Some of November and December 2008

Wow, has it been awhile or what? Apparently life has been crazy busy- or I have just been extremely lazy- you tell me. Tyson and I (and Thomas) went on a trip to Elko, Nevada back in October, and we had his parents come up and stay with Keith and Rachel. I have some pics of that time, but they got put on a card, and I am not sure where it is. Then November came, and Tyson was back to work. He was supposed to work through Thanksgiving and be home just before Christmas, except he got sick with his seems to be yearly bronchitis. He had it so bad, that they sent him home and he ended up being home for the whole month of December. It was so nice to have him home! Then he went back to work the day after Christmas. While he was home, I began a new business venture. A friend and I decided we were going to start a catering business. So we had our first event the first week of December. Then, we had a few more that kept us busy. Not to mention me trying to get all my Christmas presents done- I try so hard every year! I think I need to start in like March this year, so I can have time to work on them all and not be so stressed out! Then while Tyson has been at work this time, we have decided that we are going to make our downstairs a separate living area, and rent it out to some friends. We are working hard to get that all organized and finalized by the end of this month. Add to all that the normal day to day stuff, like taking care of kids, trying to clean once in awhile, hosting preschool now and then, volunteering in Keith's class once a week, and a baby learning how to move around and get into lots of new things, and you have what our life has been like for the past few months. I just haven't had a lot of time to sit here at the computer and blog. But I am hoping to be a little bit more consistant. We'll see how that goes!

Anyway (not sure why the previous paragraph is underlined and different, but we'll just go with it!) I thought I would post a few pictures of some of our adventures in the last little bit. Also, don't feel bad if I haven't checked out your blog for awhile, becasue like I said, I have not had a lot of time to sit down and work on much at all! I hope to check all your blogs out soon, so we'll just take it a bit at a time!

Me and Zoe, a friend, at our ward Christmas Party


Keith and Rachel decorating our tree! We had it in a corner and blocked off by the couch so that Thomas wouldn't get into it all the time! I think that worked out well!


On our extended family excursion (like all of us!) to find perfect Christmas tree's Keith chose this one. I came over to look at it a bit closer, and found this in it! If you look closely you will see a little furry behind buried in snow on the branches of the tree! Apparently a little critter ended up with this tree as his final resting place. When I pointed it out to Keith, he decided he would rather choose a different tree!


Tyson, Keith, and Rachel on our Christmas Tree Cutting Trip!


Thomas is not walking full on yet, but he does like to hold on to these type of cars and walk with them. This was the first time it happened, and when it took off, he wasn't sure what was going on, but he went with it! He is just now starting to stand a bit by himself. I'm sure walking won't be too far from now!