St. George

In March Lyndsay, Mace and I went to St. George to visit Lyndsay's family and to go climbing with John and Corianne.  John and I wanted to attempt to climb something we had climbed with Mark Christensen just before we left on our missions.  Kourtney and Luke were nice enough to let us stay at their beautiful house/hotel.

Mace thought it was pretty fun to kick Lyndsay while swinging.

Here are Lyndsay and Mace at the park with the Dixie sign. 

Here is John on the start of "Banana Dance" 5.11D, the climb we had come all the way to St. George for. 

John made it up the first 3 bolts and then gave me a chance. 

I was able to get the quickdraw in on the fourth, but wasn't able to clip the rope in.

After that, John flew up past where we had been stuck before, and finished it.  It was pretty cool to watch.

The climb was so steep that you couldn't clean it from the top.  I spent forever climbing from the bottom cleaning the route.  I cheated in every way possible to get up it.

The next day we went to Chuckawalla.  Here is Corianne.

And John.

Turtle!

Mace is getting so smart. I love it! I have lost track of how many words he can say. I love that he understands so much. It is so fun to watch him learn more each day! 

Tonight in the bathtub, Mace and I named all of the animals toys he has. We made a game out of it. It was hilarious! We would line up each of the animals as we named them, and then knock them all back in the tub! 

One of my favorite words that Mace says, is turtle. He only says it once in this clip, but it is so cute! (My other favorite is octopus!)

Thomas the Train

Mace has recently started to like Trains. He loves them and gets so excited every time he sees one. I got him his very own train while we were at Walmart tonight. He has carried it around with him everywhere he goes. The only time he didn't have it, was when I distracted him enough to get him in the tub. Mace even took Thomas the Train to bed with him! Luckily, Mace has two sets of Thomas jammies!

After I got Mace all ready for bed, I asked if he wanted to read books. He shook his head yes and headed for his room. When I came back from the kitchen, this is how I found him.

Here is a cute video of Mace with his train jammies and his new toy!

I suddenly have all sorts of ideas of what I can get Mace for his birthday. I may be stocking the ksl ads for Thomas the Train toys!

Skiing with Mace

I have really struggled lately with how to entertain Mace while Lyndsay is at work. Mace was sick off and on for the past month so we have spent several evenings just sitting around the house, usually playing Matchbox cars.  Today Mace was feeling good, the weather was beautiful, and the sun didn't set until 6:30, so we decided to go skiing.  We went a little ways up Grizzly Gulch by Alta.

We had to take a few breaks so Mace could stretch his legs and get a drink.

After a while Mace got really sleepy.  I felt bad that he has no head support.  I can't imaging sleeping like that.

When he woke up from his nap he made it clear to me he was ready to get out and walk around for a little bit.

He seemed a little scared when we started the decent as you can see in the video below.  I think he is biting his lip.  After a while he got into it.  At the end of the video it looks like he has a little smile creeping in.  He kept kicking me when I stopped almost like I was a horse.

We took one more break on the way down when I wanted to get some pictures.  This is what Mace looks like after he smokes and drinks (pretzels and water, that is).

I don't know if Mace enjoyed this as much as playing Matchbox cars, but I sure had fun.  For my own personal benefit I hope he grows up to be my little skiing buddy.

It was a pretty sunset.

Here is the sunset from back at the car.  It felt like the temperature must have dropped 20 degrees between this picture and the last.

A treat for Tyler

Last Friday, Mace and I made Strawberry Cheesecake.

It was fun to have a little helper in the kitchen.

Mace got to lick the mixers for the first time in his life.

As you can see, you enjoyed it very much!

Valentine's Day

We decided to make Valentine's Day more of a family holiday now that we have started our family.

Mace went to daycare in the morning and had his first Valentine's Day party!

(I felt like a pretty LAME mom, because Mace came home with better Valentine's Day cards then he gave out.)

We went to the park after we came home. It was a blast! Mace absolutely loves being outside. It was a little cold so we didn't stay very long. Afterward, we went to Cafe Rio, which was the best part of the evening! (We even found a gift card that had $1.23 on it!)

I heard a quote on the radio that I really liked. It was by Hallmark, and it said something to like,"Valentine's Day isn't about saying 'I love you.' It is about saying 'I love us.'"

I feel so lucky to be married to Tyler. He really does make me a better person. I really do love us! 

Soccer at the park

Mace and I were kicked out of our house one day when Lyndsay had to do homework.  We decided to go play soccer at the park.  

When you play by Mace rules, he is allowed to use his hands.

Trying to figure out how to get past daddy.

Running past daddy.  That is how you score in Mace soccer.

I think Lyndsay and I made a pretty cute little kid.

After Mace had won several times, he decided we could start playing by the real rules.  He proceeded to kick the ball all the way down the sidewalk and back by himself.  Mace sure wore daddy out.

Mace, say "cheese!"

Car Show

On the 15th of January, Mace, Grandpa Roy, and I went to the car show.  Mace loved it!  For Christmas Mace got some Matchbox cars and he has loved cars ever since.  One of his first words was "car".

Mace had to get in just about every car we saw.

He loved to pretend he was driving.

If you look closely, you can see his head in the drivers seat.

He loved this $180,000.00 dollar Audi R8.

And loved being with his grandpa.

Mace helped me check out the size of the trunk of one of my dream cars, a Subaru WRX.

Can I get this one grandpa?

Or this one?

Mace just about made it over the barricade to see the new Corvette.

Mace's favorite car, a Ferrari Italia.  He actually owns one of these (a Matchbox car).