Christmas time adventures

Something Stan and I have always talked about doing it taking the kids downtown to see the lights and hear the Tabernacle Choir practice. Well this year we decided it was do or die. Of course we picked the worst night to go because between Springville and American Fork there were three accidents and little movement. It was nuts but we were going no matter what. We decided to take tracks and Emma loved it. Stan's sister Sarah came with us also. Once we finally got downtown we decided to walk around the lights before going to the choir. Tyson loved the lights! He kept oooohing and aaahhhing. It was pretty cute. It also was not that crowded which was nice. Then we went to the Conference Center and it was amazing!!! Stan and I have never been inside it before and it was just cool! The feeling as you walk it was close to the same feeling as going to the temple. Let me just say that it is HUGE. I know it looks big on TV but in person it is bigger. Emma loved the pretty music but was ready to go after about 5 minutes because as she says it was too much like church and church is too hard to sit through. It is so fun when the kids can verbalize their complaints, sometimes. It just reminds me that she is getting to be such a big girl. Because we had so much fun we decided we are going to go again when it gets a little warmer and we can spend the day downtown and do more things. I definatly recommend it to anyone who lives close enough to do it. And the greatest thing is you can bring the kids!!!

Happy 28 Stan!!

On December 5th Stan turned 28!!! We had a great day. The kids and I took Stan treats to work and he about shot me because he did not want the guys at the office to know it was his birthday. Then for dinner, not to blow my own horn, I made the most amazing ribs!!!! They were better than any restaurant I have ever been to. Then we had cheesecake pie for dessert. He had a great birthday according to him.

Tyson is ready!

As you may have noticed I have been a slacker when it comes to blogging and I am sorry. We did have a great Thanksgiving. We went to Stan's family's in Delta and have a great time. I was a little worried as to how the weekend was going to go because the first night there Tyson threw up 4 times. The next day however he was great. You would have never known that he was sick the night before. Emma also had reached a huge milestone this weekend also. She survived her first sleepover with her cousins. She was gone about 24 hours and had a great time. Now she cannot wait to do it again the next time we go down. I was fully expecting a phone call in the middle of the night to go get her but it never came. I was really different not having her around for that long but she had a great time and is getting to know the joy of cousins.

The other day we were talking about our up coming trip to see Grandma Karen, and Tyson must have been listening because shortly after we found him in Emma's suit case we use for her dress-ups. He is also going through the stage where he dumps everything out and sits in the container whether his bumb fits or not.

Halloween

Halloween was great this year. Emma had a hard time choosing a costume. If you asked her what she wanted to be she would say, "First I wanted to be a cowgirl, then it was a witch, and I finally decided to be a purple princess." She would say it so matter-of-factly that you thought she stood infront of a mirror and practiced it. It is really interesting now that she has an opinnion of how things should be. I am glad we did not have to buy things for the three different costumes. Just the cowgirl and the princess. So I know what she will be next year!!!

As you can see Tyson REALLY did not enjoy his costume. The first time I tried it on him he cried like I hurt him. Maybe it was because he did not think Grandma was very funny in thinking he should be a chicken because of his name. He was a great sport on Halloween. He kept it on through the Trunk-or-treat and in the car ride to my aunt's house in Orem. Tyson sure made a pretty cute chicken. Emma now wears he costume for dress up EVERY day. I am glad she is getting more than one wear out of it.

Tyson has such a little personality that is picture makes me laugh!!! At least he stood still long enough for me to take the picture!!

Pumpkin Patch

One thing I wanted to do this year with Emma was carve pumpkins. She was so excited. We even went to a pumpkin patch to get the pumpkins. It was really fun. She was very specific on the size of pumpkin she wanted. We would find one and she would look at it and say "I don't think this is an Emma sized pumpkin." So we kept walking until we found one we could convince her was an Emma sized pumpkin. Tyson liked saying pumpkin and seeing all that was there. So when we got home and started to clean them out she would not go anywhere near the "guts" as she called it. Stan stuck her hand in there and got it extra gooey and she started into hysterics. Stan and I just laughed. It was really funny but she got really mad that we were laughing at her. All the while Tyson is saying "eeeewwww." Somehow Emma became afraid of getting dirty. I guess she actually listened to me when I tell her not to get too dirty when she plays. We will have to break her of this. Emma did though insist on watching intently Stan carve the pumpkin to her requirements just as long as she did not have to touch any of it. And Tyson was trying to eat the pieces that Stan took out. He ate part of one before he lost intrest in it.

It is so hard to get a good smile on film from Tyson and here he looks like he knows something bad that mom and dad have no clue about. It's pretty funny.

Can you find Tyson???