Boise Vacation

The weekend before Chris started school we took some time and went to Boise to visit family and to some fun stuff. We got a hotel room for one night just for fun. Ryan thought that was awesome, he wanted to stay more nights. We got to go swimming in the pool and have a great time. We stayed with his sister Holly and her husband Lane for a couple of days and had lots of fun with them. We went out for dinner and just hung out with them. We then went to our friends Brian and Wendy and got to see their new baby and Ryan got to reunite with his good buddy Kenzie. We found out that the discovery center was free on Sat. so we decided to go there. It was really fun, but not a lot of stuff for little kids, but it was still fun to figure out all the little science things. Ryan got his hand and face painted and ended up on the news. Chris and I also were on the news briefly. We then went and got stuff for a picnic lunch and went to the park and had a picnic with Holly and Lane and Brian and Wendy. It was the perfect weekend to hang out outside and have some fun. Chris found out that Boise State was having their spring scrimmage, so he and Brian took the two older kids and went to go see the game. Ryan thought it was cool for a little bit and then got bored, but I think that over all he had lots of fun. Sunday we had a fun barbecue at Holly's house and played games. Chris' cousin Candace was their and it was fun to see her family and hang out with them. Ryan found a new friend in their little girl Mercedes. I hope in the future we get to hang out with them more. What a fun time we had before Chris started school and school life began.
All ready to watch a movieTuckered out at the end of the night

Easter

For Easter we just stayed at home and hung out together. Sat morning the kids got to go on an easter egg hunt. We just put the candy around and the kids went around and picked it up, Ryan thought this was the greatest thing on earth. All the rest of the day he wanted to play easter egg hunt. Later that night during priesthood session we went over to our friends house to have another easter egg hunt with his little friend and dye easter eggs. Ryan has never dyed easter eggs so I thought I needed to be a good mom and make sure he gets this memory. Well the kids weren't to interested in the egg dying. My friend and I were surprised, we thought they would like it better. Maybe next year we will try again. For Easter day we just watched conference and had a lazy afternoon. Since I didn't have a ham or plan anything we had chili dogs in honor of open day of baseball. It was fun!

Ryan's 4th Birthday

I am way far behind, so here is Ryan's birthday and party.

Ryan has been talking about getting a bike since last summer, so we decided to get him a bike for his birthday. He was so excited, except he asked why he didn't get the green one he wanted. The red one was a little cheaper so we went with that. Even though it isn't green he still loves his bike. On his real birthday we took him to the Rex to play on the bouncy slides and then went to pizza hut for pizza. We made cupcakes so that he could have some cake on his birthday. He also got a batman lego shirt for his birthday shirt, he loves it because it matches his batman game.
We didn't have any real candles so 2+2=4 that is what we told him.
RYAN'S PARTY
For his birthday he wanted a batman party. We had fun decorating the house for his party. Chris' sister and brother came in to town for it and we had fun hanging out with them for the weekend. Ryan wanted to go lazer tagging so we took him and his cousins Brady and Carson to go lazer tagging. He had lots of fun and then he got to play some games and won some prizes.
all the boys lazer tagging
The rest of the pictures are from the party and decorations.

I am very proud of this cake that I made all by myself!!
My mom made pj's and pillows for all the grandkids this year. These are my cute boys in their matching jammies. Thanks Grandma W!!

Busy boring life

I haven't had the motivation to blog lately that and anytime I am near the computer one of the boys tries to either pull the cords out or complain that I am on it. So I don't get very many chances to be on it. Not a lot has happened lately. Ryan started school three times a week and loves it. He is learning lots and loves being away from home for a while. It is also good for me, it gives me a chance to hang out with just Jackson, but I am not very fun Jackson misses Ryan. We are just getting ready for Ryan birthday that is coming up in a couple of weeks.
What a cutie on his first day of school!!!

Jackson is finally 1!!

I can't believe that this has finally come. It doesn't seem that a year has pasted by already. I have been really sad about this child turning one. I think with your first one you are so excited that he is growing up that you want all those things to come because you never been there before. Now with the second you want them to stay a baby as long as they can. I almost cried when his birthday got closer. We had lots of fun celebrating his birthday. We went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa Rice on his real birthday and then had a big celebration on Sat. with our family.
Jackson loves Mickey Mouse so we decided to have a Mickey Mouse party. We made him a Mickey mouse cake for him to eat and also had a mickey mouse pinata. We loved having the cousins that could come be with us to celebrate.

The birthday cakes and decorations.
his birthday present from us. He loves his couch.
Ryan hitting the pinata
all the cousins picking up the yummy candy!
The beautiful Minnie Mouse Afton!
He wasn't really into the cake, he tried for a little bit and then just cried.
The cute jammies that Grandma Williams made him along with a pillow for his bed. Aren't they cute!!

We had a very fun time celebrating Jackson birthday!

Jackson is 11 months!

I can't believe in little less than a month my baby will be 1! I am excited and really sad about him growing up. He is the cutest little boy ever. He has the walking thing down and it now trying to run all over the place. He gets into everything that he can reach and tries to destroy it all. He is such a happy little boy and wants to be do whatever Ryan is doing. Sometimes he thinks he is such a big kid and I have to tell him that he is still my baby. We are working on trying to get rid of the bottle but I don't think it is going to be as easy as it was with Ryan. We also are trying to get him ready to be in bunk beds with his brother. Chris really wants to get the boys bunk beds, so we decided to change his crib into a toddler bed and see how he does. BAD IDEA!!! He is definitely not ready. The first night he got out of his bed and I think he played in the toilet before crying so I could figure out where he was. We turned his bed to face the wall for the rest of the night. Maybe we will try when he is a little older. He is also the best eater in the the world he will eat anything we feed him. We love having him in our home and love getting to play and see him grow everyday. We are excited for what the future brings with this little boy!
Such a cute boy with his new sweater on!!
He thinks he is so cool when he sits and eats like this at the table.
Loves to play with Cousin Noah
He also has to get the last of his food.

Christmas in Boise

Sorry this post is so late. I will admit I have been to lazy to post. Better late than never right??



This year we went to Boise for Christmas. We stayed with Holly and Lane for a fun filled christmas celebration. We love to go and hang out with them and our friends that we have there. We got to go to dinner with our good friends the Thompsons. We had lots of fun catching up and playing games. Why is it that you try to go somewhere on vacation and you end up more tired and busier than being at home. They were so many things we wanted to do while we were there. We had a family Christmas party with Rice side and had lots of fun doing the nativity and having santa visit. The boys got lots of presents and toys from Great Grandma Rice. They had lots of fun. Ryan got to be Joseph in the Nativity. For Christmas eve we went out to lunch with Chris' family at our favorite Japanese restaurant and then made sugar cookies. We then went to our Brother-in-laws Lane's parents house for their Christams eve party. They had a pinata that the boys got to hit and lots of candy and presents came out. They gave lots of presents and had lots of yummy food. They also had us do the Nativity scene and Ryan got to be a shepard. He loved being able to act. We had lots of fun at that party to. After all the fun we went to see our favorite light display. It is so great, you can walk around the guys driveway to see all the lights. We then came home and had donuts and waited for Santa to come.
Ryan was Joseph
Jackson wasn't so sure about the whole santa thing
Ryan does not like santa at all
Sitting with Great Grandma Rice reading a story

Christmas morning was really fun. Ryan woke up and said he had to go to the bathroom, we had a bathroom in the room we were staying so I thought he was going there. Well he came back upstairs and said that santa and brought a tent. I got mad, he had gone down stairs looked down the hall and ran up stairs, well we had to get up at that point. The kids loved looking at all the toys. Jackson really didn't care all he liked was trying to grap and touch as many toys as he could. Ryan couldn't believe what Santa had brought him, it is alot more fun as he gets older to see how Ryan reacts. We had fun opening presents and just relaxing. Then for lunch we went over to Grandma Rice's house and had lunch and played more WII. That afternoon Chris and I got to go to the movies with Chris' sister and Brother. It was nice to get away without the children for once. I can't remember the last time we saw a movie just us.

Christmas morning in their new jammies (excuse the one in the back)
Ryan got a new tent, he has been sleeping in it since we got home.
Just happy to have something to play with

To round out this great week we had Chris birthday the day after Christmas. We went shopping and he got all kinds of stuff and then we had a party with family and the Thompson's with good pizza and cake. What a fun time we had are glad we could celebrate this wonderful season with family and friends.
One last thing, I have been trying to finda babies first christmas shirt for Jackson to wear on Christmas. Well they don't make them for big babies just little ones, I was very sad. I was telling this to my niece and so she brought over this shirt the she had made for Jackson to wear since she knew that I couldn't find one. I was so happy and it was so cute. It will be staying in the family for a long time. Thanks Kayliegh!!