Deterding Family

Photo Card

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Family Pictures

2011-07-20T14:42:00.001-05:00

Springtime fun with our cousins!!

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Springtime Fun!

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Easter 2011

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Here are a few pictures of our wonderful Easter 2011

We enjoyed the day with both sides of our family. First with grandma Cheryl and grandpa Kermit…

Then with grandma Sandy and grandpa Jim!

The kids enjoyed seeing the Easter Bunny

and hunting for eggs….

making jello jiggler eggs…..

and then hunting for more eggs!!!

Oh and can’t forget the annual tradition of dying Easter eggs!

What a wonderful Easter!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2010-12-29T10:24:00.001-06:00

From our family to yours……..Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Santa Claus

2010-12-29T10:21:00.001-06:00

First we had to prepare for Santa Claus and the reindeer to arrive in Eudora! Tyler made reindeer food (a.k.a. oats and glitter) in preschool so we had to carefully sprinkle that on the lawn so the reindeer would see the food and know to stop for a snack!

Then we had to prepare the cookies and milk!

Tyler and Brynn then went straight to bed with no arguments with much anticipation to see if what the next morning would bring!!

I think Santa did well this year!!

Christmas with Grandpa Jim and Grandma Sandy

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Christmas with Grandpa Kermit and Grandma Cheryl

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Fun with our cousins!!

2010-12-27T16:35:00.003-06:00

Perhaps one of the best parts of Christmas for Tyler and Brynn is getting to spend time with their cousins. Here they are with Owen who just celebrated his 1st birthday! What loud music they make!

Here they are with Jackson, Sydney, Calvin, Oliver and Violet…..

Oh what fun they have when they get together!!

(thanks grandma Cheryl for getting us all GAP hooded sweatshirts!)

The making of a Christmas card…..

2010-12-13T13:27:00.001-06:00

It is always fun and challenging to get the “perfect” Christmas card and this year proved to be no different. The good news is that this year no one was petrified of Santa Claus so although Brynn wouldn’t smile at least she wasn’t crying! Here are a couple photo’s we got with Santa….

Then we came home and tried to capture that perfect picture of the two of them showing just what sweet wonderful angels they really are (a mom can dream right?) What we really got was a good laugh…..seriously how hard can it be to get 2 kids to smile for a few seconds while we snap a photo??

Finally we got something we could use! Here are my two favorites…..

Wishing a wonderful holiday season from our family to yours….

Our family card

2010-12-07T15:41:00.005-06:00

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Brynn’s photo shoot

2010-11-03T16:15:00.001-05:00

I am only a couple months behind on posting Miss Brynn’s 2 year pictures…..thanks again Aunt Beth!!

Happy Halloween!!

2010-11-01T15:21:00.003-05:00

Here are some pictures of our brave knight Tyler who loved protecting Brynn the princess from anyone that got in her way. They made a pretty cute pair!!

This year we got to spend some time with both grandparents for Halloween! What a great weekend! Here they are with grandpa Jim and grandma Sandy….

and here they are with grandpa Kermit and grandma Cheryl along with cousins, Sydney the pumpkin, Jackson as Captain Jack Sparrow, Calvin as Captain Hook, Oliver as Peter Pan and Violet as Tinkerbell! What a cute group!

This year Tyler also got to parade around school with all the other kids to show off their costumes! Despite the serious look on his face he has such a great time at preschool!

Hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!

Enjoying Fall!!

2010-10-25T15:54:00.003-05:00

This fall we have been enjoying the wonderful weather by spending as much time as we can outdoors. I wanted to post some pictures of what the Deterding family has been up to! We have enjoyed a KU football game, Wellsville Days, a couple trips to the pumpkin patch with cousins, a Royal’s game, and just hanging out having a good time! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy……

(sorry for so many pictures but if you click on any one of them you can see it enlarged!!)

New Family Pictures!

2010-05-20T14:53:00.004-05:00

We have been patiently waiting for a nice sunny day to go outside and take some new family pictures. Since Tyler just celebrated his 4th birthday and Brynn is FINALLY starting to grow some hair on that pretty head of hers we decided it was time to update!!

Thanks Beth for taking such wonderful pictures (as usual!).....

Those crazy kids....

2010-03-11T12:56:00.010-06:00

Life has been a crazy whirlwind of events the past few months between basketball season and our family getting what seems like every cold and flu bug that went around. I did manage to capture a few great pictures of the kids and thought I would share them.

The kids just love to help me clean and they actually do a really great job of sweeping....

and they love helping me fix dinner.....

daddy is so proud...

Now onto something more manly.....like mowing the snow!

Brynn has changed so much these last few months. She talks up a storm and is determined to do everything herself. She loves playing with Tyler and loves even more stopping to say cheese for the camera!

Ty continues to love the spotlight as well...

The kids have also developed a love for trying on mom and dad's clothes.

first dad's hat....
then mom's boots....

Now Ty in dad's shirt and shoes and Brynn in big brothers shirt and sneakers!

Now Ty has chosen the ensemble of dad's hat and dress shirt and mom's boots....

and finally dad's coat.....

Kyle and I are so blessed to have such wonderful kids......

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

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We would like to wish all our friends and family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Tyler and Brynn

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Had to post a couple new pictures of the kids.....

October fun!

2009-11-05T14:42:00.016-06:00

We seemed to keep pretty busy in October and so I thought I would post some pictures of what our family has been doing to enjoy this crazy fall weather. We began the month with the pumpkin patch. Notice it was nice enough for shorts!

We were lucky enough to find a day when all the cousins could go!

Ty taking his turn at the giant pumpkin sling shot!

Daddy and the kids enjoying the afternoon....

Tyler seemed a little overwhelmed with all the pumpkins....which one to pick???

Brynn found the perfect one!

OK....we are ready to go!

The weekend following the pumpkin patch we decided to first attend Eudorafest in downtown Eudora . The kids loved the parade. Notice this time we are in jackets and hoods.......yet only 6 days later!

Tyler waiting patiently for the parade...

I think he waved to every policecar, firetruck and ambulance that went by!

And even got to sit in a firetruck!

Later that morning we loaded up and decided to visit the apple farm in Eudora....just needed a quick snack to keep us going....

The kids both loved picking apples!

They had such a great time they couldn't wait to see where we were going next......dreamland perhaps??

Later that evening they decided to sit and rehash the wonderful day they had!!

(Notice Tyler's blanket - he is ready for a certain jolly old man to come down our chimney!)

Then the next weekend we decided to really bundle up and head to Lawrence for KU's homecoming festivities......this time we had to break out the winter coats, gloves and stocking hats!!

The kids LOVED the parade!! You should have seen all the candy!!

Baby Jay stopped to say hello but Tyler ran the other way as fast as he could! By the look on Brynn's face she doesn't seem so sure about him either!

I'll finish off with a couple pictures of the kids carving pumkins.......

What a wonderful October we had......

Halloween

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This year for Halloween the theme was "On The Farm"
Here was our little duck and our farmer riding his horse.....

The horse got tired fast but farmer Tyler just kept on going....

Our little duck wasn't quite sure what to make of trick or treating!

Taking a quick break from all the action to rest up a bit!

The kids were so excited to have grandma and grandpa come up for the weekend. They loved going trick or treating with them!!

The night before Halloween we got together with all the cousins...

Oliver was the tractor, Jackson the hunter, Brynn the duck, Violet the scarecrow, Tyler the farmer, Syndey the hillbilly farmer and Calvin the barn. Looks like grandma and grandpa have their hands full!!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!!

Brynn

2009-08-30T19:03:00.005-05:00

It is hard to believe that our baby Brynn just turned one. She is walking all over the place trying to keep up with big brother. She has developed such a sweet personality and jabbering up a storm. Here are a few pictures that Aunt Beth took in honor of her 1st Birthday!

Once again you will see what an amazing job Aunt Beth does.....

Happy Birthday Brynn!!

Family pictures

2009-05-11T10:53:00.007-05:00

We decided it was time for some updated family pictures. Thanks to Beth we had great success!

Beth even put together this collage of Tyler in honor of his 3rd birthday! As you can see he had many expressions for the camera!

We were long overdue for a family picture....last one we had taken Tyler was celebrating his 1st birthday!!

If only Tyler acted as sweet as he looks in this picture.....

It is hard to believe that Brynn is almost 9 months old~

Tyler and Calvin deep in conversation.......

Brynn's 6 month photo shoot!

2009-03-11T10:51:00.006-05:00

It is hard to believe that Brynn is already 6 months old! At her 6 month checkup she weighed in at 17lb 10oz and 26 1/4 inches in length which is the 75% percentile for both height and weight. As you will see in the pictures below she is a VERY happy baby!!

A big thanks to Aunt Beth for the wonderful photo shoot!

Sledding

2009-02-28T15:59:00.004-06:00

Tyler has been waiting all year to get his sled out and finally he got his wish when he woke up this morning and saw that the ground was white! So we bundled up in our snowsuit, hat and gloves and got ready head outside.Brynn decided to stay inside where it was nice and warm......So daddy and Ty headed out to the backyard Check him out in action in this video! (Pay close attention to his waddle back up the hill in that snowsuit which was a little too tight).

A few new pictures to share.....

2009-02-10T13:15:00.008-06:00

It is hard to believe that Brynn is already 5 months old. She is developing such a cute personality and loves to smile!! I had to share some of my favorite pictures..... Brynn is sporting Mickey Mouse ears from her cousin Calvin's birthday party!

Those eyes just seem to get bigger every day!

We had to take a picture of this.....Aunt Laura bought her this outfit with a cute denim jumper to go over it but that would hide those ever so chunky thighs!!!

If Tyler looks a little guilty in this picture that is because I hear him yelling from our room "Brynn woke up" and when I walk in I see why.....he decided to climb into her bed with her. I don't even want to think about how he got in there without smashing her. Good thing she seems to be pretty tough!

Now I'll give you one of my sweet and innocent looks. What a good big brother I am!

See....I love baby Brynn

Ty and Brynn enjoying time with daddy!

Brynn's photo shoot

2009-02-06T11:45:00.005-06:00

I am a little slow in posting but thanks to Aunt Beth and her new camera we got some adorable 4 month pictures of Brynn. We think Aunt Beth could start her own photography business.....she sure has an eye for a great picture!

Snowball fight!

2009-01-17T20:03:00.004-06:00

Thanks to the warmer weather today the snow was just perfect for a snowball fight! Tyler thought it was fun to actually get to throw something at someone and not get in trouble!

By the time we got outside there wasn't much left but that didn't stop the boys!

I even managed to get a short video of the snowball fight until Tyler realized his hands were getting cold and he wanted his gloves!

Happy New Year

2009-01-06T16:43:00.003-06:00

Tyler was so excited to go celebrate New Years Eve with cousins Sydney and Jackson...if you look closely you will see that in his rush to leave he puts on 2 different shoes. He was not happy to have to stop and pose for this picture!

We all spent the evening playing games....even Tyler got to play a little Guitar Hero!

We toasted in the new year with champagne and sparking juice for the kids!

The last present has been opened....

2009-01-06T16:42:00.006-06:00

Once we got back home from all the Christmas celebrations both kids decided their new portable DVD player was one of their favorite gifts. Now Tyler could watch his 2 favorite movies (Polar Express and Cars) anywhere he wants! Thanks Laura and Jon!

Calvin, Oliver and Tyler think the tent is pretty fun!

They even take time out from playing to pose for a picture!

Christmas with Grandpa Jim and Grandma Sandy

2009-01-06T16:40:00.008-06:00

We all had a great time celebrating Christmas at grandpa Jim and grandma Sandy's house.
Tyler got to help uncle Jon and aunt Laura decorate the sugar cookies!

Brynn decided to supervise from her high chair....she was in charge of making sure Tyler decorated more cookies than he ate!

The next morning it was gift time! Tyler loves his new Thomas the Train set!

and his light up basketball jeans!

Brynn got beautiful new bedding that grandma Sandy made! She and her new baby doll give it the thumbs up!

Christmas with Santa

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Tyler was so excited to know Santa was coming down our chimney and here he is proudly displaying the cookies he helped make for Santa.

The next morning Tyler and Brynn were so excited to see all the fun presents Santa left.

Tyler can't decide what to play with first....his new tent or his punching bag!

I am pretty sure that only a 2 year old could get this excited about getting big boy pants as a Christmas present!

Christmas with grandpa Kermit and grandma Cheryl

2009-01-06T16:35:00.009-06:00

Ok so I am a little slow in updating our pictures but here is a recap of the wonderful Christmas we had this year.

First was our Christmas celebration with grandpa Kermit and Grandma Cheryl. Here is a picture of all the kids with grandma and grandpa.

All the kids got warm fuzzy matching Gap sweatshirts!

Tyler loved his brand new scooter!! Thanks Aunt Joy!! Tyler is also modeling his brand new robe from grandpa and grandma!

When the robe got to warm Tyler and Calvin decided to show off their muscles by scooting around without shirts on! (Actually they had to take their shirts off to eat their lasagna for dinner!)

Brynn thought they boys were being so silly!
Tyler loves saying "cheese macaroni" when getting his picture taken....... otherwise might have a been a good family picture!

Tyler and Brynn

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It has been so fun watching Tyler get into the holiday spirit this year. He was a big help in decorating the house and putting up the tree. He absolutely loves wearing his Santa hat!

Here he is preparing himself for his big debut at church in the Sunday School Christmas program. The theme was "Star of Wonder" but Tyler didn't stay on stage long enough to sing his song. He hit the floor running on the first note!

Brynn is also trying to get into the Christmas spirit with a new dress that Aunt Beth bought her!

I couldn't resist taking this picture......
or this one.....she is realizing her thumb isn't so bad!

A visit with Santa

2008-12-16T10:31:00.009-06:00

Last weekend Tyler was very excited when we told him that Santa Claus was in town and we could go visit him. We got all decked up in our Christmas clothes in hopes to take the perfect picture!! Brynn thought Santa was very snuggly.....Tyler on the other hand stood about as far away from him as possible once we got inside the room with him.

So Kyle tried to fake him out by distracting him with the tree in hopes to then place him on Santa's lap.Once Kyle sat him down he made a mad dash in the other direction

So he finally agreed to have daddy hold him but we were still hoping for a picture of just Tyler and Brynn with Santa

This time Santa tried to bribe Ty with M&M's and as you can tell it didn't work!

Finally after almost 15 minutes (thank goodness we were the only ones there this entire time!) we decided enough was enough. This was the best we could do. Ty agreed to stand on daddy's leg and if you look closely you can see the back of Kyle's head and his shoe! Brynn was such a good girl and never made a peep the entire time!Then just as I put the camera away Ty decided Santa might not be so bad after all. I quickly got the camera back out just in time to capture Ty giving Santa the pound. So when Santa asked Ty if he had been a good little boy here was the smile he flashed.....I'll let you be the judge of that one!
Merry Christmas!!!

Where does the time go??

2008-11-29T16:23:00.011-06:00

A few weeks ago Baker had their annual alumni scrimmage and Tyler decided that he might be able to help daddy's team out.......

Here he is passing the ball to his buddy JJ Dos Santos (JJ is one year younger than Ty but just as tall - but that is what you get when your dad is almost 7 feet tall!)

Slam dunk..... Coach Zerr said I need to work on my dribbling and stop showing off with all my dunks..... When Tyler decides to take a break from playing basketball he loves to hold his new baby sister! Brynn is 2 months old in this picture and as you can see is starting to really chunk up!!!Tyler's favorite days are when I am home from work and when Calvin and Oliver come over to play while Beth works.

Oliver is such a good sport and plays so well with Tyler....even when things get rough!!

Tyler and Calvin think that taking a nap together sounds like a good idea.....too bad no one actually went to sleep!
Brynn just sits on the couch and wonders...when are some girls coming over to play?A couple weeks ago the school sponsored a health fair and they had lots of fun games for the kids to play. Tyler is having fun tossing his bean bag trying to win a fun prize! The fire department was there teaching fire safety and Tyler got his very own fireman hat!
Big brother isn't the only one who likes to smile for the camera! We realized that the only family picture we had was when Brynn was born and I was still sitting in a hospital bed! We were long overdue for an update! Here we are on Thanksgiving day and Brynn is just one day shy of 3 months!

Ty having fun in the leaves

2008-11-29T16:11:00.007-06:00

Tyler decided he would help daddy rake the leaves but found it out was more fun to just run and jump in the piles!! Here is a quck video of Ty having fun!

He did stop to pose for at least one picture

Happy Halloween

2008-11-01T14:48:00.005-05:00

This year for Halloween Tyler and Brynn joined in with their cousins to be zoo animals.

Brynn was a zebra.....

And Tyler was a penquin......Tyler had been practicing for weeks on the perfect "trick or treat"! He wasn't crazy about wearing his penquin head but when we said he got candy when he wore it suddenly it wasn't so bad!
Here we are with Uncle Russ the zoo keeper, Jackson the gorilla, Oliver the tiger, Ella the giraffe, Sydney the monkey and Calvin the lion. They all looked pretty cute!

Tyler just kept asking.....can I take this off?
Please can I take this off??

The last few weeks.....

2008-10-21T14:17:00.012-05:00

Here are a few photos from the last few weeks.....

Enjoying an afternoon at the pumpkin patch Tyler couldn't wait to find the perfect pumpkin to bring home!

This one should do!

We also enjoyed a visit to Baldwin for the Mapleleaf festival. Tyler was sooo excited because they had train rides so we all took a relaxing ride!

Tyler found a tractor he wanted to bring home!

Brynn has been growing by leaps and bounds! Here she is trying to smile for the camera!
Tyler thought he would show her how it is done!

Brynn's Baptism

2008-10-06T12:52:00.005-05:00

On September 28th Brynn Marie joined God's family through her baptism. We are so thankful that our families were there to help celebrate this very special occasion.
The gown that Brynn is wearing was made for her great-grandpa Kronsbein 88 years ago for his baptism and through the years there have been many from the Kronsbein family to wear this gown including my dad, myself and Tyler. It is hard to see in the picture but this gown is in great shape for being 88 years old....

Brynn is blessed to have Uncle Russ and Aunt Beth as her godparents.

They gave her a beautiful baptism bracelet with a cross and her name on it.

Tyler was of course very excited about Brynn's big day.....but even more excited because he got a new bell for his tricycle! Thanks grandpa and grandma K!!

After church we had everyone over for lunch and by late afternoon Tyler and Brynn were both exhausted and ready to crash......Tyler couldn't even make it to his bed

and Brynn found her favorite place to rest.....on daddy's chest.

Brynn Marie

2008-09-09T12:59:00.011-05:00

Here we are the night before our little one enters our world. Kyle thought his basketball would be smaller than my "basketball"......until he saw the picture

Here we are minutes away from finally finding out will it be a boy or a girl......

It's a girl!!!
We are so excited to introduce Brynn Marie to everyone!! She weighed 8 lb 1 oz and was 19.5 inches.

Tyler is so excited to have a baby of his own!!
Daddy's little girl...........

Tyler is such a proud big brother!Pretty in pink!!!
Tyler thinks that Brynn's hat is pretty cool......
Here is Brynn coming home in the same outfit that I wore home from the hospital 32 years ago!

Brynn and I were both born on Labor Day weekend!

Once we got home Tyler just couldn't give his little sis enough kisses.
Tyler is so happy to be a big brother!!
Tyler looks SO big next to baby Brynn! Brynn has been such a blessing and a wonderful addition to our family.

The Deterding family

2008-08-08T14:44:00.011-05:00

With the upcoming arrival of the newest Deterding we decided to set up this website to provide our friends and family with updates and pictures of our growing family. We hope you enjoy and would love to hear from everyone!

We have been very busy these past few weeks......first with Laura and Jon's wedding and then a weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks with the entire Deterding family! The wedding was beautiful and Tyler loved wearing his tux! We also found out he is a dancing machine! At the lake Kyle and Tyler enjoyed the water while Sara tried to stay cool inside the enourmous air-conditioned cabin which we shared with about 50 aunts, uncles and cousins!! What a fun weekend!

We had such a good time at Laura and Jon's wedding!!

Tyler thought he was pretty cool in his tux. Especially since daddy, papa and Jon were all wearing the same thing!

Doesn't Laura look beautiful!

Don't both these boys look handsome!!

I am running out of room to hold Ty!

Tyler sure loved the reception!

Mama Cheryl even came to dance!

He loves his uncle Jon and aunt Laura!!

I think he could have danced all night!!

The happy couple!!

Mama Sandy and Papa Jim had a good time dancing as well.....

Finally around midnight someone started to get a little tired......

Now onto the lake.............

Tyler loves the water and thinks he is pretty cool in his lifejacket!

Tyler and Calvin went tubing.......what fun!

Papa Kermit even let him drive the boat!!

The most exciting thing about the weekend was Tyler learning to "swim" on his own!!

It was much cooler inside the cabin!!

What a fun weekend!