Christmas 2011

We had so much fun during the holidays this year! Christmas day we were at my family's house up in Sandy. We had so many activities planned for the weekend that it was almost exhausting, but so much fun! One of my favorite Christmas traditions that we have been doing ever since I can remember is making about 100 lunches and delivering them to the homeless in downtown SLC. It is a great way to remember the true meaning of Christmas by serving others. Somehow I forgot my camera and didn't get any pictures of us making the lunches though. Sad! We also went downtown to see the lights at Temple Square which was freezing, but fun. Boston got to ride the "choo-choo" (Trax) which he thought was fun for the first 10 minutes, then wanted to run around (which is difficult to do on a moving train). I loved just being able to hang out and play games with my family, they are always so funny. My parents got Boston a red wagon and let him open it a few days early, so everyone was busy taking him on rides the whole weekend, he loves that thing! On Christmas morning we opened presents, Boston was excited to open his first two presents and then he was too busy playing with them that he wouldn't open any others! It was fun to watch how happy he was the whole time. I love that boy. We celebrated Christmas with Paul's family the next weekend (New Years). Boston had so much fun playing with all of his cousins, and he would take 3-4 hours naps each day because he was so tired from running around so much. We all got so spoiled and are lucky to both have such great families!

Sorry these pictures are kind of all random, so I will try and label them!

These are from Thanksgiving that I never posted about =)

Paul cutting down our Christmas tree....a fun tradition!

Riding on Trax with papa (his favorite person EVER!)

Christmas morning

Christmas in Scipio

Helping Dad put away his new tools!

New bike from Grandma and Grandpa in Scipio!

Paul at the 49ers Game!

In case you didn't know, my husband Paul is a huge 49ers fan! I've been wanting to get him tickets to a game ever since we have been married, but the tickets are always so much, and the timing never works out. Well this year since the team is doing so good I decided to surprise him and send him to Phoenix to watch them play the Cardinals. The game was just a few weeks before Christmas so I thought it would be perfect. I got him two tickets and told him to find a friend to go with (I thought he would have more fun with a guy instead of me haha). He went down with his friend Kelly and took lots of pictures. Even though they barely lost, he had so much fun, and I had fun listening to him tell me all about it =)

Sunday Best

Today I am thankful for day light savings time because we actually got ready for church on time, so I had to snap a picture of Bos looking very sharp in his suit =) You might not be able to tell by his facial expression, but he is saying "cheeeese" for the camera. And of course he wouldn't let us forget the gloves!

Halloween 2011

Halloween was so fun for us this year! Boston has been pretending to be a tiger lately so we decided to go with it and dress him up as one. He was so dang cute. He kept "rarrring" when the neighbors would come to the door and was not shy at all when they offered candy. He did say thank you to most houses, so we'll consider it a success. I love this boy so much, he cracks me up everyday. Here are some cute pictures of him trick-or-treating with his daddy (who is equally cute I might add).



Later that night we had a party with some of our couple friends. We had my Mom's famous chili (which is beyond delicious) and yummy bread sticks. It was way fun and I wish I would have taken some pictures dang it....oh well maybe next year!

Stahlei Family Farm

Sorry, long time no blog, I left my camera in Salt Lake this summer and haven't been up to get it since then. No pictures=No blog. So sad... Then I remembered we have an old half broken camera that still works. Duh!

Anyways, we have had a fun and busy couple of months! Boston is getting so big, I can't believe it. He is so funny right now. I love it! I love the days I get to stay home and play with him all day. He makes me laugh. I love that I can talk to him and he understands what I am saying and can sometimes answer me back. He is running everywhere and climbing on EVERYTHING! It's a miracle he hasn't broken a bone yet. I can't keep up with him, but its so funny to watch. Good, cheap entertainment =)

Last weekend we went down to St. George to the Stahlei Family Farm. We went there last year when Boston was little, and it was fun, but this year was so much more fun because he was able to run around and pet the animals. He loved it! We went on hay rides and looked at pumpkins, and sat on tractors (by far his favorite part). Every time he saw someone driving a tractor he would point and yell PAPA! He does love his tractor driving papa =)

4th of July Weekend

We had soooo much fun this fourth of July weekend up in Scipio and Fillmore. We went up to the Madsen cabin on Saturday morning and had so much fun playing with all of the cousins in the dirt. Paul took Boston on about 300 four-wheeler rides....he was OBSESSED! It was so fun to hang out and relax with everyone up there. Monday morning we went to the parade in Fillmore which was fun, and then the park afterwards. That night we came back to Fillmore for their awesome fireworks show. I was worried about how Boston would do because he's not a huge fan of loud noises, but he really liked them. He just sat on our laps and let us cover his ears and kept saying "whooooa" and clapping for them. It was so funny! Here are some fun pictures of our weekend =)