The Berrett Adventure

New Moon at Midnight

2009-12-04T21:10:00.000-08:00

This post is coming a little late but....better late then never.

So for those of you that don’t know I really like twilight. The obsession started one year ago when I went with my sister to see the 1st movie. One month and four books later I was hooked. I find it’s a needed distraction from my all-to-busy life of being, mom, wife, grad student, social worker, prevention specialist and all of the other stuff that falls in between.
So a few of my friends got together and when to the midnight show, even my sister came out. Only in Roosevelt could you get to
the theater at 9:45 and be the 1st in line, but needless to say we got great seats. I had so much fun just being silly with a bunch of grown women. Here’s a few picture of our night. P.S. I’m still a member of team Edward but I enjoyed Jacob none the less.

Suzanne...crazy girl 9+ months pregnant & we saw the movie twice, but don't worry Heaton was born unharmed.

Josilin dye-hard Grad student

Just a GREAT day!

2009-12-02T09:41:00.000-08:00

Saturday was such a great day! I forgot to take the camera so there are no pictures but I just had to tell you about it. We went to the mountain as a family to get a Christmas tree. It was a rare day for me I left my phone, my school work, and my house work at home and just enjoyed the day with all my boys. We laughed, sung and talked. We played in the snow and picked the perfect Christmas tree. Then on our ride down the mountain Ty and I curled up in the front seat and took a little nap. Being able to give my undivided attention to my family was so wonderful. I am ashamed to say this is something I don't do very often, but it truly renewed me. I am making it a goal to do this type of thing more often.

Our day at the temple!

2009-11-15T20:43:00.000-08:00

What a great day this was. Our little family had been talking about going to the temple for so long (even before Dylon was born) and I couldn't believe that the day had really come. Before Dylon I knew that our family was missing someone and having him sealed to us made our family complete. Here's a few pictures form that day.

Ty and Dylon love each other so much and Ty was so happy to be able and keep Dylon as a brother forever.

Its past Dylon's nap time and it shows

I love this picture so I just had to share it!
Thanks Jed for all the great pictures!

Two of a Kind

2009-11-05T20:51:00.000-08:00

Tyson 2005

Dylon 2009

One of the great things about having two boys is you can make the younger one were all your old favorites. That's what I did for Halloween this year and used the lion costume I made for Ty's first Halloween. Here's a picture of them both. I do have the cutest boys ever.

Here is what they both looked like this year right before going trick-or-treating. Ty was Batman, his very favorite superhero ever and Dylon was just trying to stay awake long enough to find a nice stranger that would give him a sucker.

Dylon Coy Berrett

2009-10-27T15:29:00.001-07:00

It's official, Dylon is now a BERRETT. To recount...Dillan came into our home on December 16, 2008 at 12 days old as a foster baby. We have spent the last 10 months falling in love with this little boy. 6 weeks ago Dillan's birth mother relinquished her rights so that we could adopt him and his birth fathers rights were terminated. We then were able to start the adoption process and we went to court today and signed all the papers making him officially Dylon Coy Berrett. We are all so excited, especially Tyson, the judge even let him testify in court that he wanted to keep Dylon forever. Here are some picture of our day!

The Berretts with Jenny Dylons case worker (we love her so much)

Fred the DCFS adoption worker, Jenny, Judge Steal(he's been the judge from the beginning with Dylon) us & our lawyer.

Thank you to every one who played a part in getting us to this point and thanks to all the many people who have supported us along the way. We will be forever grateful to all of you!

Thanks part 7

2009-08-06T20:25:00.000-07:00

What i am thankful for today is the foster care system. Working with Utah Foster Care Foundation and the Roosevelt DCFS has been a great experiences for me. I was so blessed to receive Dillan and get to know everyone that I have worked with as his foster mother. I am thankful that it looks like we will shortly be able to move to the next phase of this adventure...adoption.
To anyone that has ever thought about doing this I would say just make the commitment and do it, the experiences will bless your life and help you to learn and grow like nothing else ever will.

Thanks Part 6

2009-08-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

Today I'm thankful that I am done with school for a few weeks and get to spend more time with my boys. I love Ty and Dillan so much and really do enjoy spending time with them having fun and not being distracted by all the other stuff I "should" be doing.

I'm thankful for my garden, it is starting to give us so much veggies and I love being able to go out there and pick the things I need for dinner. Scott's done most of the work but I think I get the bulk of the benefit.

thanks part 5

2009-07-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

So I should to be finishing up my term paper for school but I needed a break so I thought I would do a thanks update

Right now I am thankful for my family and all the support they give me with school especially during the final week of the semester. It always seems to be crunch time at my house. Scott puts up with a dirty house, no clean clothes and an mentally absent wife, the boys don't complain to much about getting cold cereal and mac & cheese for every meal all week long. Not to mention getting more TV hours in this week then in a normal month. All the grandma's pitch in and take the boys for an afternoon so I can focus for a couple of hours.

I'm thankful for all of you this would be imposable without your support!

I'm Thankful Part 4

2009-07-23T20:15:00.000-07:00

First I am thankful that I finally have my DSL back up and running so I can do my blog updates, school papers, pay my bills and all of the other wonderful things that the Internet has brought to the tip of my fingers,

Second I am thankful for my little sis, Tori. I don't know what I would have done with out a sister, she is also my best friend and my hair stylist. Yes she is the reason I look so good j/k. She has been out here for the week and it has been so nice to hand out with her and have our kids play together. Its always nice to have someone to bounce all my crazy thought off of and to have someone that will tell you....yes your butt looks big in those pant. Thanks sis I love ya.

I'm thankful part 3

2009-07-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

so I'm running a little behind on my goal because i was on vacation for a couple of days and my Internet been down for over a week now. I'll be doing some catching up over the next couple of days. I have a lot to be thankful for....

I'm thankful for vacations even if you don't go any place exotic (which we rarely do) its so nice to get out of the day to day of things with the family. We had so much fun which leads me to the next one.

I'm thankful for water...seems a weird thing to be thankful for right? But adding water to any activity and the fun level goes way up. In the last week we have been to 2 water parks, had an entire family water fight balloons and all, and I sprayed a frowny faced and surprised Ty down with the hose, which washed away the attitude....water is amazing.

I'm thankful for Idaho. I love Idaho Falls and look forward to living there again someday (just another 6 years) but it gives me something to look forward to and every time I visit I'm reminded how much I love it.

I'm thankful for Part 2

2009-07-12T21:03:00.000-07:00

What I'm thankful for......

That bubba has improved his sitting up abilities so much this week. He is so much happier and i can put him down and get something done.

That my hip has improved to the point that i was able to start exercising again. (I fell around Easter and it has been really causing me problem the last couple months) I love to get the release that exercising brings, I always feel better about myself afterwords.

That my lesson in Relief Society went so well today. All of the great ladies pitched in with comments and I walked away feeling the spiritually uplifted and I know that many of them did also (because they told me so)

Naps...I love naps, I love when the boys take them, and I really love the rear occasion that I get one in, even if it's just 10 minutes on the couch while I'm holding my boys. Saturday I got a two hour nap.....Nice Right!

Me being honest

2009-07-09T10:58:00.001-07:00

So here is me being honest.....I have come to understand that sometimes in life we thrive, as a wife, mother, and a individual. Our kids and husbands are happy, clean and feed. We fell good about our self and our contributions to self, family, church, work, school........ This is not one of those times!

Most days I feel like I'm just holding on by a thread. But that okay because I'm still holding on and some days that's all that matters. On the up side I can see the light at the end of this tunnel and I'm running for it. I do have lots of fun summer stuff to tell you all about and so many good things going on in my life, some days i just feel like an ungrateful baby.

But I'm not i am very grateful for all the many blessings the Lord has given me and i know I just need to remind myself.... on that note I will be telling you twice a week for a month all the things I've been thankful for the last couple of days. (this will be a stretch for me to blog that much I'm sure)

I'm thankful for....

Scott who puts up will all my crap and loves me regard less

Bubba & Ty who are always happy to see me even when I'm a witch

My loving Heavenly Father who sustains me up when I think there's no hope.

Dillan & Hayden

2009-06-09T17:42:00.001-07:00

Dillan and Hayden got to hang out a lot while we were at Tori's. She borrowed this double stroller and they went everywhere in it. It was so much fun to watch the two interact and see all the fun things she is doing that I have to look forward to in the next four months with bubba.

Bubba fell in love with chickn' biscuits every picture he is shoving them in his mouth.

The Dentist

2009-06-09T17:22:00.000-07:00

While we were out at my sisters this last week we took our boys to the dentist. It turned out to be a great experience. First we were in and out with both boys in 30 min. Second they had a special pirate room that the boys loved. They were also able to sit and play video games while the dentist was looking at there teeth, they even put sun glasses on them so the lights wouldn't hurt their eyes. Here's a couple pictures

Cohen in the chair
Ty checking out his cool dental floss
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Tyson's Glasses

2009-04-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

Tyson went to the eye doctor today and yes in the Berrett tradition Ty needed glasses. Well luckily for me they have these glasses made from Nike that you can practically roll up into a ball and they will bonce back into shape. So we got him some and know he looks so cute & grow up I couldn't help but show off a picture or two.

Easter Adventures (finally)

2009-04-30T10:06:00.000-07:00

So I turned in my last term paper last night so here is all the stuff we did for Easter....finally!

Pictures of the boys in their Easter clothes

Make a Smilebox slideshow

All or our Easter egg hunts & Easter Morning

quick update

2009-04-21T16:59:00.000-07:00

It's the end of semester at my house so nothing extra has been getting done, not laundry, cooking or any other dispensable activity like sleeping, this has included my blog. So while I'm sitting in class trying to listen to a lecture(not exactly) I'll give you a quick update.

Ty...has started t-ball he loves it, wants a cheese sandwich for breakfast lunch & dinner, got his kindergarten shots and now is mad because he has another year of head start, has wanted to dress like Dillan every day(I'm using this to my advantage)

Dillan...is now 14lbs, loves his ellie(a stuffed elephant) and his green blanket mima made him, talks all the time we have whole conversations and I have no idea what there about.

Scott... is working hard at his new job (were thankful he still has one), has started getting the yard ready for spring planting and went on his first fishing trip this weekend (didn't catch anything but had fun)

Nikki...Just school, school and more school, I have a long list of things to do starting next week with my 3 week break (blogging all my fun Easter activities is one of them)

Education through Cows

2009-04-07T13:16:00.000-07:00

We went to the dairy yesterday, and it was so educational. I just loved to see Ty having a blast and absorbing all the information they were feeding him. Ty loved it he got to see were milk comes from and even drank a little. That night he wanted to know were the hamburger came from. The other girl in the photos is Mallory my friends daughter, she took him all over and explained everything. He even got to feed the 3 day old calf with a bottle he loved it. Even Dillan had a ball just looking at everything. Here are some pictures from our trip sorry they are not the best. My camera batteries died so we were only left with my phone. Which I was grateful it worked after dropping it in the sink (but that's another blog).

Buzz Boys

2009-04-06T14:49:00.000-07:00

So this last week I was giving Dillan his first haircut and decided that I would just give him a buzz cut. I was surprised at how calm he was, he actually enjoyed it. So now both my boys have buzz cuts and I think they look so cute.

From the Dinosaurs to Batman

2009-03-27T14:37:00.000-07:00

Are you all luck or what? I've accomplished 2 post within 1 week. Thanks to my little sister. Well it has been a busy week. Tyson had a field trip with head start to the dinosaur museum. He loves going there and it was even better going with his class. They had been studying about dinosaurs and fossils all month. One of Ty's favorite places is the glowing rock room but I couldn't get a picture of it because it's too dark.

From the Dinosaurs to Batman

2009-03-27T13:26:00.000-07:00

Batman

So on Monday we went to Salt Lake to the Discovery Gateway with the Berrett's . The Kids had tons of fun, there is so much to do there that we could have stayed there all day Then after that we headed over to Build A Bear. Ty loved b-a-b more then i though he would and he named his bear Kekee (who know were that came from). He picked out a batman costume to dress him in and he got camo boxers for him too. That night when we got home we had to find Kekee PJ's before he would go to bed. Even though it was over 2 hours past his bed time. Dillan really liked watching all the big kids playing and refused to nap almost all weekend. He got a small soft elephant form b-a-b and is in love with it.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I was tagged

2009-03-18T10:57:00.000-07:00

So my little sis Tori tagged me on her blog. The challenge was to go into you picture folder and pick the 6th picture from the 6th folder. So here it is.

This is a picture of Ty and Grandma Lana on Ty's first Halloween (2005). I love this costume, it was the first real thing I had ever sewed by myself and he looked so cute in it. I remember that when he would hold you hand and walk his cute little tail would move back and forth. I loved to watch it. He was such a chunk back then, I forget how fat he was. I though I would add another picture so you can see how cute he really was. Now I should tag 6 other people but I'm not going to (I know I,m a party pooper) So if you want this is a fun exercise, let me know if you do so I can check it out.

A Quick Update

2009-03-10T14:47:00.000-07:00

I know, I know I have been horrible at this blogging thing. But I am finally having some help so hopefully you will see more of us. For now i just want to give you a quick update of my boyz. They are doing great and growing up so fast. Ty loves headstart class and always comes home with the new things that he's learned. Recently he has learned about germs and about recycling so we have to safe everything that has that recycle symbol on it. He also loves to workout with dad he always say that he's getting ripped. It's so funny. Dillan is getting big he was 10lbs 8oz at his last visit and his vision is getting better everyday. He is also starting to babble and make those great baby sounds that just melt my heart. He is also starting to interact with everyone and he loves, loves, loves his bath time. Here are a few pic so you can see how big he's getting.

What we have been up to

2009-02-06T09:15:00.000-08:00

So some of you many be wondering what in the heck we've been up to because its been two months since my last post. Well let me start with our biggest news of the last two months

This Is Dillan. We got a call at 4pm December 14th and picked him up at our local family support center at 5pm. We were able to surprise everyone with him even Ty. (I will tell you the entire story another time) At the time we got him he was 10 days old. As of right now he is still a foster baby and we are working on reunification with his mom. Reunification will be our main goal until he has been with us for 8 months. If that happens we will work towards adopting Dillan.

In the mean time we are having a ball having him as part of out family. As you can see Ty just adores him. He loves being a big brother. It took a little time for me to adjust to the schedule of a newborn but I think I have finally made the transition (hence why I have a moment to do this) dad on the other hand is still working on it. We are so happy to be able to have this experience and I thank the lord of all he had done for me and my family.

I've been bitten

2008-12-04T12:55:00.000-08:00

After hearing all about how great the Twilight book were I had intended on reading them (when I got time, Ha,Ha,Ha,) I thought I would be happy just seeing the movie, so I went to see it for a girls night out on Saturday. I really liked the movie and I through I'd pick the 1st book up for some casual reading over my month brake from school. That was Sunday morning. By Monday afternoon I had finished the book and I even went to church on Sunday and work on Monday. They weren't kidding when they said it is addicting. I have promised myself (and Scott) that I wont start reading the second book until all my final projects are turned in. I am counting down the days until the 9th. Talk about ridiculous but bitten by Edward none the less.

Ty's 4th Birthday

2008-11-23T14:07:00.000-08:00

Ty turned 4 years on November 5th and the following Saturday we had a two phase party for him. First we went to the rec Center about half hour away from were we live. It was great. This was my families first visit and they had so much to do. All of the photos are from the pool area. They had all sorts of fun stuff for kids of any age.

Then we all came back to our house and had pizza, open presents and ended with cake and ice cream. What a fun day. I really appreciate all of the friends and family that were there to celebrate this great time with Tyson and us.

Coming Soon

2008-11-18T19:53:00.000-08:00

My DSL has been on the fritz at home (I should have it worked out) so posts coming soon are Ty's 4yr birthday party with lots of photos and the many faces of Nikki telling you a little about what I've been up to.

Halloween

2008-11-04T13:17:00.000-08:00

Halloween was an adventure that lasted two days at the Berrett house. But by far the best part was that Dad was there. This was the first Halloween he had ever been around (he is usually hunting). We weren't sure for a while if he would be able to get the evening off work but it all worked out great and he was off by five. Unfortunately the camera battery died so we weren't able to get any pic of him.

Ty was a football player and I was his cheerleader.

On Thursday we spent half of the day trick or treating with Ty's head start class this is his babysitter and her boys

On Friday we trick or treated to all of our friends and family then did a down town event followed up by trunk or treat & dinner with our ward.. When that was done we played games at a friends house while Ty played with one of his favorite friends. This is grandma Lana. Ty was terrified of her and was freaking out getting this close to her for the photo.

By the end of it all Tyson was all footballed out and ready for a rest.

The zoo & a perfect day

2008-10-10T14:45:00.000-07:00

My sis Tori & I took our families to the zoo a couple of weeks ago. It was the perfect day, the weather was great and the boys (Ty & Cohen) had a ball. It was so nice to be able to spend the day out and just have fun. Something I don't get to do to often with my busy schedule. I know that Ty loved having all of moms attention for a entire day as well. It's days and moments like these that make all the hard work in life worth it.

Summer Sledding

2008-10-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

I found Tyson out side one afternoon and he had found himself a new game. We have a pile of gravel by our house that we haven’t spread out yet and he discovered he could sit in an empty tote and go sledding on it. It was so cute & he had a ball.

Carmal Apples

2008-10-04T20:52:00.000-07:00

Tyson had his cousin Cohen spend the night a couple of weeks ago while Scott was out of town hunting. We decided to dip carmel apples and decorate them. The boys radded my pantry and we found all sorts of stuff to use as different parts of the face. The boys and I had a ton of fun, but by the next morning the apples had melted so you couldn't really tell what they were.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Tyson's 1st Day of School

2008-10-04T20:15:00.000-07:00

I'm a little slow at this posting thing so here is Tyson first day of school from last month. I had been fighting back the tears for a week before this day and was sure that I would break down when I dropped him off. When he got to school he was so excited that I just couldn't cry. This second photo he is saying "mom will you put down the camera and let me go to headstart."

P.S.I did have a total breakdown talking about it that night in my class.

The Berrett Adventure

2008-08-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, I must admit one thing before you jump into this blog. In the spring right before graduation I made myself a “to do list” for my summer “off” (before I start graduate school). Getting this blog up was one of the first things I wanted to do. So here it is 9:30pm the night before my classes start. How is it you spell P.R.O.C.R.A.S.T.I.N.A.T.I.O.N
So here we with our Berrett Adventure.

Swimming Lessons

2008-08-25T21:28:00.000-07:00

Ty took swimming lessons a couple of times this summer & had a ball. He has always loved the water so it was nice for him to be able to have such a good experience. here are a couple of my faverate photos.

Chapita Camping Trip

2008-08-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we when on a camping trip. It started off a little bit rocky it was freezing and Scott broke his fishing pole. But It ended up being a nice trip once the sun came out. You can also see how dad dose most of his fishing when Ty's around. I don't think he minds though because has been letting him tag along with him since Ty cound walk. The two of them when on a hike one of the days and let me take a nap and do a little reading. I though I would show you the Video that scott shot while he was trying to get a nice photo to take back to me.