Utah Trip

Tim had the week off for spring break, and since I'm not working much anymore, we planned another trip to Utah to visit family. We didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but here are a few.

Ty was pretty good on the drive. He watched a few movies on the dvd player. I love the picture below because he is so tired watching his movie but he's holding an apple and a slice of pepperoni!
Temple Square was our first stop. Ty is starting to recognize temples, so we thought it'd be fun for him to see a "Big Temple." We also walked around the new City Creek Mall and, most importantly, rode the Trax train in the free zone. Ty loved it!
On day two, I contacted my old roommate Megan to get Ty and Will together for a play date. Ty is less than one month older than Will, though Will looks about one year older than Ty. We met at Wheeler Farm, an actual working farm (and it's free!) Of course, the boys were most interested in the tractors.
That night, we went to Tim's cousin Gemma's play Mulan. She did great and came back to Grandma and Grandpa's. Ty was so excited he wouldn't hold still.

 

Above: Ty also liked the goats; Below: Megan and Will

Watching Bunnies. Ty really liked to "hop" like them!

Ty and Gemma

We traveled up north to see Grandparents and Marge and Todd. We all went out for lunch and dragged Tim's Grandma B with us. Ty took care of the driving.

Ty spent the next day with Gma and Gpa Larsen. We went to the mall and rode the train, the carousel, and played on the quarter rides. I feel bad that I didn't get any pictures of the grandparents or the fun we had :( We also went to the Olive Garden with Tim's Utah relatives.

On Friday, we headed down to Santaquin and played with TJ's kids. Jonas and Kate had school, so Hailey and Ty got some quality time together. What cute kids!

Kristen got the bounce house out and even though Ty would NOT go inside, he LOVED being thrown into the little step on the front of it. Look at that smile!

We spent Friday night with my Dad and his new wife, Sheila. Her daughter Chanel and family came over, so Ty had more cousin craziness.

We went on a hike up American Fork Canyon on Saturday morning with this beautiful view (below) then stopped at a new market for some a-maz-ing waffles. Mine had strawberries, salted caramel, and whipped cream.

All the Lotz kids and Ty:

It just so happened that my niece Kate was getting baptized on Saturday, so it worked out perfectly for our trip. We went to her baptism and hung out at TJ and Kristen's. Ben and Kaitlyn even came up.  The baptism was beautiful.

 We woke up early on Sunday morning and drove as far as we could while Ty slept and then stopped in a small town in Wyoming so he could get out and use up some energy. Tim and I tend to travel a lot and I have to say family trips are my favorite. What a great week!

Story Teller

For your viewing pleasure...

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...Really

  A few weeks ago, Tim took Ty to the Denver Toy Train Show (I wasn't there, so there are no pictures). It was there that they learned there was a Transportation Museum in Denver. We planned our trip and looked forward to it all week! Ty enjoyed seeing all of the cars and trains, but he especially liked the ones that 1. He could climb in, or 2. Looked like they were from Disney's Cars. This train is "Big Boy" one of the world's largest steam engines.

 Ty took the wheel of this Model T, I liked the old carriages.

 

  Ty's preferred method of transportation is "Ty Car," but I can convince him to ride in his stroller if I call it his "bike." He took a good stroll the other day and even cheesed some smiles. (Thanks for my St. Patrick's Day shirt, Grandma!)

I can't help but post this sweet picture of these cuties. Ty was "helping" Tim make ice cream malts.

Winter Retreat

Remember how on the last post I mentioned how COLD it was? Luckily, I found a steal of a deal for tickets to Phoenix! Ty still flies free and I am free from a work schedule, so we booked a last minute trip to Phoenix to visit Mindy's family. I didn't take too many pictures, but Ty had a blast with his cousins. It helped that the temperature was 70's and 80's while we were there. We spent at least half of our days outside.

 Will and Makayla were good adopted siblings for Ty.

I call the picture below Ty and Katherine's "portrait." Kash is just about 3 months older than Ty.

We were there for Valentine's Day, so we decorated cookies and made heart shaped pancakes.

 

 Gilbert Temple open house:

(liked the temple, hated the 2 hour wait)

Ty made it such a great trip by being a good sleeper and being good on the planes. The picture below was us riding the train in the Denver Airport. It's kind of fuzzy, but I love it because Ty was so excited to ride the "gugga." We had such a great time with family in Phoenix. Thanks Mindy and Thomas for letting us come!!!

 

Busy Boy

I have been TERRIBLE at blogging lately. I thought I'd be better once I quit my job to spend more time with Ty, but I'm so much worse because I always think I'll have time to do it later. Anyway, as I mentioned, I quit my job (yay!) and Ty and I have had a lot more time for adventures! Here are a few of them...

We went to the zoo on an abnormally warm day in January. Ty was very thrilled with all of the ...vehicles...???

The fish tank at the library is always a fun attraction when we need to get out of the house.

 Ty got Tim tickets to the CU vs Utah Basketball game for Christmas. It was Ty's first game and he did pretty good. He loves "hoop ball."

 

The other day I took Ty up to his room to play and stepped out for about 30 seconds. When I got back I found him cuddled up to his space heater (notice his right hand). He sure takes after his mamma!

Our neighbors gave Ty this mini piano. He loves to rock out. In this clip, he is playing and singing "Hot Dog" from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

 
And last, but not least, our busy boy. We invested $15 into a train table from craigslist. Ty loves his "gugga" (train), "guk" (trucks), and "etta" (airplanes). The top left is of him coloring his valentine to his Aunt Aubrey. Top right is after he had fun with stickers.
 I couldn't resist posting this beautiful picture. In Colorado, we are used to the snow melting within a few days, but since the weather was SO COLD a few weeks ago, it created a beautiful scene.