Friday, October 31, 2014

Halloween 2014... Giddy Up!

For Halloween this year we had a family theme of Cowboys and Cowgirls. It took quite a bit of talking into for Natalya to be a Rodeo Princess but she was pretty good about the whole thing. 

And Ty... he was just happy. As always!!






Friends Friends and more Friends!

Mom has lots of friends too!



Giddy-up Gardners and Brackens!










Thursday, October 30, 2014

Fun in October

The fall in Minnesota is truly the best! We got to do lots of fun things this month.

A family outing to OxBow Zoo is always a favorite.

Ty Guy loves this car. He sits in there for minutes at a time just playing!

Another favorite here is the Douglas trail. It is so beautiful to go for walks, runs, or biking on the trail. 

Tanya took her first dance class. She is on the far right.
Ada and Natalya

Ty and George waiting while the girls are at dance.


Preschool had a day where the kids got to wear their costumes to school. Talya loved that!

For a long time Talya would never talk or have dinner with the missionaries. But this night she did! They gave her a treat and talked some "princess" talk with her. 






Neighbor Halloween Party.


Just another day in Natalya's world.




Baylee and Talya after swimming lessons. These girls loved swimming and did so awesome!

Halloween Make-up


Got to play with another friend today. We know Caleigh from volleyball at Century.


Ty was in desperate need of some jimmies that actually fit him. We pulled out the girl tote of clothes for a little while until Grandma sent some new PJs for his birthday.

We got to tour our local fire station!



Monday, October 13, 2014

Ty's 1st Birthday

The past year just flew by. We now have a sweet little one year old boy.

At 1 year old Ty...
has 12 teeth.
is 31 inches tall.
weighs 27 pounds 4 ounces.
sleeps 11-12 hours at night.
has 2 naps a day.
loves to eat fruit.
drinks whole milk from a bottle and sippie cup.
crawls super fast all over the place.
walks along the furniture.
stands alone for just a few seconds.
loves to wrestle with Dad and Talya.
drives "anything" he can get his hands on. (pots, pans, socks, books etc.)
says Mom, Dad, and lots of others short syllable sounds.
waves and claps his hands.




















Birthday Party Success!!!

Jessica is awesome! She designed these awesome birthday invites for Ty's Party.





















One Year Old Pics