Jose Bosque

My little brother Joe is adorable! He is known for his story telling, which he will tell a story to anyone who is listening! When we took the job in Ky we told our siblings that we would still be able to see them a lot more than when we lived in Idaho, but not nearly enough as when we were living between our parents homes! Last night while I was on the phone with my mom (the second time) she told me that Joe really wanted to talk to me. He is upset because Adam is not keeping his deal with getting a job closer to home (we told the kids that we are hoping to move back to Ohio in a few years), we have been in Ky for a long time (or a long time to a kid, 5 months). Then he went to asking if Connor was going to go to Emerson when he went to school, that is the school a couple blocks from my parents house. Poor kid doesn't understand that when we move back to Ohio it wont be Massillon, ever.. we'll more than likely end up in Cinci, Columbus, Cleveland... You get the idea. Then he went on to ask my mom if they were coming here for Connor's birthday party, when she said no he replied, "oh so we are going to Ky".  Once he realized it is only going to be a skype invite he went on about how unfair it is since they weren't there for the first birthday!

I wish  that we lived closer to our families so that Connor can get to know all of his awesome aunts and uncles, and they could be a regular part of his life!

A funny story he told the Sister missionaries about my parents- My dad is the best. Do you know why? Because he lets us wake up and bam, we get to go straight to the video games. But this only happens on days when my mom sleeps all day. If she was awake then she would make us do our chores. But my dad doesn't care.- The funny thing is it was a Sat and my mom rarely sleeps in and the kids all fibbed and told my dad that their chores were done when they didn't do them.

If you need a funny story just ask Joey, or the school libraian... as I am told that is his favorite person to tell stories to!

A little Christmas fun

A week ago we put up our Christmas tree and the few decorations that we have.  It was a lot of fun!

 Connor was in love with all the ornaments! He was so excited to play with all of the "balls"!

Helping daddy put the tree together

Our pretty tree! Yes some of the ornaments are in random spots. I guess that is what happens when you have a toddler help decorate the tree! He thought it was so fun to throw the ornaments into the tree!

The rest of our decorations! Not bad, for being married less than 3 years!

 

Sat we went to Noble Park to see the Christmas lights! It was so cool, they have so many lights up and it was so pretty! Of course there was a huge line to get into the park and Connor fell asleep but once we were inside the park I had to take him out of his seat and he sat up front so he could see, and he was in AWE with all the lights! We didn't take any pictures because I recorded it! We will def be back a couple more times before Christmas!!


For the last couple of nights we have been watching Christmas movies as a family. Thankfully Netflix has a lot of selections that are great for a toddler!

This morning Connor and I made cut out Christmas cookies! I was a little nervous because I made the dough the night before but this morning I realized I only halved part of the recipe. Thankfully, they still taste yummy! Connor was a good little helper... haha as in helping to make a mess ;) haha. Just kidding, he had so much fun and i gave him his own little pile of dough to play with.

We LOVE this time of the year in our household!!