they won the championship!

way to go layton colts (silver)! tyson recently, october 4th, played in the octoberfest. it was a freezing cold, rainy day. they won their first two games & went on to play in the championship game. they won 25 to 0! it was one fun & exciting game. they all received a medal & were super excited. it was so exciting to see their team featured in the newspaper. i need to post the picture of his team & the article. it's not every day that you get to be featured in the newspaper, i never was. lol!
he had a great football season & we loved seeing this new side of him come out.
i have to say football is so different from any other sport tys has played. it's intense, it's time consuming, & it's a lot of work. the coaches are different & that can be hard at times. in the end we were really happy with our coaching staff & i'm grateful to todd for being involved.
way to go super star tyson, we are so proud of you!

bay turned 5!

i can't believe it! where did the last 5 years go? my sweet little princess had a fun few days celebrating her 5th bday. she has been waiting a long time to turn 5 & is finally so happy that the day has come.

things about my sweet 5 year old...
*she calls me mama & i love it.
*i love her sweet little voice.
*she loves to dance & is really good.
*she is caring, sweet, & thoughtful.
*she loves her brothers & i love that tys is one of her best friends.
*i love the special relationship she has with her dad.
*she loves to cuddle.
*she loves to do hair & nails & does a really good job.
*she loves to shop & already has a great sense of style.
*she loves oreos.
*her favorite color is pink.
*her favorite food is chicken.
*she is our 'blue juice' girl.
*she loves to be creative & loves projects.
*she has a very tender heart.
*some of her favorite people are her uncle kirk, aunt susan, saigey, & her grandmas.
*she loves being with her cousins & loves to play.
*she is athletic & loves to play sports either on a team or with her brother & friends.
*she is my little shadow & i love spending time with her.
*she loves being with her family.
*she is very photogenic & loves to pose for the camera, some cameras that is.
(a little side story....in the last few months we have been stopped a few times at the mall or target asking baylie if they can take her picture at the studio or kiddie kandids. she was not thrilled about these people asking her this. they would comment on how cute she was & she would just give them the look. i left the decision up to her if she wanted her picture taken or not. nope she didn't want to. her response to me was, 'why do these people want to take my picture? uncle kirk is the one that takes my picture!" funny girl. she will let me take her picture, but she's the one that does all her own posing.)

sis, i want you to know how much we love you! we love spending time with you. you are an amazing little girl & we are lucky to have you in our lives. we are so glad that we have our cute girl. you are precious. thank you for the joy that you have brought into our lives & all the fun that you bring to our family. we love you!

so much to catch up on

wow our lives have been extremely busy. i have heard from some people they don't like it when people blog without pictures. well guess what? this is my blog & for the moment i don't have pictures, but for journaling purposes i need to get this stuff down before i forget. at this point in my life i could forget at a moments notice. lol! i'm not even kidding, it's really bad. so anyway, i am going to 'journal' for now and will then go back & add pictures.

in-laws...

i have the best! on sunday we went and did family pictures. they had someone come and take the whole family, but before i was able to snap some photos of just the individual families. i didn't get any of tami's and i'm bummed about that. anyways, i think they are the greatest in-laws and have such cute families. i love spending time with them and i'm so grateful that they accept me as one of their own.

my sweet girl...

yesterday we went and did family pictures with my in-laws. afterwards i took some photos of my sweet girl, i can't get enough of her. i love the relationship that i have with her. i love the relationship she has with her dad and brothers. her birthday is coming up and i can't believe she will be 5! she has been such a big helper with crew and adores her new little brother. i love you bay!

our sweet little dude, crew!

where do i begin? crew arrived on 8.20.08 and we all couldn't be happier! he weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 20 inches long. everything with my c-section went well and we are both doing great. i didn't know that i could love another child so much. he has been such a blessing to our little family. i can't imagine life without him. he is such a sweet little boy and melts my heart. we love everything about him, ok maybe not his poopy diapers. lol! who knew soy formula could be so bad? he calms and relaxes me and has really made me look at things in a new light. i am so grateful to be his mom!
tys and bay have adjusted really well and are thrilled with their new little brother. todd has been the most amazing father and husband! i love him more each day.
needless to say our lives are completely different, but all for the good. i'm so happy to have our sweet little boy here to complete our family.

*thanks to my awesome brother kirk and his sweet girlfriend susan for coming to take these cute photos of crew. these are just a few of them and i love them all!

going private....i know, i know

a lot of you hate it when people go private on their blogs, but that's where we heading. there are a whole list of reasons that i decided to go private. so if you would like an invite to our blog please leave me a comment with your email address so i can make sure to include you.

also, sorry i have been the lamest blogger ever! i promise to be better, really i do. i hope you're all enjoying your summer so far!