Six baby!

I don't know if Tyler and I ever officially met. He started coming to my church when he was in the seventh grade and I thought he was SO cute. But he paid me no mind. And, as time went on, I became the one that gave him zero attention. We met somewhere in the middle sometime during high school and became good friends. After he graduated, he served a mission in Moscow Russia for 2 years and I went on with my senior year never expecting to see him again. But we stayed connected. I wrote him on his mission, nothing mushy, just seeing how his experiences in Russia were and if he had any awesome stories, which he did.
When he got home it took about two weeks and we were dating. And he was the funnest, sweetest person to date. I don't think a day went by with out a note on my car or some sort of kind gesture. We dated for a year and in June 2005 we got hitched in the Billings temple. Its been six years, we have two beautiful children, a business and we are still in love. Crazy!! :) I am a lucky woman to be married to Tyler. He is funny. He is kind. He is romantic. And I love him. Cheers to six!

We spend our anniversary at the Rib in Chop house in Livingston. Such good food.

Here I was pregs with Natalie.

Anniversary pics of year 3 were deleted by yours truly. I am an idiot. And I can't seem to find pics from year 2 so I am thinking we didn't take any. Sad day.

We made it through the 'hardest' first year. Yeah right. What I would give to go back to no children and no mortgage, waitressing and riding bikes everywhere....ah. Also, who's idea was it to save the top of the cake frozen for a year and eat it? Soooooo gross.

Easter Fun

We had a blast having Sammy around to hang out with.

Even though it has been almost 3 weeks since he has been here Jackson

still asks to play with Sammy at Grandma Nay's.

Its gardening time and when we get a sunny day in Montana, we don't mess around.

Although it looks freezing and some of you may be thinking 'Why are these people allowed to have children? They let them be naked in the freezing cold.' It was actually really warm. And the boys were lovin it.

Dads, neked sons, and crocks.

Its just a cheesy smile. He's not actually freezing, I don't think.

Eggs!!!!

Natalie loving her easter basket grass.

She is obviously my daughter.

Jackson got some Toy Story jammies. Which he wants to wear all the time.

We had an easter egg hunt out in our parking lot with George. They loved it.

Dad and Natalie enjoying the sun.

The boys

Jackson and George

at the park

trying to make spring happen.

Cute guys.

Welcome to Paradise!

Here we are at the Bozeman airport about to leave at 5:30 am. Notice that we are painfully white and in need of some serious vitamin D.

And here we are at our resort, I am sure most of you won't be surprised that our first activity was riding bikes around the resort. :) But the resort itself it almost 2 miles from end to end so the bikes were nice.

The beach at our resort was really not impressive. There was seaweed all over the beach and in the water. So when we arrived at this beach down the coast, we were blown away. So beautiful.

Our second activity was renting these little boats and cruising through the 'jungle' to a place where we could snorkel. The boat was fun and the snorkeling was ok. Not the most amazing place for snorkeling but it was still super fun.

Boat driver #1

Boat driver #2

Lounging

I told him to Baywatch it into the water and well, he did.

This was our room. It was really cool. There was a hammock behind those curtains. We had a jacuzzi in our room. And a stocked fridge that we could take freely from.

This was one of the restaurants. I can't remember the name but it was of the Italian flavor. All the food was pretty delicious. But the ceiling was incredible.

Then we went outside to watch the Latin girls dance show. It was pretty saucy, they know how to shake it down here.

They also know how to drink alcohol here.

This is on the top of one of the resort's roof which gave you a view down the beach. Incredible.

They were filming Baywatch actually while we were there and this beach babe let us take her picture, wait, that's me. Nevermind.

All ready for dinner.

The lobby of the 'nicer' part of the resort. No roof because it doesn't snow there.

This was the pool area. That hut behind Ty was a restaurant where we could get endless amounts of food and drinks.

Check out the hottie! This was Xel Ha and we snorkeled behind Tyler and we saw a baracuda and a sting ray. Super sweet.

Twinners!

This was a lagoon where there was a rope swing. There was also a cliff to jump off of into the water. I finally got the courage to do it. I have become such a wuss in my older age. But Tyler did a gainer off of it and he was pretty much a celebrity at the cliff.

Ty's cannon ball into the pool.

This is what I needed the most. Relaxation. There will be more to come but I thought this would be good to start.

Sorry Rach, but Idaho Falls, I freaking hate you.

So, I can't believe our luck, or lack thereof. Early this week we set off for southern adventures. Ty went to Utah to find a budget blind van and I, to Idaho Falls to see Rach and her handsome little guy Henry. We arrive and everything was SO awesome. Rach has an adorable house. She made us feel comfy, fed us crock pot food. The next day we shopped for prom dresses for Chessa, we ate subway, broke lent, watched the bachelor, Emily won! I mean, it couldn't really get any better. But, the next morning we woke up to our new budget blinds van spewing oil out of the engine. The van was busted. So, after that gets sort of solved we head out, way later then exected and the astro van (Tyler's parents van that I drove) starts to smell like oil and bad lights are coming on. We took it to a mechanic and he gave us 3 quarts of oil to get home. We made it home. I guess there could be worse things.

I thought this one was funny because it looks like Olive is

attacking Jackson but really he was having a tantrum on the floor and

Olive was trying to help. Olive is Jackson's new bff.

Our little sweeties.

Before the 'after the final rose ceremony' part completely happy.

Such good acting skills.

Oh she's a diva

Do you see it? The lips? The look? She is such a little diva. And since she got a double ear infection (bless her little heart) she has become a diva. If she wants something, she screams like her arm has been chopped off and the second you pick her up, she's fine. But, she is still a sweet little pea. We got her hair trimmed up already. There wasn't much of a difference we just axed the rat tail she had started up and cleaned up the edges. I LOVE HAVING A GIRL!!

reLENTless, good one eh?

The shirt says it all. However, in the last month I have been accused of being an addict. And the thing is, I deny it. Which usually means, we have a problem. Also, apparently I am going to die of brain cancer AND possibly strokes. So, for Lent this year I am giving up diet coke. Now, I am a mother of two. Lets not get it twisted. I may need a caffeine fix now and then. If I feel the need I can only have coke and/or dr. pepper which will make me second guess taking in 300 some calories only for a quick pick me up. Are we good? Its out there. I have proclaimed it. I have less than 24 hours to guzzle as much as I may think will get me through 40 days. :)

I gotta dollar.

Cousin Brooke was leading the way. They had so much fun. We will miss them when they go back to Texas.

We visited the winter fest where Jackson befriended a sheep. He was getting really close to its face and whispering things to him. It was really cute.

This little dandy is a life saver at this stage of babyhood. Nat really likes it and it keeps her entertained for at least 15 minutes, on a good day.

For Valentines day, Jackson recieved a dollar from his great Grandma Knuckey. So while his cousin Brooke was in town, he decided that he would get her and himself some suckers from Joe's parkway. And the clerk was so nice.