Random fun Pictures!

Sweeping is one of Tylita's favorite chores. She always begs to help and I just can't turn down that smile!!!

The joy of the dollar store. Snazzy!!! I would also like to say how proud I am of my brother he is going on his mission in 2 months!!!

I promised Katie I would post this picture ages ago. It is really cute and worthy of a post. Thanks Katie!!!

This is a goofy picture of my other sister in law. I just need to say how much I enjoy my sisters in law. They make that family sweet!

up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down

Once Tylita makes a goal to be able to do something she practices until it is perfect. Lately it is stairs. Not just crawling the stairs, she concurred that before she was walking. No this is walking up and down the stairs. She wants to practice going up and down them 20 times everyday. The clincher is that her legs aren't long enough to do it by herself. She is so cute when she grabs my finger and guides me over to the stairs, I know what her intention is. I am proud of her motivation and perseverance. I pray she will apply those to many other things she does in her life. Until then if you are looking for me I might just be doing stairs.

My Own Book about Us?

I like to climb in everything. Including where the dolls belong!

My Grandpa made this chair for me when my mommy was my size. It is perfect!

This smile is perfect for every situation!
So I was talking to a friend today who told me how easy it is to make my blog into a book. That is motivation for updating more often. No need to print all the pictures myself, then wala! The memories are preserved on paper for everyone to enjoy. I will definitely update more often now. Any avid Bond blog followers now have something to follow. Cheers!

Tylita performing

Playing around

This outfit was Jenni's when she was little.

Riding horses with daddy's cousins in Washington.

Here we are at a park along the Snake River in Lewiston, ID. Tylita has one of her favorite snacks.


Daddy taught Tylita how to throw rocks in the water. (He's probably going to regret that.) She sat here and threw rocks in the water for 15 min, she loved it!

Update on the Adventure!

I really feel like the adventure continues at such a rapid pace I never have time to sit down at the computer to check my email let alone blog. It is sad because I take lots of cute pictures but you never see them because I can't sit down long enough. I don't know how many read this who I don't talk to anyway but decided to post just to see. Brad lost his job and then miraculously got a different job with the same company. He has been doing that for 2 weeks now and likes it 90% better.

Tylita and I have so much fun at home the days fly by. It was warmer in January than in December so we have been outside a lot. Tylita's hands get COLD but she doesn't know it. She runs and runs and runs. She runs away from the cat, she runs up and down the lane, she runs around the trampoline and then runs some more. Yes I am proud!

Speaking of running I am also happy with myself. I have stayed in okay shape this winter, so far. It is nice to have warmer weather and people to go with. One of my new years resolutions is to get more flexible. I have already seen improvement in that area. I still have a long ways to go. My toes are still hard to reach!!!

We are enjoying the ride, Jenni =)

Monkey see monkey do

It's the simple things in life that you enjoy the most, like graham crackers in milk. Daddy was dipping his graham crackers in his milk with Tylita on his lap. She had her own cup of milk, but she wanted to do what daddy was doing, so she decided to share daddy's milk with him. She dipped her graham crackers in daddy's milk too, it was a big success.

Although she wanted to hang upside-down like mommy, we vetoed that idea. She seemed content to swing with mommy. What a fun little monkey!

We love living out in the country! Grandpa has 4 acres to explore and roam around on. We love the telephone pole swing in the back yard, and the trampoline is Tylita's favorite! We are so blessed to live here.

On a somewhat lighter note, I got laid off on Monday. It was bitter sweet, I didn't enjoy the manual labor, but it was good experience and it paid the bills. They laid off the whole crew, they told us to go collect unemployment for the next 3 months and we could start back up again in April. After the big meeting, the boss pulled me into his office and said "you have a unique skill set that I don't want to lose, I want to try and give you some part time work with the Landscape Architect"......well if you don't want to lose me then why did you just lay me off? He said he would give me a call. When? How much? Will I move into a professional position from there? Since I haven't worked long enough to qualify for unemployment benefits, it's back to the job hunt again.

Greybull, WY

So, here I am again in Greybull, WY. It's warmer this time, it gets up to 15 degrees during the day! Last time we were here we spent 10 days away from home, this time we'll only spend 5. Being gone all the time makes me appreciate Jenni and Tylita more, I miss them. They are the greatest joy in my life. Thanks to all those who take care of them while I'm gallivanting around the west.

Birthday pics

After a while she warmed up to the cake idea.

A couple of matching table dancers. Tylita's aunt made these dresses, aren't they cute!

Tylita got a bunch of new toys for her birthday, after opening one she wanted to play with it and got mad at us when we took it away so she could open another present. After a while her cousin Kaden had to help her open presents.

Birthday Baby

She had her first birthday on Aug. 30th. It's been a fun year! We had a big party with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Before everyone came over we did a photo shoot outside, some of the pictures turned out cool.

Here's Tylita in her wagon, she likes to ride in it as we walk down the lane to check the mail.

She was a little excited to play on the trampoline!

Grrrrrrr!!

Caught red handed! Somebody left the graham crackers out where the partners in crime could find them. This picture wasn't part of her birthday, but it's cute.

She's not quite sure what to think about this cake thing.

More Fun

Grandpa and Grandma Bean brought Spencer up for a few days. We had a lot of fun fishing, ATVing and goofing off. While we were at the Prine Bridge in Twin Falls 4 guys jumped off and paraglided down. We watched them from this look out point.

Tylita had fun with Grandpa Bean and his ATVs.

Here's James with one of the two walleye that he accidentally caught. I caught significantly more fish than him. It's good to be back in Idaho where I can stomp James in fishing again!

We multiplied.

Idaho Fun

We've been playing so much here that we haven't had time for the computer, the news, and other boring things like that. We've been fishing, camping, hiking, and mountain biking. We're trying to cram all the fun in we can before we grow up and get a job.

While driving on the freeway we saw some tourists from California, it looks like they found this canoe on the side of the road and strapped it to their van.

When Denver and Emma came to visit we took them to Shoshone Falls, it's about 5 min from our house along the Snake River.


We drove up to the south hills and explored some of those roads. Tylita loves being outside, she's definitely our daughter!

Silence in Idaho

Sorry no pictures this time but I thought I should let everyone know we are safe in Idaho. I haven't had much access to the internet thus far. We bought a router so Brad could do more job hunting and now I have access on my lap top also. I predict Tylita won't let me on very often still. We are enjoying the serenity of Grandpa's house and talk everyday about how we aren't hearing "raw raw raw" at 2 AM. We are loving it here, now Brad just needs a job and we would be set. He just found one yesterday he is really excited about applying for right here in Idaho. Don't you worry we are also fishing a lot with Brad's family and my family also gets to see Tylita often.

We are super grateful to everyone who helped us before we left State College and along our journey. We have many good friends and realize our blessings because of them. Our drive was amazing, Tylita was a great baby and we even got to do some sight seeing.

More to come but I thought I would announce we are enjoying the slow, quiet life in small town Idaho. Jenni =)

Peek-a-boo

8 month old pics

Tylita likes to take baths, I don't know if she likes her frog towel, but she looks cute in it!

We took her cuteness to the park where she experienced grass for the first time, she wasn't sure what to think about it, but she had fun.

Just baby playing with her toys.

Tylita likes trucks, she's definitely daddy's little girl!