Steven, Lisa, Grant, and Matthew!

Grant's first Pinewood Derby

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We were so happy he won his first race. After that he didn't care he didn't win any of the others.

Zabels visit DC

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Father's Day 2011

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More June Fun

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Memorial Day Fun

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Lots of fun with all our visitors

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More June Fun

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Grant's new glasses.

Grant looking over the flight line at the

air show at Andrews Air Force base.

Sitting in Parker's Dads helicopter.

Matthew turned 16 months

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He loves this bus at Chuck E. Cheese.

Making a funny face!

He likes to play with the big kids.

Matthew's interest in reading/listening to books has really increased.

June fun for Grant

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Father's and Son outting!

Grant LOVES sleeping in the tent.

Grant watering the flowers we planed last fall.

Steven took this picture for me. I love tulips!

Easter Eggs

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We love our play group friends. We had an Easter Egg hunt at the park.

Grandma and Grandpa came up for a visit. Grandma and Lisa made Easter cookies and we all frosted them.

Lisa has a Birthday!

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I made the cake. Lisa's favorite!

Lisa celebrated a birthday away from home but she received all of these cards from her family. We put them all up on the wall and it turned into the Wall of Love!

Grant riding his bike

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Grant officially completed one of his goals for the year. He can ride his bike without training wheels. He is such a big boy!

Grant Turns 4

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Lisa also threw a birthday party for all of the neighborhood friends. We had a great time.

What a perfect combination toy from Grandma Margene: an airplane and a truck!

Lisa made this amazing Mickey Mouse cake for Grant. It was tasty!

Brothers Playing

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Chuck E Cheese

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Birthday celebrations would not be complete without Chuck E Cheese!

Matthew Turns 1

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We let Matthew dig into a cake. He loved it!

Lisa's Winter Photography

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Pretty neat photos.

Update

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We have not updated the blog in quite some time, so one of my only tasks while Lisa and the boys were in Utah was to update it! So here I go...we'll catch y'all up for the past few months.

January Happenings

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We all went to the Utah Jazz vs Washington Wizards game on MLK day. The Jazz lost, but we all had a good time. This was before the Jazz traded Deron Williams and Jerry Sloan decided to up and retire.

It's a helicopter.

Grant loves riding the Metro!

Grandma Margene came into town and we went to the Visitors Center at the Washington D.C. LDS Temple.

Matthew 10 months old

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Matthew's favorite things are the dishwasher and the bolt covers on the toilet.

I dont understand why when I feed Matthew something off a spoon he will test it to make sure it is ok to eat before eating it...when he picks anything off the ground puts it into his mouth and eats it before I can get it out!

Matthew loves typing on the keyboard and being in charge of the mouse.
He says, "Ma, Da, and Hi." He will pick up the phone and say, "Hi Da." He has words for Grant, Grandma, and down. He shakes his hands when he is all through eating.
Matthew also shakes his head yes and no.

Fun with Mom and T!

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Christmas Time 2010

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We loved the hockey game!

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Grant his head staped shut this month

Christmas Season

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Getting ready for Christmas

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Steven and Grant played in this box a really long time. It was a great hiding spot for Grant. Not so much for Steven.:)

Outtings in DC

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By the time we went to the zoo the weather had changed and it was freezing! Most of the animals were unavailable. Though the squirrel at the WWII site was amazing! Grant was feeding him his sandwich from our picnic and the squirrel came so close. I could see that he was eating the piece of bread like corn on the cob.

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Colors

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Good Times

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They love when Dad gives them a ride. Grant wants Matthew included in everything!

Halloween 2010

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Fun at the Park

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This is the park we play at while Dad runs around. We love our family walk to the park and if you look close you can see Steven running. The leaves here are beautiful!

Matthew 8 Months Old

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He is growing and growing! He can crawl now.

Together at last! (and forever)

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I just love this picture and had to put it somewhere. It took us days to find our bathroom things but the boys sure love their bath time.

Our new vehicle

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It was pretty crazy picking a house and finding a vehicle when we got here but within a couple weeks we had a van and a house with all our stuff. Yea!

Our new house in Maryland

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Here the boys and I are awaiting the arrival of our things. Dad was at work but our neighbor came over and helped the whole time the movers where here. We love our new neighbors. Especially Ruth and her family.

Steven's COT graduation in Alabama

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We are so proud of you Daddy! And we missed you so so much! We're happy to be together again. Special thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Hyer for coming and helping us out!

Grant

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Grant got three stitches in his chin after hitting it on the kitchen table. Uncle Travis helped him mud his chin to help it heal.

Riding the train to the train station in Ogden with Travis

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Matthew 7 Months Old

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Matthew has 8 teeth now. His two front teeth were the last ones on come in.
He uses the army crawl and rolling to get around.

Fun times while Dad is at COT

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Matthew 6 Months Old

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Steven's 28th Birthday

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Fun times

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Matthew 5 months

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Matthew is sitting up! and likes sucking his big toe. He also is rolling alot.

Steven in his new uniforms

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Looking good babe!

July 4th Celebrations 2010

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We saw the parade in Provo and watched the Stadium of Fire fire works from BYU. Grant loved both. Especially the big monkey. We enjoyed spending time with family.

Steven's Commissioning as an Officer in Air Force

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Manti Pageant 2010

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Matthew loves being out side!

Whoa! What is that? Grant and Matthew loved sleeping
in the tent.

Matthew giggling

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Father's Day 2010

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More fun

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Grant thought he would be helpful and gave Matthew
his water bottle. Surprisingly, Matthew could drink from
it. Grant is so helpful.

Strawberry Days

Grant loved spraying Dad and Grandpa but Steven and
Jim loved playing just as much.

Matthew is four months old!

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Matthew measured 26.5 in and 17.14 lbs. The doctor says
he is very healthy!

Here is Dad being silly.

Lori married Cody Barbakos on June 10, 2010

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Fun times

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Matthew three months old

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Great grandma, Lois Hyer

I love being a Mother!

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Grant loves
involving Matthew in everything he does.

Grant and Matthew playing under their tent.

Steven got these beautiful lilies for me for Mmother's day.
He is so AMAZING!

Grant can write his own name along with Mom and Dad.

Here, Grant is being helpful :o)

Matthew was blessed

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Matthew Steven Hyer was blessed May 2, 2010 by his dad.

Lisa Graduated!

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I graduated with a Master of Education from UVU.
I never could have done it with out your support.
Thank you!

All of my classes were with these wonderful people!

Steven Graduated!

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Steven graduated in April with a Master degree in Social Work.
He also passed his licensing exam and is doing therapy at
LDSFS in Provo.

Steven was chosen by the faculty to receive the "Ariel S.
Ballif graduate social work award" for academic and
professional excellence.

Sorry about the pictures being sideways.

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Look, I got a new tie,

a new letter game,

and love playing hide and seek with dad.

Look Who's Smiling!

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Easter Fun

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More pictures of the boys.

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St. Patricks Day

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Matthew is four weeks old today.

Steven made us green eggs and pancakes and Grant
even ate them.!

Look at Me Grow

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Our Sunday outfits.

Are you sure about this Grandma Pack?

Grant loves holding Matthew!

Shhh. I'm sleeping.

Lisa's 30th Birthday

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The Whole Family

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We realized we didn't have a decent picture of our whole, new family. Not too bad for a moments notice.

Grant's 3rd Birthday

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Grant was pretty excited about Matthew's baby gift: a super duper swing!

Grant finally gets to blow out 3 candles on his own cake.

Grandma Margene got Grant a set of wooden blocks. We have fun building tunnels and roads.

Dad and Grant

The brothers

Matthew

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Grant at 1 week old

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We had a baby!

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Matthew Steven Hyer was born on February 17, 2010. He weighed in at 10 lbs 7 oz. and is 21 inches long. We are very excited about our new addition to the family. He eats and sleeps well. His big brother Grant thinks he is "so cute."

Catch up on our life....in pictures!

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More Random Things

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We got all dressed up to go out. I love my
WONDERFUL husband!

Grant's attempt at making eggs while I was
in the shower. He got half of it in the cup.
Not bad. The shells were even put in the
garbage can. He's so amazing.

Me making french toast at a ward activity.

Grant new favorite spot to nap. Luckily
we've broken him of this.

Me at 20 weeks. Grant still says it's a girl. Whatever.

Cosmo

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Grant loves Cosmo the cougar. Well at least at a distance.
Grant will put our vacuum attachments together and use
them as a pole for the BYU flag. Then he runs around the
house singing the cougar fight song.

Daddy and Grant

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Grand and Daddy riding in the train.

Other Random Experiences

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Grant was pretty upset that the tow truck was taking
Mommy's car away. We have had our share of car trouble
this past few months.

This is us on our way to school. Only Grant is bundled up
alot more. Today we used his plastic cover because it was
only 20 degrees outside. It's so cold already.

Grant performing for whom ever will listen.

For family night we raced these ducks down the river.
It was fun, even when they got stuck and I had to go in
to help them along.

Grant loves feeding the ducks. He's so sad the pond has
been drained for the winter.

Melissa's Wedding

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Grant knocking on the doors to let him in. He's
so funny.

She actually did it. Congrats Melissa.

Special thanks to Tammy for watching Grant so we could
both attend the wedding! ; )

BYU vs Florida State game

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Grant loved cheering when ever someone made a goal.
Florida did win.

September Outings

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The primary/nursery activity to the Temple.
They took us into the waiting room and had President
Bateman come speak to the children and then the
adults. It was really neat.

As you can tell Grant had a hard time staying still.

Owls Baseball game. Super fun, though Grant is
extremely scared of the Owl.

Other random pictures.

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Here are the beautiful flowers at the temple. This is
where Grant got his lovely goose egg too.

I don't know if you can see it but Grant has a huge goose
egg right in between his eyes. It's almost gone now but he
still have bruising on both sides of his nose.

Grant without any pants on chasing Meg around.

Cole and Grant attcking Uncle Travis. They love their Uncle Travis.

Grant proped up for the ride to Lake Powell.

Lake Powell 2009

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Feeding the ducks with Great Grandma Hyer

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This is Grant and Steven on the tube. Grant like it

Here we have Grandpa, Grandma, Steven, Lisa, Grant,
and Travis swimming off the back of the boat.

Steven skiing. Grant wasn't so sure about Dad jumping
out of the boat and then we drive away but he got use to
it.

This is the extent of our hiking but it was very pretty.

Steven's Bday Celebration at Pack's

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Grant loves playing with Grandpa. Especially with his tractor.

This shirt was for the new baby but Grant HAD to wear
it. As you can see it's a bit small but he didn't care.

Grandpa made us root beer floats with his homemade root
beer. Tasty!

Here we are singing Happy Birthday.

Having fun!

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Grant and Jefferey playing on Grandpa Pack's tractor.

Grant loves story time as you can see.

He thought this was the best new found thing at the store.

This is after a day of trying to potty train. He put the
stickers all over him self which was funny. Potty training
on the other hand was not funny and we'll leave that for
another day.

Daddy took me to a construction site with lots of different
building vehicles. He loved it. Definitely his new favorite place.

Daddy's Pool Party

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Thanks for taking us swimming Daddy.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

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We love you so very very much!

Look at Me!

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Daddy took me to get a short hair cut and I sat so good!

I love this tractor by the church and wish I could always
sit in it.

I'm giving a talk. Or pretending to. How I wish they would
let me give a talk.

Me and Beau having a great time. Who driving this thing
anyway?

I love driving like mom.

Fourth of July fun!

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Fun activities in June

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This is Grant at the Strawberry Days Parade

We had a fun time camping at Manti. We loved the
tent, aunt Connie.

Our friends even watched Grant so we could do a session
at the Manti temple. This is where I took our my
endowments 7 years ago.

Grant loved the pagaent and stayed awake until 10:30
watching it.

We loved all the time we spent with Grandma and Grandpa
Hyer. It was so fun!

Grant loved the rodeo and still says how fun it was and
asks to go again.

I think the adults are having more fun than Grant is.

This was Grant's favorite thing to do at Strawberry Days.
And yes he still asks to ride the train every time we go
to Pleasant Grove.

Us at the pageant.

A family picture on Fathers Day. We love you Dad!

Rollin rollin rollin

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Grant Playing

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Father's and son's Camp out

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Grant loved playing in the camper and with his cousins.
He even slept really well in the tent with no serious
injuries. We might even do it again.

Grandpa's Truck

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Grant loved the truck ride
and was really upset when
we had to leave it on the side
of the road because it had
died. He still asks to ride in it.

Provo Temple

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We love our walks to the Provo Temple!And our new
favorite view is this last picture. It is actually the back
side of the temple where there is a big hill we roll down.

Toys Everywhere

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Grant likes to have all of his bedding and toys
in the kitchen. He drags them all around the
house. Very cute unless I'm trying to cook.

Mothers Day

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I am so spoiled and have the best family in the
world. These are the beautiful tulips Steven got
me. I also am wearing the pearl earings I got.
This is the dress I just made.