Happy New Year!

In order to kickstart 2010 the right way, I am going to get back to updating our blog. Many apologies for the delay in postings. It's been a hectic few months for us with my recent uptick in travel for work, many family and friend holiday gatherings, as well as the usual life of two working parents with kids. My New Year's resolution is to be more vigilant in keeping the blog updated, and now that I'm sharing that with all of you, I'm more inclined to keep with it. Right? Well, I'll try my hardest. I promise.

So the first post of 2010 will be a recap of the past few months from us, told via pictures, videos and a brief summary of each. Enjoy!

Here's to a happy and healthy 2010!!

xoxo,

Kirstin

October-ish ...

Ryder learned how to mow the lawn all by himself (with close supervision, of course).

We took the Pumpkin-liner train to get our pumpkins.

Our next door neighbors grew these pumpkins and gave them to Ryder. Such fantastic neighbors!

Ryder likes to shower by himself now.

I don't know what this picture is from, but I thought it was funny.

Carving of the pumpkins ... a lot more work than you think.

November-ish ...

Jeremy and Payton were home with the Swine Flu and this is what I came home to.

The house was a disaster with tissues, food, toys, diapers, etc strewn about the house.

I went to New York for work and Ji Young joined me the last few days. We had a GREAT time. Sadly, I didn't get many pictures from the trip.

More November-ish ... For Thanksgiving we went to my parents' cabin in Oregon. We had a great time!

Miss P and Grandma Jan getting some snuggle time in after Thanksgiving dinner. Look at the belly on that girl! It's HUGE! But so cute ...

Ryder and I made a snowman.

Playing in the snow!

Miss P was a little cold so she hopped in the hot tub with Jeremy.

December-ish ... Christmas and New Year's celebration!

We celebrated Christmas Eve with the Kearney's. Before dinner we went to the Idaho Botanical Gardens, we got there a bit before they opened we hopped over the park to let the kids run around.

Ryder, Payton, Morgan and Aidan. Such a fun night!

Merry Christmas!

Miss P showing off her teeth, so excited about her new pink wheels from the Kearney's. Thanks guys!

I've taken to calling us the Borney's. (Bordner's & Kearney's mashed together) What fun times we've had together!

Ryder and Morgan saying their goodbyes on Christmas Eve.

Little more ...

One more hug.

Christmas morning.

Susie and Tucker flew in Christmas morning. Thanks for making the trip. It was so fun to celebrate Christmas at our house!

Payton had a good time with Grandma Susie!

I made a turkey. Yes, I cooked. It was quite yummy, if I do say so myself.

For Christmas dinner I used my grandmother's china, silver and linens ... it looked so beautiful.

Thanks Grandma Jo! It was so fun setting up Christmas dinner.

For dessert we made brownie sundaes ... Payton snuck a few bites.

On New Year's Eve Ryder and I built a huge snowman. Jeremy and I ended New Year's Eve with a bang, playing a 2.5 hour War card game. It took a lot of skill, but I won. If you know War, it's all about skill, not luck. :) At least the game kept us up past midnight!

On New Year's Day we had some "split P" soup for dinner! Ha!

Little Miss Manners

Payton has learned how to say "thank you," it's the sweetest thing. I have been trying to capture it on video to share with you all, but she clams up where I put the camera in front of her.

Essentially, it's any time she is given something or gives something to you she says, "tain-too."

Life has gotten away from us!

Apologies for the major delay in my blog upkeep, the end of summer proved to be super busy for us ... but quite fun! I'm not going to spend much time in this post recapping the last month and a half and will rather entertain you with pictures. Enjoy! I promise to do better in my blog upkeep moving forward. As usual, life has been pretty entertaining her at the Boise Bordner household.

Ryder and Jeremy went on a day-long flight with my boss ... up to McCall for pancakes at the Pancake House and over to Baker City for some lunch & ice cream! Ryder had a great time!

We had a major BBQ with loads of kids, adults and fun! Thanks everyone for coming.

At the Idaho State Fair! Ryder & Jeremy went on the swings! I was nervous for Ryder, but he LOVED them!

We went to the Mariner's game with our friends Ryan and Heather Skene.

Ryder & Jeremy were in cousin Roy & Erin's wedding this summer. Quite the dashing boys they were!

Grandpa Tucker is really good and reading stories!

While in Seattle we went to the zoo with Grandma Susie and Harper & Bennett (the kids Susie watches).

Payton Turns One!

It's been quite a year for Miss P ... I'll entertain you with some pictures throughout the year.

Yoga

When I was pregnant with Payton I went to prenatal yoga twice a week for several months. We drive by the yoga studio every now and again and when we do Ryder always says, "there's momma's yoga." I showed Ryder what yoga was ... you know, "the downward facing dog" and Tucker's favorite, "the cobra." Well, last night my yoga mat was out in the living room floor from my "morning routine" (I won't go into those details now) and I'm down the hall and I hear Ryder say, "momma, I'm going to do some yoga." I said okay, buddy. Then he says, I need to do some yoga to push my baby out." Of course, that's what he associates yoga with ... me being pregnant with Payton. So I ask him where's his baby and he said, "it's in my belly."

Needless to say for a few minutes Ryder entertained me with many yoga poses/moves on how to get the baby out!

1st Birthday

We celebrated Payton Frances' first birthday this weekend, co-hosting a joint party with the Hamilton's, as Delaney Jane also turned one (the girls' birthday is one day apart, Aug 4 for Miss D and Aug 5 for Miss P)! The party was at the Hamilton's house, and Molly did a beautiful job with the decorations and set-up!

The theme of the party was "tiny two," naturally, since they are two tiny girls. For food, we had tiny-burgers, tiny dogs, tiny cupcakes, tiny veggies, even tiny water bottles (among normal sized food and drink). It was a great time! Miss P finally got her first girl toy ... a stroller and baby doll.

Impossible to get all the kids to look and smile at the same time.

Present time!

Mommies & birthday girls.

Getting ready to dig in!

Payton loved the mini cakes Molly made for the girls.

Funny.