Hands Down This was a Lot of Fun!

We went to Color Me Mine this weekend (a pottery store where you pick out the item and then paint it how you’d like) It was rather entertaining. The whole point was to get Spencer’s hand and feet prints before he was a year old. I meant to get this project done at his half year mark, but 8 months will do. Spencer loved the paint and had fun curing his fingers, too bad for mom – she needed a flat hand to get the finger prints!

Nick's Swim Meet here in Utah

Nick did great at the swim meet…for fun he swam in quite a few different events. He was in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, 200 Individual Medley, 100 freestyle, 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Medley Relay. Nick and the 3 guys he swam with, on the 200 Medley Relay, were trying for the Utah State Record. I am pleases to announce that they did beat the old state time, and they now hold the Utah State Record for that event. There time was a 1:38.97 (for those non-swimmers that is read 1 minute 38 seconds and 97 hundredths)

The Roberts family came down for the weekend and enjoyed watching Nick swim. We spent most of our time at the meet, going over wedding plans with Kristi and Derek, and eating good food!

Happy Valentine's Day

Nick surprised me on Wednesday and took me out to dinner up at Sundance! We spent our first Valentine's Day there three years ago. We had a wonderful time. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect - quite, cozy, and romantic :o) I loved it! What a perfect date!


Spencer and I spent the afternoon decorating sugar cookies. I went to town on my creativity! Really I had too much frosting, and I just kept adding more :o) They were yummy!

Spencer is Growing Too Fast!

Spencer started crawling last Sunday, and
he’s now getting pretty quick! He sure likes
the freedom of going where ever he chooses.

If crawling isn’t enough – he’s now pulling
himself up to a standing position. Here come
the bumps and bruises.

Spencer loves to play with his Daddy! They are always having a good time :o)

Did we Blink or What?

This was Sunday the 3rd of February - the first day that Spencer crawled.

By the way, I was on the phone at the time
and had no idea that Nick was recording.
Please disregard all the background chatter.

New Foods!

Okay - that was an interesting bite!

Our little man has been trying out all sorts of new foods.

He loves sweet potatoes and apple anything.

He, however, hates peas! Mom has given up

on the greens - kids can live off of fruit rollups anyways (right!)

Spencer likes his new chair... Santa did a great job this year!

My new Monkey friend!

Curious George getting attacked by Spencer... this time in an I love you sort of way!

Christmas in Arizona

This Christmas thing makes me tired... I stayed up all

night trying to get a peak at Santa.

We had a wonderful Christmas in Arizona with Grandma and Grandpa Tobler. Spencer loved all of his new toys, but he loved the gift bags most of all :o)

Watch out Santa...

I don't know how I ended up in a grinch outfit. I'm a perfect little angel.

Naughty but Nice...

Actually, this year they let me be baby Jesus. Joseph had to hold me though because Mary wasn't quite big enough. We didn't want baby Jesus to get dropped on his head during the program.

Since when did they have bottles at the Inn?

Funny Moments

I think that Milk was pretty darn good!

Cousin Audrey looks a little Suspicious if you ask me...

Spencer will do anything for a good laugh :o)

Merry Christmas!

Dear Family and Friends,
This year Jen retired from her long professional career as a teacher. She planned on a nice retirement living off of Nick’s income. However, he still has a few more months until he graduates from the Master of Accountancy program. Thus we are counting down the days to our new job and adding up all the things that have happened this year. Numbers are flying, so here we go...

3 years of teaching under Jen’s belt before she retired.
15 credits left before Nick graduates this coming April.
1,000,000 little hairs Nick had to shave in order to taper properly for Nationals in
Indiana this summer.
0 times Nick and Chad beat Jen and Sarah in a game of Carcassonne this year.
132 days we had Spencer’s swing up before he was born
41 weeks of waiting for our bundle of joy to arrive.
2 feet of growth (that’s ten toes) in our family this year with the arrival of Spencer on
June 23rd.
6 plane flights Spencer went on before he was two months old.
20 hours of practice Nick puts in each week in order to train for Olympic Trials.
3 times Spencer wakes up in the night to eat.
8 alligators Nick saw while in Florida participating in the Deloitte Tax Challenge.
500 dollars awarded to each member of the BYU tax team for taking 2nd place.
1 flat tire we got after all of our driving from Springville to Provo.
9 week old Spencer received his baby blessing given to him by Nick.
4 meetings Nick attends each month for his calling as Ward Mission Leader.
10 girls in the ward Activity Day’s group that Jen is over.
180 degree turn we took in our lives with the first diaper change that ended up
being a blow out.
24 hours Nick spent in Boise being dined by Deloitte his future employer.
4320 minutes it took us to accept and sign the offer to work for Deloitte in the Boise
office starting next September.
12 0’clock at night – our new bed time.
34 family and friends we have linked to our blog address at: nicholasandjen.blogspot.com
1178 minutes Nick and Jen spend talking to each other on the phone between classes
each month.
∞ number of times Spencer smiles and giggles throughout the day.

We can’t place a number value to your love and friendship. We wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Love, The Tobler Family (Nicholas, Jennifer and Spencer)