Saturday, January 9, 2010

29 years ago today...

This little superhero was born


Some facts about Matthew Tyson Kearns:

born in Fallon, NV

One of 6 kids 2 older brothers, 3 younger sisters
Super cute...I seriously LOVE that I can see both of our kids in this pic

Determined and hard-worker. When he sets his mind to something, he achieves it
Peacemaker. I've come to realize more and more that Tyson is really good at helping people see the positive side and can quickly turn a situation from sour to sweet.
Take for example our recent trip to the health department for swine/seasonal flu/and adult Tdap booster shots. He immediately disarmed every person we came in contact with. I was in awe the entire time. He truly left people better than he found them
Tyson is extremely loyal. I think anyone that meets him learns right away that he can be trusted

He is funny. One of the things I ADORED about Ty's first meeting with my family is that he had them laughing. My brother Chris was literally rolling on the ground laughing. It melted me.
HE IS A STUD. I often tell him that his looks were "my type" at every age. Seriously, I would've had a crush on him in elementary school, middle school, and high school.
This band geek/eagle scout was exactly what my show choir/teacher's pet personality would have been attracted to.

HOT!

Ty had lots of close friends in his major and at his job at BYU. He was really likable. In fact, some of the guys created a fan club on Facebook called MTK fan club. What's funny about this is that Ty doesn't even have a facebook account. There were over 30 members, a rap they wrote and recorded about Ty, and tons of pictures of Ty edited into different situations. Here are a couple of the pics (there are 50+online) and the rap. I think he makes one cute oompa loompa.

Ty was an incredible missionary in the San Diego, CA mission

He is an awesome home teacher. He is super dedicated to his callings and to those he is called over

He doesn't care what other people think of him in the sense that he doesn't let peer pressure determine what he is or isn't going to do


Tyson has always had a strong sense of right and wrong...he is very valiant and truly always strives to do what's right

He's a daredevil...except for with roller coasters. He HATES heights

He was in the breakdance club at BYU...he has some sweet breakdancing moves

He studied Chinese for 3 years at BYU...and was really good. We almost moved to China for him to attend Nanjing University...then we found out we were expecting Carter and decided to stay in the states

He's a great dancer. He danced a lot with his sister, Mika, growing up and then took a bunch of ballroom classes at BYU...we even got to take some together after we were married.

We had actually broken up for good and I was leaving for the summer to be a nanny on the East Coast when Ty planned a last ditch effort date to win me back the day before he left for Alaska. He knows how to get what he wants. The date lasted all day and late into the night and I was blown away by his thoughtfulness and work and by the end of the night...

...it was a done deal. We were engaged 2 months later

He comes from a great family. Kimball's middle name, Jefferson, is actually for Ty's Dad, Jeffrey, whom I ADORE. These are some really amazing people.

He is such a great husband, best friend, support, Dad, provider. I am so blessed to get to work towards eternity together with this man
Ty,
Thanks for being the man you are. Thank you for being such an example of righteousness for me and our kids.

We sure love ya!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Getting ready...

I spent much of Christmas break nesting, cleaning, organizing and getting ready for Kimball's arrival and thought there wasn't much more to be done....until I had time to think this morning as I lay in a hospital bed in pre-term labor and realized that I had not gone through any pictures of Christmas or New Years and the next pictures to be gone through would very likely be of Kimball. So....after being given the special shot to stop contractions and getting to hear Kimball's solid heartbeat on the monitor for 2 hours, I am now home and trying to catch up on the things I had neglected to do before Kimball really does make his appearance.

Christmas post-check

New Years post-check


And before we add another boy to our little family, I just have to say how much we adore big brother Carter. The other night Ty & were watching the TCU/BSU game and Carter came in to tell us he wanted to check on Taylee. He went in to her room where she was sleeping, checked on her, and then reported to us that she was alright. A few minutes later he disappeared again and I heard water running from the kitchen. I went to investigate and found him washing the dishes. I was blown away. Tyson asked him why he was washing the dishes and he said "so Mom doesn't have to because she has Kimball in her tummy."
He is such a good older brother and sweet son. We love you bud!


Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 was different for us as we stayed here. In our 6 years of being married, 3 Christmases were spent in Texas, one in Alaska, and one in the Caribbean on a cruise. We were excited to really enjoy our time together and get our lives in order to welcome baby Kimball. There was so much time to just relax, play, and enjoy each other.

Carter hard at work on his gingerbread house
Taylee's finished product
All the creations together
Opening Christmas Eve pjs..."It's my ballet!" (Taylee REALLY wants to be a ballerina and take dance class)
Comfy & happy in new jammies
You can't see...but we had cool BYU slippers as well
The nativity story from the bible & book of mormon with puppets

and little people pieces
After the kids went to bed, Santa's helpers were hard at work building new beds
and they were so sneaky, they moved both kids into their new beds without them waking

They both woke up in the morning totally confused about why they were in new beds...and how Santa got them there
Christmas morning was spent opening presents

dressing up

playing with games

and new toys
resting
and eating yummy food

The best part for me was finally getting to nest & organize the rooms and the new toys


and to see my little family so happy

Christmas evening we had a wonderful dinner with Jamin & Shanda & kids and Carter & Tay were able to play to their heart's content with their cousins and then have them sleepover that night


It was a Christmas to remember.

And Santa did remember Carter's request...
a ball of string to do whatever he wanted


and I've been suffering the consequences ever since

EVERYTHING gets covered in string

and tied in knots

navigating through the house is an obstacle course...but he is one happy kid