The Petty Circus

7.42

2012-02-01T16:08:00.000-08:00

So Tyrone and I decided that we were going to do scripture stories at night and read the Book of Mormon in the morning. So I went to a lds book store and bought two gospel art books. It was the best 7.42 I ever spent! ENJOY!

2012-02-01T08:43:00.000-08:00

Okay so a couple of weeks ago we had a big snow storm, and the kids were so excited to go out to play! Ty-kell has been asking since October to make a snowman. Unfortunately the snow wasn't the packing type so we didn't get to make a snowman.

The kids had fun playing in it, and of course eating snow... there favorite thing!

Ty-kell had just got me with a snowball he thought he was pretty funny!

This is Amea's atempt to make a snow angel... She wasn't sure about laying down in the snow!

What do ya do?

2012-01-16T14:32:00.000-08:00

So a while ago my mom bought Amea some leggins that she found for a great price. She bought a pair of heather gray ones, and she thought they would match the dress she got her, but they were different grays, and it looked funny. So Amea had a pair of jeans that were too short a sweater that had a nasty stain right in the middle and gray leggings that she never wears, because she has nothing that matches.... So what do you do? You add a cute fabric with accents of gray!

But now what do you do with this combination?

You make a cute new outfit! So what I did was cut off the legs to her pants and added two layers of the flower fabric. Now for the sweater I made a flower out of the fabric and her jean legs. Then to complete the full look. I made blue bows.

For a little extra character I added a sewn embellishment on the front.

And buttons on the bum!

I think it turned out pretty cute, and Amea loves her new look. She is a total girl and loves dresses! She was so excited to but it on!

Christmas

2012-01-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

Our family loves to have pjs for Christmas Morning so on Christmas Eve we open our pjs. The kids got to open them pretty early beacuse we decided to join my Grandparents, and Cousins for Christmas Eve. We had so much fun. Then we put the kids pjs on before we headed home.

Amea loves Grandpas rocking chair.

Santa brought a rocket for Ty-kell the only thing he asked for.

Santa brought Amea a baby doll that she loves!

Ty-kell got her sister a stroller for Christmas, and she loves it. The baby blanket is part of the gift from my Mom she mad her the cutest diaper bag with matching diapers. She also got a highchair, an adorable fake make-up bag from her Aunt Kimberly, and a phone and a book from her Aunt Brigitta.

Ty-kell and Amea got TV blankets from their Grandma Clayton.... even though they insist on having them on their beds to sleep with. Ty-kell also got some tools from his sister, a glow in the dark football from his cousin ryan, a bag of ABC bean bags from his Aunt Kimberly, an awesome sports center from grandma and grandpa Clayton (well it was for both kids), and some games.

Tyrone and Ty-kell launching his rocket from santa!

Thank you to all who contributed to our children having a wonderful Christmas. They enjoy all of their gifts, and are having fun playing. We miss you all and wish we could have seen you during this holiday season!

Loosing Sight....

2011-11-17T13:38:00.001-08:00

So the last couple of months I have been trying to work extra hard and earn extra money so that we can pay off some debt that we have. I know you all know how much of a burden debt can be. Today I asked my mom about a little boys funeral that was yesterday that we knew, and as she told me about it I couldn't help but cry. How could I be so selfish worrying about money, that in a sense I am ingnoring my kids. We only have a few short years with our children and family is sooo important. The last few days my wonderful husband, has been saying to his overly stressed wife..."I am so grateful to have a wife like you who is willing to be a mom!", and I sit there and think "yeah right", but I am not a very good one. Though I have had another of may reality checks. My children are precious to me, and I feel that I am missing so much time to spend with them. So today I am making a goal to stop working at 3 so that I can spend more time with my kids, some quality mommy time! I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for my sweet children, and what they teach me.... I hope that I can keep that perspective, and not forget the hugs along the way!

Halloween Costumes AND New Christmas Clothes

2011-11-07T15:42:00.000-08:00

Okay I know I am late posting these costumes. I was remined today that is was a week and still no posting of the halloween costumes. So Ty-kell went as Little Boy Blue not a pioneer. And Amea went as Little Bo Peep. The Saturday before Halloween we went to the zoo's celebration.

The kids were able to go Trick-or-Treating at the zoo, and see some of the animals. My kids love watching the penguins. So we took pictures with the dry penguins. We didn't get many pictures, because the zoo was crazier then Disneyland.

The kids had a ton of fun. I was a little disappointed because we missed the costume contest.

My mom sends money for Christmas clothes each year, and this year I just love their Christmas clothes. I know it is not even december, but I wanted the kids to wear them more then 2 months.

They were being cheeseballs right before church, I guess that is what you get when you get another hour before church!

Pumpkins

2011-10-25T12:28:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun carving pumpkins. We also went to a pumpkin patch about a week ago, and the kids got to pick out there pumpkins. We got all 4 pumpkins for 4 dollars! The kids favorite part was pulling out all the eww. And picking what would be on the pumpkin. Amea kept putting the seeds back in and taking them out, she thought it was funny.

We carved a bat on ameas and Ty-kell's has a ghost.

Halloween Wreath

2011-10-11T13:31:00.000-07:00

Okay so my oh so talented sister-in-law Rachel has inspired me to wreaths too. I only wish I had my sister and mom here to make wonderful wreaths with me. So here is what I made.I love how it turned out. So I used a technique I found online. You cut a square then you take a pencil and put it in the middle, and put hot glue on the other end. And stick it on the wreath. If that makes any sense. I had the felt from my friend Cassie, and I spent 2.99 on the wreath and 1.97 for each spool of thread. The candy corns I found at joannes as a paint wooden thing. They were 49 cents but they were on sale for half off so I paid 25 cents so all three cost me 75 cents. So all together it was less than 10!

Happy Anniversery

2011-09-14T07:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversery, Happy Anniversery, Happy Aniversery, HHHHAAAAPPY AAniversery! Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy!

On September 14, 2007 I married my best friend in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Anyone who knows us knows that we got married and engaged very quickly. But you know when you meet someone, anyone and right away your best friends. Tyrone was my immediate Best Friend and I was lucky enough to be married to him FOREVER! I get to be with this hansome, sweet, and amazing guy FOREVER. I am so grateful to be married to a man who has helped me to be a better person, and in return I wash his socks. Hehe! In all seriousness, I am more in love with this man I met 4 years ago then the day we got married. I am looking foward to so many more years of Happiness and adventure, because our life sure has been one amazing adventure (even though it has only been 4 years).

HERE IS TO 4 WONDERFUL YEARS COUNTING ONTO FOREVER!

SHATTERED

2011-09-09T08:58:00.000-07:00

So this morning as I was working I heard something hit our sliding glass door. I look over my sholder to see what is was, and the door looked funny... at first I thought it was raining. But then I got up to look at the door and our back door is completely shattered. Luckly it was just the outside pain. The poor girl who mows our lawns felt terrible. I think it is kinda funny. But needless to say our door looks like this:

The whole bank door pane looks like this side to side up and down... it is pretty crazy. I have never seen this happen in person. And I didn't know cracking glass sounds like rice crispies.

HELP

2011-08-18T07:02:00.000-07:00

HELP... This is Amea's favorite word. She learned it from Tyrone and I. She has not been as vocal as her brother, which leads to more wineing (which gets on Tyrone and mine nerves very fast). So we got into the habit of saying to her do you need help. So now she says help for everything. She can't get to something...HELP... She can't get her seal out of her bed... HELP.... She doesn't want to be taken from the dinner table cause she is not done.... HELP.... She doesn't want to be laid down for bed... HELP... She is about to be put in time out...HELP....

Robot Party!

2011-08-08T07:53:00.000-07:00

This is what a robot party looks like. I had so much fun planning this party. Tyrone and I made this robot cake, I found the idea online...I think it turned out so cute. And in Ty-kell's words, "It looks so wonderful mom, I love it". We made hot dogs into screw drivers and wrenches, the veggies were gadgets, the fruity was buttons, and we had a bowl of chex mix that was nuts and bolts. Then the juice was machine oil. Okay isn't so adorable!We didn't get many pictures of Ty-kell opening presents because my Aunt and Uncle had to leave so I had Ty-kell open their gift, and then as I was saying good-bye to them Ty-kell went to town. But thank you so much Seth and Dawnise for the play-doh game and bubbles, Aunt Diane for a card and some "cash", Aunt Sharon and Uncle Don for the finger paints and chalk. It was such a fun time.

Also Thank so Much to Gramma and Papa Clayton!
My mom made this adorable cap for Ty-kell at first we were going to do a Superman Party, but Ty-kell's mind got changed, but I forgot to tell my mom. So she made this awesome double sided cap for him to wear. He still loves it.

Then she sent him this fun idea of a fort kit.... I thought it was awesome, and so did his Dad who had to try it out immediately. On Thrusday we built a fort and let him sleep in it with his flashlight. He loved it. What is included in the fort kit 2 sheets, 1 blanket, 18 clips, rope, waterbottle, and the most important thing a flashlight. Ty-kell has enjoyed having forts built.

BY POPULAR DEMAND....TY-KELL SINGING!

Grandma and Grandpa Petty and the Huish Family

2011-08-04T12:14:00.000-07:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Ty-kell wants to thank his Grandma and Grandpa Petty for the fun sing-a-long robot. He would also like to thank his Aunt Brianna, Uncle Rob, Arianna, Tatianna. Thank you for thinking of him on his birthday. Getting the package in the mail was a highlight of his day. He loves the clothes, and they will be so wonderful in the upcoming fall. The robot was a hit for both Amea and Ty-kell and I know they will both enjoy it a lot. I hope you enjoy the video since you can't be here to see him in person.

1-2-3

2011-08-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

We made it through 1....We made it through 2. We are going to make it through 3.

Ty-kell is such a joy to have in our family. We love his constant imagination. He is so funny, he is always saying the funniest things. He is such a sweet boy. The "I love you too, mommy" just melts my heart. This Sunday he was looking for me after church and this is what he said " I found you mommy, I was missing you a lot, I could not see you mommy, you were not there mommy, I love you mommy, so it is okay I found you"

Then I said " You Found Me"

He said "Yes mommy I found you cause I need you!"

I appriciate all the love he has to give, and how patient he is with his sister even when she teases.

Ty-kell's favorite things:

1. Ice Cream (the green kind)

2. Mommy

3. Doggies

What he wanted for his birthday:

1. To fill up his Disneyland jar (He has a jar that we told him if he filled it up we could go to Disneyland)

2. And a doggie!

Unfortunately he wont get either, but he will be getting some fun stuff. From Grandparents and his party this weekend.

WE LOVE YOU TY-KELL

SUMMER UPDATE

2011-08-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

So I figured I better do an update on this summer. First of all we have been spending the majority of our time playing in our beautiful GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, grassy backyard. My son who has spent most of his time outside is just in heaven.

Amea gets mad if she doesn't get to go outside. Or if someone leaves she thinks that she gets to go outside. She also absolutely loves to be outside.

This summer we had some fun visitors. They kids loved having their cousins around, and their wonderful Grandparents. I am so grateful for my parents and brother and sisters whom make the effort to come and see us.

I didn't get a lot of pictures because I am not good at remembering the camera. But we enjoyed our time at the zoo, lake, the "beach", and jabbers.

For Saturday before everyone had to leave we decided to have a 4th of July celebration at my Grandparents. This is also another place that we have spent a lot of time. My children love their Great-Grandparents. We enjoy spending a lot of time with them.

We did sparklers, and all the kids loved them.

The line up to watch the fireworks.

We had to do a Repunzel latern for all the Tangled fans in the family.(Mainly Sophie)

After everyone left we decided to join my grandparents in the 4th of July parade in Melba.
It was a lot of fun spending time with my grandparents.

Ty-kell had a lot of fun! He loves those old horns.

Amea also has recieved her Christmas/Birthday Present from her Grandma Petty she wore it Pioneer Sunday. Thank you Grandma Petty for the time and effort you put into making this dress for Amea.

There is a mouse in the HOUSE!

2011-07-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, so about 3 weeks ago Ty-kell woke up and came into our room and informed us that there was a mouse on him last night. Well about two days ago I was playing in the kids room with them, and Ty-kell told me to lay down. So I layed down and looked up and I saw something brown in their vent. So I got up to look at it closer, and it was fuzy. Yes, there was a mouse in the vent. AHHHHHHHH! I was afficially freaked out!

Ty-kell Rendition

2011-06-21T11:29:00.000-07:00

This is how Ty-kell verse of Book of Mormon Stories the verse about Samuel the Lamanite:
"Sam Ell the Lamnite on city WALL"
"Arrows could not hit him cause he he jumped down the wall"
"Jesus protect him"
"Then said Leave us Alone"
We thought it was a very cute rendition.

Kidney Stones or Child Birth?

2011-06-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

I would have to say Child Birth hands down is so much better! At least at the end of child birth you get something beautiful to be a credit to all the pain and hard work. Kidney stones... very painful that you never get a breather and man I felt like I was going to die. So I would say Child Birth is better, but I would say they are about the same in pain levels.

P-A-R-T-Y!

2011-05-16T09:03:00.000-07:00

Amea had a wonderful time at her party. She was a little unsure of all the people there. But she loved opening all the presents.

She wasn't sure what to do with the cake, but if you listen after we are all done singing Happy Birthday... She says Happ Boo... It was so cute.

Thank You:

Heather and Family: For the adorable headband and balloon.

Diane: Gift card to walmart... she loves to shop.

Emily, Andy, and Girls: For the so cute little outfits.

Seth, Dawnise, and Girls: For the fun bath toy.

Great Grandma and Great Grandpa: For money now we can start her savings account.

Ty-kell: For her cute swimming suit.

Mom and Dad: For her craddle and blanket.

Gramma and Papa Clayton: For the cute little doll, the phone call, and for the package that is going to come!

We are so grateful for all of you who thought about Amea on her Birthday to help make it a special day! Thanks.

525,948.766 Minutes

2011-05-14T08:47:00.000-07:00

Amea at 7:15PM is turning One. She has gotten so big. I can't believe how fast she has grown.

Amea loves:

1. To Play with her brother

2. To Eat

3. To follow everyone around

Amea Doesn't like

It depends on the day, but she will let you know with her high pitched scream.

We are so gratful that Amea is in our family. She is such a joy and brings such a sweet spirit into our home. She is such a happy child, especially when she has a full belly and a nice nap. We have definately gone on quite an adventure in this past year, and we are look forward to many more!

Book of Mormon Stories

2011-05-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

So we have been going through the stories in the Book of Mormon with Ty-kell. Last night he asked me to tell him the "pear story". So as I started telling Lehi's dream this is how our conversation went.

Me "There was a man named Lehi, and he had a dream. And in the dream their was a tree. And on the tree there was..."
Ty-kell "Pears, and they ate them."
Me "Yes, and the Pears were..."
Ty-kell "White and they make you happy."
Me " That's right Ty-kell"
Ty-kell "Then the bad guy ate the fruit and had to leave, cause the girl did it too."
Me " What?"
Ty-kell "The girl Eve was naughty and she ate the fruit, and Adam was a bad guy and ate the fruit"
Me "Well, Adam was not a bad guy he just ate the fruit Heavenly Father and Jesus asked him not to."
Ty-kell " Mommy he ate the pears?"
Me "No, he ate the fruit of the tree of good and evil. The pears are good to eat they represent God's Love."
Ty-kell " Oh, and then there was a bad guy Sam..."
Me "Sam?" "Oh, do you mean Satan?"
Ty-kell " Yes, Satan and he was a bad guy and he cuts off my arms."
Me " Satan is not a good guy, but it was Satan who cut off arms it was Ammon and he cut of the arms of the Lamanites for stealing his sheep."
Ty-kell " Then Adam ate the fruit and Eve ate the fruit, and they were naughty.
Me " Yes, Ty-kell it is time for bed. Go to sleep."
Ty-kell "Mommy, there was a good guy and his name is Jesus, and the bad guy Satan."
Me "Yes, Ty-kell good night.
I hope that I got it straightened out for him... I thought it was funny that he thought Satan was going to cut off his arms.

Finally Finished

2011-05-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

The Entertainment Center is DONE! Well, pretty much... I just need to finish decorating. I need some really cute baskets for my DVD's. And I haven't decided what to do with all of the space. I really feel that my living room is all put together. I am in love with my living room.

This is our cute chocolate brown sofa. I just hung up the pictures on the wall. The middle frame had forrest green ribbon on it, but it didn't match. So I found this blue ribbon. It is the perfect color. It is the exact blue on my pillow.

The couch had these ugly pillows, so I recovered them in this adorable fabric. I used the back of the pillow is the same as the couch.

So here is the next project to finish. Notice the wonderful folding chairs. We have six wooden ones. We are working on sanding them down. And I am going to paint them red. I am going to paint them cherry red.

This is the center piece on my table. I am not in love with it.... It needs something else. Something different. I want to use what I have. Any ideas? I would love to here them.

Summer Beauty Pagent

2011-05-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

First, we are starting in the Baby Beauty division. Here we have Amea Tasi Petty. She loves to go on adventures, play with her big brother, and eat as much food as she can. She hopes one day that she can do everything her brother can. Amea is sporting beautiful summer shorts that her wonderful Grandma gave her. So cute. Please give a hand for Amea.

Second we have the Tiny Tots Division. Here on the stage is Ty-kell Young Petty. He has a sporting personality and he loves to play outside, with his little sister, and likes being the boss. He hopes one day that he can be just like his daddy. Ty-kell is wearing awesome shorts that give him that just now summer look, and he wants to give a big thanks to his wonderful Grandma for the cool summer look. Give it up for Ty-kell.

I think they both deserve Grand Supreme!

Post Just For My Sister

2011-04-27T08:01:00.000-07:00

I know others are going to open this post just by pure curiosity, and that is okay go ahead and read. Though, this post mainly has to do with things for my sister.

So this is just for you... I hope you enjoy! First our family took your challenge to plant something we decided to build a planter box, and plant some vegtables. I know you can tell that my husband, built it! It is nice and sturdy and big. He learned from our Dad. We don't have a fence around our backyard and we share with our neighbors. So I told Tyrone I feel a little White Trailor Trash with this huge planter box on our back porch. Though I know we will enjoy the fruits of our labor. The box cost us about 50 dollars. We got the wood on sale, because someone bought it and returned it. It was a lucky find. Then we got some dirt at wal-mart. And we got the seeds at Fred Meyers. They were having a half off sale! By the way we have a ton of wood left over. We planted some green beans, zucchini, carrots, and three tomato plants. Let's see what happens. OH, and some marigolds to help with the bugs. By the way I DO NOT LIKE marigolds. But they help.

Second,

This is no pressure! ;) But Boise is beautiful in June! I am just saying. And Ty-kell misses you!

Mommies Most Wanted

2011-04-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

Exhibit A: The crime: a bath full of bubbles. 0930 hours!

Exhibit B and C: The Weapons: Exhibit B was half way full, and Exhibit C was completely full.

Suspect 1

And accomplist: She is a dangerous one she got bars immediatly, don't let the gorgeous blue eyes fool you.

Both Suspect and Accomplist were sentanced to 5 minutes in bed....

Today they are Mommiest Most Wanted!

Coloring Easter Eggs

2011-04-22T08:04:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we decided that it was going to be our egg decorating day.Getting all ready... As you can see the kids were more interested in getting started then posing for a picture for Mommy.Amea was totally into coloring eggs. She kept wanting to put the already done eggs in the cups again.Ty-kell loved it too. He did such a great job and he as able to do most of it all by himself this year. He was pretty proud of himself. This is two of Ty-kell's eggs that he didn't make into dinosaurs.

Check out how good Amea is at doing this.... A couple of cracked eggs.

Here are Ty-kell's dinosaurs.

And chillackson with daddy after a hard moment of egg dippin.

The Zoo Trip

2011-04-21T08:14:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we went with my brother Seth and his fun wife Dawnise, and their two girls to the zoo. It was suppose to be an Easter thing, but they had to move it to Sunday and they weren't getting the word out so well. Though, it was great fun! Thanks Seth and Dawnise for the fun afternoon.
Ty-kell feeding the giraffe.Kaylie feeding the giraffe. It was so hard to get a picture this giraffe was so fast in eating the food.There is this really big giraffe slide the kids absolutely love! That was the hight of their day.One of Amea's favorite things is slides.Ty-kell putting on dingo ears...At least I think their dingo. His head is not big enough so he kept moving from one side to another trying to get both ears in the thing ....it was pretty funny.Amea is wearing down, by the end both Amea and Kamrie were out!

My Friend....

2011-04-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

My Friend the fish died last night... Ty-kell was pretty sad, but he is happy now that the fish gets to be with Jesus and his trantula. I thought he would have a harder time with it. But as he was flushing his fish down the toilet, he said "Bye fishy, he is in Heaven now mommy". We explained to Ty-kell that is how we burry fish is in the toilet. I just hope he doesn't think that is how we burry all living things when they die.

My Friend is sick!

2011-04-20T08:34:00.000-07:00

This is Ty-kell's fish. We decided to get him a fish because he has been asking for a puppy and we told him he needed to show us that he could take care of a smaller animal, before he got a puppy. Ty-kell named his fish My Friend. He loves to wake up and say good morning, and feed My Friend. Yesterday he started getting white stuff on him, and if any of you know fish, that means he has ick. We were explaining to Ty-kell last night that his fish was sick and that we were going to get some medicine for him, but that his fish still may die. When I told him this he said " He go to Heaven with my trantula?". Ty-kell has been very interested in where things go when they die. I told Ty-kell that if he did die he would go to heaven with his trantula. Then I said to Ty-kell maybe if we pray to Heavenly Father, he can help your fish. So as he was saying his prayer "Heavenly Father my fish needs to be better" I was fighting back the tears. As a sweet little boy was pleading to his father in Heaven for fish. I am so thankful for those sweet tender moments of faith. And as he was going to bed we were hearing from his room. "Heavenly Father, Please don't let my fish die"... I love the spirit Ty-kell brings and I am so grateful for his childlike faith, to help my testimony to grow. And I am greatful for his fish....My Friend.

Haircuts

2011-04-20T08:03:00.000-07:00

So here are the haircuts....Don't they look so cute.

Alright so just now I decided to come upstairs to update my postings because the kids were playing so good together. And just as I am getting started I here Ty-kell yell up the stairs. "Mom come down Mea is doing something naughty." Me as I am walking down the stairs " What is she doing" Ty-kell " She is in the garbage". So I am thinking not to bad, we just empty the garbage this morning. This what I found:

Garbage not so much.

Today

2011-04-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

Alright, so being a mom is fun and most times your children teach you some things that you didn't know:
1. Amea can officially fling herself into the bathtub.
2. Amea is more stubborn than her mother. (surprising I know)
3. Ty-kell is very good at missing the toilet and peeing on his pants while sitting on the toilet.
4. Ty-kell makes me laugh everyday.
5. I wouldn't change anything.

Oh, and on a side note. One of Ty-kell's funny was... as I was cutting Amea's hair Ty-kell asks.

Ty-kell "Mommy is it Amea's turn"
Me "Yes, Ty-kell mommy is going to cut Amea's hair"
Ty-kell "Will she still be a girl Mommy" "Mea needs to be a girl"
Me "Yes she still will be a girl"

Hide N' Seek

2011-04-15T08:50:00.000-07:00

Hide and Go Seek is Ty-kell's favorite game. Well yesterday as we were getting ready to go, the kids starting playing Hide and Go Seek, and I think that Amea loves it just as much. The video doesn't show it as well, but before I started taping as soon as I started counting she would crawl as fast as she could to go hide. This taping took her a little longer.

S'mores anyone!?

2011-04-09T08:36:00.001-07:00

We wanted to do something fun with the kids so we did make-shift s'mores. We warmed some chocolate in our fondue pot and let the kids dip marshmallows. Amea's favorite part was putting the marshmallow on the stick and sticking in the pot.

Ty-kell's favorite part was dipping and eating CHOCOLATE!

Easter Clothes

2011-03-31T07:45:00.000-07:00

So my wonderful mother buys the kids easter clothes every year, and this year I am just in love with the outfits they are so cute! It might also be because I picked them out! Hehe.... With the help of my mom. She is the greatest.

Here is Ty-kell and Amea. We couldn't get Amea to get a good picture. She was just being silly.

I curled her hair... That was an adventure.

But I think all in all she turn out pretty cute. We bought her some shoes that were on sale at wal-mart for 3 dollars! She doesn't have them on.

I think that Ty-kell looks like a ganster. This picture makes me laugh.

Moving our Tent

2011-03-10T12:35:00.001-08:00

e moved our circus tent to Idaho. We love it here! We are so happy and so excited to be here. Some of the things that we have been doing since we got here. Spending time with my grandparents. I have really missed their relationship living in Arizona. We have also been spending time with my brother and his family. We have been getting our townhouse put together, which I am in total heaven. Decorating is so much fun.... If only the funds were unlimited for decorating. But I am having a blast being creative. Check out my sister and my craft blog the address in on my blog list it is called the kissing frog. So another thing that we have enjoyed is the snow. On monday it snowed at our house a good two inches.

So Ty-kell and I built a snowman. Well... more like I built the snowman and Ty-kell watched and was cheering me on!

Then I let Amea come out and play in the snow. I put her set her down, and immediatly she wanted to sit down. I was a little hesitant, because she had knit pants on but then I thought oh, well this will probably be the last good snow for this year. So she sat down did not move and ate snow! She sat there the entire time. When I tried to move her she would throw a major fit, so she sat there eating snow.

This is Ty-kell eating the snow! He thought that was so fun.

This is Ty-kell's snow angel it is kinda hard to see, but it is there. He had fun making it. He thought I was a little weird when I told him to lay down in the snow.

Ty-kell eating more snow! He was laughing really hard.

Amea laughing, shw thought it was pretty silly.

Ty-kell is getting ready to throw a snowball at Amea, but he decided to take a bite first. She thought it was hilarious to have a snowball thrown at her!

Ty-kell and I had a fun snowball fight, and he would love it if it snowed everyday.

Ty-kell and Amea enjoying a warm bath after playing in the snow. Just to let you all know they both were shivering and turning purple, but they both threw a major fit because I brought them inside. The concellation prize was a bath.

The Missing Link?

2011-02-05T13:29:00.000-08:00

YOU DECIDE

Smurfititis or...

2011-01-16T14:34:00.000-08:00

BLUE CHALK!! So Amea has found a new favorite snack. Amea likes to eat the chalk that is on the chalk board of the kitchen. Personally it is very gross.

Amea can Kazoo can you

2010-11-30T13:04:00.000-08:00

Going to School....

2010-10-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

"Just like Daddy" So as we are all getting ready to go out for the day. I wander into the front room. I Saw Ty-kell putting the apples in the Halloween bag I made yesterday, and Tyrone's shoes are setting next to him. I ask him what he is doing, after he gets the apples into the bag. He finsihes,and gets his shoes on and says I am going to school just like daddy. And then he says bye honey I love you! I thought that this was so adorable. He wants to be like his dady so much! And I am glad he has a great example. I love you honey!

Goodnight Sweatheart

2010-09-17T12:23:00.000-07:00

So Ty-kell has gotten into a rotten habit of not going to bed when it is bedtime. He is tired most of the day and then around 6:30 an hour before bedtime he is wired, and does not go to bed until after 9:30. So it is us putting him back in bed for two hours. His constant I need to go potty, and water please. The two hours goes by fast. Well last night Tyrone and I were getting ready to go to bed and Tyrone went to check on the kids, and he comes in laughing and he says to me you have to come and see this. So we go into the kids room and I didn't see Ty-kell. I looked at Tyrone funny... and he pointed down to this.

My Potty Break

2010-09-13T19:15:00.001-07:00

I know whoever is reading this is really interested in my title, but it is true. I find this quit humorous, but others might not. So today was a pretty busy day. I got up got the kids ready, and we went and met grandma at Seminary. Then we went shopping to find uncle Chad a tie for his birthday. We also had to run and get stablizer for the quilt that Aunt Rachel is making for Sophie. So we were in the car most fo the morning. And at about 10:30 I look back and Ty-kell is out. To no avail of waking him up I think oh, well that just means no quite time for mommy. So we got home at about noon. We wanted to do something special on Chad's ties(yes we got more than one we couldn't help ourselves). So after I fed Ty-kell lunch, I went upstairs to do the designing. Oh, and I forgot to mention that my husband came home sick today. So as I was designing my sicky comes in from school. Then I get the design done and my mom and I press them. Then we wanted to take them to chad with some balloons that we got in town, so I fed Amea, and off we went. It took us 2 hours and Chad wasn't even at work he was out to lunch. So then we came home I did a couple puzzles with Ty-kell and started dinner. After dinner when we were done cleaning up I realized I needed to got potty. So I go in and sit down, and think " Wow, it is so nice to sit for a minute and relax". So there you have it I have never understood the phrase potty break because it has always been something that has taken me from what I was doing. But today I adorded that porclien thrown, as I took two minutes to just sit and have me potty break. Oh, the wonderful things in life.

Total Agony

2010-09-11T16:47:00.000-07:00

Ty-kell is experiencing totally in agony... his favorite pal deserted him(so he thinks). Actually his dad had to go to stake preisthood meeting, and Ty-kell wanted to go with his daddy. So he had a complete and utter breakdown. Then he fell asleep at the top of the stairs. I will be waking him up in a minute because it is 5 o'clock and he likes to play a little game of not going to bed when it is time. So... sweet dreams Ty-kell.........(just for a minute).

Amea's Eating Rice

2010-09-03T09:24:00.001-07:00

So we've started feeding Amea Rice.... This is the first time and as you can see she likes it. We made our own homemade rice. You do this by putting some rice in your blender and blend it up until it is a fine powder. Then you boil a cup of water and add 1/4 of cup of rice. It is pretty think so for young babies you have to add more liquid. Unfortunatly I do not feel that rice cereal this way is good for babies.

When they are older as you can see they love. We are now giving Amea the store bought instant rice cereal and she likes it a lot more and it is much easier to eat. The homemade rice cereal is beady and hard swallow. As soon as we started her on the instant rice her bellies were full and she slept for 12 hours at night. Oh, it was bliss.

Ty-kell enjoying rice cereal with Amea.

Amea all done!

Family Home Evening

2010-09-03T09:17:00.000-07:00

So last Monday Ty-kell was incharge of refreshments for Family Home Evening. He wanted to make M's cookies, (or in our words M&M cookies). Ty-kell helped mixed them up, and put in all of the ingredients. And scooped the majority of them all by himself. With a little help from his daddy. They were delious. Ty-kell loves to cook and has become quit a little chef.

Roll-over

2010-08-27T08:02:00.000-07:00

Amea is rolling over from her tummy to her back. She has been doing it for about a week, and I have been trying to get a video, but she just wont perform... I guess she is a little camera shy. She is also grabbing at things. She is started becoming interested in food. In the sense that whenever we are eating she is watching us. I think she will be excited when in two weeks we get to start her on rice! Yeah, maybe she will start sleeping through the night all the way! Wahooo!

Happy Birthday!

2010-08-03T08:07:00.000-07:00

"Whose Birthday is it today, Ty-kell?"

"It's mine Birthday!"

"What do you want for you Birthday?"

"Ice ceem, and cupcakes!"

Now I have to tell you that he came up with that all on his own... we thought it was pretty cute. Ty-kell is 2 years old today. We can't believe how fast his is growing up. He has become quite a conversationalist. We love having him around, he definately makes life an adventure. Right now Ty-kell's favorite things are playing with other kids, and watching movies. His favorite movie right now is "monsters" which interperated is Monsters, inc.

Tyrone and I got him a little bike for his Birthday he got it when he woke up this morning.... he was so excited.

I am also amazed at how Ty-kell has grown take a look.

We are so greatful Ty-kell is apart of our family.... We love him so much... It has been a wonderful two years and we are looking forward to many more.

Tell everybody I'm on my way....

2010-07-27T08:07:00.000-07:00

I am on my way to becoming a licensed interior decorator. I am so excited to go back to school and better myself in a feild I will truely enjoy. Wish me luck!

Fuzzy bows and bell bottoms

2010-07-22T08:08:00.000-07:00

So Amea is 2 months old, well over 2 months old I am a little slow on my posts. Some of Amea's favorite things are:

1. Eating

2. Mommy

3. Fan

4. Eating

5.Smiling

We love having her around she is a blessing and has such a wonderful little spirit.

Sleepy Boys

2010-07-09T14:09:00.000-07:00

So Ty-kell just woke up from his nap, but he was not quite ready to get up so Tyrone was snuggling with him on our big comfy chair. And I guess it was just too much. What does my husband say " They just suck the life out of me when they are sleeping".

Happy B-Lated Birthday America!

2010-07-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

I guess I always get into dressing up for the fourth of July. I love the red, white, and blue. I just love celebrating being free (I am very independent). Ever since I was little I have thrived on being free. So to celebrate we pretty much partied all weekend long. And I made matching outfits for the kids. Yes Ty-kell is wearing a vest and bow-tie. My husband says it is a right of passage as a mom to dress my kids in things that will totally imbarass them, he said his mom put him in a bow-tie and vest, and it was dorky. So here is to my right of passage, and I think they looked so cute at church. How else can you give honor to our great country the with stars and strips.

BIG BOWS!

2010-06-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

Okay so I guess I have just been deprived from the girl stuff for so long that I am just loving it! I have painted Amea's toes pink. And she is pretty much wearing a bow every day. This one is pretty big for her head. I wanted to post pictures, because when my sister was pregnant with her last child she said how much big bow just peeved her. But I think they are so cute. Especially on Amea, but I am just a little bias.

Okay so since it has been a long time since I have posted. I just want everyone to know that we love having Amea around. She is such a sweet little baby. And everyone is great!

1,2,3,4,6,8,9,10.....counting!

2010-05-14T12:41:00.000-07:00

Ty-kell can offically count all the way to ten all by himself. I think that it is the cutest thing. He gets a little confused, and it ends up something like 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,10...for some reason he doesn't say 5 or 7, but we are working on it. He can also say his alphabet up to G by himself. It is so exciting how big he is getting. He is so much fun with how much he just loves to learn.

The Mormon "VAN"wagon....

2010-05-13T12:35:00.000-07:00

Okay, so we have hopped on the banwagon, and we own a minivan. It is kinda funny, because I said I NEVER wanted a minivan. I was going to be an SUV mom. But look at me now. I couldn't help it. Almost 3 years of not having very much.... I just can't see why an SUV would be smarter to buy then a minivan. We got an excellent deal, and it is great condition. The one thing that I am not perticularly fond of is the color. It seems that every car here in the hot state is white. But other then that I love it and Ty-kell loves it becuase he can look out the windows.And what does every van need a mural of your beautiful family on the back... thanks to my wonderfully talented sister. I have the cutest darn mural of my family on the back. And let us not forget that we are a forever family. Thanks Kimberly for all of your talented work. We love it.

This Rocks!

2010-05-04T07:56:00.000-07:00

Aimee has been wanting a rocker since Ty-kell was born. Now we are expecting our secound child and her wish finally came true. We actually found the chair at DI for $8.00 and it was in need of a little TLC. So we decided that it was worth it to fix it up. It looks brand new, and Aimee loves it. We had to get new barrings, paint, and fabric to cover the chair. We spent $12 dollars on barrings, $14 dollars on paint, and $12 on fabric. I had some extra wood left over from another project that I used to fix the parts that were just too '80's for my wife. She does not like the '80's style.So we forgot to take a before and after. But this is what the chair looked like before. It didn't have the leg rest, and the side panels were solid wood. Though other than that this is what it looked like.
And this is the finished product. Well almost finished Aimee needs to add on some buttons and ties to hold the cushions down. I re-did the arms and the side panels.I made it so that it looks more stream-line. We decided to paint it black. Aimee loves it! And I am pretty pleased with it myself.

Wednesday Morning

2010-04-28T08:06:00.000-07:00

I have a little extra time on my hands in the morning because I have finished all my lectures and just have my finals left HURRAY! It is fun to see what Aimee and Ty-kell do while I am gone. One of the things Ty-kell loves to do is read lots and lots of stories. I decided to pull out the camera and capture the monent. I got one picture before Ty-kell dicovered what I was doing.

He then proceeded to purform for the camera for about thirty secound and then had to come and see how it looked.

What a fun way to spend the morning. We love Ty-kell and the joy he brings to our family. He is such a sweet little boy.

Eggs and Bunnies

2010-04-03T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny came to our house last night, and left a wonderful basket for Ty-kell. He was so excited to look through his basket. He got a sticker book, stickers, and chalk for a chalkboard that we have lost all the chalk. The chalkboard we take with us to church so Ty-kell can color. Also the sticker book and the stickers are for church to help Ty-kell stay reverent. Isn't the Easter Bunny the greatest.

And Ty-kell loves it.

We also dyed eggs this week Ty-kell did such a good job, even though some of them ended up really cracked and he looked like an easter egg himself. He had so much fun.

Dying eggs.

Ty-kell working on an yellow egg.

Stopping and smelling the flowers...

2010-04-01T10:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I needed to run to the grocery store for some flour because we were all out. I was in a hurry because Tyrone would be home soon and I needed to make this cake for my Relief Society meeting. Ty-kell is very indepent and he likes to walk around and shop. Well yesterday it was just him and me and I just needed to pick up flour, so I didn't get a cart and let him walk. When we walked in he saw the flowers and he stopped to smell every single one it felt like. And there were a lot. Then we got our flour, and we were headed out when again he stopped to smell the flowers. Everyone standing there thought he was so cute. Then all of the sudden it hit me, really, how often do I not stop to smell the flowers? I am so grateful for Ty-kell and how sweet he is. And how he has reminded me it is more important to stop and smell the flowers, because maybe one day there wont be any flowers.

Ressurection Rolls

2010-03-30T07:57:00.000-07:00

They were empty!

Ty-kell wrapping in the cloth with his one hand. He did such a good job.

Putting on the spices.

Dipping it in butter for tenth time probably. He thought it needed to be well oiled.

So I thought my sister's idea for how to teach the Ressurection was such a good idea. I couldn't help but do it. Even though Ty-kell didn't fully understand it was a lot of fun. And they were very delicious. Ty-kell ate three of them.

Fractures and Pneumonia

2010-03-23T08:44:00.000-07:00

So about a week and a half ago Tyrone and I decided we were going to go out on a little date. We had gotten through dinner, and headed to walk around a couple of stores just spending time together. Well we noticed that we had missed two calls on our cell phone, and they were both from my dad. Now if any of you know my dad he is not one to call more than once. My husband even knew that and so he started freaking out just a little. My dad had left two messages, and after we listened to them we knew something was wrong. In my mind I was thinking no big deal he fell on something and is going to need a few stitches. Stitches aren't a big deal in my family everyone get them. Little did I know there was no blood envolved. So we called my parents and they said they were on the way to the ER because they think that Ty-kell has broken his arm. Okay I am still thinking no big deal he probably just spranged it or something. So I told them lets just take him to an Urgent Care, because they can do x-rays and it wont be as long of a wait. Because with my child after 1 hour with a doctor he is done. Done to the point of screaming and throwing his body around, and there is no calming him. So I thought a couple hours in Urgent Care would be better then five to seven in ER. So we found out that it was actually a broken arm and he got a splint. They want him to keep his arm in a sling, but the pediatric sling they had was the size of him, so I decided I would just make him one. I think it turn out pretty cute. Then about a week later because of insurance issues we finally got it casted. Then 2 days later we are back in Urgent Care because we know that Ty-kell has pneumonia again. So Tyrone on Saturday took Ty-kell to NextCare Urgent Care while I went to the cannery. When he was all done we were quite flustered because they told him "oh, he just has allergies". So fine, but by night he was running a higher fever then before and sounded aweful. So we took him to a different Urgent Care the one we went to for his arm. We love that Urgent Care so fast and friendly. And then they diagnosed him with Pneumonia. I didn't know that pneumonia could develop in less then 6 hours. So our poor little child has a broken arm and pneumonia.

We all decided to stay home on Sunday and rest!

Ty-kell with his fancy sling and splint.

I told Ty-kell to smile and this is the look I got.

He likes to pose cool!

Ty-kell with his splint!

Ty-kell modeling his bright green cast.

I told him to smile... I think he is gettting better.

I told him to show me his green arm! I think he just realized it's green!

I asked him to show me a smile and he showed me his arm.

So needless to say I don't like NextCare, and I am greatful it is a waterproof cast. Ty-kell's favorite time of day is bathtime, and he can still have bathtime every so often.

One more down!

2010-03-01T10:35:00.001-08:00

I am done with one more of the things I need to get done before my little lady comes. I finished her blessing dress last week, and I am very pleased how it turned out! Ok I might be being a little modest I LOVE IT! I think it turned out very close to the picture! Let me know what you think!

Pneumonia

2010-02-27T09:04:00.000-08:00

So Ty-kell has so graciously taken on the role of the sick one since we got back from vacation in Oklahoma. He has been a non-stop sicky. This week he started coughing on Wednesday when he woke up from his nap, and it was an awful cough. Well last night he started running a pretty high fever. So I called his doctors office, and they told us we needed to take him to the emergency room. So around 1:45 in the morning the doctor finally comes in and says he has pneumonia. So now he is on antibiotics once again. Lets just say we are all very tired today, but we are all hoping this is our last sick escapade.

TP

2010-02-01T07:06:00.001-08:00

So when you think of TP, what do you think of? This morning I think of The Person That Pulled all of the Toliet Paper off the roll! Who is this person Ty-kell Petty. So today is Monday and my Mondays consist of cleaning and laundry (especially since Ty-kell was sick yesterday with the stomach flu). So I ask Ty-kell to come upstairs and help me get the laundry, so we could get started on it. He came up but he never came down. Since I could hear him I figured he wasn't getting into trouble. Because for this child he is very quite when he is doing something naughty. So after I had sorted the laudry which only took me probably 5 min. I came back up stairs and found this.

He had gone into grandma and grandpa's bathroom and pulled all of the toilet paper off the roll. I guess he needed to blow his nose.

Pregnant Women Gone Crazy

2010-01-23T10:03:00.000-08:00

I swear the moment that I am pregnant this homemaking bug hits, and I want to make everything. So my list for this sweet little girl is still reasonable, and I think I am doing really well. Here is my list:

1. Diaper Bag that I love

2. Blessing dress, and shoes

3. Crib bedding

4. Crochet around a blanket

Okay so yesterday I started with a diaper bag. I needed one that I was going to love because it is with you everywhere. I think for some women this is a hard bag to find, because it has to fit everything, be cute, be organized so you can find things. So I found this pattern on the Moda Bakeshop, and I thought the bag was cute and practical. I love the fact that it has a divider and pockets on both sides. The diaper bag I had with Ty-kell (I made it) it had pockets on both sides, but the main compartment everything got lost in. I think I will love this divider. I was going to make it all scrappy like the Moda one but I remembered I had some brown corduroy that I was going to make a skirt out of, and thought that would be better. Thanks to my mom supply of cute fabric I found in her stash an adorable green and yellow polk-a-dot. I thought this will be perfect. It will be manly enough that Tyrone wont be embarrassed caring it around (the last one I made was pink and green, very girly), and it will have a feminine touch. When I finished it this morning I just have to say I love it!

Spontaneous Saturday

2010-01-19T05:31:00.001-08:00

So on Saturday we were talking about how Ty-kell loves playing outside, but I find it so hard to let him go out and play because there is nothing in the backyard to do. So, we all had the crazy idea to build a sandbox for the kids to play in. Ty-kell loved helping build the sandbox.

This is a picture of the "men" building the sandbox.

Grandpa and Ty-kell screwing in some screws. Actually They gave Ty-kell the drill as they were finishing up, and Ty-kell sat there trying to get the screw into the drill. Even though that is not how you do it. But he got the screw in all nice and tight he figured out by himself how to adjust it so it would tighten around the screw. And he had to screw in his screw. So they actually aren't screwing, but Ty-kell had to do it to.

It was time to put in the sand, and Ty-kell didn't hesitate getting right in to help.

Now the "men" had to test out there finished project. We all have to say it is definitely a hit.

BIG BOY bed

2010-01-13T12:32:00.000-08:00

So for Christmas Tyrone made Ty-kell a big boy bed. He really didn't get it done in time for Christmas but he did a week or so later. Thend for Christmas I made Ty-kell a big boy blanket... I had to unpick some of the things that I had done previous, but I think it turned out adorable. I didn't buy anything for it I just used what we had. My husband also made the bed without spending any money. One of the church buildings was being remodeled so they had all of the old chair railing sitting around and Tyrone said I will take it and made this beautiful bed for Ty-kell. I love it. The wook is oak I think and we stained it dark. My husband is so talented. He also made me one of those leaning latter bookshelves for Christmas that he scavange the wood for the house building sites close to us. You know when you have no money to spend... it pays a lot to be creative. And not to mention it was a ton of fun.The whole bed all done an put together with his new big boy quilt. A little better view of what the bed looks like Ty-kell loving his new bed, he was making the funniest faces.On the back of the quilt I put the train applique that I did for Ty-kell bumper pads. I thought it was a nice touch.

What is it?

2010-01-08T12:06:00.001-08:00

So on Wednesday we were able to go to the doctor, and find out what we were having! I have thought this whole pregnancy that I was pregnant with a boy, and so when the lady said that it was a girl. I couldn't breathe at first, and then I just started bawling. I pretty much couldn't stop, it was hard to call and tell people. So, when the lady said it was a girl in both my husband and my mind we thought that this is our little Amea. We are so excited to have her in our family in May.

The legend...

2009-12-08T17:00:00.000-08:00

So this year I sort of adopted my sisters tradition, and decorated our tree after a book. We decided to do The Legend of The Candy Cane. I love this book. It is about a man who comes to a town and opens up a candy shop. He decides to share the candy cane story with everyone. That the candy cane is like a J for Jesus, and that it looks like a shepards hook. And that with his strips we are healed. We had so much fun decorating the tree in red and white.

Ty-kell loved helping.

He liked putting the beads on as a necklace.

Daddy and Ty-kell reading the story.

Ty-kell enjoying a Candy Cane while daddy read the story.

Thanksgiving Trip

2009-12-05T08:54:00.000-08:00

So I figured I better post about Thanksgiving becuase we are going to be decorating for Christmas on Monday. So I always figure better late then never. Well we went to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving it was so much fun. My sister made the best Thanksgiving everything was so wonderful. We actually don't have any picutes of Thanksgiving, but my sister made the cutest pilgram hats. So on friday we decided since Alex and Seth were going hunting we decided to go to the science museum. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast. This is Ty-kell and Aliya posing on a bell that I assume was on the Oklahoma boat.

Ty-kell and Parker became very good friends.

Ty-kell got tired, and didn't make it through the whole trip. Oh, how sweet.

Ty-kell and Daddy going down this extremely bendy slide, that is very tall and you go very fast down it. I went down it later with Ty-kell.

Ty-kell and parker enjoying a snack. On Saturday we did family pictures, and then we decided after the kids took a nap and before we went to incredible pizza we were going to take the kids to a park... it was the coolest park. The jungle gym was in shape of a rocket and the play area was chopped up tires so if felt like you were wlking on moon shoes.

This is Ty-kell playing up tall.

The women watching while the men were tiring out the kids, even thought it was probably the other way around.

Ty-kell going down the slide with grandpa.

I am not so sure what my dad is doing but he looks happy.

Landon playing in the chopped up tires.

Ty-kell and I went for a little walk around the park.

Zurie playing with the women. This was our responsiblity.

This is at incredible pizza, they had this cute little train that went around on a track. It was so cute.

Ty-kell and sophie relaxing on the couch which Ty-kell helped sophie up on.

Laughing so Hard!

2009-11-17T13:58:00.000-08:00

Ty-kell has always been a happy boy, and he laughs a lot. Though, he has never laughed as hard as he did yesterday. We were all laughing so hard we were crying. Tyrone and Ty-kell were having a little snack of Reese's Puffs. Tyrone does what I think is a pretty neat trick and puts a piece of food on his two fingers then he hits his hand, and it pops in his mouth. Well Ty-kell thought it was hilarous. He actually got to the point that just putting the cereal on his hand was making him giggle. You will probably have to turn your speakers way up becuase I had to stand back so Ty-kell didn't know I had the camera. Oh, and sorry for it being so shaky I was laughing to hard to keep it still.

Addictions!!!

2009-11-16T07:56:00.001-08:00

Okay so I thought that I was a pretty good mom when it came to the whole binky thing. When Ty-kell was a baby and needed it he got it quite a bit. Though around 8 months I said no more he only gets it at naps and bedtime, and I have stuck to that. So recently when he was getting up from bed he was crying when I told he had to leave his binky in his crib. Then the realization came. Oh, no he is getting too attatched to his binkies. I wasn't sure what to do becuase I enjoy the whole binky thing and I was feeling a little bit of anxiety. I know that it is all around better to get them off the binky, but I didn't know if I could do it. So the other day a parenting magazine came in the mail, and right there on the cover was a binky article so I read it. I had heard prior to this article that babies really shouldn't have their binky past one. Well Ty-kell is past one. So I was talking to my husband about it, and mind you this is before we put Ty-kell down, and he said well no more let's take it away. This is how the conversation went.

Tyrone: Well let's just stop giving him his binky he will do fine.

Me: Are you sure, I am not so sure. Are you sure?

Tyrone: Yeah, he will be fine.

Me: I don't know if I am ready for this.

Tyrone: It will be okay.

So I am happy to report we really have had no issues. Ty-kell cries for just a little bit letting us know that he really doesn't want to be put to bed without his binky, but it has never lasted more than 10 minutes. The only thing that I am not so sure about it for Thanksgiving we are visiting my sister, and we are going on a 14 hour car ride. Without a binky I am feeling a little unsure. But I am not going back to it so, binkies are history until May or June!

Second of all I think my son might be addicted to Horton Hears a Who the movie. Well he loves reading the book too. Every day he has to have a Horton fix. I am glad that he doesn't watch the whole thing. The most he will watch is 30 min, but that does help when I need to get something done.

Missionary Haircut?

2009-11-10T14:49:00.001-08:00

Yes, Ty-kell got a missionary haircut already. On Halloween two people called Ty-kell a girl yes a girl. I told Tyrone that is it he needs a haircut.

So Tyrone said ok I will give him a missionary haircut... and as long as it was shorter I didn't care. I have never had the issue with people calling Ty-kell a girl.

And what do you know I dress him up as something very manly like BAM BAM and people think he is a girl. He is making a funny face in all of the pictures because he didn't like the razor so he had to sit on my lap and it was a little better.

I think daddy did a pretty good job!

And the finished product is award winning!

The Petty's have gone Rubble!

2009-11-02T12:21:00.000-08:00

So this last weekend and all the creepy stuff going on we had a lot of fun. Friday after daddy got home from school we carved pumpkins in Arizona if you want them for the day of Halloween you have to carve them the day before or they are completly dead.

Ty-kell didn't like touching the gooies. And it was kinda funny when the gooies got stuck to his foot he kept his foot in the air until we came and wiped it off. These pictures are from earlier this month carving with Chad and Rachel.... I didn't take any pictures of us carving on Friday, bad mommmy.

This is Ty-kell smelling the pumpkin. And holding the pumpkin he thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Later that night we went to our ward's Trunk or Treat. We had a lot of fun.And we went as the Rubbles from the Flintstones. Ty-kell loved the idea of Trunk or Treating and once he got the idea he was running to the next car. He was holding his bag like a big person. It was so cute. He loved it.
I told my parents that they couldn't be boring so I said you are going has King and Queen they liked it and I had fun making their shirts. Saturday morning we went to a birthday party for Sophie who just turned one. It was a costume party so we were all able to dress up again. Ty-kell has had a cold lately and with the cold and being outside he was getting worse so we didn't want to take him out Halloween night. Our plan was to go with Uncle Cameron, Michele and Dallin, but we opt to stay home and it was a good thing. Ty-kell loved giving out the candy to the Trick or Treaters even though some of them were kind of scary.

The monkey has now got a peanut...

2009-10-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

So our little monkey Ty-kell has a little peanut. Today I had my first doctor's appointment, and we got an ultrasound. It was so much fun to see the little heartbeat. We have been telling Ty-kell that mommy has a baby in her tummy and when we ask him where is the baby he will point to my tummy. So when I got home and showed him the picture I told him that it was the baby and he got all excited and had to show his grandma. He gave the picture hugs and kisses. Ty-kell will be such a good big brother. I have a feeling that it is another boy, so hopefully Ty-kell will have his very own tackle buddy. So our little peanut is growing nice and big. We are all so excited. Oh, and my due date is May 31st! Whahooo! I am not as far a long as I thought I was but it is only a week.

African Safari

2009-10-20T18:03:00.000-07:00

We live in Vail, AZ which means it is about 45 min to 1 hour to get anywhere so a lot of time Ty-kell will fall asleep in the car. I always feel so bad for his little neck it looks like it will just break right off. So I started searching on line to see if I could find a free pattern to make a neck pillow.

My mom actually found the pattern and the brillant lady said to find a stuffed animal to put at the end of it so that it would better support there bobbing head. I thought it was just adorable.

So of course we had to make more then one, so we made one for my nieces and nephew. I think that this little african safari is just too cute! The girls are the monkey and the hippo. I couldn't leave it just like that I had to put bows on it because hey girls have to have bows.

This is Ty-kell and daddy sporting the finish product. He loves it he already tries to put it around his neck.

This is a closer look at Parker's neck pillow.

The eensy weensy spider is back...

2009-10-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

Ty-kell now knows all the actions to the eensy weensy spider. I cannot get him to do it on camera... though it is pretty darn cute. Ok so my parents are the heroes. Tyrone and I went on a date last night and my parents watched Ty-kell and they got the eensy weensy spider on camera.... so sit back and enjoy the show.

A day in the WILD...

2009-09-27T07:37:00.000-07:00

So yesterday was free museum day.

My mother-in-law found out through her daughter's school that if you filled out this thing online you could go to a museum for free. It was a lot of fun. We went to the International Wildlife Museum. It was very cool to see all of the animals and we had a lot of fun. I only have a few pictures beacuse our camera died. After we met up with our friends Adam and April and then we went to another museum for free. It was call The Mini-Time Machine. It was really cool they had a ton of displays of mini's...it was fun. Then we went back to their house and played some games and then I went to the Relief Society broadcast. All in all it was a very busy day. And at the end of it we were all konked out like little babies.

Favorite Pass Time...

2009-09-23T07:20:00.000-07:00

Our favorite pass time is when Ty-kell looks through his books he almost does it everyday. He loves book, and he will look through them forever. He will pull one book out look through it sometimes tell himself a story and the close it push it aside and then grab another book, and repeat. I am really hoping his love for books will continue. The funnest thing is he would rather do it himself then let me read to him. Though he does occationally let me read to him but at his own pace he is so funny that way.

Monday Night Wii

2009-09-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

So for family home evening activity I wanted to bowl. For Ty-kell this was his first time bowling. It was so funny because when it wasn't his turn he would think it was so great and be doing it himself, and making the funniest sounds.

So this was the final score Ty-kell did really well for his first time.

We're Bananas and maybe a little bit nuts....

2009-09-16T07:01:00.000-07:00

So I decided that I was going to make some banana nut bread and I have learned that if I just let Ty-kell help even though it is a messier process... it is a happier process.... So I choose happy. We started by Ty-kell showing the lovely bananas that we will be making banana nut bread with.Now it is time to mush the bananas... I thought I was pretty smart there put it in a bag so he can mash them less mess... haha. Now it is time to add all of the ingredients... Ty-kell thought he should hand mix them.
I am so glad that I had my product tester or things might not have turned out. Just to let you all know I am not a bad mom... Yes Ty-kell is in his pajamas but this is right when he woke up... I had to make banana bread right away beacuse I had jury duty.

2 years and counting down forever

2009-09-14T08:54:00.000-07:00

I have been married to my wonderful husband for exactly 2 years. Our life has been a little crazy but we are loving every moment. I cherish every time I get to spend time with my dear husband. He is my hero, and everything I need.

We have been blessed. And we have done the most important things. We have loved deeply, laughed hard, and cried together. we always love to be together.
We are standing infront of the Mesa Temple where we were sealed for time and for all of eternity. I often think back on that day as we are able to return and enjoy the love and spirit that was present the day we were sealed.

We are more in love today then we were they day that we got married and everyday from here we will love more deeply.
Here is to my Knight in Shinning Armor, as we ride of into the sun set side by side. I love you Honey, and I will only love you until forever.

Only for forever,

Your Love

Circus is CLOSED!

2009-09-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

So for the last few it days it has been runny noses and sore throats. Everyone in the Circus is sick. As we are enjoying the perks of being sick, haha... we have been having fun.

Cake Time

2009-09-11T14:28:00.001-07:00

So today Tyrone and I are going to spend some time with our friends Adam and April. I said I would do desert and a salad. We are all trying to lose a few pounds so I decided to do angel food cake because it is delious and fat free. I told Ty-kell he could help me. My mom had bought some approns for little kids a little while ago so I put an apron on him and we made an Angel food cake... I didn't get a picture of the cake but it turned out wonderful.... and it was a lot of fun. Plus Ty-kell just looks so cute. I couldn't get him to just stand there so he is walking toward me and when he walks he has to have both hands up in the air like a chimp. oh, well.

Cooling off anyone?

2009-09-09T13:38:00.000-07:00

Well us in Arizona are all wishing that fall weather would begin, but I gues we can still enjoy the summer weather. I know it is September, and my son and his cousin are out playing in a pool but yeah if you're going to live in Arizona enjoy it. So we went grocery shopping the other day and all their summer stuff was like half off, so my mom bought a pool for Ty-kell and Sophie to play in they had a blast. They both thought it was the coolest thing to go down the slide and plant their faces in the water. It was funny to watch them slippin' around. They both had on regular diapers, and so they gained a few pounds. It was hard for them to get around the pool. Needless to say we have bought swimming diapers for them, and it is a lot easier.

We may have a prod...

2009-09-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

In the movie August Rush, the little boy meets a girl who teaches him a few notes. And when she returns from school he has composed music. She goes to the preist and says that she found a prod. Well what she meant was that she found a prodagee. So I think we may have another prod in the family. Ty-kell has always loved music and we try to be very encouraging to him playing music.... so maybe he will be like his aunt Shantell and be a prod.

Circus Life...

2009-08-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

Well our crazy life has started again...but this semester it is a blessing because it is not going to be as crazy as the previous semesters. Tyrone is taking 18 credits, and is super busy with seminary. He is completly loving seminary, and enjoying all the time he gets to spend in the scriptures. We are so proud of him. Ty-kell is starting to take some steps, but our little daredevil is not venturing out to full out walking oh, well one of these days he will take off. I guess that is a great way to lose some weight is chasing after a one year old.The great thing about our circus life is there are no stinky animals and no hot tent. I love our life.

"A Spoon Full of Sugar"

2009-08-18T15:40:00.000-07:00

Okay so I am accepting my sister's challenge, and I am going to let everyone know what my "Spoon Full of Sugar" is. In life sometimes it feels like there is more medicine then there is sugar. And everyone knows if you eat sugar then it just goes straight to your bum. So here is my sugar that I hope isn't going to my bum.

1. My early morning (very early) snuggles with my husband.
2. Daddy coming home.
3. After nap snuggles with Ty-kell.
4. Kisses and hugs.
5. Ty-kell's giggle.

It is merely a flesh wound

2009-08-11T22:02:00.000-07:00

So Monday morning Tyrone woke up and had this great day planned. He was going to go collect pop can s (we are poor so we are doing what poor people do...haha:), seminary preparation, finish up spanish, and then he would hang out with my son and I for the rest of the day. Well he got up around 6ish, and told me that he was going out to collect some cans. I am not inherant of the Petty genes, and I do not like to wake up any earlier than I have to. S o I said ok have fun, and went back to sleep. Around 7:30 Tyrone comes in asking for some hydrogen proxide, and I asked him what did he need it for. And he said, " I was walking along the edge of the wash along the back of the houses and I ran into some rebar". So needless to say after we talked for a while we decided that he was n ot up to date on his tetanus shots, and that we would have to go into the urgent care and get a shot. So with our baby not dressed and not fed we dropped him off at grandmas and headed to the ugent care. They told us that if we just wanted the tetanus shot it was going to be 77 dollars, and like we could pay 77 dollars for a shot... so we said we would see the doctor. They cleaned him up and now he has a pretty good battle wound. We are so greatful for all of his sacrifice. Even though no money was probably made from the pop cans he did collect.

All most camping

2009-08-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

On Friday we went all most camping... it is my mom's favorite type of camping because you don't have to sleep out in the wilderness. We had some really yummy food, my personal favorite dutch oven chicken in this really good gravy. It brought me back to the memories of going up to my uncle's cabin. We also went on a little hike and just enjoyed the great outdoors. Let us just say that Ty-kell enjoyed the yummy dirt... I know some of you pregnant woment would agree. It was a lot of fun and Ty-kell just loves the outdoors. I wish we lived somewhere a little cooler so I could take him outside more... without feeling that my poor baby is cooking.

Party

2009-08-03T22:24:00.000-07:00

We had a birthday party for Ty-kell and 30 people came to his little get togeter. It was a lot of fun. Tyrone and I don't have a lot of money so we had to do his party at the littlest expense possible so we made a train station out of free cardboard, and if I do say so myself it turned out really cool. Tyrone made a rocking train for Ty-kell. And he got a lot of really cool gifts. I made and designed the train cake and I am a little proud of it... over all I think it was a great success... I just wish more of my family could of been there. I miss you guys.

Being One!

2009-08-03T22:01:00.000-07:00

IM ONE!!!

Today my sweet boy turned one at 3:17... I can not believe that it has been a whole year. Looking back at all those silly pictures and how hard it has been. I can't help but tear up and wish we were all back to the begining. It really does all go way to fast. You know the country song "You're gonna miss this" well I already am. So as of today Ty-kell is crawling like a little torpedo... he does not yet walk, but some day he will. And when he does we all better watch out becuase he is going to be running. He has 6 teeth... 4 on top, and 2 on the bottom. He knows words like dad, mom, shoes, doctor, and just today he said his uncle's name Chad. He is such a happy boy, and his smiles warm my heart. He has a ton of curly turning blonde hair. His favorite things to do is pick at things, push buttons, and sharing. He is such a blessing in our life, and I am not ready for my sweet boy to grow up... but as the years go on he will so we will just enjoy these moments. Today for his birthday we took him to the zoo. He loves to look at all the animals.

The World's Most Famous...

2009-07-23T07:38:00.000-07:00

The World's Most Famous sandwhich is of course PB&J. And Ty-kell finally got to partake of this ooie goodness. He thouroughly enjoyed every last bite!

This is my yummy sandwhich!

All done and very stuffed!

So...

2009-07-18T10:32:00.000-07:00

So... I am not trying to be a slacker on my new resolution, but our camera has been out of batteries, and nothing seems "blog worthy". So I have decided to let a little insight on how I feel about being a mom. Last night was boys night, and I was home all alone. Laying there awake I was thinking about my boys. I thought even though it is hard (and on bad days I just want to ship my little boy off to the farthest away boarding school) being a mom. I still missed him a lot when he is gone. I really like being a mom but I wouldn't say that it is the funnest job in the world. Cleaning up the same mess day after day, and for some reason the laundry never changes, only during the week when it keeps getting higher and higher. But I know that this purpose is greater than me, and I am trying my hardest to enjoy the moments I have to teach Ty-kell all that he needs to know to be in this big world.

New July 4th resolution

2009-07-05T09:12:00.000-07:00

So, I decided that for a 4th of July resolution I am going to keep up on my blog. I have gotten so far behind so I am going to update and then I am going to keep up on it. I take pictures so I can blog, but I always forget to blog. So here is a little update on what we have done. Ty-kell my all boy loves to help his grandpa do everything, and frankly I think it is more fun for grandpa. So our bathroom toliet started leaking, and my dad went in to fix it, and not even two minute later there was our son cleaning the tools, and helping grandpa fix a toliet. I am very greatful that we are here, and that my dad loves to teach my son all of the projects around the house. Yesterday he taught him how to clean the bathroom. Last sunday it was Mar-kell's birthday celbration. We all had a lot of fun. Tyrone and I made him a quilt. Later the girls were playing on the floor with Ty-kell and he thought they jacks that they were playing with was a great thing to stick in his mouth he looked adorable. My brother also came into town we went to the zoo, I don't have pictures because my computer is being theiveful. But Ty-kell got to feed the giraffes he thought that was so fun. Then on monday we went to the children's museaum on Monday because it is only a dollar until Labor day I think. It was so much fun. Ty-kell and his dad had a blast. It was fun watching him explore. We are bad parents and we didn't get any pictures of Ty-kell first 4th of July but it was a lot of good feastive food, and spending time with both grandparents. We also had a spa night... we all got pedicures facials and out eyebrows waxed it was a lot of fun. When Ty-kell gets hungry as you can see he helps himself.

Short and to the Point

2009-06-15T12:30:00.000-07:00

So Ty-kell has learned how to point. He likes to point to show us what he wants. This is him pointing at pictures of dogs on the computer. He loves dogs. He has pointing down so well. Unfortunatly I am the one who taught him. I point at him when he is in trouble or being naughty, so the other night at dinner I was getting after him (I was pointing) and he pointed staight at me and screamed. I had to turn my head so he couldn't see me laugh at him.

2009-06-14T12:25:00.000-07:00

Ty-kell was finally able to meet his Great-Great-Grandmother. He loved being with her. They played Patty-cake and sang songs. It was great to see five generations meet together. They were having so much fun that I couldn't get them both to look at the camera.

Ty-kell's New Room

2009-06-01T12:03:00.000-07:00

So our little circus tent moved. We moved in with my parents until Tyrone finishes school, and my mom was so nice and let me decorate my old room for my baby. It turn out really cute. The pictures don't show it off great but you get the basic idea. The bathroom is not yet decorated. This is his reading corner.

This is his crib above is a train in vinyl.This is a train shadow box that Ty-kell's grampa Petty made for his daddy.

The overall look!

Watch out!

2009-05-28T11:13:00.001-07:00

Right now I am super busy with moving and everything, but as soon as we are all settled in I am going to post what we did my old room and bathroom so watch out for the update.

Brushing Teeth

2009-04-10T15:08:00.000-07:00

Ty-kell has two new teeth and so it is time for brushing them. He loves brushing his teeth, and because he likes to act like he is 10 he likes to brush them himself.

Exotic Petting Zoo

2009-04-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

So at our Mall there was an exotic petting zoo we thought it would be fun to go. There were lots of cool animals like a zebra, and a water buffalo. There was a camel there that you could ride, and a little walabee it was a lot of fun.

Crawler

2009-04-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

Ty-kell is officially crawling. He is now everywhere and learning so fast to pull himself up. He has figured out how to pull himself up in his crib, and thinks now because he is so big that he doesn't have to go to bed. So the other night we let him cry himself to sleep after the 30th time of going back in there and telling him no that it was time to go to bed... so this is how we found him when he decided to stop crying and fall asleep.