Camping

These are a few pictures from our last camping trip for the year. We went up Parowan Canyon and it was perfect.

Arrrrgh! This is at Ethan's work party. It was a pirate theme. They had a lot of fun stuff for the kids. When we went to search for treasures at the makeshift boat (the kind where you reach through the circle holes and pull out a toy) Ty had the hook ups. He knew someone behind the boat and he got like five toys. Ty had the most fun going down the huge inflatable slide, despite being boxed by girls like ten years older than him. Is this a sign of things to come?

Guess what! Baby #2 is on the way! He or she is due Feb. 24, 2008. We are all very excited, Rachel is sick, Ethan is the best husband ever, and Ty has no idea what is coming his way.

Here we all are at the Seaman reunion in Cedar City. Ty had a good time spraying himself in the face with a spray bottle at the park and Ethan and Rachel had fun dancing with everyone. Thanks to all those who planned the reunion, the book that was put together is really neat!

This is Ty and Ethan taking a short scooter ride. Ty really liked it, his favorite part was saying ba-bye to everyone as they would pass by.

Independence Day

It was a pretty fun day for the Shumway family on the Fourth. I woke up while Rachel and Ty were still sleeping and thought I'd make some festive red biscuits. They were nice for a change. I then had to take off and help put together the hospital's float in the parade. Well, it's not really a float, but a dancing brigade, I guess. The group insisted on a routine using hospital bed pans. I thought it would be funny to have a trough full of yellow-colored water on the back of the truck, in which I'd dip my bed pan and throw the water on people. Idea didn't fly.

Ty was fun to have on the parade route, too. He came last year to walk with me, too. This time, he sat in the stroller and danced to the music being played for the Bed Pan Brigade. He had a lot of fun. The best part is he thought people were clapping for him, which, he loved. He clapped along with them.

After the parade, we went home, had lunch and took naps. We got up and went to our friends' home for a BBQ they'd invited us to. It was a lot of fun.

When 8 p.m. rolled around, we made our way to Grandma Seaman's house for some more fun. We hung out with her and Aunt Connie, who flew in from San Fransisco. Ty loved to hang out with them and really show off. He pushed a stroller around the neighborhood and had some home-made strawberry ice cream with Rachel and Grandma. We then lit off some fireworks, which Ty was also pretty impressed with.

Ty

Tyson loves gadgets, man. He can tell when they're fake, too. Don't even think you'll trick him with a toy phone or computer. Thanks to D.I. and work surplus, we've given him a couple real phones, a laptop, computer mouse and more.