Grandma & Grandpa H come to help

As the Final days For packing and preparation oF the big move to Sumner came Help arrived in a car packed From Utah. Grandma and Grandpa Harris came to the rescue, only to Find that things had been put on hold. They think we've gone to extreme measures Fabricating a story about moving just to get them to come visit. A girls got to do what a girls got to do...although this was not the case the help was more than appreciated. They came and stayed an extra week and a half, packing boxes, cleaning house, and even painting the new bedrooms and making sure we got moved into the new place beFore heading home.

It was pretty wet and rainy the whole time they were here, so we did take a break from moving heading to the city for a little fun at the Pacific Science Center

Toddler world with Grandpa Harris

Light Maze

Tate the Music Man?

We still LOVE the Butterfly House

Although Big Bully Tate was scared of the Butterflies

Look closely and you'll see a Butterfly in Grandma's hair.

(top right)

3D Dinosaur Movie

Ring around the Rosies with a lot of McKenna's and Tyler's.

On the Way out we discovered the Anti-Gravity Mirrors

It was a great afternoon-and as always we found lots of new things we hadn't discovered before.

We Love our Grandmas and Grandpas and spending time with them!

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

Things have been busy as we try and wrap things up. As we cleaned out drawers we came across our box of broken crayons and so we put together Valentine's for Tyler's class. Loving Pinterest and the ideas you can find on there.

Valentine's was pretty quiet otherwise. I think we did get our pink heart pancakes in for dinner.

Happy Birthday Tyler-5 years old!

Tyler's 5 years old and VERY excited about it!

She was showered with love, attention and gifts.We started with a joint celebration the night before with a lil cake and dinner for Tyler and Grandpa Jackson.

Grandpa Tom's birthday was on the 7th!

Tyler loves her new Rollarblades-and after only a few short days she's gotten quite good on them.

On her birthday she invited a few girlfriends (payton & maliya) from school over for a party.

We made necklaces

dressed up as princesses

and decorated cupcakes

Then we opened gifts-I don't know who was more excited the receiver or the giver.

That evening when Dad got home we finished the celebrations by opening the rest of the gifts. It was just as exciting as the evening before, at least for Tyler. Poor McKenna had been a good sport as long as she could and like any kid her age started to have a breakdown, although she quickly recovered and came back down for the rest of the party.

She got games & puzzles, a new pony, squinkies and a personalized coloring book she's dying to make.

Tyler's always been good at sharing and wanted everyone to help with the last gift-a new comforter.

Then everyone got together to play with the toys.

She had a pretty great birthday!

A little about Tyler at 5 years old:

Tyler is still quite the peacemaker who loves everyone and doesn't want to make anyone feel bad or left out, including her collection of stuffed animals.

Tyler is incredibly smart, is willing to try new things and catches on quickly because she will practice until she gets really good at it. She loves to learn and to help with EVERYTHING, and always wants to be doing something, NOT watching tv unless it is her favorite show, The Wild Kratts.

She loves school and her new friends, singing primary songs, her chickens, and playing with her siblings (whether its Barbies, My Little pony or polly pockets with McKenna or riding the stick horse or playing cars with Tate). She loves being chased by her Dad, cuddling with Mom and playing games with grandma. She also loves to color, paint, and create things-she's quite the artist. Her favorite singers are Taylor Swift and Jennifer Nettles aka Sugarland, although her favorite non-church song is Jake Owen's Barefoot Blue Jean Night.

She often has a hard time falling asleep at night her mind is so busy and can be found reading, playing with McKenna or rearranging her bed.

We Love you Tyler and we're still glad your part of our family!