Happy Halloween

from one cute cowboy and an adorable bear.

Only boys...

would think that spitting is hilarious. I hate spitting, but I love to hear my boys laughing. I think all my efforts of helping Blake learn not to spit went out the window when he saw me taking this video.

Fall Fun

Recently Matt went to a U2 concert in Phoenix, so the boys and I went with him up to the valley and stayed for about a week. We had a lot of fun visiting family and I enjoyed not cooking for a week. :) While we were there we went to Superstition Springs Mall to ride the carousel and have some lunch.

Tyler is sporting his handsome hot dog on a stick hat while scarfing down a yummy Subway cookie.

Later that week we went to Schnepf farms. Blake really liked the petting zoo. He was a little cautious at first but he soon warmed up to the goats.

Tyler spent most of the time watching the fun from the wagon.

Blake was to nervous to let the lady paint his face so he settled for having his arm painted instead.

The airplane ride was his favorite part.

On the way home Aunt Nicole started to sing to Tyler. I love the way he is looking at her.

Thanks for the great time Grammie!

Catch Up

Man, it's been awhile since I've posted. Here is what's been going on in our lives. We moved from Arkansas to Arizona in May. For the summer we lived with my parents while Matt worked as an intern at a law firm in Mesa. We had a lot of fun visiting and playing with family and friends. In August we loaded up our stuff once more into a moving truck and headed down to Tucson. Matt had started his third and LAST year of Law School at the University of Arizona. He is currently looking for a law job, so if you know of anybody who is hiring let us know. ;) We both got called to serve in the Nursery and we love it! The boys and I have been discovering all the fun things to do in Tucson, like the Zoo, story time at the library, searching for near by parks, swinging in swings, the Children's Museum, looking at the puppies at the mall, etc., etc. August we celebrated Blake's 2nd birthday, and we are looking forward to celebrating Tyler's first birthday in a couple of weeks. Blake has become a real chatter box, he surprises me with new words he has learned everyday. I've learned that I need to watch what I say around him. :) Blake loves to read stories with anybody who will take the time to sit with him, and he loves coloring and being outside. Tyler has mastered crawling and is about start walking. He already took his first step a couple days ago. Tyler is learning a few words himself. Thanks to his brother Blake he knows how to say, "mine", and "no". He can also say, "ball", "what's that" "mommy", and "puppy". Tyler's favorite place to be is either in his high chair eating or being outside crawling around. Blake and Tyler keep me pretty busy, but I guess there are times when they think I am not busy enough, so they come up with ways to keep my time full. Like unraveling the toilet paper roll, or the aluminum roll or taking out every single wipe and stuffing it into their popping ball machine, opening mommies make up and using it as crayons, or coloring with pen on the leather couch, or taking food out of the refrigerator, or taking all the dishes out of the lower kitchen cabinets, etc. etc. We love life and all that it has to offer!

Fourth of July

Yummy birthday cake.

Staying cool.

Oh, my!

Blake's Prayer

We are trying to teach Blake how to pray. Just recently we were able to get Blake to repeat after us some of the prayer. This is how this morning's prayer went:

me: Dear Heavenly Father
Blake: Heavy Fader
me: We are grateful for this day.
Blake: A day
me: We are grateful for Grammie( I was going to say, and the breakfast she made, but...)
Blake: and Grandad...and Tyler...(starts singing) I love Tyler he loves me...
me:(trying not to laugh) in the name of Jesus Christ
Blake: I love daddy he loves me
me: Amen
Blake: I love Tyler he loves me.

I thought this was funny and I wanted to write it down before I forgot. At least Blake knows there's a lot of love in our family. :)

Happy Father's Day

I know this is a day late, but I wanted to say thank you to Matt, Dad, and Bob for being true men and influencing my life for the better.

Tribute to Arkansas

I meant to post this video before we left Arkansas, but we packed up the computer before I had an opportunity. I loved living in Arkansas mainly because of the amazing people we met and became friends with. I wish I had a picture of every person that touched our life, but I'm not the best at remembering my camera! We miss y'all in Arkansas. We can't wait for graduation so we can come back for a visit.