All Stars 2009...

What an amazing season Tyson had on the Kaysville All Star team! He and his team finished 3rd in the Region and 3rd in the State Championship!!! How awesome is that? His final game was so close, they lost by one run. It was stressful, it was fun and they played so well. I'm so proud of Tyson! I love my little baseball player. I'm so grateful that he had the opportunity to continue baseball after the city league. His talent and skills have developed so much this year. Along with the athletic development comes so much more. I think the lessons he's learned in team work, confidence, determination, etc are so valuable. So many people were surprised that I wasn't looking forward to baseball being over. I wasn't, I loved it! I have to say that along with Tys I was sad last night, sad that it was over. I was really trying to help him focus on all the good and remembering that. I love being able to support him in this passion of his. I love that he has a dad that wants to help him be better and that is always there to support him. Todd has amazed me this year! He has been so positive with Tyson and it's had a huge impact on him. I'm already looking forward to next year! Until then....let's play some football! For me it will be watching! :0)
**Thank you to my talented brother, Kirk, for the awesome picture above! I can't wait to see the other photos that he took. Thank you for taking the time to come and support him at multiple games and for capturing this fun time in Tyson's life.
**Thank you to those that came and supported Tyson this season. Your support means the world to us!

{CALIFORNIA}

What a blast! This was the best trip ever, minus missing Chubs! It was the most stress free, fun trip. Our kids loved swimming in the pool, coming & going from the Disney parks whenever and having no agenda, I loved that part. :0) Todd and the kids have never been to Disneyland at night, my favorite time. One day we went back at 8 pm and stayed until closing, 11 pm. We walked right on several rides. We rode 9 rides in 3 hours! We rode Splash Mountain twice and didn't even have to get off. I love the memories we made with Tyson and Baylie. This past year there has been so much focus and attention on Crew that it was nice to be with just them. We all missed him, but there were some real benefits to not having a baby there. :0)
We loved celebrating Tyson's 8th bday there as well. You get into to the Disney parks for free on your bday. Because we had purchased a pass, buy 3 days get 2 free, he got a gift card to spend at the stores for $59!!!!! How sweet is that?!
Baylie was tall enough to ride almost all the rides. She was hilarious! The bigger, the faster, the better. She would keep her arms up the entire time. I don't know how she stayed in her seat sometimes. She is my kind of girl.
We stayed right across the street from the Disney parks and that was awesome. So nice to just walk over. We loved our hotel, the kids LOVED the pool. They swam twice almost every day. Talk about little fish.
Thanks to my cute little family for a wonderful trip! Thanks again Carrie for watching our sweet Chubba man.



















{Tys with his double light saber. It was so cool, he got to build it from scratch. I don't know who enjoyed it more, Tys or Todd.}




















{Use those muscles buddy!}








































{We saw some other characters, but the kids didn't really want to wait in line for them. Good thing because Todd & I didn't either. }















{Our cute little fish}




















{Tyson is thrilled that I was making him take another picture. LOL!}




















{Baylie LOveD the castle. She is our little princess.}




















{The famous Disney entrance picture}




















{On Tyson's bday we got to CA Adventure a little early. Here we are killing time taking pics.}




















{Aren't these the cutest Mickey ears ever? They must be new because a lot of employees commented that they had never seen them before. We got our monies worth on these ears, she wore them everyday. Cutie!}




















{Killing time....Bay doing what she loves, posing!}

{Baptism}

Tyson was baptized and confirmed on June 6, 2009. It was an emotional day for me. It is such a huge mile stone in his life and there is so much meaning and significance with this special day. This was a decision that Tyson made on his own and we are so proud of him. I have been impressed with how mature he has been about it. In so many ways he seems older and it seemed to happen overnight. Don't get me wrong, he is still an {8} year old boy that loves to have fun and do what boys do, but he's 'different'. The difference is noticeable and I have had several people make comments to me. The difference is good. I've loved the talks that we've had lately. I love seeing his mind work. He seems to be thinking about so much about where he is in his life. I hope and pray that he will continue to grow in this area of his life. I love that he wants to be an example. One of the big things I want to teach my children is to live a life of acceptance, living by example, always trying to improve and become a better person. I want them to know there are many different people in the world and we are no better then anyone. We all make different choices in our lives and I believe we can all learn from each other.

I want Tyson to know how important he is to us! We love him so much and are so grateful to have him be a part of our family. We are so proud of him, so grateful that we could be a part of his special day. We love you Tys!

*Thanks to my wonderful brother, Kirk, for taking these photos of Tyson and our family! We are grateful for you.

{TYS}

He's 8! I still can't believe that I have an 8 year old. He is one incredible boy and I feel so blessed to be his mom. We had so much fun celebrating his 8th birthday....a trip to CA! On his actual birthday we spent the day at CA Adventure and the evening at an Angel's game. It was so much fun. *Thanks Carrie for watching Crew for us*

*We really didn't buy this hat, but thought it would make a good bday picture. At Disneyland/CA Adventure they give you a pin to wear that says "Happy Birthday....." All the workers would wish Tys a happy bday. The part that threw him was how many complete stangers would wish him a happy bday. He really didn't know what to think about that. He is not the type of kid that likes to be the center of attention.

Things about Tys at the age of {8} and things we {love} about him....

*He LOVES sports and is an amazingly talented athlete.

-his baseball team finished 1st in their division and is going to the playoffs!

-he also made the Kaysville All Star baseball team!

*He loves the Utah Jazz, the Angels and the Dodgers.

*He has really excelled at school this year and loves to read.

*He has a very tender heart and genuinely cares about people.

*He is an awesome big brother to Baylie and Crew.

*He loves Star Wars, Legos, and building anything.

*His best friends are Dakari and Cole.

*His favorite color is red.

*He is not a picky eater and makes me feel like an amazing chef, which I'm not!

*He loves being active playing with friends and cousins.

*He is one funny kid and is so quick to come up with things, gets that from his dad.

We love you buddy!

--I don't know what is up with Blogger, but it keeps formatting this post weird. Ugh!

sweet little bergen

*bergen*
can she get any cuter? i don't think so. we love sweet bergen bug!!! she was blessed on sunday and was a pure angel. it was fun being a part of her special day. i made her this fun little dress, matches baylie's. baylie loves that they have matching dresses. tori made my day yesterday by sending me these cute pitcures of her in her dress. thanks tor!

8 months?

i can't believe my baby is 8 months! it has gone by way too fast. he is one of the best things that has ever come into my life and i feel so blessed to have him. his smile, his laugh, his personality, his kisses, are the best! we all can't get enough of him. love you crewser!

he loves being outside and loved his first time on the swings. yesterday we went on an hour long walk and he was in heaven, jabbering the whole time. such a happy boy.

random....my post that is

so i'm realizing i'm neglecting my older 2 kids when it comes to taking pictures of them and posting about them. man if only i could make everything equal. lol! i don't know about you, but that is a constant challenge. :0)

the kids making, and crew eating, countdown chains for our disneyland trip. we told the kids yesterday about the trip and they are so excited. todd and i are too. it will be our first trip as just our little family. :0)

tyson with 'the beauty'! the other day todd told him he needed a hair cut. tys put his hand up to his hair and said, 'what, this beauty?' we were dying, he's so quick. this lovely hair do was last saturday when he did it himself and made it look like a porcupine. funny kid.

our sweet princess on st. patrick's day. she helped me make green pancakes for dinner, per tyson's request. she loves helping in the kitchen and is such a sweetheart.

i love this pic of crew! it has the 'helga' finish that i used from one of the cool apps for the iphone.

is his smile not the cutest ever? oh it gets me every time. he is such a happy baby and i'm so grateful. he loves wearing hats and we had put todd's dodgers hat on him. he is definitely the center of our family and he knows it.

la dodgers newest fan. i love his big blue eyes, hard to tell they are blue in this picture. todd realized when we were in logan last that they are the same blue as my brother kirk's. we had to tell baylie that her's were the same blue as kirk's too because she was a little jealous! she sure does love her uncle kirk!

crew, aka flounder, at disney on ice last thursday. the kids loved it, even crew. i was a little nervous about how he would do, but he was so good. there was so much going on.

have i mentioned how much i love my iphone? :0) all these pictures were taken with it, not bad. it's so handy and pretty much amazing. lol! some people may think i'm pathetic, but if you have one you know what i mean.