Warm at last!

Warm weather has finally decided to appear. I'm so excited to be able to go outside in a T-shirt again. Since it warmed up this last week, Ty and I decided to get out and explore Fort Wayne. I've heard a lot about the Children's Zoo here and about how much fun it is so we purchased a family pass before we had even been to it or seen it for ourselves. I know a little risky but we went this last week and I am not disappointed in the least. The Zoo was great! It will be a fun activity this summer. We went with some friends who also had passes and had a blast. This was Ty's 2nd trip to a zoo and he loved it. He especially liked it when, in the Australian Walkabout, a kangaroo jumped right in front of us. (They didn't have gates or anything, we were literally walking with the Kangaroos) I wish I had gotten a picture of that. Oh well, I did get a few pictures and here they are:

In their tropical rain forest section they had a little room with hammocks set up for the kids to try out and several pairs of boot for them to try on and lots of these hats. Ty loves hats and he was a little upset when we had to take it off to go outside.

The zoo has several of they large animal sculptures around that Ty, Henry and Bruce loved to play on. This might have been Ty's favorite part of the zoo. They are playing on a Kamodo Dragon and at first glance it made me jump because it look realistic. These kids had no fear. I think even it was real they still would have climbed on his back.

Ty really was happy to be there although this picture shows otherwise, he just didn't like having to sit in the stroller when there were animals to see.

The warm weather lasted more than just a day, amazing, so we also decided to go to the playground this last week too. There are several nice parks in Fort Wayne and fairly close to our house so it's nice just to get out and enjoy the sunshine for a couple of hours. Since going to playgrounds within the last month, Ty has really learned how to climb. He loves climbing through tubes and up steps. He's even attempted a few ladders but I'm not going to teach him that for a while. These pictures are of a trip that Todd and Ty took yesterday. I wasn't there but from what I heard, Ty made a few friends. They were about six years older than him but he still had a ball playing with them. It started when they were playing tag with each other but every time they would run past Ty he would giggle and run away as if they were chasing him. So eventually when they noticed what was going on, they did chase Ty for a little bit. I wish i would have seen it. Here are some pictures of that trip:

Yes, that is Jimmer on his shirt.

Mommy and Me

Our ward has a mommy and me play group every Thursday. It's been so fun to go to and Tyson loves playing with all the balls and toys they usually have. During the cold months it's usually in the gym of the stake center but I hear once it warms up, we'll head to parks and splash pads. I'm super excited for those.

In this picture with Ty is Henry. They have the same birthday! Yeah for playmates

Snack Time

There is a snack time durning these play groups which is good becasue they go from 10:00 until noon! Ty's usually tuckered out when we get home but it's only because he played his heart out for two hours.

Our apartment

Here are some pictures of the inside. It is almost 200 sq ft smaller than our last one but it's still comfortable. I wish I had cleaned the house a little bit more but I had to take pictures because I know I'm way behind on the blog and don't mind Todd and Ty in the pictures, I took them sure wrestling time.

View of our entry way and dining area

View from our dining area to the family room. Our kitchen has double the cabinet space of our last place and we actually have a pantry now

View of family room and kitchen. I'm standing were the piano for those who were wondering where we put it. The diagonal door leads to Ty's room and the other open door is the bathroom. Our room is at the end of the hall and those closet doors are the washer and dryer.

view from entry way of the family room and patio

Finally

I know, I know, it's been forever since I updated the blog. I blame it on the move. Mainly because the house hasn't been clean enough to take pictures of (still not in pictures) and I couldn't find the camera. Well I found it and finally took some. Here are some pictures of our apartment here in Indiana. I still like the apartment in Ohio better but oh well, what can you do. I think that it will be nice here now that the sun is coming out. I do like that I don't have to walk up three floors anymore. I like that there is grass right outside our door and I like that we have a beautiful view of the pond. I don't like that I don't have good friends living in my complex, there doesn't seem to be very many small children Ty's age but maybe when everybody starts going to the pool I'll meet more people. Overall, it's a pretty nice place.

The View of the front of our apartment. We are the second one from the end. (Yes that is the same complex on the other side of the pond. It's a big complex)

Home Sweet Home. I like the character of the buildings are cute I love the brick and shutters!

View from our front door. Ty loves to play on this grassy area. I love it too.

Random picture but I planted tulips and they actually grew! I love looking out the window and seeing them.

Our back patio. I wish it was enclosed because I don't like how close the pond is and Ty always makes a straight line for it when we go outside but I love the view!

This is our entire view from our patio. I love it because Ty loves to point our the ducks, geese, and squirrels that occasionally walk right by our window. There are also horses. In the white building to the left in the picture. We like to take walks to go see the horses. I can't wait for it to dry up a bit so that we can have picnics.

We're Moving

I've been behind on blogging and I probably be a bit longer. We're in the process of being moved to Indiana. Fort Wayne to be exact. I have bitter-sweet feelings. Just to keep you updated on whats happening

My fitness Life

I've started a new blog, myfitnesslife.blogspot.com. It's a journal for myself but I think it's also good for others that are interested to help me stay motivated and on track. I weigh around 165 now and my goal is to get to 145 by May 31st. So if you're interested you can keep you eye on me and my progress.

New Years

I know this is really behind but I've finally decided to post about our New Years trip to California to visit my family. We had a great time and I forgot how much I LOVE California in the Winter time. While we were there we went to a great little family park/shopping center in Vacaville, the Nut tree. My family used to go there all the time when I was little for their pumkin patch. We actually have a home movie of me when I was just over a year riding this same horse. I thought it was a picture moment.

Tyson being silly with his Grandpa

Yay for Grammas!

While we were in California my Grandparents came to visit as well and we had a great time! They are the funniest people you will ever play card games with. Love them. We had to get a generations picture.

Tyson's first Carousel ride. He looks a little unsure of it.

He really did enjoy it although this face says otherwise

He absolutely loved the giant chess board. He was a big help during our game moving our pieces around while we weren't looking. Maybe he was just tired of us playing and knew we were going for ice cream when we got done. We went to Fentons (sorry no pictures) yes same fentons as in the movie up except not the same location. Delicious, Ginormous, Creamest Ice Cream I've ever had.
A couple of days later when my sister and her family were visiting we went to the mall and let the kids run wild in the place place there. I don't know if Tyson was crawling through or if Gramma is pulling him back either way (I think) he had fun.

Two carousel rides in a week. Spoiled!

We had a great time and I think all of us were tuckered out by the end of our Holiday travels which was probably good because Ty actually slept on the plane ride.
We love our families and were so happy to be able to make the trip out there. There's nothing like home for the holidays.