Hi Grandma Becki!

Dear Grandma Becki,

I love Grandma Becki more than Mars but I don't know.  Lots more places but I don't know...San Diego, Guatemala...I don't know any more.  I miss you more than even farther than Mars.  I miss you.  I wanted to go to your house yesterday but we couldn't 'cause Ty's sick.  We went to Moab.  I want to go with  you there again.  To Moab.  I want to play for the whole day and for the whole night.  I want to swim in the pool with you for two years.  I hiked the whole way to Delicate Arch and the whole way back.  I love Grandma Becki.  

Love,

Nathan

Portraits of Ty

Nate and Brett were snowblowing the driveway this morning, and Ty was standing at the front window watching them.  I took some portraits of Ty in the natural light.  Here are some of the cutest ones:

A great big Ty smile

Ty with a ball- (his favorite word)

Another Ty smile

Watching Daddy and Nate

Classic Ty smirk!

A cow says "Moooo"

Hey look, my finger fits in here just perfect!

Classic Ty scowl

Happy Birthday, Grandma Becki!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA BECKI!!

We had so much fun going to Grandma Becki's birthday party.  Nathan was super excited because he got to go inside Grandma Becki's house!  We had fun visiting Grandma, playing cars with Grandpa Kim, eating yummy popcorn while watching Finding Nemo and having birthday cake!  What a great party!  The best part was just being able to be with Grandma Becki again.

Dear Grandma Becki,

I love you!  It was your birthday on Tuesday.  You opened your presents.  You didn't get very many.  I love Grandma Becki.  We went to your house and we went inside.  And we had cake and popcorn.  I had fun all the way up to the moon and the stars.  

Love,

nathan

"Blowing out" the candles on Grandma Becki's birthday cake

Grandma Becki came to visit!

We are SOOOOO happy that Grandma Becki can see us again! We had a great big surprise on Thursday when she and Shellie came to our house on the way home from the hospital! Nate and Tyler got big huge hugs from Grandma. Nathan was so excited to play with Grandma and show her his new kitchen. We can't wait to see her again soon!

I love you to Mars

Dear Grandma Becki,

I got some some planets to put on my wall by my bed!  We got them for Christmas.  They make me think of Grandma Becki just cause I love her all the way to Mars Mars Mars.  I got some  planets for you to put on your  wall on your bed so that it makes me happy forever.  When Grandma Becki looks at the planets she's gonna think of me.  Cause she loves me so much all the way past Mars.

I love Grandma Becki.  I got a Diego toothbrush and a bouncing thing that goes up and down, a Lightning McQueen thing that Brookie and Ryan gave to me.  Tyler and I got a kitchen and I got some food and I got a toaster.  And Ty Guy got a grinder thing but it doesn't work.  (It's a toy blender, and Nate is disappointed that it doesn't  really chop stuff up!)  Santa Claus came to our house to town.  "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake...." (he started singing the whole song here)  We wrapped our presents and Ty Guy got diggers and I got a sword and a gun.  

I want to talk to you on the phone right now.  It makes me happy when I talk to Grandma Becki.  We're going to play with our new kitchen that we got for Christmas from Mommy and Daddy for me and Ty Guy.  

I hope you could get better forever so that you can play with me and we can go see her again.  I love you, Grandma Becki!  I want to talk on the phone to you forever!  I can't stop talking on the phone til you get better.  I love you all the way up to Mars all the way up to the planets.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

nathan

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Grandma Becki! We love you!!! We missed you SOOO much this year. We want to give you a little taste of our Christmas celebration:

Mary and Joseph

"the little Lord Jesus no crying he makes"!

Excitement on Christmas morning

Who's the center of attention?

Stockings

Jake has a new friend

Ty loves the new kitchen

Nate loves his race cars from Grandma and Grandpa

Opening presents with Gma Jones

Reading books with Aunt Brookie

Since you didn't get to be here for the opening of presents, we took a short video of Ty opening his present from you:

We love you, Grandma!  Hang in there- we'll see you soon.  Lots and lots of hugs and kisses!

Your boys

Look who's walking!

So Ty finally decided he was ready to walk. I know he's been able to do it for a while now, but he just preferred crawling or knee-walking. Well, on Friday, he decided to start walking and now he's a real walkin' man! We think he must have been practicing behind our backs, because all of a sudden, he's up and across the room- no problem at all!