2010

Decided to call this post 2010 since I have this whole year practically to catch up on. It's amazing how much busier you get as the kids get older. Both in school now. Y started preschool in January and I really didn't feel like I have had time to breath. Then the months just disappeared and before I knew it--it was summer! I was thinking to myself what a great time to get caught up on the blog. WRONG!! Our summer was the busiest one we have had so far. We have just loved being in this neighborhood. The boys have met new friends so we were constantly going all summer long. We drove out to CA and spent a little over two weeks there. When we got back it was "back to school" time. I finally feel like I can breath again and the past couple of weeks I have been able to start on my "summer to do list". Now I can cross out #3 which was to get the blog caught up. So lets start back with the highlights of last winter...

Gramps came out and took the boys skiing....

W turned, can't believe I'm saying it, SEVEN I barely remember him as a 6 year old. He is still very much into LEGOS. So we gave him the option of a party with his friends or a big lego set! Guess what he chose?? Anyways I told him I would bake him any cake he wanted. He said he wanted a candy cake that was 3 layers tall with a cupcake on top and then the #7. I did my best. It was so homemade looking but that didn't seem to matter to him. He was amazed to see my creation or mess of a cake. It brought me so much joy to see his reaction and hear him say "it's exactly what I wanted Mom!"....
Snow and more snow...At least Daddy has some great helpers!
At our park down the street there is a sunk in soccer field and the boys along with the neighborhood love to sled down it.  They get going so fast they cruz across the whole field to the other side.....

Y started preschool in Jan....
W learned how to ride his bike without training wheels. Finally we got him on it. He was such a scooter boy. He picked it right up, is riding all over and has moved on to a bigger bike. He looks a little like a circus clown on this bike...
Easter--

My friend told me about these "bird nest" treats and I had to share them. I think they are so cute and they look so real to me. It is just the rice crispy treat recipe but instead of the crispy rice it's shredded wheat. You shape them into a muffin pan and then just add Whoppers "robin eggs" or the Cadbury eggs. I made them like 3 times because they were such a hit....

W in his school performance. He even had his own line. Parents had to make the costumes for their kids and I have to say he was the cutest lion...
Close to the end of school Daddy took the boys down to Durango to see Grandma and Grandaddy. Their cousins from Austin were there too. Grandma bought all 4 boys matching shirts and hats....

Grandaddy had bought a new fishing boat which made fishing a little more exciting..

Grandaddy also saddled up the horses. It was Y's first time to ride a horse on his own. He was so proud of himself....

Learning to rope....

Y turned 4 in June. His request was blue cupcakes and a water slide party....

I made it into a fish themed party. Here is the blue cupcake...

and the water slide....
4th of July neighborhood bike parade...

Camping and fishing...

Off to CA! First stop Lego Land with our cousins.....


Can't go to CA without stopping at the beach...

Didn't realize I got the bikini lady in the background oops...
Then on to Grammy and Gramps' house. We were so excited that Aunt KK came down with her girls to visit. As you can see only one of them was very cooperative to get pictures taken. Ohh how this morning was so frustrating at the time but now makes us laugh...
These two need no description. One was not having it. Y is sometimes known for being a ladies man...



Here Y is trying to help her along and obviously she needs no help..
Having fun in swimming at grammy's...
Their pink slide is always a highlight...
More cousin time...
Wrapping up the summer we took the boys to their first Rockies game...

What wonderful memories and what joy these two bring us......

Christmas came and went..

NICE!! I'm posting about Christmas two months later. This year we met daddy's family in Austin TX. The best part was meeting our new nephew. All the cousins had a blast together. There are 8 of them so total there where 15 of us in one house. Not a dull moment. Before we went we had to celebrate our first Christmas in our new house. I didn't do much decorating because we were going to be gone. It's slowly feeling like home as we make more memories here....

This just tickles me (maybe not at the time), but look closely and we had a little man who just couldn't resist. Almost every present had little rip marks. Gotta love a child's curiosity.

In Austin the kids got bb guns (except the younger ones). Even the girls did but their red ryder guns were pink. Here Grandaddy is teaching them hunter's safety. Which you need a lot of with 5 guns and 7 kids. My little nephew obviously just needed his thumbs and pointer fingers.

Down the street from where we were staying was a park with a giant sled. I'm assuming it was for family photos. The first picture makes me laugh. I guess daddy and I didn't fit in the sled. It's like the whole family and then us...(the sore thumbs)

Thanksgiving 09

This Thanksgiving we traveled back to CA. I went early to spend some time at home with my brother's family and parents. Then we all headed down to Santa Clarita to meet up with daddy and celebrate Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving dinner was quite unique. We were invited to our friend Cameron's BBQ restaurant. He runs the joint and wanted to cook us all dinner. So we joined him and his family and had the place to ourselves. All the kids had fun running around a giant empty restaurant. The food was amazing...he totally spoiled us. Daddy favorite food is BBQ so he was in should I say HOG heaven eating all you can eat ribs. I don't think he even touched the turkey or the sides. Grammy being grammy brought crafts for the kids and then gave them all Christmas jammies...

After dinner we headed to the coast for a couple of days. We celebrated an early Christmas together in the hotel and a Boschman Christmas isn't complete without some little program. So Grammy had the kids sing Christmas songs to a cd and then read them the Christmas story.

W & Y splashed in the cold Pacific water. The waves were hugh and magnificent. Our intentions were to stay dry but the boys couldn't resist and we did end up walking back to the hotel all soaked....

Grammy had made reservations for a train ride to a Christmas Tree Farm. It was so festive and the McClean family was able to join us. It was an old train and I think it's top speed was 2 mph (JOKING) so we were able to see all the scenary, and then of course Santa boarded the train to hand out candy canes. The boys are really forming tight bonds with their cousins and it was so fun to see them enjoy each other so much. What a way to end the wonderful trip and start the Christmas season.

So much to be thankful for .....