Christmas

We spent Christmas in Washington at the Garner's house this year.  Rex learned a lot of new words including but not limited to: Grandma, Grandpa, Poo, Roscoe (the dog), NO (more emphatically than ever before due to a little book he received called, No No, Yes Yes).  As you can tell we had a great time. 

Emily, Rex and Josh in our Christmas pajamas

The whole fam (minus Sondra and Grandpa Phil)

Rex with Grandma and Grandpa Garner

Four generations

Playing trucks with Grandpa

Pretty much the coolest lens ever.  I am loving my camera.

Kelsey got a new straw

Rex got a book called Tickle Monster.  The book comes with a set of adult sized gloves with holes where the fingers peek through - used to tickle giggly, little toddlers.  It was hilarious.

Grandma and Grandpa gave Rex a pop up play set.  He loved crawling up and down the tube and rolling around in it.

This sock monkey jack-in-the-box was a hit!

Jer and Melanie cooked a delicious prime rib

And every night we played games for hours

The best part was being able to spend time with family that we don't get to see often enough.

Like this guy

We love you guys!  So glad we were able to spend the Holidays together.

An Early Christmas Gift

Rex got a rocking horse from his Grandma and Grandpa Alger for Christmas.  Since we won't be spending the holiday with them, they had the horse shipped to our house for us to assemble.  He helped Dad put it together, then he hopped right on.  He knew exactly what to do, it was pretty cute!

A screwdriver is a pretty safe thing for a 14-month old to play with

and chew on.

 

If Rex's height and weight stats continue the way they have, he might have a future in jockeying.  We're just getting him started young.

 

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving

I was so busy chasing Rex around my parent's very non-childproofed house that I didn't get a chance to take any pictures of our Thanksgiving weekend.  I got the pictures from my sister's today, some of them were good enough to share.

Started the day off with a little Turkey Bowl football game (Josh was sore for the next 4 days).

 

The Sisters and Mom

The pies were pretty amazing, this kid agrees.

Then we were off to Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate my nephew's 3rd birthday.  This is where I schooled my husband at pop-a-shot basketball 3 times in a row.

Rex liked the "toddler section"

He had a serious conversation with this mouse...

and then drove him to his destination, safely.

Dad enjoying a snuggly, sleepy moment

If this doesn't get you into the Christmas spirit...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Family Pictures

We had our family pictures taken in October.  Here are some of the highlights.  If any of you are looking for a photographer click here, Leah is amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Blessing and a Little Sunday Football

Last Sunday we went to Orem for my niece's baby blessing.

 Sophie with Grandma Alger

 

Sophie with Grandma and Grandpa Alger

 

Sophie with Mom and Dad

Four Generations of Algers

After the blessing we hung out at Andrew and Haley's for the afternoon.  Rex's other Grandma, Grandma Garner, got him a Seattle Seahawks jersey so we had to put it on him and see if he had any natural football talent.

Here he is going for the ball...

Guess this answers our question...

We seriously laughed so hard that my brother was able to capture Rex's face 3 inches deep in the grass.  This still makes me laugh.

He can't believe he missed the ball.

Here he is throwing his hand over his head and saying "touch down".  We're making sure to teach him the essentials.