Ski Day

So this past month I've been dying to take Tyler skiing. Yesterday my sister-in-law Angie told me about a free tow rope at Sundance, so today we went and it was a perfect ski day for Tyler. The first trip up the tow rope was rough but after convincing him to try again we did great. We went up about 5-6 times lasting a few hours. He did great at his snow-plow after explaining how it was done, and then teaching him how to turn. This all a refresher from last year. The hill is hardly a slope, but because it is somewhat flat it is easy to have him practice how to ski without him going to fast and loosing control. He said of few times "this is Awesome". And would say "this is the last time" but then wanted to go up again. I know he had a great time and I am so proud of him for doing so well skiing, listening and not complaining. Yippee and Good Job Tyler, Mommy is so proud of you!!!

Bed Time...

Last night after I put him to bed, about 20 min later he came downstairs and said he was scared of the dark. I told him the hall light was on and then turned it off to show him what dark was, he then said he was going to sleep at the edge of his bed and I said that was fine. So after Clint and I watched a movie, we went to go to bed and found this little kiddo at the edge of the stairs, after laughing I decided to take a picture.

New Years 2010

New Years Eve was hosted at our house, and food was contributed by everyone. We mostly played Rock Band which Clinton bought for the party and to play after too. It was fun and Anthony loved the drums, while Clinton, Mikey and Kendra played the guitars and Angie or I sang. The kiddos (Tyler, Chloe and Tate) danced and played playdough and then got a chance to sing, check out the video below. Tyler then made Ellie laugh, it was so darn cute. I can't wait for him to play with his little brother Sawyer this summer, he is going to be such a big helper. We then tried to play Scum but with the tired kiddos and out of control dogs we gave up and played a little more Rock Band and then watched the ball drop. Tyler managed to stay up and didn't even seem that tired, but went to sleep quickly after getting in bed.




Chloe Singing

Tate Singing

Tyler Singing






Ellie Laughing


New Year's Day we woke up and started putting away our Christmas decor. We then headed to a church in Midvale for the annual Monson family reunion. At this we eat baked potatoes and chili with various salad's and then get family pictures, play basketball, bingo and hit the pinata.

Sledding with Taylor

Today Tyler insisted that Taylor come to play at our house, so after work my sweet friend Kelli let me bring Taylor home to go sledding. Taylor seemed to have fun, not by her face expressions as much as when I asked her if she wanted to go again, she would smile and say yes. After a while Tyler wanted to go in for Hot Chocolate, so after a lot of convincing Taylor agreed. To set this up for you, Tyler adores Baby Taylor (not so baby anymore), he talks about her all the time and is so cute with her, giving hugs or holding hands to help her. I love it and even more love these cute pictures of them.

Grizzlies Hockey Game

Yesterday was my Grandma Harding's birthday so we met her for lunch at P.F. Changs, it was good to see her and so many other family members. At night, the Farnsworth's invited us and the Davies' to a hockey game. It was a fun night, we saw 1 fight, 2 almost fights and we were on the TV board 5 times. Tyler didn't like the noise when the Grizzlies would score, so a lot of the time he covered his ears. Tyler loved watching the Grizzly Bear Mascot and kept asking where it was, except he thought it was a "dog". Nicole and I had fun teasing Kathy about cleaning her purse. A guard had to ask me not to use my flash on the camera, and the Grizzles won 5-2. It was a great night, playing with family and watching the game.

Merry Christmas 2009

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. Our Christmas was wonderful. Tyler woke up at 4:30 am and would have been ready to go if we'd let him, but instead he climb into bed with us and enjoyed sleeping until about 7:30 am. Clinton then called his parents to come over and while we waited Tyler opened his first Christmas package on Christmas Day from Mom and Dad, some Transformer air crafts. Once Grandma and Grandpa got here we headed down stairs where all the presents awaited us. As soon as he made it down stairs he saw the letter Santa wrote him on his new doodle board he opened last night from his grandparents. He was so excited and then moved onto Santa's presents (Bumblebee helmet and gun, snowshoes, and a word game). After playing for a little bit we then opened all the other presents from Mom, Dad and Aunt Lindy. He got a dual light saber, star wars Lego's, Super Structs, and clothes. Daddy (a.k.a Clinton) opened a nail gun with compressor and mini Makita cordless screw driver set. Grandma and Grandpa opened their calendar. I think everyone was very happy.











After opening presents we headed over to grandma and grandpa Monson's for the traditional breakfast (ham waffles). We visited with those who came Mikey, Kendra, Ellie, Karin, Ashlee, Alicia, Savannah and Kayden. Tyler mostly followed Kayden around playing guns. Karin was sweet to get us all First Aid kits, so we will be better prepared when we have rafting accidents or slam a finger with a cooler :). Clinton then opened one more present, a huge tool bag, where Tyler would secretly hide to scare others, or go for a ride around the house.

We headed back home for yet another party, where Grandpa and Grandma Harding, Sierra, Justin and the Farnsworth family came to celebrate and open more presents. We all were spoiled rotten. Tyler opened his first present from Justin, which was a hunting coat and he was thrilled about it. Then Tyler, Kinsey and Jordan opened a mini keyboard from sierra and all gave her a big hug. After which he opened a marshmellow gun, and Power Rangers from his cousins. Next Tyler opened present after present from Grandpa and Grandma until he was done and Jordan still had many more presents to open, it was pretty funny how each kid enjoys Christmas differently. Tyler opened Optimas Prime Transformer, clothes, legos, glitter ball, water bottle, and a building set. Clinton and I recieved a Patio Heater, Knife set (Yippee), Belgain waffle maker, and gift cards to restraunts. So yes we had a very very good Christmas. Randy and Nicole got RockBand 2for the Wii, so we all played and made fools of ourselves, it was a blast. I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life, family, friends, and co-workers. After everyone left, we ended the evening late with watching a new movie Tyler had in his stocking "Willow". After the movie Tyler went to bed around 10:30/11:00 and we said prayers remembering our greatest gift our Savior Jesus Christ. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day!