Home for the Holidays

The kids and I made it to Utah!  Ty is busy finishing up at school with exams.  Hopefully, we will have some fun pictures soon! - Zara

Thanksgiving Break

           So far... we are having a great Thanksgiving break.  Having Ty home has been a lot of fun.  The kids are loving it and so am I.  Saturday morning we went to the library book sale.  It was a bit crazy, but so worth it.  You could fill a big bag of books for only five dollars.  We figured we got $1075 worth of great books for only $20. They all look brand new.  Zoey and Zealand have been reading all weekend.  Needless to say, bedtime stories have taking a little longer because Zoey wants us to read ALL the new books.
Saturday afternoon we took the kids swimming at the Butler HRC.  It is a really nice pool, and we all had fun.  We hope to go everyday this coming week!
Ty went to a fly fishing seminar and learned how to cook a turkey in a trash can!  The kids played and I worked on a few sewing projects.
Today, we put Zealand in the nursery at church for his first time. He did great.... for about 20 minutes.  The nursery leader said all of the sudden he looked up from playing and knew we were gone.  He had big crocodile tears when they brought him to me.  He was really very good for the rest of church.  I think he knew if he tried running away we would ditch him again.
Everyone had nap time, then we went on a nice walk.  The weather was perfect!
Ty cooked us a really good steak dinner and made apple crisp.
Kids enjoyed their bath like they do every night.  Now, we are playing roll the ball. (Bubba's favorite)
Tomorrow we are going to the Indianapolis Zoo bright and early to see the dolphin show.  The kids and I go about once a week, but are so excited to get to take daddy.
I am getting excited to go home for the holidays.  We are really going to miss Tyrone for the first part, but it has been great to spend quality time with him. He deserved a good break before finals!
More tomorrow...
-Zara

Annie's Fall Portrait by Jon Williams

We can hardly wait to see Annie at Christmas!  She is growing up to be a very beautiful pup!

Day of Rest

I am relieved my Relief Society lesson went well, and secretly more relieved it is over. So far, we have been having a nice quite Sunday afternoon.  Ty is at the library working on a group paper for school.  I only wish he could be home with us.  Zoey has been watching Legacy and playing American Girl dolls. (which involves a pretty big mess) Lets hope she is just as enthusiastic about cleaning it up. Zealand and I got a much needed nap.  Then I have working on sewing some cute American Girl sized clothes. I have to  admit...  I may love American Girl dolls even more now that I am older. Maybe, it is just fun to have my very own real life American Girl. :)   Well, I am being interrupted by a brown eyed girl asking me to come play dolls. I just can't say no.

-Zara

The Sweet Life

After our nightly ritual of reading books and singing songs, Zealand made my day.  I kissed him (like I do every night) as I was putting him in his crib.  Then he made the cutest kissing sounds back.  After chasing him around all day and dealing with his "teething tantrums" he really is a sweet little guy.
He is definitely a momma's boy!

Then Ty and I enjoyed some quite craft time.  Ty tied flies of course.  The "Hot Butt Cadis" is a must he says to have in your fly box.  & I am sewing a tiny American Girl sized quilt for Zoey's special doll Ruthie. It was very nice to do something we used to do all the time.

Good news we heard... After all  a very long time waiting...  My cousin Ryan and his wife Melanie are adopting a sweet baby girl.
Bad news we heard... Ty's cousin Jon's cancer is more invasive than they originally thought.  We are praying for him, his cute wife, and two small kids.

Our life is good.  We are very thankful this November to be where we are.

-Zara  

Friday The 13th

Today we went to ballet class.  Zoey loves her teacher Ms. Johanna.  Zealand loves to run around with the other little brothers and play with the train table. I met another mom from Utah today.  Her family is here for medical residency.  It was fun to talk to someone from home.  What a small world it is!

Last night, Ty watched the kids so I could go to Relief Society.  It was great to listen to a nice lesson, make  cookie jars, and get to know some sisters in the ward.  Ty and the kids drew Thomas the Tank Engine pictures, had popcorn, and watched Monster's Inc.  Both kids were in bed when I got home.  Thank You Tyrone!  Then, it was nice to watch a new Office episode.  Ty and I  always laugh so hard!  I woke up thinking of Dwight trying to fight himself. That show kills me!

Now, it is nap time and I am going to take advantage of it!

-Zara

Up to Speed

This summer our family moved from Utah to Indiana.  Ty is in the Physician Assistant Program at Butler University.  Zara is a stay at home mom busy with our two children.  Zoey, is four years old and is a great big sister to  Zealand, our one year old.  They love each other very much and we are thankful to be their parents.

We are enjoying living in Indy.  It has been a big change for us, but we are slowly adjusting. Ty is very busy with school, but tries to spend as much time with the family as he can.  I (Zara)  am enjoying doing preschool at home for Zoey.  I also enjoy cooking, sewing, and reading when I can.  Our life right now is pretty much about survival. LOL

Hopefully, we can keep our blog up to date.  In the meantime... Zealand just brought me a book and wants me to read to him :)