More random pictures

My mom got Tyson this shirt. It is just like the shirts Grandpa Gary wears! Tyson put it on and said, "I LOOK LIKE GRANDPA GARY!!!" He was so excited about it!

Oscar Peters came to check out the new house for a few hours. Once we have a fence put up, he will move here from the farm.

Tyson and he friend Evelyn with crazy baloon hats at a St. Patrick's Day carnival.

In his daddy's patrol car!

Tyson and Santa over the years

I decided from the first Santa/Tyson picture on that I WOULD get a picture of my child with Santa EVERY year. As you can tell, I'm 3 for 5 in that battle. 2008 and 2009 pictures just weren't going to happen since Tyson wouldn't go anywhere near the display where Santa sat in the mall! So here are the 3 pictures I do have. It's fun to see how he's changed over the years...Tyson, not Santa :) Actually, the first 2 Santa's are the same guy. Tyson was literally jumping up and down with excitement this year when he met Santa!

2010 (4 years)

2007 (1 year) My favorite picture of the 3.


2006 (1 month)

More pictures

Tyson and Derick after putting some lights on the deck

Fun on the snowy slide!

The "coolest gingerbread house I ever saw!"-Tyson Peters

Mom and Dad with their grand kids. Christmas 2010

Some pictures from the last few months

I first made Derick and my stockings for us in 2003. Instead of buying new one's when Tyson and Oscar came along, we decided to make them again for the boys. They are kind of lame but sentimental.

Tyson and Santa (Great-Grandpa Cantral)

The tree and all the gifts for the Cantral Christmas

Our first real tree in our new home!

Us (not the best picture in the world) in front of our first tree! Tyson had a blast running from tree to tree trying to find the perfect one! I could have stayed out there all day looking for the perfect one too!

Long time, no blog!

Yikes! I haven't been on here for a while! We haven't had too many exciting things happen since we bought the house in November.
Derick just had shift bid last week. He will be on 2nd shift again (4pm-2am) in Waverly but with THURSDAY-SATURDAY off! WOO HOO! Summer, here we come! We are so happy he was able to get these hours/days off! We haven't been to my parents since October and only to his parents once since Thanksgiving!
We did go out to North Platte for Christmas Eve-we drove out that morning and back the same night but it was worth it. I love going to my Grandma and Grandpa Cantral's for traditional Christmas Eve mass, food and the craziness of the gift opening with all the people there! This year my Grandpa put on his old Santa suit and handed out presents. It was SO fun to see Tyson's excitement and it was really special to get some pictures of Tyson with his only living Great-Grandpa!!
We hosted Christmas Day here at our house...it included my family and Derick's family. We had several other people in and out through the evening. I love having the space to hold more than one family of 3!
New Year's Day we hosted a party with our friends here at the house. It was fun to get together and see people we haven't seen in a while!! All the kids played really well together and ranged in age from 4 years old to 3 1/2 weeks old!
Tyson is signed up for soccer and tee-ball this Spring and Summer. I can't wrap my head around him being old enough to start playing sports!! He is just growing up way too fast!! He was supposed to have his first soccer game tomorrow but was canceled due to snow in the forecast. I am not complaining since he's got an ear infection and it is supposed to be a high of 30 tomorrow! Pictures and video will be posted after the first game!
Tyson is so funny and has the funniest things to say! I need to start writing them down (appropriate or not) and post some of them on here! He is pretty entertaining and I wish we could video tape him 24/7 to catch everything funny he says!
Derick will be going to Florida for his 2 week annual training the last week of April and first week of May.
We have 2 weddings back to back in May. Derick's cousin is the first and then my close friend from college, Jessi's is the week after. I am a bridesmaid and Tyson is the ring bearer. I can't wait to see him in his little tux! Hopefully his attitude will change about the wedding before the day of. When I tell him he's going to be the ring bearer he says, "No I'm not." as matter-of-fact as can be!
I really enjoy my job with American Family. It was the best choice I could have made! The commute is a little lengthy and with gas prices so high I cringe when filling up once a week, but it's all worth it since I'm very happy with this agency.
Well, I guess that's about it. Can't think of anything else that has happened since November. We look forward to being able to travel on the weekends again and hopefully see lots more family and friends regularly this summer!