Tayden turned 4!

On October first our Tater Tot turned 4!!!!!  Hopefully these pictures can share with you how much fun this kid is.  I won't go on and on about him, but I will just say WE LOVE OUR TAYDEN!!!

For his birthday we went to a bouncy house place with some friends and had a great time.  A few of Tayden's favorite things are: 

Jackson!!!!!!!

Curly William (his best friend below in the background), 

his red stool,

anything red,

his sleep,

play-doh and playing with Jackson,

his goggles, 

and drawing/painting.

Seriously....this kid is awesome! 

TLtj

California!

Here are some fun pictures from California.  We had a great time hanging out with lots of family!

Jackson loves to ride on shoulders and he always holds on tight to the 'daddy reigns' (Tyler's ears).

We played at the beach and got sand everywhere! 

We went go-karting! We LOVE go-karts.

Here is Tayden with one of his favorite cousins, Elanore!

Messy little boys...

Elanore and Uncle Tyler

POOL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 We had so much fun playing with Elanore!

Playing with Grandma Peggy!

Here we are with Grandma and Grandpa Sutherland.  We had such a great time at the reunion and seeing everyone.  Thank you Sutherlands!

TLtj

flashback to June

 So back in June we all took a road trip down to California for a family reunion.  It was a long drive so we split it up into a few days.  We stopped in Winston, Oregon at Wildlife Safari to see Tayden's absolute FAVORITE animal...the cheetah!!!  It was so much fun! There was a big area of the park where we stayed in our cars and drove through it.  We saw cheetahs!, lions, elephants, tigers, rhinos, bears, and so many other amazing animals.  Here are a few pictures to show you our adventure:

The boys...being great sports in the car.

Just driving into the park...the boys had no idea. 

An ostrich ate bugs off of our car!

The boys loved sitting in the front seat without seat belts. 

We got some cups of animal feed and watched Tyler and Tayden feed a cute little Asian deer.  I turned to look out my window and found THIS...I'm still not sure exactly what it was.

Apparently it was hungry and knew where to get food...in our car.  

The boys got the hang of it and fed the animals all by themselves.  We found quite a few animal pellets in car when we cleaned it out in Washington after our trip, but oh well. 

This is Tayden pointing at his CHEETAH!!! We saw 5 cheetahs.  Can you find the cheetah below? It's right in the middle.

Most of the animals were roaming around where the cars drive, but obviously the more dangerous ones were in large cages.  The tiger was pacing up and down right by the fence.  

After we drove the loop we went to "the village" where they keep smaller animals.  It was like a mini zoo.  There was a baby cheetah there, whose name was Pancake.  Tayden loved him.

This is cute little Pancake.  

These were the strollers they had. 

We even road on a train.  The boys aren't smiling because they were just soaking everything up, and it was getting close to nap time. 

What a cute little joey and emu.

Tayden fed some birds.  He is a brave kid when it comes to animals. I swear he is going to be a zoo keeper.

We touched snakes.   

Cotton-topped Tamarins in the village.

We got the boys cheetah stuffed animals and Tayden named his Toity and Jackson's is Duma (cheetah in an African language).

This is Jackson kissing his cheetah. He loves him.

Naturally a great spot to stop was where we could see diggers!!!

It was such a fun day and then we went on to have a blast in California. Basically, it was a fantastic summer!!!

TLtj