Really Bad Timing

The Special Olympics World Winter Games is in Boise this year. It started last Saturday and the closing ceremony is tonight. The venue for Speed Skating is close to our house so I was really excited about watching some of the races. On Wednesday we met Paul over there for lunch and they were doing awards, we had missed the races that day. Yesterday was kind of busy for us so I thought that we definitely had to make it over there today. The schedule showed that there were going to be heats until about 12pm and then they would be done with Speed Skating. So I got Tyler ready to go, we just had to wait for Sara to wake up from her nap, then I could feed her and we could go. Everything was going okay until I gave Sara her first piece of cheese (it was tiny) and she proceeded to throw up for 5 minutes! I've given her other food and she's been fine. When I've tried to give her formula she always throws up for a few minutes, although not like today. I hope she's not lactose intolerant. Anyway, obviously I didn't want to bring Sara if she was going to keep throwing up, so we waited for a little while and she was fine. So we hopped in the car and pulled into the parking lot at 12:15!!! When I finally got the kids loaded in the stroller and we walked inside they were giving out awards. Speed Skating is over. All of the other events are done too :(

On a positive note, it was really neat to see the athletes get their awards, they were so excited! While we were there an athlete from Japan said hi to us and gave Tyler one of his pins! That was so nice of him that it made me tear up. Even though we didn't get to see any of the events, it was still neat to feel a little bit of the Special Olympic Spirit.

A Big Day For Sara!

Yesterday Sara was pretty sad about something and when I let her chew on my finger, I noticed that she had two teeth! Yay! Now hopefully the rest will come in quick so that she won't be ornery much longer.

Also, Sara started crawling yesterday! It's fun to watch her try and figure out how to get places. This has already been causing problems because Tyler usually doesn't want her getting his things. But sometimes he's really cute and will go lay down by her and talk to her or bring her toys.

Highlights from December and January

Here are some highlights of what we've been up to.

We celebrated my dad's birthday just before Christmas. Happy Birthday Dad!

We went to my dad & Paula's house for Christmas eve and had dinner with everyone. On Christmas morning, my dad, Paula and Jon came over to our house to watch the kids open presents and have breakfast. We later had dinner at Mike & Joan's with everyone.

A few days after Christmas we headed down to Logan for a week. The roads weren't that good for the first 50 miles and then after that they were a lot better. Paul and I went to a Utah State basketball game where I got to shake Big Blue's hand! (He's the USU mascot.) Paul went snowmobiling with his brothers and we got to spend lots of time with family. We had lots of fun staying up late and playing games with everybody.

Sara got her first tooth and she's learned to roll around to get places!

I got a membership to a gym with babysitting!! So far, it's been going really well. Tyler likes to go play there but Sara doesn't usually last very long - she's definitely a mama's girl right now.

Paul has been playing LOTS of basketball! He plays three nights a week and Tyler loves to see his games. Tyler has a basketball uniform that he probably wears twice a week and he's sad the rest of the time that he can't wear it. He has a few other shirts with basketballs on them that are adequate substitutes - most of the time.

Micron Children's Christmas Party

Every year, Micron hosts a Christmas party for their employee's kids. They had a toddler area set up that had some games and cars they could ride around on. Once Tyler found the motorcycle, he was very possessive and didn't want anyone else to ride it. At least it gave Paul and me a chance to meet other parents as we were trying to get Tyler to share with the other kids :) Tyler loved the swings and the slides! Sara was great as long as she could see what was going on and suck on her thumb.

Happy Birthday Paul!

Recently Paul had another birthday! I feel so lucky to be married to him, these four years have gone by fast! He's a great dad, it's fun to watch him play with Tyler and Sara. He's fun to be around and he's a great provider for us.

Thanks for all that you do for us Paul, I love you!

Thanksgiving

Tyler and Jon

Tyler, Grandpa & Jon

Sara was great while we were there!

Tyler and Grandpa

One of the traditions of the Borens is to go hunting while the turkey is cooking on Thanksgiving. This year was great because it wasn't too cold. Paul and I didn't hunt because we brought Tyler and Sara. My cousin let Tyler borrow her gun and he seemed to really like it.

For dinner we went to my dad's house with my grandparents, Mike, Amanda, Katherine, Steve, Ella, Loyd & Jon. The food was great and it's always fun to get together with family!

Kristina - Tyler loves the camo pants you gave him!

Stanley

Tyler has remnants of a chocolate chip cookie on his face.



A few weeks ago we went to Stanley with some friends to go visit my grandpa. I love going to Stanley! It was pretty cold but we still went on a little hike until it started to snow on us. We had a great weekend eating good food and playing games.