Lots and Lots of catch up........lets start with soccer

Ty was so excited to start soccer (understatement).   He was counting down the "sleeps" until he could start playing.  He was grown up going to his big brother's games and couldn't wait for it to be his turn. 

A big THANK YOU to HEIDI McMURDIE for all the good pictures.  All the decent pics are ones that she took!

Please notice Great Grandma Andrew in the background.  She must have been cold!

I just love this picture of Ty with his Grandpa Andrew.  He LOVES when he gets to see Grandpa.

Tydon LOVED being goalie (as did all the kids).  He did a good job at goalie.  He made this face nearly every time he stopped the ball.  He may have made a roar sound as well.

Ty is really really fast (just ask him :) ).  He did a great job getting to where the ball was.  We thought he would be more aggressive then he was, but he eventually got the hang of it.

  We knew going into soccer that Ty was ultra sensitive and that it would be difficult to motivate him to do his best without making him cry. 

He LOVED the trophy.  When we got home and he was walking up the garage steps he accidentally dropped it and it broke.  You would have thought the world was ending.  We did glue it and life went on.

Some of Ty's friends from our ward were on our soccer team.  Tanner and Olivia :)  Ty loved playing with them!

Stay tuned for many many more updates.  I have a LOT!

A milestone..........Kace's first kill

For the past eight months or so we have been trying to take out boys one-on-one on individual dates with either Nate or I.  We try to go once a month.  This month was Kace's turn to go with Nate and Ty's turn to go with me.
Ty really wanted to go to the Dinosaur Park for our date and when he was over at T's house he invited them to come along with us.  So we had a double date!





I am really glad we did because the park was empty and it probably would have been boring for him with just me.

I think the pink dinosaur picture is funny because Emily and I have been talking recently about how our boys really like short pants.  They put them on every day.  Ty insists that they are not short and they fit just fine, but he looks so goofy in them.  This picture really shows the floodiness of their pants.  I should have taken one when they were standing up.

Nate asked Kace is he wanted to go jack-rabbit hunting and to go shoot guns.  Kace was ecstatic.  He was counting down the days until he could go.
So they went to the spiral jetty (I had to google it to see what it was) and shot guns at stuff.  While they were on their way home I got an excited phone call from Kace saying that he shot an animal.  They didn't see any rabbits, but he did shoot a badger.  He was pretty pumped.  I, don't really understand the excitement about shooting things, but to each their own :)

 

Here is Kace's story in his words:  "We were driving and weren't even to the spiral jetty yet and all of the sudden dad said, "Oh baby, oh baby, we have got to get that." So we jumped out, opened the trunk and got out the .22 rifle.  We got really close to it and it started to run a little bit.  When it started to run I thought its top speed was about 10 mph pretty much.  And I couldn't find it in the scope for, like, five times.  We were only about 10 yards away from it, and FINALLY when we chased him around for a little bit, then I FINALLY found him in the scope and shot it.  I shot it in the spinal cord and paralyzed it, but dad shot it again to make sure it was dead.  It was fun!"

Love is in the air

Ever since Nate and I decided to get married Nate has been worried about me encouraging our children to be boy/girl crazy, because I might have been a teensy bit like that.  I have not encouraged them in any way, but I do encourage them to have an open relationship with me.

The other day Kace was telling me about this 'popular' Sage girl.  I asked him if he liked her.  He said no.  I asked him if he would tell me if he actually did like her.  He said no.  RUDE.  I guess I have failed with him for the time being.  I will work on that.

On to Ty.  He came home from preschool this last week saying that he was going to marry Paisley.  He was telling me all about how he couldn't wait to grow up and get married to her, and that I need not worry he will get in the car and visit me when he is married (phew!)

I asked him how he knew he was going to marry Paisley.  He told me that on Tuesday at school she came up to him and whispered in his ear that she was going to marry him.  I asked him what he said.  He said that he whispered back, okay.  Well, I guess that is that.

He had been talking all week about wanting her to come over and play.  She really wanted to come to his house.  So on Thursday I said that we could call her when I got finished running some errands.  Her mom called while we were still out and about and said that Paisley wouldn't stop talking about playing at Tydon's house and was wondering if they could get together.

So I picked her up and they came over to play for a little bit.  When she came out of the house she had a folded up piece of paper for Ty.  She went over and handed it to him and said this is for you.  Ty looked at it and then didn't look at it again.  I found it in the backseat where he was sitting.  I died laughing.  I mean, I was boy crazy, but I don't think I started writing them notes until at least fourth grade, and even those were.  "Do you like me?  Check the box.  yes. no." or "Do you think I'm pretty? Check the box.  Yes. No."  I think you get the picture.

This was the front of the love note.



And this was on the inside.

I was hysterical.  I thought it was so funny.

Poor Paisley, she has all sisters and didn't really know what to think about all the boy toys.  So they went out in the snow.  Ty just wanted to jump off the dirt hill and run in the snow.  They had fun, but it wasn't a typical, friend over afternoon.  I wonder how long it will last.

PLEASE DON'T MENTION THIS TO TY, I don't want him to know that I told people.  I don't want him to think it is a big deal.  Thanks :)

It has been an awesome day

Today started out great.  We got up and went to the temple to do some sealings.  Got home.  Ran a few errands.  Took Ty to the PO to get his Valentine (that got lost) from Great Grandma Spencer and to sign him up for soccer.  As we pulled away from the curb this is what happened.





It felt like we hit a big hole in the middle of the road, but when i turned around there was no hole.  I thought we just had a flat tire and was shocked to find this when I got out of my car.

They had to stop and divert traffic.  Two cops came.  They were both flabbergasted.  They had never seen anything like that before.   I heard them talking.  One said, "Should I write an accident report."  The second one replied, "NO!  She didn't hit anyone or anything.  What are you going to write up about?!"  I was glad for the opinion of the second cop.  duh.

One of my first thoughts was that I was glad we were only going 5 mph instead of faster when this happened.  That could have been awful!

I first called Nate.  He, of course, didn't have his phone and didn't answer at home.  I then called Jeff.  He came and towed us away.  He had to get dirty today (gasp!).   It pays to have friends in the towing business.

Our Ty the guy has been looking forward to his birthday since..........probably September.  When we would tell him how far away it was he would stick his bottom lip out so far and say how it wasn't fair that most of his friends were already FIVE.



Fun things about Tydon at age 5

* He has a real sweet tooth.  He loves anything sweet and lots of times I will find the chair pushed over to the cupboard where he has dug for something good to eat.  I wonder when he will realize that is what gives him away.  His aunt Caitlin made him a spiderman cake for his birthday.  He was so excited about his cake and kept asking about it. 

* He tries really hard to do what is right.......or he wants us to think that he is doing what is right.  Every time I hear a loud crash or something out of the ordinary he immediately yells, "sorry" or "That was not me.  It was so-and-so"  He hates to be in trouble and all I have to do is point and he runs to the bathroom (our time-out room) crying. 

* He is so solid.  51 lbs of solidness.



* He loves to play with his friends.  His favorites are Summit, River and Tanner.  He frequently prays for them in his prayers that they will be safe so they can play with him (same with his cousins).

*  He still LOOOOOVES super heroes.  Including spiderman.  I keep thinking that he will grow out of it, but it is still going strong.  I do believe he realizes that spiderman is not real and he doesn't try to jump off things and shoot web anymore, but can play for hours with his action figures while dressed as spiderman (or iron man).

 *His favorite number is 13.  He always wants 13 of something, 13 bites, 13 toys, etc.  When it is time to clean up I tell him to go and pick up 20 things.  He says, "How about 13?"  I reply with, "13 things, 2 times."  I wonder when he will realize that "13 things, two times" is actually more than 20.


(please notice the spiderman badge..we were getting some things for his party and he had to have it.  He wore it for his entire birthday party with friends through his birthday.  He sometimes still pulls it out and puts it on.) 

*He really seeks for positive attention.  He loves praise and compliments.  He is a people pleaser and seeks to please. 

*His favorite color is now red.  Used to be blue and green.  He changes like the seasons!



*He thinks that every game we watch, BYU is playing.  If there is a blue team, that is BYU, if there is a white team than that is the one that is BYU and that is who he wants to win. 

*He can't WAIT to play soccer.  He has been practicing and is sure he will score lots of goals.  I am sure he will too.  He is very coordinated and can throw and hit and dribble a ball with little effort.  He is a natural.

*He doesn't know how to be quiet.  His quiet voice is still loud!

We love our Ty the guy/destroyer/Tydon.  He brings such a joy to our home and a smile to my face.  He gives great hugs and I love being his mom!

Things I don't want to forget about Christmas 2011

**The Christmas (party) season usually starts with the Spencer Christmas Party.  Ty was so excited to show Santa his Christmas socks that he whipped off his shoes and stuck his stinky feet in the air!

 
**After a couple of days of pouring over the Toys R Us big toy book, Ty announced that he wanted the bat cave. He then told me that I didn't need to worry about it because he was going to get it. He prayed about (translation: FOR) it and he was going to get it.  Just for the record....he forgot by the time Christmas came and hasn't said a word about it since.

I just love this picture :)

For Christmas Eve we went to Nate's parents home and did a wide variety of activities.

**At the Jones' on Christmas Eve the boys learned how to quilt and enjoyed it!

**Also on Christmas Eve we had a production of the birth of Christ.  Ty was Joseph and Kace was a wise man.

**We can never get together with the cousins without an all out wrestling match.




**We opened presents from Ryan and Donene.  All of the kids were absolutely thrilled with their new PJ's and monster slippers.  They were hilarious to watch.

 

**We then came home and did our own thing.  We thought of our "gifts to Christ", read scriptures, put our presents into our piles and then read a children's Christmas story.

 

**Both boys were so excited!  It makes for a fun time for mom and dad as well :)

**Kace asking if it was okay if he came in and jumped on us (Nate and I) in our beds in the morning (Christmas morning). I said, yes. At approximately 2:10 I hear a MOOOOOooooM in a loud whisper. I open my eyes and there is Kace two inches from my face. I have him go back to bed and promptly lock the door. He woke up again at 6:30 and then I let him in :)

 I love this picture as well!

**For as long as I can remember growing up dad said the LOOOONGEST family prayer EVER before we got to go into the front room to look at our stuff.  We carry on that tradition :).  I don't think it is as long as dad's prayers were though.  I always take a photo of them right before the run downstairs and for some reason they think it is great to pull a mad, sour face.

**The week before Christmas Kace had decided that he wanted to just peek into the front room, get ready for church, go to church and then we would open our presents.  A great thought, but we knew it wouldn't happen that way.  As a family we got a 4-wheeler.  The idea was to have a tube and the kids could ride behind the 4-wheeler.  We also got a plow to go with it.  For those who know where we live, you know that this was something we really needed (well maybe not NEEDED, but it took FOREVER to shovel snow, and we had to wait for a kind neighbor with a tractor to plow out our road).  Kace got some legos, games and Ty got some transformers and super heroes.  He is all about the super heroes right now.  

**At preschool Ty made Nate a tie.  He was SO EXCITED to give it to him because he knew his dad, "was going to love it SO MUCH."  He was right.  Ty is always so proud when his dad wears it.  It is cute.

 

**After church we came back home and played.  The boys rode on the 4-wheeler, ate garbage, built legos, watched a movie, built bionicle super hero guys and just had fun.  In the afternoon we packed up and went to Grandma and Grandpa Andrew's home.

**Kace got an awesome Justin Bieber poster from Heidi and Clayton.  As a side note......he HATES Justin Bieber.  He was so mad when his music teacher made them learn and sing "Never Say Never."  HAHA  They also got him a spy gear set, which he loves.

**On Christmas Kace learned how to blow bubbles.

**Ty was SO excited to give Brandon a saw.  He thought of the gift all by himself and bought it by himself as well.  I wish I would have gotten a picture of Cort and Kace and the gift Kace gave to him.  Kace also thought it up and purchased it himself.  It was a steering wheel and rear view mirror cover.

**Ty was so excited to get some paper money from G-Grandma Andrew.  He was so excited that he promptly ripped it.  As a side note, Ty has been wanting paper money for a long time.  I have tried to tell him that he has to do JOBS for it, and not just one dinky job, he has to really earn it.  Therefore, he hasn't done anything to earn it, so he hasn't gotten any.  This is why he was so excited to get paper money.  He bought an iron man :)

 **I wish I would have taken a picture of what Kace bought with his........it was a pet bird.  A finch to be exact.  He bought it from Pet Smart on Monday after Christmas and on Wednesday it was dead.  We now have credit to Pet Smart. 

**I designed these awesome shirts and had them made.  Pretty awesome if you ask me!  Nate did not approve.  He doesn't think hatred is healthy for my celestial soul.  I, however, would like to say that for the record......I DO NOT HATE.  I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO THEM, I JUST WANT THEM TO LOSE EVERY GAME THEY PLAY.  There is NOTHING wrong with that. Right?!

**Also, it is a rule for me that on Christmas I do NOT do my hair and do NOT put on make-up.  Others didn't see it that way.

Well, that was our Christmas in a nut shell.  I absolutely LOVE this time of year and am always so sad to see it go.