Thursday, April 28, 2011

Easter Festivities



Easter traditions are the best and this year was no exception. We started our Saturday off with the neighborhood Easter egg hunt at the park. Chris made it home from his campout with the scouts just in the nick of time to race Henry down to the park. He was a titch late but made up for lost time with his speed and agility.

Henry rockin the 0-3 age group. The best part is he will still be in this age group next year.


The loot. And there are still two grandma parties and the Easter bunny yet to come.
After the park, there was some serious egg dying. Henry was quite fond of stirring and mixing and of course, his favorite color orange.

Nolan was suited up for the occasion in his frog shirt. A quiet spectator this year, but certainly one you will want to watch out for next year.


Henry was even awarded with a new bike! Mom and Dad did not want to wait until his birthday for this one. We figured he needed to use it all summer long. While he could never reach the pedals on trikes, this bike seemed to be a perfect fit.


Then it was off the Grandma Terry's Easter Bash for more fun at the park, lots of cousins and oh yes, another Easter egg hunt. This time Henry was a little slow out the gate (due to his fetish of taking shoes/socks off constantly) and came up empty with so many older cousins around. No matter, Greysen and Uncle Keith were gracious enough to share.

Nolan enjoyed some snuggle time with sweet Great Grandma Joyce.


What a day, and to think the fun has just begun...

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The Photo Shoot





Nolan is just five days old in these photos. It took Chris, Grandma, myself and a very talented photographer (with Smarties on hand for Henry) to get the job done, but I will forever be grateful I have these pictures.












Thursday, February 3, 2011

New Addition

On January 28th we welcomed a new addition to our family!


Nolan Paul Hyer was born last Friday at 7:42 am, weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 3 oz and measuring 20 inches long. The past long nine months and the ever so dreaded delivery of this large baby in my belly melted from my mind the second I looked into the face of this beautiful baby boy. Here are a few shots of our new addition, our little family of four...


















I couldn't love these two little boys more. Thank you to friends and family for your love and support.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Halloween Weekend

Scooping pumpkin guts out of and back into the pumpkin was glorious entertainment for adults and children alike.


Henry and Dad hard at work drawing the face of the jack-o-lantern. The focus and concentration of a two year old and a tired, over-worked 31 year old cannot be matched.

The finished products! The prize certainly went to the Morby's for Mitch's spider web (no template required) and Amy's Darth Vader. (Darth Vader was so intricate, it wilted before the next day to an almost unrecognizable state, so picture not included).

Then, the unthinkable happened. My sweet little ever so opinionated Henry would not put on his dragon costume. Just as I had feared. And although I was able to squeeze my ever growing belly into a princess costume, the family ensemble was not complete as I had not pulled off Chris's knight costume. And with Chris leaving out of town Halloween night, I just knew Halloween was going to be a disaster. It was enough to bring this pregnant mother to tears.

That was when these two little darlings showed up on my doorstep, sewing machine in hand, to save Hyer Halloween 2010. Amy whipped out a knight costume in an hour while Mitch entertained Henry. To top it all off, Amy magically got Henry into his dragon costume without any tears or tantrums. Thank you Aunt Amy and Uncle Mitch, you guys are amazing!
Not even a little rain could stop us from heading down to the trunk or treat.

With all of this excitement, Chris still made it to the airport on time.
This marvelous weekend was topped off with a Halloween party at grandma and grandpa's house.




Fishing for spiders, pumpkin bowling and ghost making with four little boys made for an exciting evening. For a more complete viewing of the evenings events see Amy's fabulous movie at the link below.

Happy Halloween!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImEl530DHeo

Wednesday, October 27, 2010