Just Me & The Boys

Family Pictures

2011-10-22T13:32:00.000-07:00

As easy as it is to take pictures with a toddler... I think they turned out pretty awesome! We ended up taking around 50 or 60 shots to get a few good ones!

Nunn's Park is gorgeous in the Fall. The idea was to get at least one current picture of our family to display in my living room. We used a tripod and a timer for these, although, I may invest in a remote trigger if we decide to do this again next year.

Here are the keepers

One of the "better" outtakes

Lincoln mostly was either not looking at the camera, making weird faces (on purpose), or was blurry from running away. Overall...I am really happy with the way they turned out.

My cute boys!

Like my green alligator?

I'm not sure what he was doing here. It's kinda cute though!

After we were finished. He was super excited to be done!

2 down, 5 to go

2011-08-29T13:39:00.001-07:00

Five weeks of craziness left! Linc has done marvelously well being at grandma's every day. Even though I miss him like crazy, I know he is having a blast getting to know grandma and grandpa. I keep telling myself "this is good", who knows where life will take us. I am looking forward to another adventure!

Back to Work

2011-08-25T09:49:00.001-07:00

This is my first post from my phone... Hope it looks ok. I'm hoping that I will be able to keep up with the blog a little better.

Anyhow...

My trophy wife, aka the hubby, is back to work yay! It has been a really long two years. It will still be a couple months before I get to cut back my hours, but I am feeling renewed. The last couple of days, I've been feeling ambitious. I scrubbed my fridge, rearranged my kitchen cupboards, and hand scrubbed and steam mopped my kitchen floor (it is still not up to my standards, but that will have to wait until I get to stay home full-time). I am so excited to be the mommy again! Linc is so big and I've missed a lot. I am going to have to learn his tricks again, although this time he'll tell me if I do something wrong. I am so proud of Matt! He has done so much better being my "trophy wife" than he thought he was going to! He has been able to do things Dads don't usually get to do. He is an amazing daddy and I'm happy that we were able to switch roles for a while. I won't say that I've enjoyed being the breadwinner, but it has been an enlightening experience. I will say this though... The working parent has the easier job hands down, but the stay at home job is my favorite!

Grandpa?

2011-04-13T10:36:00.000-07:00

We know that sense of smell is the most powerful memory invoking sense we have. We all have memories good or unpleasant associated with certain smells. At work, if I smell "odor eliminator", it makes me think of poop(I know...GROSS)! Yesterday, I met a man who was wearing the same kind of cologne that my Grandpa used to wear before he passed away. It brought tears to my eyes and I didn't want to hurry through his exam. As I talked to this man, many, many wonderful memories came to my mind. I am so thankful for a simple reminder of my sweet sweet Grandpa.

2 YeArS oLd

2010-12-12T09:52:00.001-08:00

There is one benefit to having a sick kid...instead of going to church, I'm posting on my blog!

My sick little man turned 2 yesterday. We cancelled his party so we wouldn't share germs, but we had a little thing for him with just Mom and Dad.

Lincoln is pretty much obsessed with trucks, diggers, and all things that drive. He can tell you what every truck is on the road and what they do. He asked me to make him a digger cake for his birthday so... here it is!

Thankful

2010-11-26T18:26:00.000-08:00

I want to express how thankful I am for my amazing family... My wonderful husband... My little monster man... and all the blessings we continue to enjoy!

Daddy's Good Grades

2010-05-10T17:37:00.001-07:00

Matt's Grades came out last week and he did AMAZING! He received his first A ever! He also received his 2nd and 3rd to go along with it! I am so proud of him and how hard he worked to get those awesome grades!

We are so happy that Daddy is doing so well... This is what we were doing while Daddy was studying!

Lincoln loves to "pray" for Daddy

Entertaining Himself

More Entertaining

Taking Awesome Naps so Daddy can Study

Spending Evenings with Mommy

A Little Back Massage Here and There

Daddy Sharing His Amazing News

Congrats BABE! We love you!

One Year Ago

2010-04-14T20:05:00.001-07:00

One Year Ago my little sweetie is a smiley, happy, agreeable little man...

Now...

These picture were taken a couple of months ago, but seriously describe my little monster man! He is so stinking funny I can't even stand it!

Tylenol, Marshmallows, and a Blessing

2010-02-28T18:33:00.000-08:00

My poor little man! Late last night, Lincoln woke up screaming bloody murder. He was writhing in pain and grabbing his jaw. We gave him Tylenol and tried to comfort him...nothing worked. Ora gel...no, ice cube in a washcloth...no, singing, story, funny faces, bouncing, a walk outside...NO! Matt and I were becoming more and more worried the longer he screamed. Matt decided to try food. First water then warm milk...no. I don't know why he decided to give him marshmallows, but HALLELUJAH! For the first time in an hour Lincoln stopped screaming. Daddy decided to give him a blessing to help him relax and let the Tylenol do it's thing. I had to feed him marshmallows to keep him from screaming, but hey, it worked! Finally, he relaxed and went to sleep! It's 7:47pm right now and I hope tonight is not a repeat performance. Molars suck!

Tired Mommy

2010-01-25T20:13:00.000-08:00

Matt is such a good husband. He tolerates "tired mommy" and takes amazing care of Lincoln. I am truly looking forward to the day when he is finished with school. Until then..."tired mommy" prevails.

ONE

2009-12-16T17:44:00.000-08:00

One amazing, scary, blissful, frustrating, awesome, and fantastic year!

My little man!

Our Family

One Crazy Little Monkey Boy

Lincoln is such a sweet little boy. He amazes us daily with all the things he is able to do. I love that boy so fiercely it scares me sometimes. I love how he unconditionally loves his mom and dad (even when they aren't perfect). He is such a daddy's boy (forget mom when dad's around). He loves to run and play. He regularly runs laps around our house. I wish I could bottle his energy and save it for me! I cannot believe how fast this year has gone by. I am so excited to see him learn and grow! I love my Lincoln!

First Words

2009-11-25T21:36:00.000-08:00

My little stinker said his first "unprompted" word this week!

Lincoln has been really good at repeating words that we say. We have been practicing saying words like: tractor, kitty, conquer (I know...he loves it), ball, milk, water, etc. One morning, I was pouring myself a glass of water and Lincoln pointed at my glass and said "water"! I loved it!

Lincoln also loves to point and say, "wha dat" (what's that) and "who dat" (who's that). Hilarious when you are in church!

10 Months

2009-10-16T09:59:00.001-07:00

Where did my baby go?! I blinked and my little chubby baby turned into a toddler!

Things Lincoln learned to do this month:

Say "Daddy"
Crow like a Rooster
Walk, Run, Climb
Clap when cheered for "yay!"
Sign "more"
Go backwards down the stairs

He is such an energetic little boy. I love his smiles, and the way he tries to make us laugh. I cannot believe how big he is getting, and I look forward to watching him learn and develop. It is amazing the way Matt and I have learned to be parents. And...yes mom, you were right!

Lincoln

2009-10-04T20:42:00.000-07:00

Lincoln is walking... just thought you would like to know.

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!

2009-09-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

As I woke up this morning, a cold breeze from my open window sent me hiding under the covers. Moments later, I feel frigid hands touching my bare arms and drool dripping onto my face. Lincoln has crawled into bed with me, his icy feet reminding me that I need to get some bigger jammies. Fall has arrived.

A couple of weeks ago, we went camping with my family. I just wanted to share some fun pictures from that trip!

Morning Moon

Two days after surgery, cane in hand, Matt is enjoying a little outdoor fun!

The fam at Old Faithful... Old Faithful is a giant tree that has been here for as long as I can remember.

Mom and I on top of Bradford Mountain

Oh, Herroh! I seriously love that Lincoln is beating the crap out of Craig in the background!

Craig's Horny Toadem (ha ha that still makes me giggle)

9 Months Old

2009-09-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is 9 months old today. He has grown so fast and continues to amaze us everyday.

Things Lincoln is able to do at 9 months old.

Crawl like a madman
Climb the stairs
Say Ma Ma, Da Da, and Ba Ba
Stand unassisted
He took three steps without encouragement this morning (OH NO!)
Wave bye bye

Lincoln's first triumph over the stairs.

My little goofball sitting in his toy box.

The boy loves to climb on top of things.

Making Mommy laugh.

Helping Daddy recover from surgery. The icepack Matt is using was part of next morning's breakfast.

Working at the hospital, I see a lot of naked bums... But I must say, this one is the cutest! My little escapee would rather play the piano with Uncle Craig than get his jammies on.

Herbert the Hernia

2009-08-27T18:47:00.000-07:00

From the time I met my hubby, I think I have seen him sick, injured, or otherwise incapacitated maybe 3 or 4 times. A couple of weeks ago, Matt started having this sharp pain in his inguinal area (thank you medical background). For those of you who know him, Matt does not feel much pain. So, he got it checked out (also weird if you know my husband). Turns out, he has a pretty large inguinal hernia and gets to have surgery. Amazing what a man will do to get out of helping Grandma move on Saturday!

Stair Master

2009-08-05T11:46:00.000-07:00

My wonderful worry-free days are over. Lincoln is crawling like a maniac and is into EVERYTHING! I can't leave anything out... crackers, shoes, paper, cords of all shapes and sizes (especially if they are plugged in), and now...the stairs. Last night after sweet Carlye, who was babysitting, left to go home, Lincoln decided to try and climb the stairs. He has been working at it for a couple days, and last night, figured it out. He has made it upstairs twice since. I am so sad. It is really wonderful to see him learn, grow, and develop. I just wish it would take him a little longer to figure things out. I just hope that his next endeavor is not climbing out of the crib!

Adventures

2009-07-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

It's always an adventure taking a 7 month old hiking! I am happy to say that Lincoln loved every minute of it.

Me, Lincoln, and Craig!

Crossing the stream on a log. (I promise it only looks more impressive than it actually was!)

Lincoln loved splashing in the stream.

He especially loved picking up rocks out of the stream.

He loved it so much...he fell asleep on the way back down.

...and the rocket's red glare...

2009-07-10T15:42:00.001-07:00

Family, fireworks, and food... I don't think you could create a better combination.

i gud speler... I asked Matt to put my decorations back up after putting something in my cedar chest, and this is how he spelled "old glory"

My handsome hubby

The boys as they patiently wait for Brad and Steve to launch another rocket

Victory! Joe and Matt caught both of their rockets

I pretty much have cutest nieces and nephews ever!

Hailey

Lucy, Grandpa, and Lincoln

Brad (I love the hand in the pocket)

Laundry

2009-07-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

Lincoln is mobile! There comes a point where you put your baby down and come back to find them not where you left them. My moment went like this...

6:13am Lincoln is awake for day so I get up and get his bottle ready and feed the boy. I am still tired so I laid Lincoln underneath his baby gym with hanging toys and went back to sleep. 5 minutes later, Lincoln is hollering from his room. I'm thinking "oh come on, kid!" I groggily stagger into his room and I don't see him where I left him. Instantly awake and almost in a panic, I spot him... underneath his crib. He'd rolled over, army crawled backwards, and gotten his fat little bum wedged underneath his crib. Feeling relieved and laughing pretty hard, I ran and got the video camera. Awesome!

Since then, Lincoln has been all over the place and experimenting with being on his hands and knees. I know that real crawling is right around the corner. I'll be in real trouble if the boy figures out how to move forward. In the meantime, he keeps backing himself into all sorts of trouble. The next couple pictures are him inside his laundry basket.

Doing Pushups

6 Months Old

2009-06-25T14:09:00.001-07:00

Time flies...

In the last week many things have been happening...

Lincoln has new teeth, he can now roll over both directions, he has just started scooting around the floor on his bottom (here we come baby proofing!), and he is becoming masterful at manipulating his mom and dad.

He is such a sweet little guy and I am so happy for our adventures together.

Here are some of his 6 month pictures.

I love the look on his face in this one.

Teeth

2009-06-17T13:25:00.000-07:00

Ah...teething. What more can a mommy say about that. This really has not been a great week for Lincoln's little teeth to finally cut through. We just moved... needless to say I cannot find a dang thing (especially things like teething gel and tylenol.) After two miserable days, I noticed the tips of his two bottom teeth poking through. It makes me feel a little bit bad that I didn't figure it out sooner, but what do you do. So... I ransacked Lincoln's room in order to find the ever so illusive teething gel. There's nothing like a cranky baby to motivate you to finish unpacking.

Weekend Fun

2009-06-03T19:51:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend, we decided to go to the zoo.

We saw a gorillas and monkeys...

Lincoln and Daddy got to pet a giant snake...

And just had fun hangin' out with Grandma and Grandpa!

Welcome to Parenthood

2009-05-14T17:24:00.000-07:00

You know you are a Mom...

When you hear things come out of your mouth that you never thought you would ever have to say.

This is a list of things I have said today:

"Don't eat your feet."

"Get your hand out of your poop!"

"Please don't lick the carpet."

"What are you DOING!" repeated about every 10 seconds throughout the day.

This is my adventure.

Graduation

2009-05-05T16:50:00.000-07:00

Yay for me!!!

Thank you to my sweet husband who encourages me in all my endeavors! I love you Babe!

Easter Sunday

2009-04-20T20:57:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun getting ready for Easter this year. In years past, Matt has always given me crap for wanting to decorate and do fun things for the various holidays. This year... I have an excuse!!! I decided to do an Easter basket for Lincoln. He got cereal, applesauce, a toothbrush, and a teething ring (which was much needed by the way). I had to work so I didn't get to see my boys on Easter morning, but Matt took some awesome pictures before Lincoln destroyed his basket. Oh how I love that MAN!

He seemed to enjoy playing with the grass out of the basket much more than anything else he got.

We started Lincoln on solids this month and he loves loves loves to eat!

Down in Dixie

2009-04-20T20:21:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago our little family took our first trip together! We didn't want to go very far because we did not know how well Lincoln would do in the car. We decided to go to St. George for the weekend and do some serious shopping and enjoy the warm weather.

This is how much Lincoln loves his carseat.

Our cute little family enjoying the sunshine.

We had so much fun relaxing and not worrying about life. It was so nice just to be together.

The End of the Tunnel

2009-03-15T14:50:00.000-07:00

I am done with my clinical hours this week, all 1500!!! I cannot believe how fast the last two years have gone by. To all of you who are thinking about dropping out of school because you think your life is too hectic... DON'T DO IT! It only lasts a little while in the scheme of things. The time is going to go by no matter what you choose to do. Use that time wisely! That is all.

The Adventures of Lincoln&Matt

2009-03-09T08:30:00.000-07:00

Back on March 4 Lincoln and I(Matt)went to have lunch with Julie at her work. We set up to meet in the cafeteria of the hospital at 1:00pm. After Lincoln and I did some wondering around at sears and harbor freight we decided to head over to the hospital. We arrived about 20 minutes early and as we were sitting their lets just say Lincoln needed his diaper changed; So I took him and all his crap to go look for a restroom. As I was looking for a restroom Lincoln started to grunt a little because I'm sure he was uncomfortable. I finally went into the restroom and found the diaper changing table in the handicapped stall, so I walked in and locked the door behind me. As i started to get the stuff out to change him I heard the door bathroom door open and then I heard a "WOMENS" voice. I thought to my self did I come into the women's restroom?, Did I notice any urinals? Well I hurried to take a look at the sign by the door and yep I had gone into the Women's restroom. I hurried back to grab Lincoln's stuff, I threw him in the car seat and ran out of their as fast as I could. Luckily nobody saw me, Well at least I think. This whole time the lady in the restroom well lets just say she had to go #2 pretty bad.

Two Months Old

2009-02-19T17:05:00.001-08:00

Lincoln is growing so fast, it kills me! I finally feel like things are getting back to normal. It has definitely been an adjustment getting used to being a mommy. I love it!

Lincoln loves his dad! At church on Sunday, Matt and I were in class trying very hard to listen to the lesson, while Lincoln was trying very hard to get his Daddy's attention. He was leaning toward Matt and making all sorts of noise. He was cooing, blowing bubbles, and smiling the biggest smiles at Matt every time he'd catch his eye. I was crying laughing. I don't know why, but everything is hilarious when you are trying not to make noise.

Lincoln and Mommy

This face kills me. I was trying to rock him to sleep one night, and he was just not having any of it. This face says "Come on mom!!! I want to stay awake."

Beautiful Blue Eyes

Lincoln is exactly two months old when this picture was taken. He is growing so fast. He is 24 1/2 inches long and weighs 12 lbs. Officially big enough for his 3-6 month clothes! I love to see the new things he is able to do every day!

Our Cute Little Lincoln

2009-01-29T13:40:00.000-08:00

Just The Three of Us

Lookin' Around

Our Chubby Little Guy

Posing For The Camera

Strong Little Man

My Little Man

2009-01-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of Lincoln at 2 weeks old.

Zoolander anyone?

Lincoln Scott Tibbs

2008-12-15T12:32:00.000-08:00

Here are some sweet pictures of Lincoln.

Daddy's Big Feet

First Family Picture

At Home With Grandma Tibbs

We Have a Baby Boy!

2008-12-11T08:27:00.000-08:00

Lincoln has arrived! The little or should I say gigantic one was born at 12:11 am this morning weighing in at 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. Pictures will follow shortly.

Anxious

2008-12-01T19:33:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to update all of you who are waiting by the phone...Mom. There is no baby yet. With 5 days to go until my due date, I am also anxiously awaiting the arrival of our little boy. I am ready to be done being pregnant!!!

9 Months

2008-11-07T20:02:00.000-08:00

If we were told one year ago that we would have a baby before next Christmas, Matt and I would have laughed until we were sick. Funny how things work.

How baby boy Tibbs came to be...

Matt and I had been "not trying" to get pregnant for almost 2 years with no success. I felt very strongly like we needed to take a break and pursue other opportunities, such as my education. I was accepted into Weber State's Radiology program for 2008-2009. This program is very involved and takes up any extra spare time. In January, Matt and I began to have very strong feelings that we needed to have a baby. This frustrated me, "why now?" The feeling would not go away, and I began having dreams about a baby boy. After much thought and prayer, we decided to go ahead and "try" thinking it would take a while for us to get pregnant since we did not have much luck in our first round. One month went by...nothing. 2 months came and ... I very, very sick with the nastiest cough and fever I have ever had, wanted to take some antibiotics that the Doctor had given me. Sweet Matt, with his amazing sense to listen to the spirit, insisted I take a pregnancy test before taking anything. I thought he was absolutely crazy. There was no way that I was pregnant! I had even been doing fluoroscopy at work I was so sure that there was no way that I was pregnant. With Matt's insistance, I waited for him to go buy me a pregnancy test. I took the test and patiently waited the 2-3 minutes it recommends to wait before checking the results. Two pink lines showed vividly. This is the reaction that followed:

Me: "hmm."
Matt: comes running into the bathroom.
Me: "um...I'm pregnant."
Matt: "What the hell?" (looking rather confused)
Me:"I know!"

It is so funny how things work out sometimes. I guess I really needed to have this experience now rather than when things were more convenient two years ago. I know that I will soon appreciate the absolute insanity and trial that is and was these last 8 months. I feel like I am being prepared for something much bigger and I need to struggle for a while. As much as I hate the insanity of a vigorous schedule, I am thankful for the struggle. I am thankful for the opportunity to rise above and succeed in taking on difficult tasks and situations. I am thankful that I have a husband that will embrace the insanity and make the ride worthwhile. I know that the real challenge is ahead and I am ready to take it on.

Class Pictures

2008-11-01T11:28:00.000-07:00

On Halloween, our class at IMC took pictures with Murray City Fire. They were so awesome to come to hospital and let us use their equipment.

2nd Year X-ray Students at Intermountain Medical Center

Yes, that is me on top of the fire truck! It was quite the adventure trying to climb up and down the ladder belly and all!

Baby is How Big?

2008-10-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

I am 30 weeks and 5 days pregnant today. The baby should be about 18 inches long by now and weigh just over 3 lbs.

20 weeks pregnant and still wearing my regular jeans!

24 weeks pregnant and I have finally graduated to pregnant pants!

29 weeks pregnant and really poking out!

The Code Has Been Cracked

2008-09-08T19:45:00.000-07:00

Rewind! I'll explain starting from the beginning. When Matt and I came up with our little boy's name, we wanted to keep it a secret for a while. Matt decided that instead of just telling everyone, like everybody else does, he wanted to turn it into a game. He started telling everyone we were naming our baby Titus. Which is a cute name, but not with Tibbs as his last name. Titus Tibbs soon became "TT" for short. AAAHHH! I thought that was just evil. Matt thought he was being so funny, he just couldn't stand himself. Last weekend, we decided to give our moms clues pertaining to the name. We started out by telling them that the first name had 7 letters, two of the letters being O & N for my mom and N & N for Matt's mom. I do have to say, it was hilarious listening to their guesses. Last night, Matt gave them each two more clues. His name starts with a consonant and it has something to do with Matt. Confused? So were Kathy and Diana. This was at around 9:30pm last night. 5 minutes later Kathy calls back. I was sitting across the room when I hear "I KNOW WHAT IS IS!!!" Apparently she was watching a TV special on American heroes when she put it all together. Don't worry, I am not posting his name just yet. So...if anyone wants to try and venture a guess, feel free. Those who already know what it is are not allowed to guess!

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-02T14:43:00.000-07:00

Blackhawk is heaven on earth to those who know of it's peace and beauty. Every year my family makes the trip to Blackhawk campground during Labor Day. I look forward to taking a break from the world and enjoying the beauty of the canyon. This year was full of surprises! The first couple of days were perfect! Not too hot, not too cold. The last two days were a little crazy with the wind and the rain. We survived, but our tent didn't fare too well. When we took the tent down to pack everything up and head home, we discovered that most of our tent poles were snapped right in half. It is truly amazing that our tent didn't collapse in the middle of the night right on top of us!

Matt had a huge knot in his neck so Michelle is trying to massage it out. Notice Matt's "it doesn't hurt" face.

My brother, Craig, turned 15 on Saturday!!! We celebrated his birthday Bradford Style!

All the little girls had so much fun playing with Matt this weekend. He was very sweet to let them race him on his bike.

Matt was so tired from all of the excitement, he desperately needed a nap.

Matching sunglasses! Michelle and I had a ton of fun playing games with everyone.

Matt loves to tease the girls. Whitney was so cute, after Matt wore her jacket she wouldn't let him near it for the rest of the trip.

The belly at 26 weeks!

The girls. Wow, you'd think we'd be related or something.

Michelle, Scott, and Carlye playing games and coloring in the trailer. It got pretty chilly outside in the evening.

My brothers, Craig and Scott. Aren't they handsome!

This is pretty much what it looked like the last two days we were there. We were at around 8,000 feet, so all of the big storms hit us first. It was really cool to watch the clouds overtake our campground.

It's That Time Again

2008-08-29T06:35:00.000-07:00

Cooler weather, changing leaves, myriads of books...school is back in session! Matt and I started school this week. Me for the last time! HURRAY FOR ME! I am in my last year of radiology school and I must say...IT FEELS GOOD! I am so close to being done for good, I can hardly stand it. The other day, I was thinking about how much things have changed in the last few years. It seems like everything is becoming more complicated as the years fly by. Next year we'll have a little one to add to our plans. Matt and I are so excited for our little boy to join our family in December. It will be just another adventure to add to our impressive repertoire of craziness.

Grandma Dinner

2008-08-22T11:03:00.000-07:00

Every so often the Tibbs Family gets together for dinner with Grandma. It is so much fun to listen to all the crazy stories Matt and his brothers tell about when they were younger. It is even more fun to listen to Joe and Natalie's potty training adventures with Brad! By January next year all of the Tibbs boys will have ventured into the uncharted territory of parenting. I'm sure that we'll all have some new stories to tell. I can hardly wait!

Matt is the BBQ King in our family! He is trying to defrost some of Grandma's famous "frozen hard as a rock" steaks in the sink.

Hailey Joy Tibbs

Grandma's Flowers. You can see Brad in the background sneaking Grandma's Candy!

Aunt Sharon & Lucy

Brad had such a blast throwing water balloons! He made the mistake of throwing water balloons at Uncle Josh. Josh returned fire, soaking poor Brad, making him cry!

My Hubby is the BEST!

2008-08-16T10:04:00.001-07:00

Matt is so so so sweet! I've been wanting a new camera for a long time. And with the new baby coming, I was starting to become very anxious about having a much better camera to take pictures of him. Matt recognized my panic and started watching the sales. On Thursday, after our Stake BBQ he told me we were going to look at cameras. We went to RC Willey and they just so happened to have the camera I'd been drooling over on SALE! He didn't buy it for me then, but asked me if that is the one I wanted. I said that we could keep watching the sales and when it gets closer to December that we could go again and get one. Well, yesterday when Matt got home from work, he decided that he would use his bonus to buy me a new camera. That was so thoughtful of him and it makes me realize how excited he is for this baby to get here. He is going to be such an amazing dad!

Scott & Carlye

2008-08-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

After weeks of planning and preparation, Scott has finally asked Carlye to marry him!

The Place

Waiting in Anticipation

The Proposal

A Very Happy, Newly Engaged Couple

Mud Volleyball

2008-08-07T17:21:00.000-07:00

Who knew you could have so much fun playing in the mud! My cute sister, Michelle and her friends played in the annual Salem Days mud volleyball tournament at the Salem fairgrounds. It was so much fun watching Michie's team play!

I, being absolutely retarded, wore a WHITE shirt to the fairgrounds. I don't know why I felt like white was an appropriate color to wear around crazy teenagers flinging mud everywhere, but (sigh) I did. My brother Craig is so sweet. He tried so hard to keep us clean. We tried using umbrellas to block the blasts of mud, but they just kept coming. With the wind picking up, and teenagers beginning to bombard us from all angles, we decided that enough was enough!

And the Belly Grows

2008-07-10T14:22:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be fun to show my growing belly at different stages so...here it is!

This is the "my stomach is still flat" stage. I was 8 weeks pregnant when this picture was taken.

This is the "holy crap, there's really a baby in there" stage. I was 18 weeks pregnant when this picture was taken.

Baby on the way!

2008-07-07T19:30:00.000-07:00

Matt and I have been super busy with school, work, etc! But amidst all of the chaos, we managed to find ourselves expecting! Our little boy (yes we already know what we're having) is due December 6th, 2008! My 18 week pregnant belly is really starting to poke out. I find it amazing how many people want to touch me now that its becoming obvious that I am pregnant. We are so excited to finally start our family! And I know, Mom, it's been a long time coming!

Tibbs Family 2007

2007-12-30T12:02:00.000-08:00

From Wicked in Denver to Trek in Wyoming, we have had some great adventures this year!