Family Photos!!

Jolyn, J's sister, was in town for Ty's graduation, so we took full advantage of the situation and had her take pictures!!

She is a fantastic, self-taught photographer and does a fabulous job!!

Here's her blog.

And here's a large sum of the pictures!!

I love that here, you can see the dirt on his fingers from where he was touching the ground

I love my little eternal family.

Tyler Party

Ty Ty graduated!!!

Among other things!

Funny thing is that I don't have a picture of him from graduation. I let Mrs. Fancy Photographer do that part while I held the baby. :)

So there were lots of "Tyler Parties" as TJ called them.

Monday was his last band concert and awards night.

It was hotter than Hades in the auditorium, so C went in his diaper.

Ty Ty was awarded by the band for two awards whose names escape my memory. They are really great awards and prove that he's quite a fantastic leader.

He was also awarded the John Philip Sousa award. J and I have been given that award as well. It's a pretty prestigious award for band members. Pretty awesome!!

Lighting was difficult, so here you have it. He's the one towards the right, saxophone across his front, and I think sign language clapping... :)

Tuesday or Wednesday-ish, Jolyn came to town with her 2 year old, TJ. (see previous comment referencing TJ)

So we had them over, ate hamburgers, and played. C had a pickle and loved every second of it, and TJ learned how to shoot a bow and arrow. He wasn't too shabby, either!

C wore his tie onesie Rachel made for him that says his last name on his bum. so dang cute.

This picture shows you the tie in front and that he's smiling for selfies with me. I love it.

This picture wins my heart. What you don't see in the picture is that he's smiling at his Daddy who just walked in the door. How adorable is that, I ask you?!

Thursday (I believe) was Ty's court of honor!!

He is now an Eagle Scout!

Kristin came to town for the weekend, since it was Memorial day and Ty's graduation, so we painted nails. I like my silver with a party nail, too. :)

I know there's a way to rotate. But I can't figure it out. Sorry guys. Just turn your head to the side for a sec.

This is C after the graduation while we sat in the car waiting for Ty to finish his pictures and hugs. It was a warm day, I remember that!!

After graduation, we went out to eat. One of their favorite places to eat for special occasions is a Japanese Grill where they grill the meat in front of you. C clapped and stared. :)

This is Ty's graduation gift from us. I got a similar one for my graduation from high school. Mine said something about dating nerds at Y-daho... :)

The week before this, J and I rented Wreck it Ralph. LOVED THAT MOVIE!!! Cutest thing ever! So so clever!

TJ says, "I can fix it!"

Sunday was nice, but apparently I didn't want to take many pictures. I'm pretty sure the Fix it Felix Jr pictured above is from Sunday.

Ty graduated from Seminary Sunday night. It was a long deal, but it was nice. His graduating class in the stake alone was about 5x bigger than mine.... :)

On our way to Ty's Seminary Graduation, TJ said, "I don't want to go to another Tyler party." haha

Monday was Memorial Day. I am thankful for the day off to be with family which is what they fought for, right? The freedom to do what we wanted and be with the ones we love.

We went to the park where the flags were, then played at the playground. C slept, so his parents played on the playground for him...

Gpa and TJ

After the park, we went to an awesome place with old school arcade games. Each is only a quarter!!! How cool is that?! There was Donkey Kong, Pacman, QBert...It was epic.

Then we came home and chilled for a while. Ty went to a missionary camp, I guess you could call it. They are "called" on a mission and basically act like missionaries for a few days. So while he got packed and left, J played an airplane video game with C and TJ.

C did yoga moves...

Here, he is modeling Downward Dog. Very talented...

He did a small inchworm crawl but when that didn't work too well, he rolled to where he wanted to go.

We love our kiddos!! It's fun to have so many!!! ;)

Some More May Cuteness

I went to BYU-Idaho. And I LOVED it. I hope some of my babies will go there one day!!

So here's my first hope! :)

Love me some smooches with this kid!!

He really liked the vacuum. He would watch me wherever I went with it.

Adorable smiles from playing peek-a-boo with a blanket

So dainty with crossed ankles!

No use crying over spilled milk, right? Well that's wrong if you pump. You cry and cry!

So does the same go for crying over potted plants crashing to the floor?

First of probably many things to be broken by my sweet, naughty boy.

This one's for all of you Harry Potter nerds out there (you know who you are!!)

Finish the phrase!

"Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare...it's deadly fun...but will sulk in the ____!"

This weed, Morning Glory, is the most evil one of them all! It comes up from any nook or cranny and thrives easily-sun or no sun. It then winds itself around my poor, unsuspecting plants and throttles the life out of them.

Here, it's wrapped about a zillion times around my Purple Salvia. 

C has the best uncles. Here he is with Ty Ty

May 18th, my boyfriend and still one of my best friends from high school got married. My parents went, so I got to attend vicariously through them. I got pictures throughout of them cutting the cake, throwing the bouquet...it was awesome. So excited for Stephen!

I also got a video from Cassie and Katelyn saying hi and that they missed me. :) Made me sooo excited to go home in a few weeks!

(Katelyn on the left and Cassie on the right with Stephen's Dad, Mr Dan and Katelyn's Mom, Nook)

My sweet, dear friend, Tami had her baby, G on the 16th!!!

So Cassandra lent the poster and I decorated it and the front door and the stairs leading up to it to welcome her home on the 18th! :)

I got to meet her on the 19th, but didn't take a picture, so this is a week or so later, but isn't she precious! Sleepin away!!

C LOVES ceiling fans. If you say "Look" excitedly, he looks up to find a ceiling fan. 

In this picture, we went to the dealer to get an oil change and when we walked into the waiting room, he immediately looked up. To his utter happiness, there were about 20 of them up there!!!

Here's my sweet boy at his 9 month check up. Looking good. 17 lb 9.5 oz (15%), 27.5 inches (17%), and 18 inch head (72%) Skinny baby with a big head...but still rolley polley. :)