Expensive family pictures

You might wonder why Jeff is swimming in the pool with all of his clothes on.  Also notice the i-phone that he just fished out of his pocket.  Whoops!  Fast forward a few pictures to get the whole story.

Of course it is all my fault for wanting to take a family picture on the waterfall.  At least that is what Jeff thinks.  Earlier in the day I had suggested taking a casual picture just before sunset on the waterfall.  Jeff reluctantly agreed, but then BYU decided to play stupid basketball and had the game go into overtime.  So the sun was down all the way but I still wanted to try since it was our last night to do it.  We rushed out to the pool.  I stepped across the rocks first followed by Taylor and Jeff.  Jeff was holding onto Tay to help her across the rocks.  Well Jeff lost his footing and was headed for a crash on the rocks.  Instead of taking the fall he quickly dove into the pool safely.  Well he was safe, but the i-phone was waterlogged.  So this has to be the most expensive family picture we have ever had taken.  Thanks Kevin for taking it.  Too bad you didn't get the money. 

 The picture turned out pretty good, but too dark.  You can barely tell that Jeff is soaking wet unless you zoom in.  We had a good laugh.  Jeff pulled his phone out so quickly.  I joked that had he had one of the kids going in with him which would he have pulled out first--the child or the cell phone? 

Might as well go in again since he was already wet.  This time without the cell phone in his pocket. 

Tyson is 6 months old!

Tyson turned 6 months old a couple of days ago.  This last 6 months have been so filled with joy because of him.  It has definitely been an adjustment to take care of 4 kids, but I wouldn't change a thing. 

We went to his 6 month check up todat.  Here are the stats:  18lbs, 10oz.  Length-27inches.  He is eating some solid foods, sitting up all by himself, and not sleeping through the night.  He still gets up once or twice a night. 

I did a little photo shoot to show how cute this guy is.  He was really serious at first, but then I brought in Ryan and Taylor so that we could get some really good smile pictures.  This baby loves his siblings, and they love him too! 

cute baby/sad family

 These pictures are from the NFC playoff game that the steelers won to go to the superbowl.  Of course we were not sad at this game, but the superbowl was a sad game for our family.  For the playoffs we had a fun family party complete with football food and eating in the family room(For those of you that know Jeff well, this is a very big deal).  The kids loved it.  I had to post these pictures of our family with the self timer.  Apparently I am not very good at getting a good shot with the self timer.  My hubby was not very patient either to let me have more than a few chances to get it right.  The game was sarting after all. 

                                                  2 more great self timer shots.  Gotta love it.

 OK now the cute baby part of the post.  My baby is growing up so fast.  It is really making me sad.  These pictures were taken about a month ago during his first cereal feeding.  I think he is the most adorable boy.  He has been so fun to have around although having 4 kids puts a lot of stress on me, I wouldn't have it any other way.  So what is Tyson up to these days?  Well first of all he is sitting up all by himself.  Which is a good thing because his legs do not fit comfotably in the bumbo chair anymore.  His fat thighs get too squished and it is hard to get him out of it.  Tyson is also grabbing for everything.  He is especially interested in my cell phone and hair.  He has caused tears to a couple of his siblings.  I wish I could say that he is sleeping through the night still, but we are having a hard time keeping this boy asleep.  He is up 2 times a night and occasionally he will stay awake for up to an hour early early in the a.m.  He is also an early bird.  He must like to see dad before Jeff leaves to work because as soon as Jeff turns on the shower he is up.  I could go on and on about this precious little boy, but it is time for bed since I will be up with him in a couple of hours. 



Princess tea party

 I have so much to catch up on with my blogging.  I just haven't been very motivated lately even though I do have a lot that we have done.  In early December the girls and I got to go to the princess tea party.  It was so fun to spend time with my little princesses.  I am so grateful that Tyson is cooperative and decides that he can take a bottle so that I can get out once in awhile.  The girls loves seeing all their favorite princesses, eating yummy food, coloring, decorating their crowns, watching the princesses sing, and taking part in a princess parade.  We also got to enjoy spending time with Grandma Byington, Aunt Marcy, and Rylee.

Patty Duke

 Do you remember the show Patty Duke from the 80's?  I used to watch it on Nick at Night.  ...But they're cousins, identical cousins and you'll see, they walk alike, they talk alike.....  Well my brother and his family came home for Christmas.  Their Daughter Addison is a few months younger than Taylor.  We hadn't seen Addie for about 2 years.  When I saw her I was amazed at how familiar she looked to me.  I thought maybe I was just remembering how my brother looked growing up, but when Addie and Taylor were by each other I realized it was because they look so much alike.  What do you think?  Taylor is in the red dress and Addie in the black.

I wish I would have taken an up close picture of just them, but oh well.  

A random post

 Here are a few pics from our recent happenings.  I included one of Tyson in each picture since I haven't posted any of him lately.  Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.