the end of an era...

most of you know how much ty loves his little doggie/blankie. loves it so much that he sucks on its little arms like they're a pacifier. well, i should say USED to suck on its arms. i don't know what happened but the little guy won't have anything to do with sucking on it anymore. he still loves to snuggle it but that is as far as it goes. i don't know how to explain it...
at first i was glad b/c it is quite a weird and gross habit. but now he sleeps a lot less and cries a lot more when we put him to bed. arggg...i'm sure i'll be glad in the long run, but for right now i am still trying to shove the little arm in his mouth just to have some peace and quiet around here.

 

cute kids

just a few cute shots of aurora and ty

before church...could his hair be any cuter all combed down??

 

aurora was pretty oblivious to the mtc experience. she just wanted some leaves.

 

after leaving aaron at the mtc we went to the wilk on byu campus. ty just wanted to know where to find his favorite donuts...

 

bye bye air bear

some pics of dropping aaron off at the mtc. he will spend 3 weeks in the provo mtc and then head down to the peru mtc for another 6 weeks. he is in the arequipa, peru mission.
texting friends until the last second

 

mama will miss her baby

 

lookin like a missionary now!

 

outfitted with his tag and dork dot (or "celestial dot" as the mtc mission president called it)

 

aaron's farewell party

man its been nice to have a big house when family and friends come to visit. my bro went into the mtc on wednesday and we had a great time with my family in town. on sunday night we had a farewell party with a lot aaron's buddies from freshman year and with some friends from the track team.

mom, aaron, dad

 

the boys always goofing around

 

big group shot

 

hand shake at an appropriate distance :)

 

pretty close huh??

 

happy halloween!