man day....or father's day for those of you that don't know what man day is...

who invented camo....really?
tyler with a paddle. he was in a boat you know riding around the store :)

wrestling the big fish....

killing the big fish.....

taking names later.....and resting....for about 2 seconds :)

tyler playing in the big tent daddy wants mommy to sleep in with him :)

my boys

yummy....

every one's happy

chad and tyler received a BIG surprise from me this past weekend for father's day...a trip in the truck to the new cabela's AND in and out burger!!! and i have to say i think tyler enjoyed it even more than daddy :) we walked into cabela's or really i should say tyler ran into cabela's, looked up at about 15 "stuffed" as i call them animal heads on the wall and yelled...."ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................deeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrr!!!" it was hilarious because everyone within about 20 yards could hear and see this screaming happy child and just smiled :) the frantzen's have arrived people. tyler ran around shouting out every possible animal name he knew. chad and i agreed we have not seen him that excited about anything...ever! maybe he can work there one day :)

then we sat in the drive through (for only 20 minutes) to get our burgers (animal style thanks to the davis's) and fries from in out out and went home to eat our burgers with a good bottle of wine...of course :) they boys devoured their burgers....and yes, i killed my burger as well :)

play date

the boys just chillin.....
my sweet precious friend courtney came over the other day to swim. of course before our 2 boys were born...we liked to discuss our fun shopping findings and of course we still do. can you tell we spoke about this precious little bathing suit beforehand :)

august and tyler had such a blast in the pool together...of course after they BOTH took 2 1/2 hour naps at my house :) what an amazing day for courtney and i to just sit by the pool, drink some skinny ritas and chat about anything and everything. i heart courtney!

tyler turned 2...

i love this shot of oliver with the balloons....

having fun...

the engineers trying to put a nemo kite together...perfectly and with no flaws of course :)

got it up....

tyler loves to encourage others by clapping...he also likes to clap for himself :) especially after happy birthday is sung.

sweet jacey and tyler holding hands. they are leading each other to the party. so cute!

now she's telling him about her big orange balloon...and tyler is giddy :)

wow they are just too cute i can barley stand it!!!!!!!!!!!

just enjoying the day...and the grass.

i love it when tyler kisses me. it makes my heart smile :)

on may 13th 2011! what a milestone i have to say. he is just the most precious little joy giver and i'm so blessed to have tyler as my sweet little son. i adore him!!! i can't say enough what god is showing me through him. a little angel made in god's image. what an honor to raise him.

every day is a new exciting adventure with him. what more can i say :)

we decided to have tyler's 2nd birthday party at flag pole hill. god provided the most beautiful day and the perfect picnic tables were available when we arrived to set up. god is good and he definitely showed up!

everyone had such a wonderful time, flying kites, eating, running around and just celebrating life. it really was perfect! happy birthday to our sweet boy!

california trip

tyler wanted to come with us in our suitcase....not so much my sweet boy...mommy and daddy time!!

at the biltmore four seasons in santa barbara

our view from our room at pismo beach

yummy! mama's happy!

in our convertible. good thing we rented one and god provided beautiful weather the entire trip! i needed that scarf....trust me :)

our view from our little house in santa ynez

chad had to rig us some coffee out of 2 water bottles and some tongs. he'll do anything for a hot cup of joe and a great glass of wine you know :)

beautiful horse

in the vineyard behind our house...at meadowlark vineyards by the way.

lovey dovey husband :)

my man who fights for his family....

getting ready for date night

um yes....the loot from our trip...some might say we were successful :)

sweet husband surprised me recently with a festive trip to a part of the california wine country we had not yet visited...santa barbara and paso robles wine regions. we flew into LA and then drove up the coast. we stopped at the four seasons biltmore @ santa barbara for me to show chad around the property (i had worked on it when i first started working at pdp and it is one of my favorite properties.) we had delicious wine and appetizers while watching the sun set over the ocean....amazing! then we drove on to pismo beach where we stayed for 2 nights while we drove around the paso robles region. then we ended our stay at an amazing little house in a vineyard surrounded by mountains, horses and grapes. i mean really....how bad can that be :) our trip consisted of lots of driving through the beautiful mountains/vineyards, eating, chatting about life and of course DRINKING lots of delicious wines!!! chad and i just cherish our time together like this. thank you sweet husband for always putting me and our relationship first!!!! i love you!

Easter 2011

the whole family easter afternoon
in his cute new hat

daddy put this sticker on tyler in the morning before church

we spent easter afternoon at my parents house. we had a delicious lunch and then sat around chatting all afternoon. it was super fun! and even more special to have peggy, sarah and matt & alli over as well!

bike riding

tyler loves daddy's truck!
the boys

hello!

i'm sorry i have been extremely delinquent in updating this. it's obviously not my first priority to do these days. however, i do know some of you like to see what we've been up to. i'm going to post some things that have been going on during the past few months. this happened maybe around April and was tyler's first time to ride in his little attached "cart" behind daddy's bike. we were shocked at how well he loved it. the only thing that bothered him was the helmet in that it kept covering his eyes when he laid his head back in the cart. we rode up to the lake, played at the park up there and then came home and had a super fun family morning that day!!!