Slacking

OK so we are total slackers!! And really don't have much of an excuse. We have just been selfish with our time and haven't gotten around to it. So again here is a slideshow of pics from the last two and a half months. We have Valentines, Easter, Owen's Blessing, and random pics around the house. Hopefully it won't be as long until our next posting. Enjoy!!

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From Christmas till now

We are using the excuse that the holidays kept us from putting up any new posts. But in all reality, for the last few months we have had quite a bit of semi-free time. Justin finished up his last busy semester at BSU and has been home more the last few weeks than we ever remember.
Christmas was a lot of fun. We had Christmas morning here in Boise just the four of us and had a lot of fun. We headed to Grandma and Grandpa Walkers for Christmas evening and had fun spending time with them. A week later we went back to Weiser to spend New Years with them and to see Paige and Devan. While there, we went sledding and Layla learned how to fly on a tube.
Over the past few weeks it has been nice to just hang around and spend a little time with eachother. We were able to go to a Stampede game and Layla caught a tee-shirt. She had a lolt of fun at the game especially when the mascot came and gave her hugs. Other than that, nothing too exciting has happened over our winter break. Justin started school back up this last week. He only has one class so it isn't really too bad. He is enjoying his internship and is hoping that it will turn into a job here in the next few months. Elsie also started a part-time job at the kids center at Gold's Gym. She is excited because she gets a free gym pass.

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Happy Birthday Grandma Christensen

We just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. Hope that you have a great day. Layla wanted to go to your house and sing to you, but this will have to do this year.

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Christmas Time

So we have been a little busy this month with all the holiday things that have been going on. A couple of weeks ago we did a gingerbread house. We though about just baking our own, but with two kids that want to help with everything, the $8 Costco kit was good enough. The girls had a lot of fun, especially Layla. This Friday, the 21st, we went to the Botanical Gardens here in Boise to see the lights that they put up there. They weren't as neat as the lights at Temple Square, but we had a lot of fun. Santa was there and the line was only about 3 kids long so the 3 minute wait outside was way better than the 3 hour wait inside the mall. They had a Santa at our ward Christmas party, and Layla was excited to be able to see him so many times. Hazel, not so much. Through Layla's visits with Santa, we discovered that the thing that she wants most from Santa this year is a jump rope??? Justin will be heading out at 7:00 am tomorrow to Target to pick one up. At least it is not a puppy, or we would have one disappointed girl. Layla loved to run around at the Gardens and look at all the lights. With as cold as it was Hazel only lasted about an hour and then it was back to the car. Layla on the other hand, insisted on running up and down the trail, which was a pretty good sized hill, over and over until until a bribe of a $.50 glow stick got her back to the car. By that time Elsie and Hazel had run about a !/4 tank of gas keeping the car warm. We have had a fun time this year gettign ready for CHristmas and can't wait till it gets here. We hope that all is well with everyone and that you all have a wonderful Christmas.

Hazel turns ONE !!!!

Our little Hazel turned one on the fifth of December. Justin had class late that night, so we decided to celebrate it on the sixth. We went out to dinner with Steve and Mary Ann and then came back to the house for cake and ice cream. Hazel wasn't so sure about the cake, but Justin got her to eat a little bit of it. Then she opened her presents. She got a music table, a princess doll, clothes, and a teddy bear. Layla assisted in the opening of the presents and still claims them as her own. We are working on that. It was a fun evening and here are some pics so you all can be part of it.






PS We got a lot of comments on our family picture. We took it ourselves at Katherine Albertson Park. And we are sending one in our Christmas card. So if you're worried about not getting one, send your address to us so we won't forget!

Fun at the Park

We have a park not too far from the house that Elsie takes the kids to "if they are good". This last time Layla rode her tricycle most of the way while proclaiming every block, "Look Mom, I'm getting my exercise!" Hazel also enjoyed going to play this time instead of going to watch Layla play, until Layla pushed her down the slide head first. Hopefully it says "warm" a little longer so Elsie still has something to hold over Layla's head for her to be good.

Halloween

Trunk-or-Treating

Halloween has come and gone. Layla was a beautiful Princess Leia, and Hazel a Dinosaur. Hazel was called a boy about 20 times, but that's what I get for putting her in a unisex costume. Layla won the best costume award at our Trunk-or-Treat. She was very proud and excited. We Trick-or-Treated around our old neighborhood for a couple of hours before it got too cold. We had a lot of fun!

Thriller

Last weekend we went down to Utah to go to Thriller with DJ and Katelyn. We had a ton of fun. The show was really neat and the only person that wet themselves because they were scared was Katelyn.

Layla's Third Brithday!

Yesterday was Layla's birthday. We had a lot of fun. Grandma Christensen and Aunt Mindy came up to celebrate it with her. They got up here on Wed and left earlier today. We had been planning on going to the Linder Farms pumpkin patch to get pumpkins, and were glad that it stopped raining just long enough for us to go. It was lots of fun. Layla rode the kiddie cow tractor and played on the inflated slides. After she was finished with that, which wasn't long enough according to her, we went to the pumpkin patch and picked our pumpkins. Hazel really enjoyed the tractor ride that took us to and from the fields. The kids were pretty tuckered out by the time we headed home. When we got home we had some of Layla's swimming pool cake that Elsie made. Layla had been asking all day long for the cake. We opened her remaining presents after cake. For her birthday, and throughout the course of the week, Layla got a scooter, some rolling luggage, some Sunday clothes, books, games, puzzles, skates and cards. He was very excited with all of her gifts, but tossed aside the money that she got in her pretty cards. Isn't it usually the other way around? Anyways, thank you to everyone that helped to make her feel special on her birthday. She is already looking forward to her next one.

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Ballet Lessons

Layla had the greatest time at her first Ballet lesson. Justin and I decided she needed something active and social to do. Justin suggested dance, so here she is. She loved it so much. At the end she didn't want to leave. She gets to go every Tuesday at noon. And She will have 2 Recitals. I'm really excited for her. And She was just so darn cute!!

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