Trip to Palmyra

Todd surprised me when he planned a trip to Palmyra. I've always wanted to go and now that we're only 4 hours away we finally got to go. We loved the church history sites. It was truly an amazing place to visit.

Hill Cumorah. Yes it was really, really windy.

Smith Family Farm

Ty loved being in the Sacred Grove. He couldn't not look at the trees blowing in the breeze.

I know it's a weird picture but this was our first time eating a P.F. Changs. We got two meals and an appetizer for just 14 bucks. We only waited two hours before getting our food.

4 Week (Vacation?)

This last month, Todd went to a training for Avery in Massachutes. It was four weeks long so instead of staying home with Ty I visited family in California and Utah. It was fun and really good to see family but I missed my husband.

He's one cool dude! A present from Massachutes for when he's older!

He was so happy to be allowed to act like a monkey

What's Aunt Holly doing with such a stud?!

While in Utah we went to a family reunion at a favorite campground, Warm River. Ty loved it. He also loved showing his new pearly whites. He now has five.

I figured where Ty's blue eyes came from. They are almost exactly the same color as my dads.

5th of July!

Since the 4th was on a sunday we enjoyed a great 5th of July, not that we didn't enjoy the 4th but the 5th was a little more exciting. We had a fun BBQ get-together with the Avery families

Ty really likes Swings. It almost put him to sleep I need one in the apartment.

It was good to finally get a picture of the Avery babies!

Claire is a little out numbered I think

Claire and Coulson. They're pretty much boyfriend and girlfriend and super cute.

Take me out to the ball game!

We went to our first offical pro-sports game in Ohio. We saw the indians play the nationals last week. It was a lot of fun. I think Ty enjoyed himself for the most part, except when anyone cheered.

We Moved!

It's been a little crazy these last few months. Nothing like a crazy job search to keep you on your toes. Todd found a job and recieved an offer from a great company called Avery Dennison (office products, etc.) and was accepted into their leadership program. Avery has many locations across the country but California it the only thing they have out west. So you can guess my excitement when I thought we were going to be headed to L.A. area but turns out we felt we needed to be in Ohio at this time. We're in Painesville Ohio which is about ten minutes north-east of Kirtland. It is beautiful here. I love the area and people. Our ward is amazing and we've met several other younger couples in our same complex that are also members and in the Avery leadership program. So far we love it here and are excited to be entering into the "grown-up" stage of our lives.

Valentines day weekend!

We went to Provo for Valentines weekend. Ty really wanted to see his Gramma and Granpa Christensen. We all stayed at Grammy and Grandpa Greats house and enjoyed delicious dinners and the company of Layne and Cheryl and family. While we were there Tyson really showed his smiles off. He even smiled when he was reading the paper with Todd. We had a fun time visiting with Bri and Craig even with Bri's little scare of false labor. Congratulations Briana and Craig! It was a great weekend.

Our Growing Boy

I can't believe how fast Ty is growing. He keeps getting cuter everyday. I know every mother says this but Ty is seriously the cutest baby ever. He went for his first walk this week. Tyson has only been outside three times and this week he went for his first stroller ride. I don't really know if he liked it, I couldn't tell but he sure looked cute in his stroller.