Paige is Three!!!

My Paigey turned three. She is such a big girl. Just ask her! We started out the festivities on Friday when we went to Salt Lake and Aunt Christy took her to Build a Bear and she got to make her own teddy bear.

Saturday Grandpa and Grandma Frederickson came down to celebrate her biggness. We had a really good time with them.

On Monday we had her actual birthday and yet another party. She had been talking for weeks about how wonderful her princess party was going to be. She had it all planned out and I wasn't even aware that we were having a princess party. Since she went to the work to plan it, I decided I better try to carry out her plans.

We had Grandpa and Grandma Stevens, Scott, Becky, Aubree and Sydney, Abby and Rachel and our family here for the party. We started by going sledding at Syracuse High School. I actually think Paige had about the most fun. She just kept going down the hill the trudging back up to do it again. We all had a great time sledding. Brock even had fun going down with Cody and I.

After sledding we went back to our house and all the little girls dressed up as princesses. Ty couldn't be left out so he put on his spiderman costume.


Cody rigged up a pinata. We thought it would break really fast, but it just couldn't be broken. All the kids had about 3 chances to hit the thing. Grandma even gave it a wack. Finally it just fell off the rope and it was all out war for the candy.


We unwrapped presents and had dinner with cake and ice cream a little later.


It was a long party, but we are so glad to have our Paige. She is even starting to go on the potty.

We love our Paige so much. She brings such joy into our lives. She is the cuddliest little girl in the world. She is so tender-hearted and always needs to know we love her. We are so glad to have Paige in our lives.

Hardware Ranch

A few weeks ago we went to Hardware Ranch in Hyrum to see the elk. We had a great time seeing all the elk. The kids loved it. Later we drove around Logan a bit and drove by our old house. I can't believe we ever fit in that small house.

That afternoon and evening we went to Michael and Stacie's house just to hang out. It was a great way to spend a Saturday!

Family Pictures

Becky did our family pictures again this year. I am really happy with them. I have never actually taken my kids to a professional photographer, but when I can get pictures like this why should I? Ages of everyone: Ty - 4 1/2, Paige - almost 3, Brock - 18 months

Getting BIG!

Where did the time go? My baby is getting so big! He is such a sweet little boy. I don't know what we would do without him!!!

Peaches

Peaches right off the tree are my favorite food. They are just like candy. I LOVE a good peach. I do believe that the main reason for this passion for peaches is not only because they taste like heaven, but they always bring back so many memories for me. My Grandpa owned a peach orchard in Orem when I was little. One of my favorite trips to Grandpa and Grandma's house each year was when everyone got together to pick peaches. I was to little so I got to play with all my cousins. It just didn't get any better than playing with cousins with minimal adult supervision and being able to eat peaches until you were just sick to your stomach.

Consequently, when we moved to Syracuse one of my first orders of business was to put in a peach tree. This is our third summer and we finally have peaches. I cannot wait until they are ready to pick. I caught Brock touching one the other day and I let him know how important it was to leave the peaches alone. Those are only for Mom's hands! I have 30 peaches and I am impressed with myself that I haven't named them all.

Playing House

I love to hear Ty and Paige playing together. They like to play pirates, cars, little people, restaurant etc. However, my favorite is when they play house. It always goes something like this:

Ty: Paigey, let's play house. You be the mom and I'll be the dog.

Paige: Okay!

Ty then proceeds to get down on all fours and crawl around the house barking. Paige follows him giving him orders in her sweet little mom voice. Ty usually ends up in his "doghouse" which is some place they have made up.

It always catches me off-guard when Ty says he wants to be the dog. I am always expecting him to say the dad. I don't know if this is something against Cody or just a healthy fear of being married to his sister. Anyway, it makes me laugh every time.

I love seeing them play together. If the moon aligns just right and it hasn't rained recently and it is during the 2nd week of the month Ty and Paige get along splendidly. I treasure those days!

Ty's 4th Birthday

Ty had his 4th birthday on June 25. I can't believe my little boy is 4 years old. He lets me know that he is now big. I cannot refer to him as my little boy without a bit of a reprimand from him. We had a great day on his birthday. Aubree and Sydney came over and we got out the pool. They had a lot of fun playing in the water.

When Cody got home we opened presents and had birthday cake. Ty loves GeoTrax. He has been telling me for quite a while that Alex (his friend) has the airplane. That is what he got for his present was an airplane and bridge to drive it around. We was excited about his presents, but nothing was quite as exciting as his cake. He wanted a Spiderman cake. I am not the best at cake making so I opted for a normal cake with a spiderman toy on it. He could not have been more pleased with his cake. He didn't want to open presents. He just wanted to blow out his candles so he could play with the spiderman toy. He doesn't even like cake. He would be fine with a big spoonful of frosting!

It was so much fun to celebrate him and remember all the wonderful things about him. He is such a good helper. He is getting so he will help me with things and it is actually helpful. He loves Brock so much. I just see a bond there that is so fun. They love to play together. Ty loves Paige even though he says he doesn't, he wouldn't know what to do with himself if she weren't there. They are good little playmates most of the time.

We are so lucky to have Ty in our family. He is a very sweet, good boy that always tries to do what is right.