Denver Aquarium

Well, our little family of 3 decided to take a little trip to Denver on Saturday (it's only 50 miles away) and visit the aquarium! Maddie loves looking at bright things and going places so we figured she would have a blast! The drive there was so relaxing! Maddie slept the whole time! When we arrived the line was so long and we waited for about 30 mins. We ended up eating lunch at a really fun restaurant and touring the place for about 2 hours! Maddie slept probably 80% of the time. Ha. We got to see so many cool looking fish, sharks, and even TIGERS! Tyler fed the sting rays and then MADE me touch one! So that was an experience!
When we got back to the Springs we stopped at our friends house to eat dinner and play with the kids and then home for a very much needed night sleep! Maddie was so good all day and even better at night! She went to bed at 8 and didn't wake up until 7:15..just in time to get ready for church! We LOVE that she is sleeping all night now!!! Here some pics of our little adventure!

We are hoping she will roll over soon! She tries so hard but no luck yet.

Moving on to solids!

Maddie had her first experience with solids last night! Wahoo! We gave her about a table spoon of rice cereal and she loved it! She wasn't sure how to swallow it or use her tongue but once she got the hang of it she didn't want to stop! She is only 4 months old but we started her out a little early because she just wasn't getting satisfied...So now she is now sleeping from 9 p.m. to about 6 a.m. instead of waking up for 3 or 4 a.m. feedings! YAYYY!

Armed Forces

This past weekend Tyler competed in a one of the many wrestling tournaments he has been preparing himself for the past couple of months. It was the Armed Forces Tournament which meant he wrestled 3 guys... One from the Navy, Army, and Marines. Out of those matches Tyler ended up getting 2nd and winning a silver medal! We are so proud of him!!! He was one of the first wrestlers in the airforce to win a medal at the Armed Forces in many years!
We were all in Mountain Home all weekend to support him, including Maddie and her adorable Air Force Wrestling outfit that Grandma Gerrie made her!
Now that the tournament is over we are leaving Idaho and headed back to Colorado. Hopefully we will be back to visit sometime in the Spring.

Wrestling!!!

As most of you know, Tyler has been giving an amazing opportunity to wrestle full time for the Air Force and has been training at the Olympic Training Center down in Colorado. Well for the past couple of weeks he has been in Mountain Home, ID for a wrestling camp and we were blessed enough to have this camp be right next to home for us! So while tyler has been wrestling I have been able to see my family! It's been great! Maddie and I drive out to mountain home every once in a while to watch daddy wrestle and he has been doing awesome!!! Today he has his wrestle offs and he won 4 out of 4 matches! WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM!! :) Here are some great pictures of him.. He is the one in the blue.