Tyler's tooth

While we were in Oregon this last summer, Tyler stood on a windowsill to look at the view of the ocean and slipped, knocking his face on the windowsill as he went down. One of his front teeth was loose and bloody, but we tried to salvage it and it seemed to be healing ok. After we got home, he complained of it still hurting so we took him to the dentist. Lo and behold, he had an abscess and the tooth was dead- - so the dentist removed the tooth. Sigh, I am so mourning the loss of his tooth! He will have a gap probably for the next 3 years . . . He still is my cute little guy, though!

The funniest was when Lillian JUST loss the same tooth (right before Thanksgiving)- they have matching gaps!

First day of School 2013

Here's to my Fifth Grade and Second Grade Girls- and all the other neighbors and friends at the amazing Brentwood Elementary!



Tyler also started pre-school at Northview Christian school- - he absolutely loves it! He gets to go with his friend Caleb from around the corner, and they have a blast together. Understandably, I don't have a picture from his first day because it was September 10th- the morning after Daniel was born! I am grateful for my friend Krissy (Caleb's mom) who is GREAT about driving the boys to school . . .

BRACES!!

My little boy is not so little anymore! Now he is a big middle schooler (7th grade), almost my height and now has braces. He got the braces right before school started- yippee! As my family stated when we visited for Thanksgiving, he looks like a teen now! I am super proud of Marcus, he is getting straight A's and works hard in school and scouts. He is responsible and fun. It has been fun to watch him move into the next stage of growing up- he has good friends and they have little get-togethers to hang out, and those kids crack me up. They want to be (and sometimes sound) grown up, but they are still just young boys! His world is filled with friends, scouts, school, Terraria and Minecraft on the Computer, Dr. Who . . . . oh to be a 12 year old boy!

Love this kid so much!

Before and after braces on:



Starting Middle School!

We love family visits! (end summer 2013)

In the spirit of trying to get caught up . . .

Steve and Natalie visited the last few weeks of the Summer- ahh- so fun to see all of my family over this last summer! His family was the one we missed in Utah! We had fun going to the lake, to Greenbluff, and much more. This was the very, very end of my pregnancy- so have fun with the pictures of the HUGE me! Daniel was born just a day or so after they left to go back to Illinois . . .

Greenbluff:



A Concert in the park:


Fun with my little 2 year old niece Kelsey (she is soooo cute and fun), and four year old Joshua at Mobius Kids . . .


We just got to see them again for Thanksgiving in Utah! Yay! More on that later . . .