No training wheels!

My Avery girl is a stubborn little thing. When she puts her mind to something, there is no changing it! She decided that she wanted to try riding her bike with no training wheels. And much to everyone's surprise she got it down in about 30 minutes. She is a pro now at riding her "two wheel bike"!

1st haircut!

Oh dear. What was I thinking? I  gave Tyson a haircut, and now my baby doesn't look like a baby anymore. He is growing too fast!

 BEFORE:

AFTER:

Sidenote: Tyson loves crayons. They are one of his favorite foods. The other day in church he found the ziplock bag full of crayons, and he carried them over to me saying, "Mmmmmmmm!!!!!"

Don't let the bed bugs bite

A cute Avery quote:
"Mom, don't say, 'don't let the bed bugs bite'. Because that scares me. Say, 'don't let the spiders bite'. That doesn't scare me."

Preschool field trip

Today was Avery's preschool field trip to Texas roadhouse. She got to make rolls, go back into the kitchen, learn a line dance, and eat lunch!

Here Avery is next to Hudson and Violet. Violet is one of her favorite friends at school. And Hudson is her "boyfriend," and she says that she is going to marry him one day.

Making rolls

Cousin playdate

Play date with Faddis cousins.

Wyatt, Corbin, Kaycee, Avery, Laynee

Avery and Laynee loved playing Frozen

These partners in crime (Tyson and Paislee) found the towel drawer, and emptied it out.

Izzy

We said goodbye to Izzy today. The poor thing had been acting sicker and sicker, so I took her to the vet, and he said that her organs were shutting down. So I made the hard choice to put her to sleep. It was so hard to tell Corbin and Avery when they got home from school. There was lots of crying from everyone. Izzy had been part of our family for 8 1/2 years. And while she often drove us crazy, we sure loved her.

Climbing the stairs

Tyson is so happy (and I am a bit stressed out), because we took down the stair barricade. Tyson kept on climbing over the barricade to get to the stairs, so we decided it was safer to give him free access to the stairs. I didn't want him sneaking over, and then falling into that wooden bench. So far, tyson has been doing pretty well. He has had a couple of spills down the stairs, but nothing too bad.

We spend lots of time on the stairs letting Tyson practice.

Tyson decided to take a break and he laid down on the very top stair! Silly boy.

Storage room

Clark finished putting up shelves in our storage room! He is such a handy guy to have around. The kids couldn't resist trying them out.

January happenings

Avery went to build a bear with Grandpa and Grandma Gee for a belated birthday present. 

Corbin had another great Jr Jazz season!

Tyson LOVES food!

Sad Tyson can't find a way around our stair barricade.

Averyisms

"I like snow. It's my favorite food! Cuz I eat snow."

Upon seeing a Christmas tree and lights by the South Jordan library, Avery says, "It's so pretty, I'm gonna cry!"