Sunday, August 29, 2010



















Fall Time

One thing that I have never gotten used to being out here in the desert is not having a fall season. Oh, how I miss it! The smell of the crisp fall air, going to a REAL pumpkin patch (not something fenced in in a parking lot, that always makes me laugh) and having warm apple cider doughnuts!


Daphne has officially started 2nd grade! She is loving being back with all her friends. It's amazing how much she still remembers from last year. She is excited to get involved in all the fall sports.


Evan is our little energizer bunny! He just doesn't stop. We learned the other day that he can count to 10 in Spanish! Guess all the money we are paying for his daycare is paying off!

Friday, June 25, 2010

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Toy Story 3

Tonight we wanted to treat the kiddos to Toy Story 3. So, we headed on over a little early to get good parking and seats. The kids were pretty excited and a little impatient until the previews started. It was so cute how "sucked in" Daphne was. Evan on the other hand turned to us and said "come on Toy Story". It was pretty funny! I think we all had a good time.

Time Flys!

We have been a little busy over the past several weeks, hence the long stretch of space between postings.

Daphne finished up first grade in May of this year! She is very excited to be a second grader next school year, I just can't believe how fast the time has flown by. She lost her two front teeth within the space of 2 weeks of each other, she was pretty excited that the tooth fairy came twice that month. She is staying busy with lots of activites this summer.

Evan turned 2 several months ago. We had a good little time celebrating his birthday, I think he enjoyed it more this year. He gave us quite the scare a few weeks ago when he fell off a bench onto the concrete landing directly on his head. Thankfully, he turned out to be okay.

Jeff and I are staying very busy between work, church, family and me with school. It's been a fun balancing act, but we are getting pretty good at it.

We were lucky to be able to visit with our families several times over the last several months. We went back to Kansas for a VERY quick visit in March to say good-bye to my Dad until he returns back from his assignment overseas. We were also able to visit Jeff's side of the family while we were there. Then, they surprised us a few weeks ago and drove out. It was so nice to see them. Sometimes you don't realize how much you miss your family until they come for a visit. It was nice to visit even though the visits were so short.

We ended up staying in our house in Anthem. It was so nice not to have to move, for those of you that know us well know we have had our fair share of moves. So, we are hopefully holding out on moving for awhile.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Playing Catch Up!

Here is what has been going on in the Tryk household lately.

1.) Daphne lost another tooth!

2.)Evan is getting 4 teeth in!

3.) Enrolled Daphne in before and after care; Evan in Daycare (see below)

4.) Going back to work full-time at USAA.

5.) Looking for a house to buy.

6.) Trying to plan a trip to KS.

7.) Signing up for new classes

8.) Bought a new camera, just haven't really used it yet.

And so much more! Needless to say it's been busy around here. So, if I seem a little scatter brained lately, you'll know why.