4th of July Weekend

Our family had a really fun long 4th of July weekend. It started out on Saturday where we headed up to Springville canyon to have a little barbeque, play, grandma's annual fishing pond, relax, and of course play in the creek.

Tyson loves the swing




and the tunnel

Mike and Ian playing ladder golf

Tyson trying to play ladder golf

Tyson fishing at grandma's fishing pond. All the grandkids got a lot of fun toys and treats at the pond.

Grandpa and Grandma at the creek

The "Eppich" clan

When Tyson wasn't throwing rocks in the creek you could most likely find them in his mouth. He would find the biggest rocks he could and throw them. He did this for quite a while.

The Hazlett Family

After our barbeque we came home and had dinner, relaxed a little bit and then that night we met up with some friends and watched the fireworks from the Stadium of Fire. Sorry no pics.
Sunday was not as eventful. We went to church and then that night went on a walk and found ourselves enjoying others fireworks along the way.

Monday was Provo's 4th of July parade. We got up and went to Provo for the parade.

I didn't get pics for the rest of the day but we headed over to my sisters house in Springville where my parents treated us to pizza for lunch. Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a swim in the pool. We were so exhausted after all that we came home and had a long nap, ate dinner, and let off a few of our own fireworks. We had a very busy and fun fourth weekend.

Bye, Bye Binkie

As you can see Tyson was an avid binkie user. WAS is the keyword here. The first weekend of July we cut out the binkie. Tyson was biting through them and not sleeping very good. He was on some nights waking up every hour cause he had lost his binkie. So I finally said I had had it and said we are done with the binkies and took them away cold turkey. It was lots better than I had thought it would be. It was the fourth of July weekend and so we had lots going on and some late nights so that exhausted Ty and mostly went down without a fight. He has done really well. Some nights and naptimes are harder to get him to sleep but I think he sleeps better without them. So Ty who was completely addicted to his binkie is now binkie free. Yay!

Boy or Girl?

Just doing a little poll. We will have the ultrasound on Friday and we are going to find out the gender so what do you think? Boy or Girl?

Congratulations!

I can't believe that my little sister is married. Karli and Garret got married on June 1st in the Manti Temple. It was a perfect day. They are a cute couple and so happy together. Perfect match. Congratulations!

Announcing...

...baby number two is on the way for those of you who haven't already heard. We are very excited. I am due on November 30, 2010. This means that Tyson and baby #2 will be just short of 2 years apart. The good news is that I am starting to feel a tad bit better...some days. It has been a better pregnancy than with Ty so hopefully within the next couple weeks I will feel even better and not be sick the whole time like I was with Tyson. We are both super excited about the new addition to our family.

Easter

We had a fun Easter. Tyson got super spoiled by the Easter bunny. He got a bat, nursery rhymes book, an outfit, board puzzle, and of course some candy...which was his favorite.

To the Bahamas and Back

FYI: TONS OF PICS

AIRPLANE

This is us on the plane headed to Miami, Florida. I was really worried about how Ty was going to be on the plane since he can't even sit an hour through church, but he did well and slept on each flight.

MIAMI

Here is the group of us that went. This is a little Mediteranian place in downtown Miami that we had dinner at the night we got to Miami. Funny thing they had only 1 highchair because they don't see many kids. Downtown Miami was a lot different than I expected. We even saw the buildings that they show on CSI Miami.

CRUISE SHIP:NORWEGIAN SKY

This is me sneaking Ty into the kiddie pool on the ship. They said that children are not allowed to wear swim diapers in the pools on the ship but I let him stick his feet in and play for a little bit. He loved it.

This is me and Ty just playing on the ship. The ship had not yet left Miami.

Mike and Ty looking overboard.

The first day Mike received two free bingo cards so we went and he played them.

At dinner on the first night in the ships dining room.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS
Our ship

Playing on the beach at Nassau

Tyson ate a LOT of sand.

He loved it so much he even coated his apple with sand and ate it.

Family picture on the Nassau Beach. Just look at the water. So beautiful...but cold.

Walking down the beach.

Riding the jet ski out on the ocean. Awesome...and so much fun!

Riding in the shuttle. We had to take taxi's and shuttles EVERYWHERE we went.

Back on the cruise ship. Dinner at the ships dining room on night 2.

GREAT STIRRUP CAY, BAHAMAS

This is a family pic at the beach. This is the cruise lines private beach.

Tyson playing on the beach. Loving the sand, sun, and water.

Tyson and his cousin Tanner.

Tyson relaxing in the beach chair and taking a little drink.

The clam shell we rented. This was the second day and we were all sunburned so we decided to enjoy a little shade today.

On the ferry to take us back to the boat.

Back on the ship and at our last night at dinner at the dining room.

The morning we left we had a little time to spare so we watched our entertainment. Ty and Tanner dancing.

We had a lot of fun, sun, water, good food, and entertainment.

Fits-climbing-Eating

So Tyson loves being outside. On Sunday, Mike took Ty on a walk and on the way home he fell asleep in the stroller. Mike brought the stroller in the house and wheeled it back to Ty's room so he could sleep longer. When Tyson woke up and we brought him out to the living room and set him down he went back into his room and started crying. I ran back there and he was trying to climb into the stroller and couldn't get in. I put him in there and wheeled it out to the living room and he climbed in it and he sat in there for a good 5 to 10 minutes then threw a fit. I think he wanted to go back outside for another walk. He cried for a good while.

Tyson is a climber. He makes the drawers of the computer desk into step and climbs up them to the top...

...and can now climb up on the chairs...

...and then onto the table...


...and also in the cupboards. What can I say we have a climber on our hands.

Lately Tyson has been wanted to feed himself and I let him try every so often because I know if I don't he won't ever be able to do it on his own. Sometimes he won't eat unless he can do it himself. So tonight was one of the nights I let him try by himself. He did manage to get a few pieces in his mouth but most of it ended up on his tray or on the floor.

Temple Pictures

A couple of weeks ago my sister-in-law invited me up to Layton to do these temple pics. We got to choose what temple we wanted to do, and of course I chose the Manti temple since that is where Mike and I got married. It was a fun project and turned out awesome.

Step 1: Paint the pieces of the frame.

Step 2: Glue the picture to the plywood, get all the airbubbles out and then texturize.

Step 3: Piece the frame together and then staple.

Step 4: Staple the picture to the frame

Step 5: Antique the frame by sanding and staining.

(This is the finished product that hangs on my wall)