Graduation!

I threw a BBQ for Tyler Friday Night after graduation (May 2nd) in our backyard.
We had a lot of family and Friends come. Thanks to all for your love and support! It was a lot of fun. Here is Tyler with his yummy cake. Congrats Tyler!



After a lot of deliberating I finally found Tyler a graduation gift. I bought it and then had many sleepless nights afterward! :) I am not a spontaneous shopper, nor a big spender. Here's the video and you can see what he got and his reaction. It was a total surprise!




Yes, I got him a Wii! Can you believe it!? It was a miracle it even worked out! ToysRUS was having a huge shipment come and and you could pre-buy it and then pick it up on Monday. So I did! He was so surprised and so happy and that was the best part. He set it up that night and we played bowling with my Mom and James until midnight! :) We are loving it. It is so fun to play something interactive. I told Tyler this was his Graduation gift, Father's Day gift and Anniversary gift. :)

Updating you on our eventful May!

May has been a very eventful month and it isn't even over yet! On May 2nd Tyler graduated from Collage! YEA!!!


Isn't he so handsome! Tyler graduated from Weber State University in Supply Chain Management (A Business Administration Degree dealing with Logistics) and a Minor in Spanish.

Here we are, our little family. I was so proud of Tyler, and I am still am of course. He worked full time, married me, and had Emma through his collage career. He did great! I love him so much! Onto the future!

Emma was a little unsure of Tyler in his cap and gown, but eventually she figured out it was her Dad and gave him a kiss. What a sweetheart!

Here are some pictures of Tyler's parents, sister, and nephew that came to see him walk.

Emma's Sandbox

We landed a Turtle sandbox for Emma a couple of weeks ago (Thanks Allison!) and Emma LOVES it! She loves to play in the sand. I would never have thought! It entertains her for minutes at a time! It is fabulous! It's going to be a great summer! It is finally starting to feel like spring around here and being outside has been great! We have had a lot of kids over at our house lately and they have enjoyed it too. It has been such a lifesaver. Here are some pictures of Emma enjoying the sand and getting dirty. She loves to take off her shoes and socks and get right in and cover up her legs and feet in the sand. I think we need to go to the beach this summer, what do you think? Send subliminal messages to Tyler that say "San Diego on President Bush! Sea World! The Beach!" We got our stimulus package last week and we are trying to decide how we want to stimulate the economy... it's a tough decision.

Ryan's Temple Day in April

Tyler and I went to St. George almost a month ago (April 10) to go through the Temple with Ryan (Tyler's big brother) for the first time. It was so wonderful! We are so happy and proud of Ryan, he is a fabulous guy! St. George was beautiful of course. The weather was perfect and we didn't take Emma with us! :) So it was just an overnighter for Mom and Dad. We left Friday night and came home Saturday Evening. It was so quick, but so nice. Here is Tyler with Ryan and the family all below. Can't you tell that Tyler and Ryan are brothers? Funny huh!
(sorry guys, I know this isn't the most fabulous picture, but it was taken so far away, an in the file was so small I couldn't tell that everyone wasn't looking at the camera well. Sorry!)

Who do you think Emma looks like?

So I am wondering what everyone else thinks...
On the side bar there is an option to vote on who you think Emma looks more like. We'll see what your results are compared to the Heritage Meter. :)
Can't wait to see what you think!
P.S.
Don't you think Tyler was adorable at age 2!? He still is, but what a cutie!!!

Bath Time Tip

It seems that Emma is getting more and more independent and stubborn lately. I think it is just this week, but if the 2's are like this, and from what I hear about 3's, I am nervous!!!!
We seem to fight about everything, not really, but it feels that way today. It's been a long week with only a few days to go outside. The Bath is sometimes the hardest thing to get done in our day. I know, what kid doesn't like to take a bath? Well, sometimes it is Emma. I don't usually push it, she can go a day without one, but she is not a two dayer. :) I know you would probably say, just pick her up and throw her in there, but guess what? Emma is super strong! Have you seen her 35+ pound body and those legs! I have a hard time "making" her do anything. :)
So, my wonderful friend Allison gave me this great idea. FOOD COLORING. Yes, I said Food coloring. 4 drops of whatever color she would like to have motivates her into getting into the tub. And it is so educational! She will tell me "yellow" or "green". And we count the drops, she swishes the color around and we have a pink bath or a blue bath. It is so fun! I can't wait to start mixing colors and making purple and other great colors!
And to you worriers out there, no it doesn't stain and no your tub will still be white and it is perfectly safe!
Hope this helps someone else too!

Weather in Utah

Cadence asked me a while back if I was enjoying the weather in Utah, cause she is basking in the sunshine in Arizona. And she deserves it, she just moved from Washington State. Well..here's a little of what we have been having this "spring". It snowed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. These pictures were from Sunday's storm, not a lot of snow, but it was sure cold enough. Monday's storm produced a little more snow. Emma loved playing in it. It has been pretty nice the past couple of days, the sun has been out at least. Typical Utah weather. We need the water so I try not to complain! :)

Flying Kites

We flew kites last Friday at a park by my mom's house. It was a lot of fun. Emma loved it. It was fun to do something together as a family. Life seems so busy we don't always have time to do fun stuff like this. Tyler and I bought these kites before Emma was born and are finally enjoying them. Spiderman and Veggie Tales; Emma's favorite, it's got Bob on it. :) She was so cute. She would just follow us wherever we went to catch the wind holding onto her kite too.
Here's the pictures.

A day in Emma's life

Don't ask me how she did this...okay you can ask. I think she was trying to climb up on to the counter. And somehow her toe got stuck between the two CLOSED drawers! She was in a little bit of a panic and was saying "stuck". I told her to pull it out, but honestly, she couldn't. I took a quick pic, and then went and saved her, she really did have it stuck, I had to open the bottom drawer strategically with the top drawer to get her toe out! Too funny! **giggle,giggle**

Groves Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

I thought this was pretty fun. We are always getting told who Emma looks more like. Most people say it is Tyler - well...pretty much everybody! :) And some people say she is a good mix between the two of us, and apparently that is what this meter thought too. 5% more me, that isn't much! She is a good mix!