Tyler's buddy

Tyler is showing us how fast he can be tonight. He bends slightly forward and puts his hands into a fist. Then he sticks his hands behind him and starts running.(its quite entertaining)

Ty: See how fast I am Mom.? Mom, look at me, this is what Sonic does (starts tapping his foot). Sonic is my buddy Mom.

Tylerisms

Tyler: Hey Mom! I am going to throw my shoes at Ozzy and then he will be killed and he will be died, huh mom?

Tyler is sitting on Mike's lap in sacrament meeting when and the organist is playing the prelude. The couple in front of us turns around and looks at us and Tyler, "Did, he just say that this song is making him sad?"
Yep, one of Tylers new things is telling us how the music makes him sad when it is slow.

Choir Concert

Freedom Elementary had its first choir concert tonight. It was a huge success, standing room only. Next year they are doing it at Roy High instead.

Ozzy did well but I only saw him singing half the words. I could tell he was ready to get off the stage. What a handsome little man!

This is definitely Jaren's thing. He was so animated. He new every word to every song and couldn't wait to find us in the crowd and wave us down. He also gave me a big thumbs up when he was done performing. He was so awesome.

The boys also wanted me to take some silly pictures. This is what we ended up with:

Redi Whip War

So as I was pulling out stuff to make pancakes this morning I happen across a can of Redi Whip that I forgot I had purchased. I thought it would be fun to use it so I wandered into the office and put a little dab on Mike's arm and then licked it off. Then I went to put a little dab on his neck and war broke out.

He grabbed the can, and being much bigger and stronger than I, and went to town on me. In my pants, down my shirt, in my hair. I did manage to smear some on Mikes face and the boys thought it was quite funny until we started after them too. In the end the can of Redi Whip was gone, and as we were putting Tyler in the bathtub he grabbed his underwear and started wiping out the whipped cream and eating it with his finger. I couldn't get to the camera fast enough! So this is the picture we have instead. You will just have to use your imagination.

 

Funny things they say

Grandma Wilson: Hey Ozzy, your tooth is still missing, when is it going to grow in?
Ozzy: Oh, well it will come when its suppose too


Ozzy: Next year is going to be a really good year Mom.
Mom: Why honey?
Ozzy: because I am going to have a birthday, and then Jaren is going to have a birthday, and then Tyler is going to have a birthday.

Hardware Ranch

Mike and I went camping overnight with Brad and Jen to the Mayer's property at Hardware Ranch. We hit it at a beautiful time of year. The trees were changing colors and the air was clean. Very serene. This is basically the only pictures we took that weekend. How lame are we?

We did find a moose. This is where Mike and my personalities are so different. He hunts it down to take pictures and I run away.

First Day at Freedom Elementary

The boys started a new school this year. They were excited and I think a little nervous. I knew they would be great. They both fit in quickly, impressing their teachers and making new friends.

Antelope Island

Well this was suppose to be a fun trip to Antelope Island. They were having some annual carnival. We rounded up all the kiddos and headed out. When we got there we were quite disappointed. there were very few things to do and everything cost a ton of money. Sooo...

I captured this awesome moment which melted my heart...

We stopped at the Buffalo for a photo op...

Then on our way out we were trying to spy an Antelope...

Instead we found this.

Are words really necessary?

Half Ty + Half Mike= Super Munchkin

Grammy's Bed

The grand kids all head for the back two bedrooms as soon as they get to Grammy's house. It is there fun zone. Ty and Rya are hanging out on Grammy's bed watching a movie together.

These are a few of my favorite things...words

Mike and I have been texting this morning. I really wanted to share this text because I almost fell on the floor laughing. Here is how it went. I will pick up at the important part, the rest of the conversation is off limits. Wink, Wink.

Hubba Hubba: Hey...Watch it! U might just get urself in some serious trouble mister. (Mister is one of Tylers nicnames and he hates it!)

Me: I AM NOT MISTER (this is what Tyler screams every time he gets called "mister")

Hubba Hubba: (quoting all of Tylers favorite sayings) I AM TYLER BUDDY!, Huh mom?, Yeahhhh, Ahhhh, Does it go this way?, I have a big pee pee, Can I have some?, I need it!, SCREEAAMMM, I wasn't talkin to you, YOU DON'T SAY IT!, I don't like that, EEEEWW...Gross!, This is AWEsome!

I am sure Tyler will appreciate this when he is older and he can look back at all the exciting things he used to say to us. He is quite entertaining!

Brigham City Temple

The Brigham City Temple was dedicated on Mike and I's 1 year anniversary. Isn't that exciting. We made it our temple. We are planning on being sealed there when the paperwork comes back and we are cleared for celestial take off. This is our family at the open house. We went with my parents and my brother and his family. I love this temple! The colors are beautiful. The temple looks like a smaller version of the Salt Lake Temple. It really is impressive.

I Want to be on Mike's Team

We wrestle alot in our family. Mike always wins. The boys are starting to catch on. Jaren has had it figured out for a while and always asks to be on Mike's team. Ozzy and Ty are usually with me.The other day Mike saw Ozzy on the couch very intently counting all this play money we had. He spent a good twenty minutes on the couch counting very carefully. Then he came to Mike and this conversation followed:

Ozzy: "Mike, if I pay you money I am on your team ok?"

Mike: "I don't know, how much you got?"

Ozzy: "You can have it all. I have $380."

Mike: "Ok. But you have to tell your mom."

Ozzy comes running and happily tells me that he is going to win because he paid Mike to be on his team. 

Batman

Ty Loves to dress up as superheroes. His favorite right now is Spider-man and I think we could probably open up our own store with Spider-man paraphernalia. Here is Ty playing Batman. Mike asked him to flex his muscles.

Prayer Thoughts

I love family prayers. Listening to our boys pray is the highlight of my day. They go through cycles, right now these are some of the familiar words we hear in family prayer

Jaren..."Bless this day, help us to be good and learn about the gospel"

Ozzy..."Bless the planet, help me and Jaren to do good in school"

Ty..."Bless our food and Jaren and Ozzy"

Our Angel

In June I surprised Mike. I had exciting news...
We were pregnant! Then just a short 12 weeks later we lost our angel and the precious spirit went back to Heavenly Father before we even had a chance to meet her. I say her because I know Heavenly Father wants our family to have a little girl and as you can tell from the bedroom decor I was already planning for such. I took 10 pregnancy tests in all. I couldn't believe it was real.

It was hard to see the ultra sound of our little baby and no heartbeat. We cried, held each other, and we prayed. It was all we could do. I have no doubt Heavenly Father will bless us again with another spirit. I know we have a little girl in heaven waiting to be a part of our family.

Our New House

We moved this year. On Memorial Day to be exact. Mike and I spent months looking for a good deal. We found quite a few houses and put down around 5 offers. We of course we trying to aim low but still be seen as a serious buyer. The hard part is, you have to be willing to walk away because the second you get attached to a house then, you no longer care about the good deal. You just want "your" house.

We found a house in Roy we really liked on 4800 and the bank started counter offering with us. Mike and I both loved the yard, it was enormous and the kitchen was amazing. We had to walk away.

A couple weeks later I found a house I really liked. It just felt right! I wanted it. Dangerous. It was just off the main road (3500 West) but in a great new neighborhood with well manicured lawns. I couldn't believe we found a HUD home in this neighborhood. The inside left much to be desired and the lawn was weeds but the bones of the house were GREAT! We put down what we thought was a decent offer and our Realtor said we had a good chance but that there were other offers. The asking price on the home was $200,000. We offered $192,750. We didn't get it. I was devastated. I knew that was my house and it crushed me.

A couple weeks later Mike was driving by the house and got the same impression that I previously had. This was our house. Two days later our Realtor called and said the offer that got accepted fell through and we were the next offer in line. Did we still want the house? Duh! Where and when can we sign.

This is the view from my kitchen window. Beautiful!

Our new house, 3620 W 5225 S, Roy, UT

 Like I said there was a lot of work to do before we could move in. So...We set up base camp.

 And we got to work. We had to do everything from changing door knobs, painting every wall in the entire house, new baseboards, patching and repairing, taking out mold and re-sheet rocking, painting doors, replacing doors, ripping up old flooring, replacing the floors, and replacing the whole gutter system. It was no small task and we are so grateful to all our friends and family that helped us get the work done.

I think Jaren and Ozzy look ready to help, don't you?

New door knobs

 Fixing the rain gutters

I don't think pink is going to work for us, this is a redo

The boys repainted the downstairs bedroom for us, I think this is a redo too.

Painting

The pink room transformed

more painting, master bedroom

more painting, family room

and even more painting, kitchen

I left out all the closets, halls, bathrooms, entry, stairs, and other bedrooms that we painted. I am exhausted from painting just typing about it.

Here comes the flooring. This is my favorite part of our whole house! I love our floors.

 And the finished look

I feel so blessed to be here. I love our ward, the neighborhood, and having so much space! I could live here for the next 20 years easily. Now the next task for spring 2013 will be finishing the basement and getting the sprinkler system and yard in. 

Ozzy Heart Mike

I love this picture. It is from earlier this year also. I can't remember exactly what I asked Ozzy but I think it was something along the lines of, "how do you like Mike?" As you can see from his response, he not only likes Mike, he HEARTS him. So cute.

Fun in the Water

This is back from March of this year. Jaren wanted to go to the Clearfield Aquatic Center for his Bday. He loves the water and so do his brothers. Swimming and McDonalds for dinner. Doesn't get much better than that.