BABY

Just wanted to throw in a quick post and let everyone know that we are expecting our second child. We are due in June.

Dancing Daddy, Reposted

You've been asking for it....Here it is!!! Tyler's Dancing Dad Contest Video I know it was a while ago but we were finally able to figure out how to upload the video. Enjoy!!

Used Razor Blades

I was on a flight last week and just had to take a picture of this for you. The bathroom has a spot for razor blades! I immediately thought of Jerry Seinfeld and one of his best routines:

“I'll tell you what place I like in the plane: It's that little bathroom. I go in there, even if I don't have to go. I like it in there, that's like your own little apartment on the plane. You go in there, you close the door, the light comes on after a second, it's always like a little surprise party. I feel good in there. I feel like I look good in that mirror, too. Is it me, am I crazy ? I think that's a flattering mirror, in the airplane bathroom. I don't know, it's something with the lighting or something. Tiny toilet, tiny light, tiny sink, tiny soap dispenser. Tiny slot for “used razor blades." That's always there. Who is shaving on the plane? And shaving so much, they're using up razor blades? What have you got? The Wolfman flying here?”

Cruise to the Bahamas!!!!! Part Two

We weren't able to get all our stories and pictures into one blog, so here it goes again.


To the Right, is our Picture Frame photo. The sun is in our eyes, so it was hard to focus well. Left in the Picture is the 14 story Carnival Imagination. The Ship was a lot of fun, but we both agreed that Royal Caribean is a better cruise line for service, food, and Ship Rockiness. Tyler was brave enough to enter the hairy chest man competition. Loriann was the biggest fan, though he lost to the Hairy Old Man named Angel.


Here is the wonderful shot of Loriann and the Blue and Green Water. The water was so clear, that the Seaweed would change the colors throughout the Beaches. That is the same Lighthouse in the background as other pictures.


Tyler is swimming in the warm water. He found many neat looking fish and a few beer bottles at the sea bottom. Those swimming goggles came in handy. He was also able to find this ten foot ledge that was lots of fun to jump off into the water. The soft white sand cushioned the falls. The local people showed him the way.

This is our formal night. Our Dinner group had lots of great ideas about strategies in Gambling. Our great strategy is to never do it. We have never lost a dime to any gambling money so far, which is better than most people can say. Each couple were so nice and we had lots of great dinner conversations.

Cruise to the Bahamas!!!!!

Last Weekend, we took an amazing adventure to the Bahamas!!!
We had so much fun and were able to celebrate right before our 3rd Anniversary. Each Picture has a great story behind it as well.

Before getting on the Boat, we needed to get to Miami, Florida. Trying to save the money, we decided to take 3 connecting overnight flights. The first one started at about 1am Phoenix time. We got to Atlanta, GA at 6am. We then left from there to Jacksonville, Florida. Atlanta was real foggy coming into town, so we had some delays departing to Jacksonville. Delta had some neat monitors above the Tray Tables that let you know arrival times. When we finally took off from Atlanta, the estimated arrival time for the connecting flight was 20 minutes after Jacksonville's Departure. We both said prayers in our heart to speed up the plane. Someone was looking out for us luckily, because we arrived about 15 minutes before the connecting flight took off. We tried to get off the plane as quick as we could and ran across the small airport to make our connecting flight just in time. This picture is the Third plane from Jacksonville to Miami, which had very loud propellers. We got to the Boat in time and had some great times from there that were much more relaxing.

This picture is regarding our Karokee experience. The people all around us didn't get up very quickly, so Tyler was the first one. He sang "Our Song" by Elton John. Lori got up soon after and sang "What I think about you." Interestingly, this song had a 26 MEASURE break in the middle. Tyler joked to the people next to him that she could have ran around the boat and got back in time to finish the song. Instead, she shook some good moves on the Dance Floor to impress the BOYS, mostly Tyler though.

As we sailed into the Harbor, We took this Beautiful picture with the small Lighthouse in the Background. It was about 9am, so we were just waking up for breakfast as well.

This picture was taken at one of the Forts with much of the Downtown Nassau area in the Background. We took a Historical Sites tour and learned much about the economy. Their Gas Prices are still around $4.50/gallon. I'm glad that's over for now in Mesa.

Also in the Background is the Atlantis Hotel and Casino. There is a small arch in the Hotels. Those rooms in the Arch cost around $25,000 per night with a 7 night minimum vacation. Too expensive for us.

Tyler fit his head into a Cannon. Some others were looking for gun powder to shoot him back to America.

TAGGED by my cousin NaTaLie

So I'm a novice at the tagging thing, but here goes nothing:

7 RANDOM/WEIRD FACTS ABOUT ME

#1 I claim two hometowns - AZ and UT no particular cities

#2 I have never seen the movie Titanic

#3 I love dressing up in costumes for anything and everything

#4 After this Saturday, I will have helped all three of my best friends move this year- one to Utah, one to Phoenix, and one to Gilbert - but at least one stayed close!

#5 I drive the speed limit, hoping to save a few extra bucks on gas

#6 I am allergic to the juice found on crab legs, but can still eat the legs if someone else cracks them open for me.

#7 My daughter, Kaylin, and I have almost identical nicknames - mine is Rae-Ray and hers is Kay-Rae. These were bestowed on us by my brother-in-law Jesse and yes there is a story behind them. Ask me sometime.

Allright I'm done ---NOW I TAG:

1. Kamarah

2. Julia

3. Alissa

4. Tiffany

5. Claudia

6. Lisa

7. Amber

Halloween Pics

Here's our little family all decked out for Halloween. Lori is a pink lady from the movie Grease, Tyler is Tiger Woods and Kaylin is Superbaby. You can see Kaylin chowing down on Candy.

Kaylin is showing off her "super" moves in these pictures. We fondly called these moves "the superbaby."

Here you can see her costume up close and personal.

This last picture is of Lori's parents. They are dressed as Gandolf from Lord of the Rings and Gandolf's wife that was never mentioned.

StAtE FAiR

TyLer, KAylin, and I went to the State Fair yesterday with Tyler's Dad.

KaYliN had fun feeding the aNiMaLs at the Petting Zoo.

KaYLin was a little scared, but she and DaDdy made it down the Big SLide safely.











Here she is in the KId ZoNe. She had a blast riding that kid bike. I had to help at times so she didn't get run over by the older kids.

On DadDy's shoulders waiting for the "HuMaN SpEeD BuMp" demonstration. The guy doing it was trying to break his record by being run over by 8 trucks. He broke his record, but also got injured. The trucks were supposed to run over his stomach and the last one ran over his legs. They had to take him to the hospital.

We also saw the FiGUre 8 RaCIng in the Grandstand. KAYlin wasn't even scared by all the noise.

All TiRed OUt!

It's GAUDY day!

As some of you know, my work likes to celebrate strange

"holidays." Friday, was 'Wear Something Gaudy Day.' So here I am with my over the top hair, lots of jewelry and mismatched clothes.

Happy 18 Months

These are our most recent pictures of our daughter, Kaylin. She was 18 mths in September.

PoTaTo PaL

So my work is kinda crazy and we celebrate all kinds of Holidays like "Tooth Fairy Day" "Jump for Jellybeans Day" etc. The latest is Potato Day, so my boss had us all decorate a potato for the contest tomorrow. Here's my creation.

THUMB SUCKING AAAHH!!

So Kaylin is now 18 months and we have decided to try and wean her from thumb sucking, a tall order, I know. So the doctor gave us "Mavala Stop" to use. You basically put it on like nail polish on her thumbs. The doctor said to do it while she's sleeping. Yesterday she had fallen asleep in her car seat on the way home, so I decided to put the Mavala Stop on before I put her in bed. That was a TERRIBLE IDEA cause she kinda woke up, put her thumb in her mouth and started screaming and crying. The taste must be Horrible since she threw up three times and wouldn't take a nap. She did suck her thumb less, but hopefully we won't have to use it very long.

Missing Purse Dilemma

Hey all again!! Tyler has been doing the posting for the last little while, so I thought it was time for me to write again.

A few Thursdays ago I had a nightmare when my purse went missing. I took my car to the shop and somehow between my time at the shop and my next stop, McDonalds, my purse went missing. My mom had picked me up from the car repair shop and we had my sister's two kids and my daughter, Kaylin, with us. I noticed I didn't have my purse when we were going into McDonald's, but figured it was in the car. It wasn't in the car when we came out and it wasn't at the car place either (we called and Tyler went and checked my car and the shop). I was also watching my friend's son, Shane, a little later on, so at one point my mom and I were taking care of four kids and trying to get things straightened out. Tyler and I had tons of fun changing accounts and ordering new cards of just about everything. Luckily, no money was taken.

Sleepwalking like a pro!!!

Lately, Kaylin has been feeling just a bit under the weather. It always happens when I get a little bit busy too. I was doing the Grant Thorton Footsteps Experience. That 3 day event was a real introduction to the company and helped a few of us college students see what was available in the future. It went 3 days and consisted of some dinners and such too.

Anyway, Kaylin couldn't go to sleep very well, so I held her in the bean bag. Those of you who have been to our house know that the bean bag is down stairs. Well, I must have fallen asleep, because I woke up in the bed next to my wife. I asked Lori where the baby was in the first few minutes. I guess I sleptwalked by carrying the baby there. That would have consisted of getting out of the bag, openning the baby gate, walking two small flights of stairs, putting her in the crib, and getting in bed next to my wife with no tripping or loud sounds.

It's a mystery I can't explain.

The Greatest Swim Race Ever!!!

Many of you probably saw the Men's 4X100 Meter Relay on Sunday Night. I felt as if this was the greatest Race I have seen. When America came back to win it in the last couple meters, I shouted so loud. I'm surprised the baby didn't wake up. That showed lots of heart, and American Pride. This will be one of the greatest Olympic moments That I'll Remember for sure.

In case you missed it, here's a link to the NBC broadcast. It's Fabulous.

Enjoy!!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0811_HD_SWB_HL_L0194

The Office All Nighter

Tyler Speaking. You know how people can't put down a good book. I dont read to many books, so putting down a good TV Show was hard for me. Thursday, I went to buy The Office, Season 3 around 10PM at Target, along with some Strawberry Milk. That Milk must of had some strong caffine or something because I almost watched the whole season all night. Around 6:30AM, I decided to take a small 2 hour nap and watch a bit more episodes before getting to work at my usual start time of 11:00 AM. The next night was some good sleeping to say the least.

Here is the Gorilla Baby

So we have these monkees that can wrap around things, so we thought, why not the baby. Enjoy the pics and go Suns!!!

Swim, Swim, Swim

Kaylin and I have been doing Mom/Tot swim lessons on Saturdays this summer. I finally convinced Tyler to come this last time so that I could get some pictures. Kaylin can get crabby at lessons, but she didn't fuss as much this last time. So far she has learned to put her head under water, float on her back (with her legs in the air much of the time) and move from back to tummy and vice versa. She can hold onto the side by herself and can climb out of the pool using the stairs (and a little assistance). She hasn't quite got the hang of blowing bubbles and kicking her arms and legs yet, but I'm sure she'll manage it later on.

California...Here we go again!!

Yep, yet another Cali vacation. Tyler and I went to Six Flags and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. These pictures are in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theater along the walk of fame. We watched "Get Smart" at this theater. I was asleep part of the movie, since it started at 10:30pm, my normal bedtime. Kaylin had fun with both sets of grandparents in Arizona, while we were gone.

PARTY On and GOLF's the Thing

Kaylin and I got our party on this last Saturday at my work mid-year party. It was held at Kiwanis Park and though hot, was a lot of fun. Kaylin is just learning to walk in shoes and had fun exploring.



Meanwhile, Tyler and his Dad were at the US Open Golf Tournament at Torrey Pines in California. He followed Phil Mickelson around a bit and also watched Tiger Woods eagle the 18th hole. As Tyler puts it, [this was] "A once in a lifetime chance."

~ Our Trip to Cali ~

I have been chastised for not updating our blog enough, so ...

Tyler had such fun doing the dancing dad thing that we are hoping to be able to post the video here for everyone to see. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it to post.

Tyler, Kaylin, and I went on a trip to the San Jose area of California last week (May 17-20). We visited some of the people he knew on his mission, but we also did a lot of sightseeing as well. We have trouble with our camera eating batteries so we didn't get as many pics as we would have liked. Check out some of the pics we did get below. The pics under our names on the right are also from this trip.




Kaylin and Lori in front of the Giant Artichoke


Kaylin and Lori at the Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co.


Tyler and Kaylin doing Superbaby. Kaylin loves this! This picture is at Alcatraz.


At the Santa Cruz Wharf


Tyler in Muir Woods - such a pretty place


Tyler and Kaylin at the Santa Cruz Beach


With the Heshmatpours from Tyler's mission - Yep we were burned to a crisp