Hmm...February flew by..

Was the second month of this year really so busy that we didn't even post one blog? I guess so. Looking back at the calendar reminds me of all that we did, though as we lived it things weren't really THAT busy. But, each weekend we were either out of town or had visitors, so it seems we were.



I'll group these next few posts by weekend, so you can skip around to whichever one you want to read about :O).

Super Bowl Sunday

While the dad's were at work Tyson and I went over to play with Danielle and Jalen and eat some good food. Oh, and we watched the game as well...a little anyway.

New Car

Tenisha's Grandma Robinson was finally ready to sell her car now that she lives in a retirement community that has interesting things to do to keep her busy. Feb. 8 I took the train to Seattle to get together with her and then drove the car back down on Monday morning. We are so thankful for it! It is in great condition and quite roomy, so we're looking forward to many many years with it. We've already got plans in the works to drive it across the country to a family reunion in Michigan at the end of summer! Thanks Grandma Robinson!



The other exciting thing that happened that weekend was Lisa's baby Elijah was born! Congratulations Rollins Family! You can click on the 'Auntie Lisa' link on the right side of this page to see pictures of their precious little guy.

Valentine's Day weekend..

Nothing too exciting to report here, except that it was warm and sunny on Friday and then snowing on Valentines day. Crazy. Jason worked a double shift that weekend so we didn't see much of him.

Lewis and Megan come to stay

Jason's buddy from college, Lewis and his wife Megan came to visit for a long weekend!! It was really fun having them in town and getting to have some hangout time with them. Lewis' new hobby is photography and equipment, so he had lots of practice time with Tyson and Jada. Tyson was getting into it and started posing and making funny faces for the camera. While they were here we also went downtown to walk around a bit, though it was pretty cold and windy that day. I guess that's typical for February, but we've been teased with the atypical warm weather so we decided we prefer that.

Here's a few of the fun photos Lewis took...we think he's becoming quite the amateur photographer!

(remember, if you want to see an individual picture larger just double click on it, then press the back button in the browser to get back to the blog)

Ok...so I thought there were a few...there's a lot more that capture Tyson's personality so well!! I guess we'll have to sprinkle them throughout blogs for the next few months!! :O)

We're in the big league now!

Our first official trip to the ER for Tyson....



What it looked like after he smacked it on the corner of the chair. It was pretty wide and deep. Obviously we were able to stop the bleeding, but still thought stitches would help it heal and keep it from dragging his eyebrow down as it grew.

So, we went to the Urgent Care Clinic, only to find out that they don't do lacerations for kids under 4 years old. So we were sent to the ER. Fortunately it wasn't busy, but Tyson sure didn't like it. It was pretty funny though, at one point while he was screaming/crying and the doctor was getting the needle and thread ready to stitch him he stopped yelling and looked over and said, "Whazzat?" Then he proceeded to yell and cry some more.





With 3 big boy stitches. They never seemed to bother him.




One week later with the stitches out. Looks pretty good! Well, aside from the breakfast on his face. :O)

The last weekend..

The last weekend was definitely the highlight of the month for us. As a family we drove to Seattle then dropped Tyson off with Grandma Patrick. Jason and I continued on to Snoqualmie Pass to stay at the cabin of some good friends. To get to the cabin in the winter requires snowshoeing (or cross country skiing) in about 1.5 miles. It was a relaxing weekend for us, no schedule to keep, though we found ourselves going to bed early and waking up around normal Tyson time...but it was nice to relax and read, hike a little and sit in front of the wood stove fire. :O) Jada had a blast being a snow dog, she had such a great time bounding through the snow that she was limping for a few days after...

We did a short hike to the nearby lake on Saturday.

Crossing the bridge. As you can see -- the snow level is a few feet above the handrails!

What a cozy cabin! Thanks Hamiltons for letting us use it!

Tyson had a good time with his Grandma. He was smitten with all the cars that my brother and I used to play with as a kid. She had kept them for just a moment like this! :O) Thanks mom for watching him!

When we first got into town we were able to swing by Everett and visit Carmen and Jonathan, who had just welcomed Baby Bethany Ruth to their family!! Carmen doesn't yet have a blog to show off her pictures...we'll keep asking her to start one though. :O)