Swim Time

Larry, Aunt Amy and Ashlee were scheduled to stay a couple of days here and then head with us to Branson on Friday for a mini-family vacation. They stayed at the Radisson just a few miles away which had an indoor water park. Thursday we asked Ty if he wanted to go swim with Ashlee and he couldn't get his swim trunks on fast enough! Jason and I thought this would be another go round like at Grumpy's pool, but this took a completely different turn. Ty loved it! I think maybe because of all the small kiddie slides, the toys and the water was never above three feet. He was in complete control, could walk around and just had a blast. Grammy, Aunt Amy, Jason and I all enjoyed watching Ashlee and Ty play in the pool! Yes, we are missing someone and that would be Larry. He was the second to get sick. He spent most of the day in the hotel room trying to shake the bug. Here are a few pictures from our adventure at the pool, these are courtesy of Aunt Amy!

I thought this was just a kiddie slide!

Cleaning Up

How come the trash and the boxes the toys come in are sometimes more fun than the toys themselves?

More Christmas

Grumpy and Uncle Cayne came by the evening after Christmas for some football and leftovers. Shortly after - Larry, Amy and Ashlee arrive after a very, very long day in the car. They drove from Livingston, Texas to Tulsa - I think about eight hours! We ate, visited a while and opened presents before they headed to the hotel for some rest. Ty couldn't wait until Ashlee got there dragging her to his room the minute she got there to play! They were both wonderful and we were so glad they finally made it home!

Aunt Amy, Larry and Ashlee brought Ty some "choo-choo's"

Yes, those are panties....

Grammy must have put panties in Amy's stocking

Tools!

More Tools....thanks Aunt Amy, Larry and Ashlee!

Mom's new purse

The battle has begun..... (Amy's OU and Larry's UT)

Oo, a Wii

Jason must of said something good - look at Grammy's face!

Choo-Choo

Merry Christmas

Although our family was plaqued with sickness over Christmas and New Years we managed to make the best of it all! Nana got it first, not only was she sick all Christmas Day but she felt bad the whole time she was here. We enjoyed a delicious Christmas meal and enjoyed our family the whole day. Aunt Bethel, Tim, Pappy and Nana B all came over in the afternoon/evening to share in the festivities as well.

Grammy showing Ty Handy Manny!

Ty's ready to help Dada eat the candy from his stocking!

Something for baby girl!

I've got this all figured out now!

Grammy helping Ty get to his choo-choo's

Nana B helping unleash the doggie bed!

I love it - "night-night"

I'm ready to go with my choo-choo suitcase!

Pappy helping Ty put on his new watch!

Here Pappy, let me help you!

Let's build something, Pappy!

Some of these pictures are courtesy of Aunt Bethel. I wanted to post this one espeically, since she was so tickled by Ty eating his pumpkin pie. It was time for dinner and we brought out all the leftovers and the only thing Ty wanted was pie and he wanted Aunt Bethel to fix it for him. She managed to catch him with a nice big bite with whipped cream! Yummy, yummy!!!

Aunt Bethel and Tim

What did Santa bring?

All these months leading up to Christmas Ty wanted nothing to do with Santa. He didn't even want us mentioning his name. When he woke up Christmas morning to find out that Santa left him a kitchen I must say he was very excited. After this he didn't hesitate to tell you what Santa brought him. He hurried off to get cooking wanting to boil everyone an egg, take our phone calls and put all his groceries away. Watch out Food Network, he could be come the next Iron Chef!

Christmas socks

Christmas Eve was a nice and relaxing day. Ty and I started our day off with a visit to see how Grumpy was feeling and then dropped off Christmas cookies to Alice and Bella. We returned home for lunch with Aunt Bethel and then Nana and Grammy arrived for their stay with us for Christmas. Jason was able to get off work a little early, he and Grammy unloaded her car, we headed for an early dinner then finished off the evening with a candlelight Christmas Eve service at church. It was a beautiful service preparing us all for what tomorrow is all about.

Before Aunt Bethel left that afternoon Ty wanted to put on his socks for her, technically they are socks - just really big ones!!!

A Ride around Rhema

The eve of Christmas Eve Dada treated us to a buggy ride around Rhema for a look at all the Christmas lights. Ty loved the lights, but I think he loved the "clip-clop" of the horses hooves even more. And as the ride ended the last to see was the nativity scene and he said, "Mama, Baby Jesus"! I don't think we even noticed the cold.