Boston turned one!!!! (And a smidgen of other small tellings.)

Yes, we are aware Boston turned 1 a couple months ago, howeverrrrrrr...I am playing catch up after being a slacker. I was so excited for Boston to turn 1, it seemed like such a milestone! His birthday was pretty boring. I tried to clue him in on the importance of the day but he just wouldn't get it. We were saving most stuff for his party a few days later so it ended up being a kind of lame day. We did give him the present we thought he would be most excited about. Excited doesn't begin to describe the little man. He was scrambling to get to it and it luckily did entertain him off and on throughout the day.

Trying it out for the first time.

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He also got some new pajamas, we were trying to get a picture to send to grandma and he was not being very cooperative.

As far as his party went. NEVER AGAIN! Ha Ha, i'm sure he will be able to convince me down the line but that was stressful! I worry as it is, this was worrying times a trillion! Luckily I think it went okay! Even now as I try to pinpoint what was so stressful I have no idea. All I know is I felt like it took me days to recover.

 :-)

YUM!!!

Is it just me or does he look a little drunk from chocolate/sheer happiness?!

He adores his grandma! I get passed up for her every time.

Cousin picture-Marchant side. 

Unwrapping presents.

He unwrapped the first present and then it was just me for the rest of the time. I tried to find some other pictures of him with his presents and in every one of them I look like a very strange weird-o so just use your imagination! He was definitely spoiled!!!!

HARVEST

We went down for a couple days to give Kory's mom a break from Semi driving in harvest. Okay, Kory did that, I just joined in for the fun of Harvest. 

Have I ever told you how HOT Kory is in Harvest? I'm sure I have because I tell everyone, but if I haven't: Kory is HOT in harvest. :-)

BYU vs Utah State Football game

Not much to say except that BYU WHOOPED on Utah State!!!!! I don't know how it happened but we ended up sitting in the middle of a bunch of BYU fans. Ha Ha Ha. Kory was none too pleased. We had a very fun time though!

Corn Maze Time

It is tradition to go to a corn maze every year. This is the first time we did it in daylight since Boston had a little cold and we didn't want to risk a cold night. We lasted quite awhile wandering and luckily Kory was able to pick out on a map where we were so we could eventually get out. Boston was a trooper and loved people watching. 

My Project

So last November when we went to Maryland I volunteered to do some crafty things for my mom. I was sure I could get them done quickly since Boston was only 3 months at the time. Well 4 deadlines later, and the last week of it I literally worked on it all day, everyday, turned many people down for things, and stayed up til 2:00 3 nights in a row to get it done when my mom was going to be here. Whew! I was so happy to give this thing away!!! It turned out cute though!

And there you have it. There is a quick recap of what we have been up to. Next post: All the Mischief with a capital M that Boston has been up to!

Call Family Vacay!

Remember that wonderfully warm month of August, you know 2 months ago? Well we had some awesome goings on that I never blogged about! I couldn't just let them slip under the radar so now I am going back and blogging about them.
Call Family Reunion/Vacation. This happened at the beginning of August and was a blast. Krystal and Shane (Kory's sister and bro-in-law) were in charge this year and I have to say they should be in charge every year. (Can I hear a Yeah! from the Call family?) They always plan the funnest trips. This year we had a new baby and a very pregnant mother so Boise was the destination of choice. Honestly, I got very few pictures of the fun weekend. I went over to steal a couple from Krystals blog and ended up stealing quite a few more. However, if you would like to see more details and more pictures of the awesome time we had check out Krystal's blog:
http://skskaar.blogspot.com/2013/08/call-family-vacation-2013.html.

Boston loved cruisin' around on this. (Couldn't get the picture to move where I wanted it! :-))

I am so frustrated but I couldn't get this video to move either!!!! Grrr. This is Cooper and Boston having a grand old time. To this day Boston thinks this is the only way to ride.

They found this cool family owned pond that you could reserve. We had this whole pond to ourselves and it had slides, ziplines, diving boards, rafts, paddle boats, and a rope swing. As soon as I saw the paddle boat I told Kory I wanted a romantic picture.

Love Boat at Christensen's Pond

What a cute family! Awaiting crepes!!!!

Boston loved splashing in the water spraying from the slip 'n Slide!

Mommy and Boston

What Stinkin' cute Cousins! I hope they grow up to be really good friends!

Kory sliding down the slip n' slide

Ahhh! What a cute family pic! I love all the feet in the pool.

So one of the evenings we went to play paint ball. This was my first time ever doing this and I was TERRIFIED!!! I got a pretty awesome bruise out of it that I am still pretty proud of. I made sure I wore shorts and knee-length skirts until this thing disappeared. How Sweet!!!

We Look fierce!

My Awesome bruise from Paint Ball!

Just finished rafting the Boise River

We finally look so nicely groomed! After a delicious dinner.

What a fun time we had! Thanks Krystal and Shane! (and Kami and Stephen of course for letting us stay at your house!!!)