Kids Bathroom

So we have been busy this year making lots of improvements to our house. I can't imagine what we might do with our weekends if we had no home improvement projects to do! One of the first ones we did, which I never shared, was a mini make-over of the kids bathroom. We did this Dec 31st and Jan 1st. Happy New Years to us! Here are some before pictures.

Notice the lovely light fixture, white walls and brass hardware. So we painted the walls and added a wall of bead-board with chair-rail. We then built the little plaques to install a new towel rod and hooks too. We switched out the light fixture and all the hardware to a brushed nickel. Then I added a little vinyl once I figured out how to use my Silhouette machine!

It was nothing major...we would really love to get new cabinets and frame in the mirror...but those projects are way down on the priority list. Our next project was the laundry room which hopefully I will post soon.

Large

For those of you who have seen me pregnant...you know that I get quite large. Unfortunately I am not one of those ladies where you hear "oh I can't even tell you are pregnant!" Ok, maybe from behind, but definitely not from the front or the side. I blame it on my 9 1/2 pound baby last time, and it looks like baby girl is following suit. I was trying to avoid another c-section...but at my visit last week when I again measured 4wks ahead of schedule (measured 37 at 33 weeks), I went ahead and scheduled a c-section for August 8th. If she decides to come on her own before then, I will attempt labor...but I am not holding my breath for that one. Here I am last week at over 33 weeks (I have been horrible at taking pictures this time).

Yesterday we did an ultrasound to see how big baby girl is. Luckily she looks perfectly healthy and really not too large. I think she was about 58th percentile overall except for a huge belly...Ty had the same thing. They estimated her weighing 5lbs 10oz right now. Not huge but she is only 34 wks and I have several friends who have had full-term babies who weighed that much! So anyway, basically there is no explanation as to why I am so huge. I am just lucky that way I guess. We were unable to get a good 3D of her because she had a hand over her face and was smooshed up against the placenta. So in a month we will have a baby for sure and I cannot believe it is already so close. I have SOOO much to do to get ready for her and want more time to spend with my precious Ty.  By the way, during the ultrasound he said "no I don't want a baby." :( Um...too late kiddo...she is coming!

Em's April Graduation

OK, so thanks to Ashley I am going to attemp blogging again and see if I have better luck this time. A lot has happened since my last post so hopefully this will be the first of several posts. In April Emily graduated from BYU (that makes all 7 members of our family). We made the long drive up to Provo and stayed in a house that my parents rented out for us. That was so nice! All of the siblings were there except for Andrew...it is always so much fun to spend time together. We drove up on Wednesday and then stayed up until at least 2am talking with Em. That became our average bed-time for the rest of the trip. Thursday morning we went to campus for a little shopping at the BYU bookstore. I miss that place! I had not been back to campus since I graduated in 2005. Time flies! Then we layed Ty down for a nap and met our friend Tod at Pizza Factory for lunch. Yum! We love that place.
Then that afternoon we had Em's convocation (the large ceremony for everyone). We didn't take any pictures right after that because it was freezing and the wind was blowing like crazy! Here we are back at home. It is hard to dress my pregnant belly.

That night my parents took all of the adults to a fantastic dinner at Chef's Table. I always wanted to go there but never had. It was there that we met Max, the BF, for the first time. It was a great night and incredible food...and lots of it. Then we went back to the house for games and soon-to-be-married Tod and Betsy came as well.

Friday morning we went to the temple to do family sealings. Emily was nice enough to watch Ty for us. Then we were off to Em's graduation. Emily especially liked all of the speakers talking about juggling the demands of being a student and a mom at the same time. Ha! :) Here are some pictures taken after the ceremony.

 Emily truly looks like a midget next to Max...but let's give her some credit...she is part-midget and he is part-giant.

 As you can see it was very sunny.

 How cute are they?!

That night we had a Price gathering at our place for pizza and games. We love being with our cousins and aunts and uncles and wish we got to see them more. It was great to catch up a little! Here is our Ty that night.

Saturday morning we went up to campus for a little bit and explored. I wanted to see the new Hinckley Alumni Building, but it was closed...boo! We took a short drive through the beautiful canyon and then hurried home so Brandon could meet Tod and our cousin Mark for golf. Ty and I took a much needed nap! That afternoon we went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. It was absolutely beautiful! And it was still so cold so we could only imagine how much more beautful it would get in a few weeks.

Ty tried to steal any empty golf cart that we came upon. That boy loves cars!

That night we got yummy PF Chang's takeout and then to top it all off huge shakes from the Malt Shop. Of course we stayed up way too late playing games...and then the next day we had to drive home. It was Easter Sunday and was spent entirely in the car. It was a great little trip and we are so proud of Emily and can't wait to see what the future holds for her.

P.S. Any of the good pictures were taken by my SIL Myhoa...thanks for sending them!



Ty is 2!

Well once again I am very behind on blogging. We have been busy with a couple of trips, Brandon traveling for work and then working on our house whenever we are home. Our precious Ty turned 2 last month. Time is just flying by so fast! The day before his birthday Brandon and I took him to the zoo. We had a good time but it was incredibly hot for April. :(

Our friends Jimmy, Jenelle and Isabella met us there as well.

The petting zoo is always a favorite.

We had plans to take him to the train park after his nap...but Brandon had to go to General Conference, so we did that another night. On Ty's birthday we went to my parent's house in the morning for breakfast since it was conference.

Ty LOVES these plasma cars and typically does this the whole time everyone else is eating.

We went home in the afternoon and then back again for dinner that night. My mom made basically a Thanksgiving dinner. Yum! Trampoline time after dinner...Uncle Andrew was even in town!

Ty's lemon cake with lemon cream cheese frosting...he thought it was yummy!

Present time! One of Ty's favorite presents was Elmo, thanks to Uncle Dayne and Aunt Myhoa!
Milly "helping" Ty unwrap his presents.

Corinne, Ty and Milly playing with some new toys!

Ty with some of his loot. We just love our little Ty. We think he is adorable. He is very sweet most of the time although he is definitely acting like a 2 year old on occasion and wants to be independent. He is all boy...loves being outside, loves cars and loves to dance to music! We hope this will be a good year for him and he will be a good big brother.

P.S. I hate blogger...this post took FOREVER because it would not let me move pictures and no matter how many times I delete them it makes huge spaces b/n things! Help!

Sugar and Spice

and Everything Nice...is what we hope our little girl is made of! There she is!
I thought it might be a girl when I saw her legs nicely crossed. Ty sure never did that in his ultrasounds. :) But I kept asking the ultrasound tech if she was sure it was a girl and she had no doubt. I just think it's amazing the things they can see so I thought I would show off her perfect vertebrae.
Brandon seems more excited than me to have a little girl! I am definitely excited, but now I keep thinking of all of the stuff we have to get and more preparations we have to do...and all of the money it will cost. :) The other good thing is she was just average size (at least right now) instead of huge like her brother!

"Outside"

This is what Ty frequently says as he stands by the door. Since January the weather here has been so wonderful and we have tried to take advantage of it. We play with friends outside and go for family walks. Here is Ty pushing his friend Isabella.
We go to the park, feed ducks and have tried to go to the zoo at least once each month. In January we were able to take a trip there with some great friends. That is Jenelle and Blake with me; our friend Carolyn was with us too but had already left when we took this picture.This is Isabella and Ty mooing to the cows.This picture was taken as Ty's hat was falling into that puddle below. He was looking at a goat. At the time I chose to believe it was just water. Right after this picture was taken Ty himself fell off the fence and landed in the "water" below. Great.
We then went to pet the goats and Ty decided he had to sit down in the dirt to pet them instead of standing...thus he became muddy. Yeah again.

When we got home it became obvious that the "water" was indeed goat pee. Ty reaked (spelling?) and his pants, socks, hat and shoes had smelly, yellow pee dried on them. Fabulous!


But...we had a good time anyway. This week and next week are in the mid 80s. It is beautiful weather but can already feel hot in the sun. I am NOT at all ready for summer and so we are trying to enjoy being outdoors while we can!