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.

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! 

Skiing up Grizzly Gulch

Lyndsay and I went skiing up Grizzly Gulch on Martin Luther King day.  It was so much fun to have some time to talk with each other and enjoy the beautiful mountains we have around us.  We took it pretty easy on the way up and the way down since Lyndsay is pregnant.

Here is Lyndsay on the way up.

It was snowing graupel, kind of like small hail.

With one kid already and another on the way, it makes you value your time alone with each other more.

A view of Alta

I hope Lyndsay gets addicted to this like me.

Skinning up.

Skiing down.  It was really icy since it had rained the day before.

Here is some ketchup!

I have been quite the slacker with this blog! 

I will say that I will try to be more on top of it, but I can't promise. Now that I am back in school, blogging has to take a back seat! I will blog when I have time, like right now! :)

Tyler and I on Christmas Eve. We had just finished laying out the gifts for our little Macer!

  

The before picture! (Sorry, there isn't an after picture. I am sure you can imagine what it looked like.)

 Christmas Morning! Mace wasn't sure what to do, he was content with the bottle and blanket.

Daddy and Mace getting ready to tear into those gifts!

 Look Mace, you got a red car!

As you can tell, he still wasn't too into the whole gift thing.

He got a Hippo Flashlight, that laughs a funny laugh.

And, as you can tell, it brought a smile to this little face!

Forget about the rest of the gifts, Mace is a happy camper!

Mace got a sled, snow clothes, cars, play dough, a play dough bench, the hippo flashlight, a car track and a dinosaur puzzle. When we opened the puzzle, Mace started saying, "rawr" over and over! 

For New Year's Eve, I had to work. Tyler and Mace went to bed before the new year hit. I guess that means we are pretty boring! Work was great though. The nurses had a competition to see who could care for the more people coming in because they were drunk! It was a pretty crazy night!

On the second day of the New Year, we drove to Delta for a family Christmas party. We forgot our camera, so sadly I don't have any pictures. :( It was a great day and we had so much fun being with the family.

On the forth day of the New Year, I had my twelve week appointment with my OB. I took Mace with me, which I will never do again! (Unless Tyler is with me.) It was a quick appointment, which I was grateful for because of Mace. He was a little freaked out by the doctor and I think Mace thought he was the patient. We listened to the heart beat, which was such a comforting sound to me. I got the flu a few weeks before Christmas, and had some pretty painful cramping. I was worried about the baby, but everything seemed to be great!

On the fifth day of the New Year, Tyler's younger brother, Brad got married! It was a beautiful day. Brad and Liz were so cute and happy! It was neat to be in the temple with Tyler's parents and all of his siblings. 

Roy and Donna looked so nice!

 Mace looked like such a stud! (Thanks Whitney for letting Mace borrow Cooper's clothes!)

All of the cousins. Mace. Sadie. Brenner. Meredith.

Mace and Grandpa!

While I was working last Friday night, everyone went to the Clark Planetarium! Mace weighs 31 pounds! He is not far behind his cousins at 37lbs and 45lbs!

Turning 25!

This was the most fun birthday I think I have ever had! Tyler and I went to Incredible Pizza in Draper. It was seriously so much fun! We ate tons of food, raced each other with go karts, teamed up to play laser tag, scored better than I ever have in bowling, and celebrated a hole in one at mini golfing!

Tyler surprised me right before we went to bed, by giving me roses and a really sweet letter! I love him so much!

Thanks Babe for such a fun birthday! You made my day!

Las Vegas Trip

Tyler took the week after Thanksgiving off. We headed down to Las Vegas on Monday. It was such a fun little family trip. We stopped in St. George on the way and had dinner with my cousin Kourtney and her husband Luke! They are so fun. It was really great to see them.

We got to Vegas around bedtime so we just hung out in the hotel room. We stayed at the Imperial Palace. Mace slept in a queen size bed, and he did really good the first night. The second night, I don't think he was feeling well. He woke up so many times throughout the night. Tyler ended up laying next to him.

On Tuesday, we walked the strip. One of our favorite things about going to Vegas, is stopping at the MGM Grand to see the lions. We love it! We ended up walking through a new hotel and shopping center. They had these really cool containers filled with water. The water would start spinning, creating a tornado! It was really fun to be down there when all the Christmas decorations were going up.

We also spend some time at the Hoover Dam. We went on the tour and really enjoyed seeing everything. They have also finished the bridge since the last time we were there. Looking up at how high it is, I thought it would be scary to walk across it. It wasn't as bad as I though. We held Mace while walking across the bridge. He didn't really enjoy it, because he wanted to be big and do it himself. He did fall and stumble once we were almost back to the car. One thing that makes us laugh, is the bathrooms. They are on top of the dam, and look really fancy. You have to walk up the stairs to be able to use them!

 

All in all, it was a great trip and we enjoyed having some family time!