Las Vegas - NAHB

Last week we all headed to Vegas for the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) competition. This is a national competition Bryce participated in with a team of 5 other guys from BYU. 40 different schools come to compete. They had to develop an area from scratch, do all the marketing, and present the proposal to a board of investors. They started this whole thing back in September, so it was a lot of work for Bryce and many nights without a husband/daddy.

Here is the team right after they gave their presentation. They were pretty excited to be finished, but soon after got anxious to know how they did!

Bryce and Tyson right before the awards ceremony....a little nervous!

Look who took 1st Place!!!!!!!!!

Tyson and I were very proud of Bryce! All of his hard work paid off!

The whole team happy as could be.

The rest of the week we played around on the strip. There was so much to see! I had never been to Vegas before so I was loving every bit of it. My favorite part was the M&M store and the fountain show at the Bellagio - so pretty and fun!!

We decided the next time we're in Vegas, we will be ditching the kid and staying at the Bellagio. :)

4 Months Old!

Tyson had his 4 month check up this week. The doctor says he's doing great! Every time we go in, the doc always comments how strong he is. Tyson is in the 36th percentile for weight and the 89th percentile for height. So basically he's a tall skinny baby.

Life is just getting better and better with Tyson around. He is always smiling and playing and just recently started to laugh! He is able to grab toys and play with them (or bring them to his mouth to suck on). He's doing great with sleeping during the night and taking long naps. I'm glad he's back in his schedule...Christmas break kinda threw him off. Our next plan of action is to get him to sleep all through the night. Right now he gets up once. If any of you expert moms out there have any advice on this...leave me a comment!!!

Christmas 2009

For Christmas this year, we were lucky enough to spend 2 1/2 weeks in Colorado! We had a blast!! The first week and a half we spent with my family. Here are a few pictures...

Bryce, Lindsay, and Kaylee

Sisters (with Mike in the way...)

Annie and Linds

Picture says it all

Julie made the gingerbread...she's pro. Everyone else helped decorate.

One of the activities we had on Christmas Eve was a pinata. Bryce was trying to ride it.

Christmas morning....so many presents!! It took us a total of 2 1/2 hours to open everything.

We went to Jump Street the day after Christmas. There were long rows of trampolines to jump around on. They also had a trampoline section to play dodgeball on. SO much fun. The girls loved riding this panda bear. Kaylee was the driver and ran everyone over.

The week after Christmas we went up to the Long's Cabin. We had a great time! Snowmobile rides, sledding, snowboarding (yes, I attempted snowboarding), and lots of yummy food by Laurie!

I put Tyson on the bed to play and you can see what happened. He just loved all of the attention!

Precious.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Ed!

As you can see, Tyson wasn't really into getting his picture taken today. But we hope Grandpa Ed has a great Birthday!

Update

My friend, Brynn (not to name names), always gives me a hard time about updating my blog. So here ya go - 3 posts :) Here are just a few random pictures from the wedding and over Thanksgiving Break. We went down to St. George and met up with all of Bryce's family. It was so nice to get away and the weather was awesome! We were able to relax, get a temple trip in, Bryce got to golf and I got to shop and see NEW MOON (loved it). What could be better?



A little update on Tyson - basically we just love him to pieces. He's such a good baby. Since we got back from St. George he's been on a great sleeping schedule. He goes to bed around 8 or 9 pm, wakes up once during the night to eat and then sleeps until 6 or 7 am. He loves to lay on the floor and just kick his legs and talk to himself or anyone who will listen. He's already in his 3-6 month clothes! It was sad to put away everything he's grown out of, but at the same time, its fun to pull out all the new stuff. The above picture is just after his bath...he loves having baths :)

Happy Birthday Briggs!

A few weeks ago, we went up to Sandy to celebrate Briggs' Birthday! We had fun being with the family again. The only pictures we really took are all with Tyson (go figure) but it just goes to show how much he loves his aunts and uncles.

Tys and Great Aunt Lynnette :)

Tys flirting with Gayle

Hangin with Uncle Curt

Briggs blowing out his Birthday candles. Happy Birthday Briggs!!!

Corey and Amy's Wedding

On November 21st Corey (Bryce's brother) got married to Amy in the Draper Temple! It was so fun to see them get married and have all the family together!