A few weeks ago, we went down to the Orem Fire Department's public open house and enjoyed playing with the hoses and the trucks, ambulance, and helicopter. Tyse's favorite part... of course.. is the free cotton candy, but he LOVED watching Dave put out the tree fire, spraying the hose, and climbing in the helicopter!
Here are a few pics from the day!
You Are a Blue Crayon |
 Your world is colored in calm, understated, deep colors. You are a loyal person, and the truest friend anyone could hope to find. On the inside, you tend to be emotional and even a bit moody. However, you know that people depend on you. So you put on a strong front. Your color wheel opposite is orange. Orange people may be opinionated, but you feel they lack the depth to truly understand what they're saying. |
Last tuesday, Tyse got to go to a birthday party for a friend from preschool. His party was a Mickey Mouse party and it was as "Mickey-D's". Happy Meals all round! It was a HUGE hit and a couple days later, tyse was raving about it once again. That was quickly followed up by a "Where am I going to have my birthday party?" and then it was quickly followed by "Costco. yup. I want my party at Costco." Hmmm....
OK, so we were trying to get some pictures to show, but I have been foiled by my ineptitude in computing. So...
IT'S ANOTHER BOY!
As expected, junior #3 is a boy. Did I have any hope for the other? I have never seen such relief on Kent's face... no new bedding, no new decor, no new (or very limited) clothes, and no girl-y hormones to face. We should have gotten a girl dog.
Everything looked great with him- he seems to be just as independent as the other 2 we have- I have to go back for another ultrasound next month because he wouldn't show us his face. But he had no qualms in showing us his gender over... and over.... and over.
Just for reference, he weighs about 11 oz- just 1 oz. less than a can of soda pop- and is similar in length, but skinnier than the can.
What a beautiful blob!
A few weeks ago, some friends let us tag along for a fun vacation to Telluride, CO. It was so beautiful! We could really get used to this upper class thing- kent's favorite thing about the entire trip was to call down and have his "car prepared." We were definitely the only Dodge Durango in the area!
stayed in Mountain Village). Tyse claims this to be the best part of the entire trip- and it was great for the adults too! It was the peak of the fall colors and the mountains were just covered in yellow. WOW! We went down to this cool little park they had and let the kids run around like crazy and actually got a decent family picture for us to post. Miracle of all miracles.
We hit the biggest rain storm just as we pulled into the parking lot at 4 corners. I think all the native american vendors there LOVE the rain because people actually had to take extra time to look through the shops until the rain stopped. Kent even got to taste his first Navajo Taco made by a real Navajo! I was going to post a pic, but the thing isn't uploading and Tyse is throwing a MAJOR fit and about to break a mirror, so I am off...
After a terribly long day in the car, we were so happy to finally pull in to the Ihler's and get a decent night's sleep! What a great trip!
So I am finally getting around to posting our Labor Day pictures. I know- I have tried at least 4 or 5 times to do so, but Tyse is a little obsessed with the computer and comes along while I am changing laundry or something and deletes the whole post. So here I try again...
we had a great weekend at Rifle Falls State Park in Colorado with my brother and his family and my sister and her family. I love camping and we have finally gotten out a couple of times this summer and really had a great time! Even the dog loved it, so the hassle and stress of getting everything together was definitely worth it. HOw does it work that a manly activity such as camping always means the poor wife has the most stressful week of her life? I haven't quite figured it out yet... I guess it is because I actually care if our children have cold weather clothes and fruit to eat some time during the trip.
Our first full day there we went on a short little hike to the falls that the campground was named after. It was a lot of fun! We hiked up and around the top and there were a million different caves for the kids to explore and wildlife all over. There was one cave that was quite a bit larger than the others and poor tyse became PETRIFIED of it. I think because of that book "We're Going On A Bear Hunt". He thought every cave had a bear in it. Luckily his opinion changed about it when we went back later that night for the bat talk and observation. He thought it was the best part of the entire trip- the rest of us don't think we saw a single bat. I am sure that in his super hero geared mind Batman was up there somewhere flying around.
The next day we went to a place called Hanging Lake to hike. My family has been going to this trail for as long as I can remember and I think it is my favorite all time hike. Rather short, absolutely breathtaking, and a lot of fun. Well, I had forgotten that terribly steep and boulder ridden in that first description. Tyse went ahead with Uncle Craig, Aunt Krista, Ty, and Grandma Paula while Kent patiently endured me pulling my pregnant belly up the hill very slowly. Apparently Tyse was great help to grandma while they were hiking- every time there was a rock of any size in the trail, Tyse would climb up it and then turn to her and say "Oh grandma, this one is a HUGE step. I better help you". He would then hold his hand out and "pull" her up the rock. It was very gentlemanly of him! I am trying to upload kiot9ti9toyigkllfldlgkgjgjkglkgflf,lg,lfg;lgl;g;lgm,tkykotyktpktltkl;tpotlktlp;tl;tlp[otportpoltpotpottltkltkllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllc,lfcmklefoifkrtgkoitgokptypkoyok