Sink time!

Trip to Southport!

 

Today we went to the beach!  It wasn't really planned so we sort of swam in our clothes.  It was a lot of fun until we got attacked by evil biting flies.  They swarmed us!  I wanted to go to Southport because I just finished the book Safe Haven (awesome book!) which is based in Southport.  They actually just finished filming the movie there (which I'm super excited to see!). 

I figured there would be beaches in Southport but apparently it is actually just a port.  Go figure!  We did find this narrow teeny tiny strip of sand so Sadie got her sand fix.  Tyson just wanted to swim!  The flies were awful though.  Southport was beautiful but the flies ruined it.  I don't think I'll go back.  We went to a nice outside restaurant that was overlooking the ocean.  The whole time getting bit over and over again.  It was miserable.  As soon as we got our food I had them put it in boxes so that we could eat in the car.  I couldn't handle it anymore!  Sadly, when I opened the car door and buckled the kids in like 20 flies got in the car.  The whole drive home I was getting bit.  Grrr...!  I HATE those flies!

It was so fun to be with the kids!  I enjoy spending time with those little cuties.  It's nice to feel like that rather than counting down the minutes until nap time. 

In other news!  Tyson is now 15 months old!  He has started to have an opinion about EVERYTHING.  I actually love it.  He either nods his head violently yes or violently no depending on what he wants.  It's cute.  He started folding his arms by pinching his wrist and he says Amen after.  He's so BIG!

New blog!

I decided not to do this weight loss stuff on this blog.  I want to keep it strictly family related but if you want to follow my weight loss blog it'll be at http://hotdoesntstop.blogspot.com/#!/2012/07/first-post.html

I'm going to run out of good names for posts really quick so why try?

So today was fast Sunday.  I didn't eat anything until about 6 o'clock.  But I sure made up for last time!  So ya it's safe to safe that today was a BAD eating day.  But seriously if you've ever had my dear friend Erin's cooking you would understand.  Plus I have a hard time controling myself when I'm hungry.  I turn into a wild animal.  I had about 7 chocolate chip pancakes, a piece of toast, a tiny bit of scrambled eggs (2 bites), an apple slice, 3 pieces of vegetarian bacon, and 2 small pieces of coffee cake.  It was delicious!  I mean um, bad, so bad! 

Vacation Time!

Our vacation to Nebraska/Utah is coming up soon so I thought I'd write down things that I'm interested in/or will be doing while I'm there.  Anyone who wants to join can! 

Nebraska
-we arrive on the 3rd @ 7:15pm so we'll be using the rest of that night to recover :)  I have a feeling this is going to be a rough flight.  Tyson is teething and he is congested.  I just hope it clears up in time!  Yikes!

-The 4th of July in Nebraska is CRAZY!  People spend thousands of dollars on their fireworks.  Last time I was here for the 4th I stood on top of the hill and watched the whole city light up.  It looked awesome!  I sure hope they didn't decide to celebrate the weekend before or I'll be super upset!  My goal is to photograph it with my fancy smancy new camera. 

-A few other things that would be fun but aren't really things that I HAVE to do

• The Omaha Zoo
• Eat breakfast at Wheatlands (?) (best pancakes I've ever had!)

-I don't really know much else to do in Nebraska (maybe eat some corn on the cob or something!) but I'm up for anything!


Utah

-Lagoon
-Camping (Lava hot springs or Bear Lake)
-Swimming
-Fishing at the trout farm
-Go see Breezy and get my feet zoned (I have a feeling I'm "Crunchy" haha)
-Get sushi at Takara (?) in Logan
-Cafe Rio (duh)
-Treehouse Children's museum
-Kangaroo Zoo
-Ride the Front Runner
-Family party
Hmmm...Not sure what else but I'm sure I'll think of more! 

I have a few photo shoots set up (My parents, Jordan, maybe Mason's homecoming, and Jen)  Anyone else who's interested let me know but make sure you check out my new rates first!  You'll find a link to my photo blog up in the right hand corner. 

There are lots of friends and family that I would love to see (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) but also I think it would be super fun if I could see all of my old Paradise friends.  Maybe have a big reunion!  I know I only lived there for a little while but it was were I felt MOST at home.  I miss it so much!  I long for that slow life out in the country that I had while living there.  SO, if ya'll want to meet up sometime let me know!



                                 

Tyson's FIRST Birthday!!

I've been so busy lately that I totally forgot to post about Tyson's birthday!  I'm such a slacker. 

We had a joint birthday party with Tyson and his buddy Ace.  Ace is moving soon :( so I figured it would be our only chance to have a birthday party for the both of them. 

The party was originally supposed to be on Saturday but they were both sick so we postponed it to Monday.  It decided to rain Monday though so we weren't able to do any of the games we had planned on doing.  It ok though it was still fun!

We had a few of our friends over to eat and have cake & ice cream.  The boys were cute.  Ace dived right into his cake but Tyson was a little more hesitant.  He stared at it for a while and then he kind of poked at it for a little while. 

Tyson's 12 month check up went well.  He weighed 19 1/2 lbs and was 28 inches tall. 

Some fun facts about Tyson:

He helps me sweep

He likes to close the dish washer whenever it's open

He dances and sings

His favorite show is Yo Gabba Gabba

He has 4 and 1/2 teeth now

He said Pizza today (Man after my own heart)

He grunts like and looks like a baby gorilla :)

He fights me like crazy when I'm trying to change him

His favorite toys are cars, 2nd favorite balls, and 3rd favorite books

He can sign all done, more, and thank you

He can mimic lots of different phrases and words

He throws some awesome tantrums

He fits best in size 9m-12m

Wears size 4 diapers

Loves to mess with Missy's face while she sleeps

Still sucks his thumb

I LOVE him SO MUCH! 

Our Wild Adventure...

Our day started normal.  We woke up, had breakfast, went to the gym, and then came home.  While Sadie was eating her snack she said "I want to go to the zoo."  So we dropped everything and hopped in the car and headed to the zoo(2 hrs away). The sky was dark and it was already noon but we went anyways. 

When we got to the zoo it was 2 already and the zoo closed at 5.  I ran with the kids as much as I could so that we could see everything.  It was so fun!  Tyson loved going fast. Despite my running we only made it to the middle of the zoo.  That zoo is so big!  I love it that the animals have room to roam around but it sure makes it hard to see everything!

Someone that was leaving gave us 10 tickets.  We went and saw the dinosaur exhibit and it was awesome!  The  dinosaurs were huge and they moved and growled.  When the T-Rex growled at us Sadie said "scuse you dinosaur"  It was pretty cute. The dinosaurs were so realistic the triceratops was even munching on a bush!  Two of the dinosaurs squirted us with water.  To say that Tyson didn't like to be squirted is a major understatement.  The boy went postal.  Luckily there was a "dinosaur dig" set up where you could dig for real fossils and keep what you found.  The kids loved it!  We were there for quite a while just digging and playing around.  That helped Tyson get over the fact that a dinosaur squirted him.

After the dinosaurs we used the rest of the tickets to ride the carousel.  The kids were nervous but excited to be on the carousel.  It was a lot of fun.  I think what I loved the most about this trip was it was all about US.  We didn't have anyone else with us. I didn't bring my camera or phone so I was completely focused on them.  Also, Sadie called the shots.  If she wanted to move we moved.  If she wanted to play with rocks then that's what we did.  We did have any kind of agenda at all and I loved it. 

When we got back to our car I realized my phone was dead.  I had half a battery left when I got to the zoo but I think the heat from the car sucked the life out of it.  I was trapped.  The zoo in Ashboro is pretty well hidden.  At one point you have to drive down a dirt road to get to it so it's not like Utah where you have signs helping you.  I had a hard time even finding a gas station.  I finally did find a gas station so we went inside and found a map.  When I got up to the counter I was 31 cents short!  UGH!  I was so mad and frustrated!  The guy was really nice and said it was ok.  I ran back to the car and got the 31 cents but just not having it almost threw me over the edge! 

I started driving so I could find some kind of sign that would tell me where I was.  The rain started before I could find anything.  It was so bad that I couldn't even pull over anywhere because I couldn't see the side of the road.  At this exact moment my Sadie decided to start screaming "I need the map!  Daddy told me!  I have to get him from Afghanistan!  Daddy told me!  I need the blue map!"  OVER and OVER again.  Then Ty started screaming because he got his sucker stuck in his hair.  He kept trying to pull it out but that sucker was FUSED to his head. Poor baby.  I was praying real hard at this point hoping for a little break in the weather so that I could get us home.  Heavenly Father must really love me because just then the weather cleared.  That's when I took the picture.  The weather had cleared just enough for me to pull over and first get the sucker out of Ty's hair (took me a while because I had to soak it) second I ripped off part of the map to give to Sadie so that she wouldn't keep bugging me!  Then I figured out where to go (We were an extra HOUR away from home).  When we finally got on the right road we all laughed like crazy people.  Tyson kept saying "Boo" and I would say "Aah" and he would laugh uncontrollably and the Sadie and I would laugh.  It was great!

I love my family!