Does this only happen to me?

Well, we're here in Crowley, Texas. I have lots to post about this new place, but I don't have time today. I'll post it later (just like I always say that about writing in my journal) :)

As many of you may know, I love going on Sunday drives. It's just something I learned to love while growing up. Anyway, so, what better place to take a Sunday drive than a new place (and thanks to our best friend, the Garmin, we don't have to worry about not being able to find our way back home). So, after church, we quickly ate lunch, changed into our comfy clothes, and took off on our little adventure. It was fun to see the quaint little towns and all the green open space not far south of Fort Worth. We saw 2 big (Texas-sized) garage sales along the way, and decided to stop to look around. (Is it bad to look at a garage sale on Sunday? I didn't think it was bad, and we didn't find anything to buy anyway).

While we were at the last garage sale, Tyler threw up all over his clothes. I'm at least grateful he didn't puke in the car. So, we wiped him up with half a package of baby wipes, and then Chris stripped him down to his skivies. Obviously, we decided to go straight home with our nearly naked child, who quickly fell asleep once we started heading home.

One the way back, we drove over a bolt, which blew our tire about 8 miles from home. Luckily, it was almost right in front of a Firestone, which happened to be opened on a Sunday. So, we limped with our now shredded tire into the parking lot realizing that Christmas is quickly going down the drain. We had to buy a set of tires, because, of course, you can't just buy one tire. I am grateful that Firestone was open and that we at least didn't have to replace the rim, though.

So, there we were sitting in the half-full Firestone lobby in our scroungies, with our nearly naked sleeping child. One lady just stared; I'm sure she was wondering about the hillbillies who drive around with their naked child. We really enjoyed watching the Poker championships with sport commentators for an hour, too. Welcome to Texas!!! Do we dare to go on anymore adventures?

Lego Master

I think Legos are the perfect toy. They were definitely our favorite toys (next to Barbies) when I was growing up. Anyway, I've been really impressed with how good Tyler is at building stings. He brought this air place to me today, and WOW! This is way cooler than I could make!

He made this sword and shield for me and he made a set for himself, so we could have a sword fight. Hilarious! I thought it was cute that he put a handle on his shield and tapered his sword. He's been building these like this for the past month, and, for the life of me, I don't know where he sees swords and shields or how he knows how to make them. I guess boys are born with these instincts. He makes guns, too. Better, more realistic look guns than I could make (I don't have a picture of these right now). Again, I don't know where he's learning this stuff. But, I'm impressed with his creativity.


And, finally, here's his transformer man. He made this about a month ago with his megablocks.
Like I said, I love how Legos bring our the creativity in kids.

This Summer

Now, that summer is over, I guess I should share some of our adventures. Can you tell I finally got around to downloading the photos off my camera?

For Memorial Day, our neighbors saved us from a day of our usual boringness and invited us to hang out with them. We went up to Cedar City to their favorite old fashioned burger joint, and then went up to the college campus and looked around. We also took the kids to Cedar Adventure Learning park, which was really awesome. Man, I wish I was a kid!


In June, we went on our traditional "Sego Family Camp Trip". We stayed at a nice cabin up in Timberlakes. Had our usual "gabfest" (according to Chris). Drove fourwheelers. Went to the lake. Had a family talent(less) show; I wish I had pictures. Talked, talked, talked, and had loads of fun! I love this tradition!

(Aren't we a bunch of party animals.)

I re-potty trained Tyler. This time I had to up the anty with better rewards for pooping in the pot. We had lots of ice cream for a couple of weeks, until we were confident he was completely trained. He still asks for ice cream when he poops, but ,luckily, he doesn't "punish" me for not delivering the goods.

For July 4th, our friends invited us to celebrate with them again. We went to the Cedar City parade, which Tyler loved (mostly he loved chasing after candy). He got sprayed by the fire truck, which sparked an extreme interest in fire trucks. Then we went to lunch again at the favorite burger joint, went to the park again, went to a splash park to cool off after the winter heat, and ended the day with fireworks and rootbeer floats. Another great holiday! Even if we couldn't share it with our family, it was nice of them to invite us to share it with theirs.


We spent Pioneer Day going on nice canyon drive and finishing the night off with a barbecue and fireworks with Chris' brother Chad and his wife Melissa. As usual the pyro in the boys came out with the fireworks. It was quite a display!

We spent time in downtown St. George. Tyler is obsessed with fire trucks and had to take a picture in this. We've had fun at splash parks and regular parks as much as we could, avoiding the extreme heat as much as possible.
Overall, it was a nice summer! Sad it's over, but glad the weather is cooling off a bit. Now, I can't wait for the fall and Halloween!

My Little Artist

Tyler drew these pictures today, and I thought they were so adorable I had to share. Keep in mind, I did not help him with these at all. Also, keep in mind, he's only 3. Daddy is my favorite of the pictures. I thought it was cute that he included a mustache on Chris.

I think it's funny he remembered to put longer hair on me and on my mom.

Happy Anniversary to Me!

It's been a great five years with the handsomest guy I know!

Spell/Grammar Check

I was just rereading my post about the past year, and noticed a huge grammatical/spelling error. We got our new dog from a homeless couple we MET at the park. Nope, there is no long story about us petting homeless people at any parks. Just thought I should clarify.

There's No Reasoning with a Three-Year-Old

Today, I did a little Tyler and mommy day, since yesterday I felt like I had failed as a mother of an attention starved child. So, I took Tyler to lunch, the store, and swimming for a special day. Where did he want to go to lunch? DelTaco? I can't remember the last time I ate there. But, DelTaco it was. And he insisted on wearing a Santa Clause hat. I tried to bribe him not to wear the hat to lunch or at the store, but he refused. Luckily, I tricked him into not wearing it at the pool.