Sunday, February 1, 2009

Julie's 31st Birthday

First of all I wanted to say sorry for taking so long to post all of these pictures. Basically I've just been lazy, no excuses.
Julie and I got to travel to Salt Lake last night and enjoy some time together on her birthday. I suprised her and we rode the frontrunner train down to Salt Lake and ate out at her favorite restaurant, The Market Street Grill, a fish restaurant with amazing clam chowder and sourdough bread. We then went spur of the moment to see a live improvisation comedy act much like "Who's Line is It". It was a fun night.
Waiting for the lightrail trax to take us back to the frontrunner. It was a cold night!

Story time at the Treehouse

The kids and cousins went to a Childrens museum called the treehouse. While there they got to enjoy story time and become part of the story.They even got a little bit of facepaint.

Funny pictures and videos of Drew

Drew LOVES to put on random hats.
Julie thinks it's funny to have him put on the girly ones.

Here are a few funny video's of Drew one night when he was in a laughing mood.



He's getting smart!


Christmas Afternoon... More Presents for the Kids!

Christmas presents with Grandma and Grandpa. Billy couldn't wait to see what his HUGE gift was... I think Grandma and Grandpa Holden were just as excited to give it to him.I think this was one of the biggest remote control vehicles I have ever seen. Billy had his excited face on!
Drew was also happy with his farm house. It made animal noises.
Maggie was feeling better after her morning with the hives.
She was excited to get a digital camera and proceeded to take funny pictures the rest of the day... maybe later I will have to include some of those pictures.
Drew was still occupied with his farmhouse. He couldn't figure out how to get it out of the container it came in.

Maggie and Billy also got the scooters they had wanted. They rode them around inside the house the rest of the day.
Grandpa and Billy played with the remote control car.
In the end it was another fun Christmas...

Christmas Morning

The long awaited Christmas Morning and Maggie has the hives. We think she was just nervious the night before about whether Santa Clause could make it to our house with the storm outside.Billy, of course, was the first one up in the house and had to make sure everyone was awake.

Billy started in right away with the biggest present.
He was pretty excited to get Lego Star Wars. He has been wanting any lego's with a light saber for a long time. (It would take me several hours to put this together later that day... remind me never to get any lego's with so many pieces for him again!)
Maggie was excited even thoug she was itchy!
She was happy with the makeup and the Barbie's she got (although I instructed her that she could not wear or use the makeup until she was was 21 years old).

Next was Julie's turn. If you look to the right of her you will se the ketchup and mustard I rapped as a gag gift. She didn't apreciate the humor.
She did however like her food chopper...
And her digital picture frame.
I got a fun game and my favorite... a Symphony Bar.
Next the kids all got to open Grandma and Papa Farr's gifts that they had waited so long to open.
All the kids were happy with their stuffed animal buffalo's... and of course Billy loved the legos!
Drew woke up later as we didn't want to wake him early and have him be awnry for the rest of Christmas day.

He was excited to ride his new four wheeler!

He then also got to open Grandma and Papa's gifts.

Maggie finally went back to sleep as she wasn't feeling well.


Opening Present Before Christmas

The kids got gifts from Auntie Anne in the mail and couldn't wait to open them. I told them not until Christmas but Julie finally gave in and let them open them when they were all together and Billy got home from school.Drew got to go first.
I think Billy and Maggie ended up opening more of the present though for him because they didn't have the patience to watch him open it slowly.
He loved the stuffed frog he got from Auntie Anne.

Maggie got to go next.

This is a HAPPY Maggie!
Billy finally got to go last after waiting for everyone else to open their presents.

Once again, Auntie Anne got the gift perfect. LEGO's, Billy's favorite.