Big Tyson turns 7!

 Tyson turned 7 on November 26th.

The night before his birthday he kept asking me if we were making him a surprise or a card. I didn't want to disappoint him, so I found some crape paper and made a birthday sign for him for when he woke up in the morning!!

 A bit cheesy, but Tyson was so excited when he woke up! The first thing he did was give me a hug!!

Also, the stickers on the paper, he found the night before and asked if we were going to make a card using these stickers!! So I did!!

 For his birthday dinner, he asked for pizza rolls and ramen noodles!! :)

 Lily insisted we have all the lights off while he blew out the candles!!

 Big 7 year old ready for school!

 While the kids were waiting for his birthday party to start, they all took turns rolling up like a burrito!

 (forgot to rotate the pic!)

 (again!) Cute kids!!

We did his party 5 days later and took his buddies to the rec center for swimming, then back home for cake, ice cream and presents!

 We did a face cake for Tyson

He picked the picture!!

Too cute!!

 His buddies, Porter, Josh and Jonah came!

Grandma Wendy and Nana and Papa came to join us for cake and ice cream!

Happy Birthday Big Tyson!!

We love you!!

Pulled teeth!!

 When we went to the dentist last month, the dentist decided that Tyson's front tooth wasn't coming out on it's own and it and the one next to it needed to be pulled!

We went to a consultation with the orthodontist before pulling any teeth to see if it would be beneficial to pull more, but he thought the two front teeth were enough!

Tyson did great! They gave him nitrous and he was pretty silly!

So, now he has one huge permanent tooth and a whole bunch of empty space in his cute smile!!

We go back to the orthodontist in March to start phase one of braces with a spacer and possibly front braces. Tyson is so excited!!

p.s. he still hasn't given the Tooth Fairy his two teeth!!

This kid cracks me up!!

Happy Halloween!

 I wasn't a very good Halloween picture taker this year... but here is what I did take

Above are our traditional pumpkin, and Cinderella.

 This was our ghost and Yoda!

I should have taken pictures in the light, because these do not do justice for our mad carving skills!

 Here's our Ninja, Mermaid and little Witch!

 I am bias, but I think they are the cutest things ever!!

 He wanted an action shot!

 We tried to find Macy some striped socks, and My Mom found these cute white and green ones for "infant and toddlers" They must have measured giant infants and toddlers!!

We trick or treated at home with some friends and had the best time! Our neighborhood was packed with trick or treaters! We just left our bowl on the porch!

After we went to Grandma Wendy's for soup and bread sticks it was an awesome Halloween!

Tucson!

 We took the LONG almost 13 hour drive to Tucson to see our neice/cousin Paige get baptised! (or Bathtised if you ask the kids!!)

The drive was well worth it when we got there!

We went to the zoo!

Above the kids are acting like Monkey's!

 Macy and Nana at the zoo!

 And with Papa!

 Lily saw the carriage and HAD to have a picture with it!

 Tyson, Lily, Paige and Trey

 We had to pry Macy away from the xylophone!

 Turtle Trey!

 Turtle Tate!!

 The two headed turtle!

 Macy loved to be with everyone but me and Brandon!

Paige carried her a lot at the zoo!

 Another two headed turtle!

 And another!!

 Had to have a pic with Jabba!

 What good scared faces!

 The kids!

The whole clan!

 This is their neighbors house. They had this huge tarantula with only the legs left from it's victim!

 We left Utah while it was snowing, and it was 80 degree's the whole time we were in Arizona!

The kids played outside all day long!!

 We got to see Trey at his t-ball game!

 Nana painted finger nails and toe nails!

And last but not least Paige got baptized!

The kids were so excited to watch Paige get baptized!

We were so proud of her!

Congrats Paige!!

(That Trey cracks me up!! He is one silly kid!!)

We had a great time!

Cori became Macy's best friend!

Nana taught me a new song!!

Spending time with family is my favorite!

Macy loved playing on the trampoline with Cori!
I couldn't get enough of her running on it, it was like she was floating!
I laugh so hard every time I watch it!!

 

Teeth!

 So, Tyson lost a tooth while we were living with Nana and Papa last year, but he wasn't ready to give it to the tooth fairy, so we saved it. 

Well, since then he lost 4 more! He finally decided he was ready to give them to the tooth fairy!

We think he thought he might get more $ with more teeth!!

Ready to put them under his pillow!

He was so lucky and got a $5 bill from the tooth fairy!

The dentist wants to wiggle out 2 more teeth to make room for his big teeth, but he wanted us to see the orthodontist before he did to see if the orthodontist wanted more wiggled out!

We go tomorrow, so Tyson may be getting rich from the tooth fairy!!

Drug Free!!

It was Drug Free Week at school a couple weeks back and this was Tyson's class chant that he shared with me! Too cute!

Adenoids and Tubes!

 About 3 weeks ago, Lily had her adenoids taken out and a second set of tubes put in!

She has had 2 or 3 ear infections since her last tubes had fallen out, so they suggested that we do it again and take out her adenoids!

We had to wake up early and take her to AF hospital to have it done!

The staff at AF was so nice! The procedure only takes 15-20 minutes, but she came home with lots of prizes!

She got a hospital doll that she colored a face on, a toy dog that lights up and makes noise, a pencil "wand", a crown, and a fleece blanket! Oh... and a lot of stickers!

Here she is with all her loot!!

 She did great! But it is always sad to me when they are coming out of anesthesia!

She was ready to play with friends when we got home, but I made her rest all day! What a mean Mom I am!!

Our neighbor down the street with a Macy of her own (only 1 day older than our Macy) watched Macy for us so Brandon could get to work! She loved playing at her friends house!!

What cute girls I do have to say!!