In a Minute

My house can go from clean to messy in an instant. I have to say I don't even mind picking up legos a billion times a day because it's something I used to wish for with all my heart. This happened about 20 minutes after Tyson woke up.

Snow

We finally woke up to a good amount of snow. We have lived in our house for almost a year and this is the first time RJ has had to shovel snow. Lucky for him he had Parent Teacher Conference this week so he was off today. So of course if Daddy is outside in the snow what do we have to do? Put Tyson's boots on over his jammies, grab his coat and hat and head outside. Tyson loved it but had to come back in after he had freezing cold hands from throwing snow and had taken off down the street. It was almost as much fun watching from the window.

Love Him

Man I love this kid.

A Day Home with Daddy

President's Day was another fun day home with Daddy, while I worked. I love the pictures RJ sends and I love that my boys get some good quality time together. I love the snow boots over his footsie jammies.

Ice cream

One of the things RJ and I like best is going out to dinner. We try to once a week and let's be honest, a night off from cooking dinner is nice after a long work week. Dinner out however, isn't as easy as it once was. Tyson doesn't like sitting still and he loves looking over the bench, wall or divider to other tables where he talks to them. I don't think many people mind, but I don't want my child to be interrupting their night out either. So distraction and family friendly places are key.

Last weekend we went to Iggy's and after we were finished our waitress told us they give ice cream to kids. We were so surprised to see a huge sundae coming our way, complete with a long handled spoon. Tyson was in heaven and loved every minute of it. We loved just sitting back and watching him.

Tender Heart

My heart has felt very tender this week. Our ward split, we knew it was happening and I thought I was prepared for it, but they split it in a way that I never thought they would. After hearing they were going to split our ward I comforted myself with the thought that they wouldn't split our small neighborhood and so some people RJ and I are very close too would still be in my ward. I knew as long as they were in my ward I could handle it. Well they split us down the middle and some people that I have long admired and actually have had the opportunity to know and love and become friends with are no longer in our ward. I realize that only blocks separate us, that our friendships are strong and will stay in tact, but my heart hurts. And I'm going to need time to adjust.

One person in particular has helped shape my testimony and been such an example of service to me and I'm sad to not have that example on a weekly basis. I looked up to her and she helped me in ways she will never know. She has such a big heart and wears it on her sleeve, I count myself lucky to have had the opportunity to call her my friend.

So I know the work will go forth, that the gospel is still true and my testimony has not been shaken, but for a while at least my heart is tender.

Finally

Finally after completely changing our bedtime routine Tyson slept through the night again. Now lets just hope that he continues to do this. It was heaven.