Spirit Week

This week at school was Braxton's Spirit Week. She also got to stay a whole day for 1st Grade practice! I can't even tell you how boring this house is without her bouncing around everywhere! She only got 4 days of Spirit Week because they get Friday off.

Monday June 1, 2009 Hat Day


Tuesday June 2, 2009 PJ Day


Wednesday June 3, 2009 Career Day


Thursday June 4, 2009 Crazy Day

From jumping to "The Pink Eye"

Here are some pictures of Ty jumping out of a C-130 (I think, he'll die if I put the wrong plane). It is so incredible to be able to walk out our front door and see Ty doing such a fun and amazing thing. He truly leads an incredible life. I wish more people were able to see him in action! Braxton, Brollin and I are so lucky to have such an amazing man in our lives!





Poor Brolli has "The Pink Eye" as Brax refers to it. I hate this...there isn't anything you can do for them. It's so sad! But true to himself, he doesn't go one second without a huge smile on his face!

Brollin's 1st Birthday

Little trucks and mounds of dirt...
Band-aids on those things that hurt...
Climbing trees and running miles...
Our little boy just makes us smile!
Our little boy has turned one! We celebrated at the FunSpot with all of our closest friends. He had so much fun but just like his big sister when she turned one, he wouldn't touch his cake! funny kiddos. The only thing that would have made it better was to have our family there. Thanks to everyone for all the support this past year!

We're Back!

Wow! Well I am pretty sure most everyone has given up on me as a blogger, but I'm back! It's been a little crazy around our house; Tyler got home after a 3 month deployment and we are just now getting back to normal.

Brollin is crawling like crazy, trying so hard to walk, pulling up on everything and pulling out everything else! He's got a ton of teeth and his hair is completely out of control. He is such a momma's boy but when he is looking for fun, he goes straight to daddy! Ty missed so much with him; he is so excited to be catching up!

Braxton has lost her first tooth. She wiggled and waggled it for weeks and finally last night she 'let' Ty pull it out. He actually grabbed it and wouldn't let go until it came out. She is still doing great in gymnastics and is about to start swim lessons and T-Ball. Tomorrow she is getting the Anderson Elem. Student Of The Month Award! We are so proud of her! She is such an incredible little girl!

Ty and I are doing great! We just celebrated our 6 year anniversary! It has been the best 6 years ever! We went out to dinner at The Melting Pot and believe it or not, that was our first date in exactly a year. He has been gone so much, it is great to finally have him home for a few months! We are getting ready to go to Hawaii in 3 weeks! I am so excited! This is going to be our first vacation together (we have never even been on a plane together)! It is a much overdo vaca!

We miss everyone so much and for the first time in 3 years we are all pretty home sick for Utah. As our kids get older and we see our families doing all these fun things together, it is hard to sit back and observe. We can't help but feel that our kids are missing out on so much! We love everyone and I promise from now on, I will be better!

Brolli's Turn for Fun

Now that Brolli is moving around, his favorite place to go is the Fun Spot. It's all padded and he loves for Brax to send him down the slide. He always has to watch Brax roller skate and now he gets to have fun as well.

Brollin + Laila = BFF

Talk about BFF! Bro and Laila are joined at the hip! Her name was actually his first word; LaLa. When I go and get him up in the morning, he looks around, "Lala, Lala..." and as soon as she comes into the room, he waves and will throw a fit until I put him down. She will lay her head in his lap and let him pull her ears. I am so glad to have such a wonderful dog that loves my kids! She is just ready for her daddy to get home, but aren't we all! 30 DAYS!

OMG TY!

Ok Ty! No more complaining! Here are some pics of me and one of Brax head on! Even all the way around the world, you are still so demanding! But I still love you!

A New 'Do'

Finally a new 'do' for Brax. This was a much needed change for her. So with Grandma Eileen here, it was a perfect opportunity. Brax sat so good and after she was all done she couldn't stop staring at herself in the mirror (what else is new; TYLER).

A Wicked Winter

These are some pictures taken around base. The news said that this is the worst winter Spokane has ever seen. They have had over 50 roofs callapse as you you can see. Trees are broken literally in half, power is out all over the city because of the deep freeze we are now experiencing. That's actually how I spent my birthday; holed up in my room with the kids and plenty of candles trying to stay warm.

Roller Skating Follies

I have been wanting to take Brax roller skating for SO long. It was one of my favorite things to do when I was little. My mom would take me and my best friend literally every Saturday when we lived in Albuquerque. Although I didn't get to skate with her, I had so much fun watching her. And she loved every second of it. She begged me all morning Sunday to go again, but we have to wait until Friday!

A Little Face-Lift

Sometimes when Ty is gone, it's the only chance I have to spruce up the house a little. He doesn't like to bother with stuff like that, but I love it! I painted the one wall in my living room and a wall in my bedroom. (I would show a picture of my room but I have new furniture coming and a closet organizer coming so it's truly a mess.) Next up, the kiddos room!

A quick update

Yeah!!! My internet has been down for 2 weeks now and finally someone was able to brave the weather and get out to help me! This is so typical with Ty gone... everything breaks; my computer and now my vacuum broke. The weather has been so bad here that all the roofs have been caving in, Brax has had no school, all the roads in and off base have been closed, so needless to say we have been trapped at home since Christmas Day. Even our grocery store has been closed, opening only for a few hours a day, letting in only certain amounts of people to just get necessity's. thank goodness for food storage. My drain pipes have all fallen off my house and for two days we were completely snowed into the house. It took 2 of our housing guys with salt, kitty litter, shovels and plows to get us and 2 of my neighbors out. Don't even ask how Laila held it for so long! Good Girl! Tyler is doing great! He spent New Years in Amsterdam partying it up in the Red Light District! And has gone snow boarding in Munich and Austria. What a rough life! We miss him so much! Under 60 days now!