Our Living Conditions

Our living conditions are less than ideal. In fact, if you called DCFS they would probably take Ty away... JK.

We decided to move all of our stuff to Payson before Christmas. including our bed, washer and dryer, kitchen equipment, etc...

We were only coming back for 2 weeks... no big deal... right?

No. We happily put up with the sleeping bag, 2 pans and 2 bowls for a couple days until I said, "this is kinda like camping." Then Andy said "no, this is worse than camping."

He was right, it was worse than camping... until... our toilet water holding tank broke and leaked all over the floor... then it was ULTRA worse than camping.

We had to flush with a bucket of water until a kind maintenance man came after hours to fix the deteriorated rubber gasket.

I was really sad to move from Logan, but now, I'm looking forward to a bed, kitchen equipment, a working toilet (and a backup one if needed), couches, a treadmill, millions of toys for Ty, a washer and dryer, and most of all, A GARAGE!

But I'm still sort of sad to leave Logan.

Negative Fifteen

What were we thinking?

New Years Eve Eve, we packed our bags and warm clothes and decided to snowmobile into my Grandpa's cabin with Ty. We didn't get to the parking lot until dark. We loaded everything and bundled Ty up and we were off. Ty HATED it. He was scared and he kicked and screamed and fought the entire way. It was negative fifteen and we had to keep his face covered so it didn't get frostbite. Half way through, I thought to myself, "What were we thinking?" We were too far to turn back and still a few miles from the cabin.

Ty was fine when we got there but I was a little bit in shock (I hate it when my baby cries). I jumped off the snowmobile to walk into the cabin and the snow went up to my hips!

We stayed for a couple days. It was beautiful.

Cold, but beautiful.

On the way out, we got smarter. I zipped Ty into my snowmobile overalls and wrapped him in a fleece blanket. He looked around and smiled. Within 2 minutes he was asleep.

We got some snowshoes for Christmas. I can't wait to break them out again this weekend. Hopefully, the temperature will rise to at least double digits (my car thermometer this morning said 2*F).

Noodles

OOOOOOO... What have we been doing? Well, we had a great Christmas. Santa came. Ty got spoiled and we moved to Payson. We live in a GREAT house.

Andy went with his friend to work in Greenriver for the day and my sister got a new noodle machine for Christmas so we have been making noodles all night. Yummy.

After New Years we are going back to Logan to finish up our last 2 weeks. :/

Only a couple more days of relaxation...

Christmas Break!

Christmas Break is coming soon. I'll be done tomorrow at noon.

Ty has been busy undecorating the Christmas Tree, trying to eat ornaments and walking!

We're moving a bunch of stuff to Payson this weekend. I'm not so sure how I feel about it. I love Logan. I love my students and I love Cache Valley. I love Utah State. I love our friends up here. I love Lee's Marketplace. I love Gossner's Cheese Plant. I love walking around the blockI love Porcupine Reservoir. I love, well, almost everything... The only thing I don't love about this place is my TINY house and of course scraping my windshield every morning.

We're beginning a new adventure. Who knows what we'll encounter.

NFR

We went to the NFR in Las Vegas. It was a blast!

Go Kaycee Go!

Bountiful Baskets

So we decided to jump on the bandwagon and buy a Bountiful Basket. We loved it. In fact, we've almost ate the entire thing. Who knew these....umm.... things could be so good? I don't even know what they are!

Ty Turns 1!

Ty Turned 1! Just tonight he took his first steps. I can't believe my baby is growing up so quickly. We had a costume party for him and he loved his cake.

Ty was an elephant and kept trying to grab the flame on his candle.

Ty loved helping us carve pumpkins this year. He ate pumpkin guts and scattered seeds everywhere.

We have a good friend who dresses up as a mean witch every year for Halloween. In fact, she scared me last year right before I went into labor. I wanted to get Ty's picture with her. He ignored her for the first little while (wouldn't even look at her) and then he started crying. My camera ran out of batteries so I couldn't get a teary picture.

The Cache Valley Pumpkin Walk is a big deal every year here in Logan. Basically there are a bunch of booths made out of pumpkins. We went this year during the first blizzard of the year. We bundled up and braved the storm.

There was a cute Toy Story booth.

Ty was a happy little dude.

Virgil and Sharon (Ty's Grandparents) got Ty a miniature horse for his birthday. His name is Tex and Ty loves him. He pokes him in the eyes, pulls his hair and lays on him. Tex loves Ty too. He doesn't really like big people because he's so small. He loves little kids though.

Ty got to hang out with Cousin Brix. We don't get to see him very much because he lives in California. Hopefully, they'll move here soon. :)

We have swings in our backyard. Ty loves them. He giggles and giggles and cries when I take him back to the house.

We are moving to Spanish Fork in January. I told Logan High that I'm leaving and I'm a little sad about it. Andy will be student teaching at Salem Hills High School and I may be able to get a job somewhere around there. Someday, I will be a stay-at-home-mom. It makes me sad to think that Ty is already one and I've worked his whole first year of life.