2014 Kicks Off

Just wanted to give a family update since it has been quite a while. Alyssa, Mike and I are doing well.
January was a busy month for our family. Mike and I celebrated 11-years of marriage, I am now 35-years-old and Alyssa turned 4.

Mike still works for MVP Physical Therapy as the Clinical Manager in Puyallup. This will be his fifth year with the company so Mike and I get to take a trip to Vegas later this year. He is still in the Elder's Quorum Presidency and continues to run for exercise.

I am staying at home taking care of our Alyssa girl. I enjoy doing what I call "Learning Time" to help her explore and gain more knowledge so she will be ready when she starts school in 2015. I am still the Laurel Adviser and get to teach and be involved in great activities every week. We just had a youth Temple trip and were able to have Mike's grandmother on his father's side baptized and confirmed. I continue to play indoor soccer in Tacoma and am working on my 2nd week of the Insanity workouts. I LOVE these workouts. I can't wait to see my body results after the 9-week program.

Alyssa is a happy, energetic 4-year-old now. She is a great helper. She always wants to help cook and clean which is fantastic because those two things aren't high on my favorite list. Alyssa loves to sing and act out scenes from movies. She is silly and goofy and comes packed with an attitude. And we love her to pieces!

 Here is her silly pose.

 My 4-year-old diva.

 Her zombie pose.

Classic family photo.

Summer Has Arrived in Washington!

Alyssa went to a birthday party for Rylee (our neighbor).

Alyssa and Rylee striking a pose.

Wet bums make the best kind of water slide.

She wanted to show me her wet face.

Drying off those cute legs.

Running through  the sprinkler.

Catching some rays.

Alyssa - 2 Years

Happy Birthday to my Alyssa girl. She went to the doctor today and is in the 90th percentile for her head, 70th percentile for her height, and 50th percentile for her weight. What is with our family and producing huge melon-head kids?

I now officially have a two-year old. She is awesome. Yes, the tantrums are in full effect but she is getting more and more enjoyable. Mike even told me last night after putting her to bed that "we have a fun girl." She is shy with strangers, loves the color pink and insists on watching her princess movie every day...not too much like me but they come how they come I guess. I do try to sneak some transformers in there once in awhile. We love her. We are blessed to have such a wild, crazy girl.

Loving her new Cabbage Patch doll named Taylor Ariel.

Enjoying her presents.

Snow Girl!

Here is Alyssa in her first snow ever. We built two snowmen to greet those that enter our condo. She didn't like it at first but then got into the groove.

Not too thrilled about this snow junk yet.

Maybe this stuff isn't so bad.

I think she likes it.

Yay! She loves snow and the snowman!

Mikey's car buried in the snow.

Christmas & Happy New Year

The year 2011. Boom! In many ways, Mike and I are glad it is over and we are ready to welcome 2012. We have taken our share of the good and bad this year, we have had our ups and downs but we survived. Here are some highlights:

Tina - In April, I actually got braces and feel like I am living the teenage dream. In July, we were able to take a vacation to Montana where I showed Mike all the sweet places I played as a kid.

Mike - It has been 2 years since Mike's testicular cancer was removed and we are happy that no cancer markers have been found in his blood since then. In September, Mike was promoted and is now the Clinic Manager of MVP Physical Therapy in Puyallup. He enjoys it and we are hoping to move into our first home in Puyallup this month.

Alyssa - Alyssa is still a little diva and gives us a run for our money. But we wouldn't trade her for anything. She adores Elmo, coloring, running, jumping, reading and talking all day long. She also gives the best hugs and kisses. We are excited for her to turn 2 at the end of January.

Have a great 2012!

Halloween 2011 - The Super Family

Pumpkin Patch - Schilter Family Farm

Headed to the good o'le pumpkin patch with the fam. It was actually a beautiful sunny day.

Mike the scarecrow.

Hay Ride.

Lost in the corn maze. How many people does it take to get out?

Alyssa the scarecrow.

Cow train.

Choo...Choo or rather Moo...Moo

Petting zoo. Mike has to do all of this with Alyssa as I am terrified of all animals (blame my parents for that one).