More Home Improvements

I finally took a couple of pictures of our living room since we redid everything in it. I didn't take very many pictures of it before we started improving it but believe me, it is looking a lot better now.

Here is our old ugly carpet and heater with the funky rock behind it.
Justin had a crazy time taking that out. We also got rid of the outdated curtains
that you can barely see in the first picture. Hooray for new blinds.

Here is our finished living room. We painted the walls, put in tile by the front door,
put in new blinds, got a new couch

Took out the rock behind the heater, took out the heater, bought new carpet

Put in a ceiling fan, and took the popcorn off the ceiling.

We had two entries into the kitchen. We blocked off one with a new wall.
Justin will be putting a desk and cabinets in that area eventually.

Justin did a lot of hard work and we are so thankful that the
living room is almost finished.

Lyman Family Reunion

The Lyman Brothers and Sisters with Granpa & Grandma Lyman

The Grant Lyman Family

All of the Grandkids

Tyler, Ben, and Justin

Jaiden thought this tractor was pretty cool.

Amber, Shelly, Sara, and me.

4 Years!!!

Love You Justin!!!!

Lions, Tigers, and Bears

We had our Byrd family reunion up in Salt Lake City last weekend. Part of it was spent at the Hogle Zoo. We had a lot of fun with all of my brothers and sisters and my parents. I am kicking myself for not getting pictures of the rest of the reunion but I did get some of our time spent at the zoo. We got a picture with my whole family too but I don't have that yet so that will come later I guess.

We got on the merry-go-round too late to ride any cool animals so Jaiden had to ride on the baboon. I kept telling Jaiden that we got to ride on Rafiki from Lion King to make him feel better.

Jaiden and Grandpa Byrd chilling in the hammock during the reunion.

Happy 4th!!!!

We didn't really get that many pictures of our 4th of July this year but I will show the few that Justin did end up taking.

Here you go Jenny, I think this is the only picture I have of myself since I've been pregnant. Can't really tell I'm pregnant in this one and it's not that great of picture
but I guess it will have to do. :) I'll try to get a better picture of my pregnant self soon.

Jaiden enjoying his small amount of candy that he picked up.

We tried to get Jaiden excited for the parade that morning at breakfast. We told him that there was going to be fire trucks, and ambulances, and horses and then he continued the list by saying, "And lions, and elephants, and giraffes." We thought that was pretty funny. Jaiden had a rough time during the parade. He wasn't that excited for it. He just sat on my lap pretty much the whole time and I couldn't figure out why he was so down. After the parade, he looked at me with a sad face and said, "There wasn't even any lions mom." So I guess that's why he was so sad.
Jaiden's favorite part of the 4th of July celebrations was the fireworks. We let him stay up for the fireworks show at the park that night. We thought for sure that he would be scared of them because he doesn't like loud noises but as soon as they started he was so excited for them. He just sat there on the lawn staring at them with a big smile on his face the whole time.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Random summer pics

It's about time I actually put something new on here. It's been slow. So here are some random pictures just to show you how slow it has actually been here. :)

Jaiden has discovered the joy of running around the backyard in his underwear.

Ya, this is the type of produce that me and Justin grow at our house.
That is supposed to be a strawberry. I think so far that is the biggest one out there.
Pretty sad huh?

I just had to take a picture tonight of our little Jaiden boy
because he had just gotten out of the bath and was looking so cute.
I was putting him to bed tonight and I tucked him in and turned to walk away and he said frantically, "WAIT!" I stopped and turned around and he said in a tiny little voice, "I will be sad when mommy leaves." I had to go back and give him another kiss just for that.