Thursday, December 31, 2009

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.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

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!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

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

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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!










 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 



Thursday, November 5, 2009

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.