making sausage

the 3 hunters and future hunter i'm told...
tyler loves to roam free outside at the grandparents house he was fascinated by the wheel barrow. he pushed it around and picked up every stick that was in his way.

don't you also love the wranglers? how appropriate!

playing with his new dinosaurs

he must have realized his hands were dirty in this photo

eating....

and eating...

reading...

and reading...

i heart my boys!

well you all know my husband is a hunter correct? he likes to hunt for food for his family and then bring it home and give it me to figure out what to do with it--how to cook it that is. a tradition with his dad and uncle is to "process" their deer meet together in diana every spring. well, tyler got to join the men this year to "make sausage." meanwhile, mommy had an amazing 3 day weekend to herself in dallas!!!!! here are some cute pics of him during sausage making weekend in diana.

produce day

every other tuesday tyler and i pick up our bin of fresh produce. tyler loves those days! once we get home, tyler loves to help me "unload" and pretty much take a bite of every piece of fruit or veggie that's in there. it's too cute! he is going to be such a foodie...don't you think? this last tuesday, nana and grand dad were there to watch the show....which is always enjoyable. this is usually when he will eat an entire apple, tomato or pear...seeds and all!

shuz

tyler likes shoes.....

mommy's and daddy's that is....

his new thing is to walk around in our shoes...

it hits a little close to home you know :)

rocking chair

well i'm a little late on this post but tyler has a "new" chair. well, new since christmas that is. i'm just a little tardy on my posting. grand dad hand-made it! tyler loves to sit in it and read or watch his favorite new dvd--boz. thank you grand dad for all your hard work. thought i would post some images of him in it.

snow day...i mean week!

not happy about putting this outfit on mommy!

REALLY not happy riding around in this wagon mommy!

god blessed us with snow and ice last week and so the 3 of us were stranded in our house for about 4 days. it was so beautiful and such a gift from god that we got to have some wonderful family time together. we had so much fun finding things to do around the house as a family. here are some pictures of our time outside. as you can see from the pictures with the "sweet baby" outfit on, tyler really did NOT enjoy the snow that much. maybe because he accidentally face-planted into the snow the first 20 seconds he stood in it :( it was very sad. needless to say, he refused to stand in it the next several days....he wanted to be carried or wheeled around in his wagon.

play dates with friends

my little cowboy!!! these are cousin alli's boots and tyler's hat from aunt holly.
howdy ma'am!

cousin matt and the little ham smiling for the camera! i mean how little chadwick is he in this ph0to?????

when chad gets him undressed for bed, sometimes they like to play "incredible hulk" as they "tear" off his clothes. he is showing off his cute trick from matt and alli in this photo. sorry it's a little blurry but i had to add it anyway :)

sometimes he sees me in my shower cap...no comment...this is a tupperware cover he found in our cabinets and put it on his head to imitate mommy...ha!

we love to have play dates with bliss and jacey. here tyler and jacey are cooking up some dinner for me :) tyler offering some water to jacey...sweet boy. tyler and kai painting! i've got to get him one of those bibs! quite the artist!

tyler and asher watching toy story while mommy and daddy socialize with amber and aaron during a "snow day" last week.

this is my very special christmas present from my so sweet husband!

now i can wear my boys around my neck!

we can't believe it's the new year! tyler is just growing and developing so much every day. it is such a blessing and an honor to be his little mommy. god has big plans for him in his kingdom...i know this for sure! he still brings joy to all those around him. we've been trying to interact with our friends recently which is great for me and tyler. i didn't realize tyler could/would paint until we had a play date with jae and kai and he loved it. i proceeded to go to ikea to get tyler his own little play table---which we have been using to eat at as well...yes, the whole family likes to sit at this 20" high table and eat...a funny picture indeed!

christmas 2010

christmas day at the lyons
the 3 of us christmas morning

looking into his stocking

tyler loved to bring presents from under the tree in the living room to me sitting next to the fire. it was too cute!

yes, those are sock monkey pj's the 3 of us at palestine christmas

christmas with the frantzens at our house

we had a wonderful and extremely relaxing christmas this year. we wanted to make it all about jesus!!!! tyler really enjoyed opening presents and all the attention and people around him. he is such a little joy giver still to everyone he's around.