decided to stay home. Christmas Eve started with going over to our friends Marty and Annette's to have a diiner like a night in Bethlehem. We ate on blankets with candle light and ate flat bread, meat, cheese, and fruit. We then read an edited version on the nativity story due to three toddlers running around. We then came home put the kids to bed and got to play Santa. Tyrel and I had fun settin up Cooper's train and activity table. Then after we were done Tyrel's sister showed up. So we woke Christmas morning and had a great morning. Cooper has played with his train table non-stop. We already had to change the battery in his train after the first day. He will take occasional breaks from his train to play hungry hippos and his remote control CAT skid steer. We then had a yummy dinner with us, Tranell, and our friends Marty and Annette and their two boys. We had fun with Tranell playing games and watching movies. Now we are gretting ready to have another fun week with Tyrel!!

The Christmas Season

Well we have had a fun week of being homebound during the many snow storms. We are ready to get out. As a matter of fact as soon as I am done with this post we are making an exciting trip to Walmart.


So here are the Chrismas stocking that me and my friend Annette made. Well correction she made!! I don't have a sewing machine so I helped buy the fabric with her and cut out all the pieces and she was the master maker in putting them together! They turned out way better than I pictured. She didn't even use an official pattern! She made the pattern up. Now I am just going to get our names put on them. Thank you thank you Annette for doing such a great job!! I finally have stockings I like


Here is just a little preview of how much snow I shoveled this week. I felt so good when I was done each day. It was a great workout. But at the same time another reason why I am grateful for husbands, because on the 3rd day of shoveling it was super windy where it burned your face.




Here is Cooper in the snow and his fort. He is obsessed with forts right now, but he calls them tunnels. He also hides in them from the giraffes and elephants that are supposedly coming!!

Christmas Treats

So since last year I was super sick I didn't do anything for Christmas I thought I would get on top of things this year. I decided to make these cinnamon Christmas wreath treats for the people I visit teach. I will make more for other people if I get to it, but at least I got this much done!! Of course I didn't deliver them yet because we woke up to a foot of snow. So I will try to venture out tomorrow, even though we are supposed to get more snow tonight.

Ward Christmas Party

Saturday was our ward Christmas party. It was also a work Christmas party for Tyrel. Since they were at the same time Tyrel went to his work thing and I took the boys to the ward party. We ate yummy food, watched a funny little program, and of course Santa came. I only got a picture of Trip with Santa because Cooper wanted nothing to do with him. He didn't cry, but for the 20 min Santa was in the room Cooper didn't take his eyes off him once. He made sure the whole time Santa was on the opposite side of the room and if someone blocked his view he looked around them as to not lose track of Santa. If I would have had another hand I would have made Cooper take a picture with Santa, but I could hold Trip and wrestle Cooper to get to Santa. So this is all we got. Tyrel did show up at the end of the party to get some food and watch the program and then we headed home. His party was kind of a bomb, because it was actually a mine party and his boss wanted him to go and represent his company, but it was from 6-midnight and he didn't see anyone he knew so he left.