Patty and Hunter

New Blog

2010-03-10T14:24:00.000-08:00

I started a new blog. I can't promise I will be any better at my new blog than I was at this one, But For Elder Matt Tye, Sister Lauren Tye, and my new sister in law Kassi I will try. The blog address is chadandpatty.blogspot.com. I'm still working on it, and will hopefully finish Friday.

2009-11-23T07:42:00.000-08:00

Mom: "Hunter what are you going to ask Santa for for Christmas?"
Hunter: "um....I think a little brother!"
Mom: "Honey Santa doesn't bring brothers."
Hunter: "Then who do I need to ask?"

Where does he come up with this stuff?

Pumpkin Carving

2009-11-09T12:59:00.001-08:00

pretty self explanatory

Proud Mom Moment

2009-11-09T12:41:00.000-08:00

My Mom, Sister and I went to the paper store the other day. They have a play area, and so I sent Hunter back there so I could find some paper in peace. My mom went back to check on him and he had asked another little boy if he wanted to play with him. The other Boy said yes, so Hunter knelt down at the little table and started to say a prayer. When he got up he told us they were playing Sacrament. It was so cute. I am so proud of him. He is turning into such an amazing loving little boy.

Five months later....

2009-11-09T12:03:00.000-08:00

HOLY CRAP! Where to start. I'm going to post a quick run down on what happened during the summer months. In June Hunter and I went with both his Grandmas, my two sisters and little niece to California. It was a lot of first for Hunter. We had a ton of fun!
It was Hunters first trip on an airplane. He has been obsessed with airplanes and was so excited to fly on one.
My two youngest step sisters live in Cali with their mom, so we got to spend the week with them. It was a blast to hang out with them. Hunter has only seen them together once, so he was a little confused as to why there were two of them, and why both their names weren't Lourtney. Our first day there we went to the beach. It was Hunters fist trip to the ocean, and he couldn't get enough of the water or the sand.

The next few days we spent at Disneyland. This was another first for Hunter. He loved most the rides, but went on them all. He was tall enough for every ride at Disneyland and most at California adventure. His favorite character was Goofy. He was so excited to meet. We had such a great time at Disneyland, I've already started saving my money so we can go back in the spring!

We have a family reunion every year with my Tye family. We go camping in the Uintas. This year Hunter got to go fishing. He caught, cooked, and ate his very first fish. He was so excited to have caught the fish, but did not want to touch it. I can't say I blame him, I didn't really want to touch it either. So we owe a big thanks to my cousin Thayne who saved both Hunter and I from having to touch a slimy gross fish!

What the Crap!

2009-06-26T10:26:00.001-07:00

Mom: "Hunter you need to eat your rice"
Hunter: "I can't my Doctor told me not to"

2009-06-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

As some of you know my sweet, amazing, wonderful Grandma passed away four weeks ago yesterday. Last night at work I was thinking about how glad I am that I have a testimony of the Church, and a knowledge of eternal families. I started to think about a few experiences that happened the week of my grandmas passing, and wanted to share them.
Both experiences happened on the day of the viewing. My grandma was sick for the last two years of her life,and several times a week I had the privilege of helping her care for her self on a daily basis. The morning of the viewing I had the opportunity to care for her one last time and get her dressed in her temple clothes. Once we were done I went home and was very emotional. Hunter and I were in his room playing toys and I was crying. He asked me what was wrong. I told him I was sad because Grandma went to Heaven and I would really miss her. He Told me "It's ok mom. When Jesus comes her will have her body back and she can live with Grandpa Tone Tone (Grandpa Tony) and her will even be able to walk, and play again. If you want you can sleep in my bed till You feel better." ( I am balling right now...seriously I don't know what happened to me but I am a freaken boob.)
The next experience was on the way to the viewing. Hunter wanted to ride in the car with my Mom and Dad. On the way to the viewing my amazing Mom was explaining to Hunter that Grandma would look different, that her spirit went to live with Jesus, and tonight we would just see her body. He thought for a minute and then asked her "when we see Grandma will she have holes in her hands?" I am amazed that he could think it through and put the fact that after Jesus died he had holes in his hands, and maybe grandma would too. Also I wonder what he still remembers.
Hunter is such a caring compassionate person already. Every time we went to Grandmas to take care of her he would rub her feet, hug her, or try to help feed her. He can tell when I am upset or having a bad day, and he always tries to cheer me up. I am so blessed to have him, and am thankful for the choices I have made in my life so he and I can be an eternal family. I am so grateful for My savior and all the help he has given me. I know with out him my life right now would be impossible. ( Sorry I didn't mean for this to turn into testimony meeting). He is my best friend and I thank the Lord for him every day.

Big H

2009-06-02T05:52:00.000-07:00

Hunter's Aunt Kirsten has been working on writing his name with him. He Loves the letter big H. He will point it out anytime he sees one. He is doing so well recognizing and writing it I wanted to post it so you can all see.

He also knows how to spell his name, except in the last month he has started spelling it HUNTE.com. I'm not quite sure what that's all about.

Hunters pet

2009-06-02T05:40:00.000-07:00

Hunter found a lost worm in the yard, and decided to take him in and give him a nice home. I'm not sure how well he liked the idea of the worm moving around in his hand. I think he wanted to like, but just wasn't sure if he could.

P.S. If you have lost a pet worm, and think this might be yours leave a post and I will GLADLY return it as I am not such a fan.

Patty and Hunter who?

2009-06-02T02:39:00.000-07:00

Alright I get it. I keep hearing about how I'm such a slacker, and I need to post more than once a quarter, but I don't so deal with it. I could promise (like everyone else) that I will do better, but that would just be lying. Hunter and I have been super busy since my last post and a lot had happened, so prepare yourself for a lengthy post.
First we'll start with Tee Ball. So being the good mom I am (HA who are we kidding) I signed Hunter up for Tee ball. He is great when he pays attention,
but as we all know three year old's don't have a very long attention span, and Hunter is not the exception in this case. He does great for the first 20 minutes after that he gets extremely board.
He plays in the dirt, and watches out field.
He likes to watch the batter from a different point of view.
and he "froggy hopps" into home plate. Needless to say he not only provides entertainment for me, but also for all the other spectators watching.

NEXT UP: Memorial weekend
This year for memorial day weekend Hunter and I went with my family on the turkey hunt. I know what you are thinking, and no I am neither a red neck, or white trash. My family likes to camp at a place in Capitol Reef called Lower Bowens. It was great this year even rods daughter Clauren, and Lourtney came over from Cail. to spend the weekend. While we were there it RAINED like crazy. We set up in the rain, slept in the rain, cooked in the rain, fished in the rain, and cleaned up in the rain. Hunter loved fishing, and he now tells me he is perfect at casting his rod. It did clear up for a couple hours every day, and we took advantage by fishing. We had a great time.

And last Easter (yes I do realise it was over 2 months age)
Easter was great. We had so much fun coloring the eggs, and going on the Easter Egg hunts. This year the Easter bunny hid Hunters basket and bike, and left him a note to go on a scavenger hunt. Hunter thought he was so cool getting a big boy bike.

Underwears

2009-03-08T12:40:00.000-07:00

My three year old has an obsession with deer right now. As most of you know his Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong live on South Mountain where there are tons of deer. Last weekend he spent the night while I worked, the next day he came home and had this hilarious story to tell me. Hunter said " Mom turn here, there is a deer that was hit by a bus. It broke the bus and its gettin fixed." I asked what's getting fixed the deer or the Bus?". " The bus, it broke. The deer dead mom. The daddy had blood coming out his nose". I asked him how he knew it was a daddy? He told me "cause it has underwears". I was a little confused and asked him how come he thought daddy deer wore underwears? He said "no mom underwears?". Still confused I told him I didn't understand. Putting his hands up to his head like ANTLERS he said "Mommy like this underwears". Haha, I laughed so stinkin hard. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen.

KiDs FaIr

2009-03-08T12:35:00.000-07:00

With Winter here and the weather being so cold I am starting to run out of ideas to keep Hunter entertained. So last weekend when they had the kids fair My friend Katie and I decided to take the boys. The place was packed!!! There were people everywhere, but there was a lot to do and a lot to keep them busy. They had a race car there and the boys got put on their goggles, and gloves and change the tire. They also had an obstical course with bikes and scooters to teach the kids about road signs, and Hunters favorite, they had a fire men and a fire truck that they let the kids climb in and play. We had so much fun with Katie and Tanner. I think next year we will go on friday when it is a little less crowded.

bOwLiNg

2009-02-07T12:17:00.000-08:00

My brother Matt loves to Bowl, so before he left on his mission he started a family tradition where we always get together for New Years Day and go bowling (yes I know it was a month and a half ago, and this post is extremely late). He liked to go to a place called Bonwood Bowl that is super ghetto, and so dirty it is probably against health code violation. I was thinking since he was gone maybe we could step it up and go somewhere that the bathrooms actually get cleaned once in a while, but NOPE, gotta stick to tradition! We had so much fun, it didn't matter that it was filthy, and BONUS no one got sick from all the germs!!! Rod was the winner of both games. I had no idea he was such and avid bowler. Hunter and Jackson were just happy to be there playing together. Thanks again Mom and Rod, we had a great time!!!

Christmas Recap

2009-01-08T16:08:00.000-08:00

Hunter and I had such an amazing Christmas. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

My Hunter

2008-12-25T14:42:00.000-08:00

I can't believe how fast time flies. My little Hunter turned three on Monday. He is growing so fast and learning so much. He picks up on everything (including the few little naughty things mom says and doesn't want him repeating). He is incredibly smart and blows me away by the intelligent things he says. He loves playing with his friends and toys, He loves his cousins, and babies. He told me when he grows up he wants to be a Doctor, and he will have to study real hard in school. He likes to get bread out of the cupboard, and pretend to pass the sacrament. Every time I turn on the computer he asks me if we are going to blog. He got a new "big boy" bed for his birthday (yes he was still in a crib) and doesn't exactly understand that he has to stay in it all night long. For His birthday party both sides of Hunters family, and some of his friends went to Chuckee Cheese. We had a blast. Hunter teaches me so much about the type of person I am and the kind of mother I want to be. This year has been rough for him, but he is doing great with it. He is an amazing kid, and I love him so much. I am so greatfull for him in my life and don't know what I would do with out him.

TeMpLe SqUaRe

2008-12-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

Hunter and I went to Temple Square on Sunday night to see the lights. We got to ride trax, and then walked around the Temple grounds and Main street. The weather was perfect, and we had such a good time. Hunter, Gavin and Trevor play so well together, and have so much fun. As we were leaving Hunter and I had the funniest conversation. He told me his hands were cold, so I put his gloves on then he asked me "where you gloves are mom?" I told him I didn't bring any, he asked me "you hands cold then" I replied "yes". Then he grabbed my hand in between his and started to rub it to warm it up, them he pulled it up to his face and kissed it. He is so thoughtful, and caring. We all joke and call him my protector, he takes such good care of me.

Hunter

2008-11-21T10:58:00.000-08:00

Well I guess I named him Hunter for a reason. Those of you who have seen Hunter know he is the size of a four year old. I tell him all the time to stop growing he is my little baby, he tells me "no mom I get bigger so I can go hunting with Grandpa Rod". Well today Grandpa came home from the swan hunt a with a surprise. Hunter was so excited to see the swan, and keeps telling Grandpa he is "bigger already" so he can go.

Night Out!

2008-11-15T03:01:00.000-08:00

I was so excited to have a night out with adults, and to get to go to dinner. Most people say lets get together and make plans, then life happens and there is usually no follow through. Well that is because most people don't have Brooke. She always has great ideas to get together, but she actually follows through. We had so much fun. A quick dinner turned into over two hours of hilarious laughs.

Welcome Rustin

2008-11-14T00:06:00.000-08:00

After nine long months of waiting, Rustin Action Ricks has finally arrived. He was 6lbs 2.3oz, and 19" long, and perfect in every way. His mom was a champ and did a great job, with the support of his amazing dad. Rustin's Aunts and Grandma live out of state so I am posting all of the pictures so they can see how perfect he is (there were so many I had to make two slides). Congratulations Marc and Heather, he is beautiful.

KiDs BaRn

2008-11-04T16:09:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Hunter and I went on a play date to the Kids Barn with my friend Katie and her little boy Tanner. Hunter and Tanner are only a week apart and play so well together. Well the Kids Barn is a big warehouse full of inflatable slides, and obstacles courses. At first both of the boys were a little afraid, but after a few minutes they warmed up to the idea, and LOVED it. It's nice for me to get to visit with other adults, and we have so much fun with Tanner and Katie. Thanks for the fun afternoon.

TheTale of a Two Year Old

2008-10-27T15:13:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to share a couple of stories that happened over the last two days. Yesterday was one of those days where you swear if you didn't love your kid so much and it wasn't illegal you would sale him. All of you mom's who have a two year old, or have ever had two year old know what I am talking about. Hunter was doing everything he could think of to drive me crazy. He was having a bad day and making sure I did also. We went to sacrament (late as usual) and 15 minutes in I was ready to take him home, well it didn't get much better from there when he got home he was hitting, kicking and yelling at me. Well being a single mom, I didn't have someone to give him to and take a break, so I put him in his crib (yes he is still in a crib), from there he was yelling and throwing toys, adn jumping in his bed. After about 25 minutes of this he finally fell asleep. When he woke up he was in a better mood and we had a long talk about not hitting, bitting, and kicking. Well later that day Hunter was in Grandpa's room jumping on his bed, and grandpa was wrestling him. Grandpa told him the should pretend to be a sleep, Hunter jumped out of the bed and fell to his knees while telling grandpa they needed to say prayers first. He started "Heavenly Father, bless us to be safe, bless us to be good, bless us not to hit, and bless us not to bite, and bless us um, um, not to kick. Amen." It was so cute I couldn't be mad at him any more, He is trying so hard to be a good boy, even thought some times he tries harder than others.

So then last night about 11:30 I was getting ready to go to bed when he started to scream, I went in to check on him and he told me he had a bad dream. So I picked hom up and took him in my room and let him sleep in my bed for a couple hours. After he had been there a while he shook my arm (waking me up) and said "mommy I afraid" I asked him of what, he said "nothfin" I told him I loved him, he said "lofe you too" leaned over and kissed me. It was the sweetest thing. He is so tender hearted, and loving. I am so lucky to have him. He is amazing.

2008-10-25T15:48:00.000-07:00

This week was such a nice week Hunter and I decided to go to the zoo with my aunts, cousins and their kids. The boys always have so much fun together. They loved being outdoors, and watching all the animals. Fall is the best time to go, the animals were all active and moving. Thanks for inviting us Aunt Tina.

2008-10-20T20:57:00.000-07:00

We went to the pumpkin patch with our family and picked out pumpkins, then on Sunday night we went to grandma Ann's house to carve them. It was so funny this year Hunter hated the feeling of the pumpkins, and now he knows what it means to "throw up". So last night when we were carving the pumpkins I made him help me scoop out the guts, he put his hand in, pulled it right back out and started to gag. He told me he couldn't do it it he was going to throw up. I told him he had to help me so he continued to gag, drooled a tiny bit, then told me he was "sick, and I made him throw up". What a little stinker!

2008-10-19T13:58:00.000-07:00

I know you may all think I am a huge GEEK for this, but I love Twilight! The new trailer was released last week, so I thought I would post it so all the closet Twilight fans could watch. (p.s. see the countdown at the bottom of the posts)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=44288316

What the SNOW?

2008-10-16T16:59:00.000-07:00

Fall is my favorite season of all. I love the cool air, the change in the color of leaves. I love waking up to a cold morning, and wearing sweat pants to bed. I know this makes me sound like a big geek, but I also love the feeling of back to school time. Well as you can guess I was pretty upset when I woke up Sunday morning to what, that's right, SNOW. Did we even get fall? Where did it go? Well now that it's warming up and I am not so bitter about the whole thing, I decided to post some of the pictures of Hunter. He was so excited about the snow I had to let him play in it for a minute. So now on top of the snow I have some explaining to do to Hunter, because since Christmas last year he has been asking me when Ho Ho is coming. Well I have told him when the snow comes back so will Santa, now he thinks it's time for Santa to come.

2008-10-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

So I just have to brag about my new blog. I think it is so freakin cute. Now that I like my blog I will do a better job at keeping it up. Thanks Brooke, I love it.

YUCK!!!

2008-10-08T14:56:00.000-07:00

Today I am officially a mom. Hunter will be three in Dec. That means that I have been a mom for two years 9 months and 18 days, and have not yet had the privilege of cleaning up vomit, until today. I am a nurse so naturally I have cleaned it up before, but not in my own house. I guess I should just count myself lucky that I have not had the experience yet and stop whining about it, but I just wanted to let all the mom's out there who know what I am talking about I feel for you, it sucks!

Fair

2008-09-05T18:14:00.000-07:00

Hunter, Kirsten and I went to the fair last night. Hunter loved the animals, but was more interested on the "mess" the animals were leaving behind. Hunter wanted to ride every, and play every game. We had a blast. He asked if we can go back tomorrow

Aqurium

2008-09-05T17:30:00.000-07:00

We went to The living planet aquarium. Huntert loved to look at all the fish, but was terrified to touch them. He liked the shark the best, and called every clown fish Nemo. We had so much fin there that when it was time to leave we had a melt down. Aunt Kirsten promised to take Hunter back another day. What would we do without out Aunt Kirstie.

Uncle Matt

2008-09-05T17:08:00.000-07:00

We said good bye to Uncle Matt for two whole years. He left for the Canada Toronto mission. We got our first letter from him and he is loving the food and having a great time. Elder Tye if you read this yes we locked your door, and we don't let Hunter play with your stuff.

Summer fun

2008-09-05T16:08:00.000-07:00

We have had such a fun summer. It feels like we have camped all summer. First we went to girls camp, then soapstone for my family reunion than to Pete's Hole. On our last trip Hunter's allergies got so bad we had to come home early and rush to insta-care. I was ready to be done camping, but Hunter wanted to go back. He loved the idea of being dirty, and being able to have more freedom. He also loved the fact mom couldn't tell him to come inside.

2008-09-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

We are working on potty training. i was not ready for this, but Hunter insists he is. He will tell me when he needs to go, pretty much potty trained him self. I would like to think I am a good mom, but in reality Hunter just likes his "alone time".