Bryson's first hunt

Our ward park day group has a annual Easter egg hunt, it was so much fun. Bryson LOVED it! he walked around the cultural hall and would not put his basket down.

I think that pretty much all the kids in our ward that are not yet in school were there having a blast.



And the hunt was on....








We also got a chance for a cute photo op. with Luke and Reese :)
It was such a good time and so cute to see Bryson running around and squealing from happiness.

Hawkins Wedding

It does not happen to often in your life that you get the opportunity to go to a wedding for two of your friends that are your friends independently , not just because they were a couple! we were friends with Miriam and Gatlin before they were ever together!
It was such a joy to see them get married, now they just need to have kids so ours can play with theirs!
They were both very much them selves all day. Miriam was smiling from ear to ear and glowing and Gatlin was happy but pondering everything that was going on around him.
here are some pics.

Spring

Matt really has a green thumb and I like to reap the benefit of having pretty flowers to look at and veggies to eat :) so far this year the squirrels have steered clear!
With all of the rain our flowers have grown so nice but I have some friends in our ward that have gardens that I really do covet :( ( i know its bad!)
but this is what we have so far

Tomato plant in our topsy turvy ;)








We planted squash and carrots







and some pretty flowers














Bryson is super cute and is learning how to stop and smell the flowers
and play in his wagon.

We are back and running!

So if anyone hasn't noticed, it's apparently been since Christmas since I last wrote anything on the blog. Things have happened but I just have not written it down, it seems as though every time I think to myself that it should be done there isnt time and when there is it slips my mind! no more excuses.
Now because it has been since Halloween I wont blow the blog up and put up everything in the last 6 months just some stuff Bryson has been up to lately :)
But I will say that since the last time I updated we found out that Bryson will be getting a sibling in Aug. and we find out the sex today!(more to come)

Bryson is a very crazy child, good, but crazy! he is getting VERY independent.
He Brushes his teeth......
and his hair (while holding my head band?? the other hand has the comb)
Bryson climbs in stuff......
and on stuff!all in all Bryson is a GREAT kid! just a little crazy. He is growing so fast and its amazing to see him grow physically and mentally before our eyes!

PS we do have other PJ's for our kid, its just a coincidence that he is wearing these ones when he does cute things to take pictures of!

Christmas time is here!

I always look forward to Christmas time, especially decorating the house with a wonderful smelling tree. Now its not very easy with a 1 year old so this year we had a brilliant thought! Our town home was just installed with a new bay window so we got what we thought was a perfect sized tree for our window, but much to our surprise it still did not fit! Matt walked across the street to borrow a hand saw and came back with Bryson on his back and a huge bow saw in his hand, it was hilarious! Really I think Matt was just so excited to use a saw :)We also know that we wont be here for Christmas so a Bryson size tree was perfect! he loves the lights and playing with frosty, I think Bryson will be a big fan of Christmas.

Thanksgiving madness

We went home (socal) for the Holiday weekend not knowing what we were getting into, first of all it shouldnt have been surprising that it was almost 80 degrees for the Holiday but... it was! we got to see family, have Bryson's birthday party (early so we could be with family) and have our first and hopefully only trip to the Prompt care for stitches.

We flew in the morning of Thanksgiving and to our surprise the airport was not so crazy! We came in and had some great food :) and Bryson enjoyed his first Thanksgiving.

The next day Bryson was playing with a snare drum on the floor it lifted and then fell onto his finger cutting the tip open and spliting his nail. It was super sad and scary, we took him to the prompt care and he was given 7 stitches in his right ring finger and they cut the nail off, he did SOOO well and  was such a big boy but hopefully he doesnt get used to roughing it up.

Good ole Humboldt

It's been awhile since I have updated our blog, I think its been a combination of being busy with a 1 year old and feeling uncreative, I don't know if this will be much better!
But at the beginning of November our Friend Gatlin came home from his mission in Brasil and we were anxious for the opportunity to see him and out other friends in Humboldt.


It was a interesting trip starting with a drive at night with no windshield wipers! and it ALWAYS rains in Humboldt... fyi the wipers were working before we left. We stayed at our friends Daryl and Sarah's, they are always so hospitable and we love their little girl Raya! It was really nice to bring Bryson to see where we used to live, he was entertained by Miriam and Sarah serenading him :)

I also want to share some pictures of the beautiful sites of the area!