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Sunday, November 25, 2012
family reunion 2012
the second annual boyer family reunion was held the end of august. we went camping up logan canyon and played at bear lake. it was a fun time.
even the dogs had a family reunion, rusty and topher are brother and sister too.
some of the cousins
grandpa kept grandkids warm when they got cold
and grandma made sure they were okay.
lined up for an egg-carry race
ready... set... GO. the starting line up for a foot race.
me, getting dunked in the river by brother R2.
my newest niece.
cousins being weird and having fun.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
my epic valentines
this year was an epic valentine year.
brother R2's kids sent me artwork. their mom only wrote what they said to her.
i'm a love star! woohoo!
(so, i play this game with him where i pretend i'm a brain sucking alien...)
this one is from a friend...
who really likes zombies. ugh!
and this from brother R1's family totally captures my love...
of all things star wars!
(apparently their household is going through a light saber phase.)
plus, i need all the force i can get these days...
thanks for the great valentines. they really made me smile.
hope you had an epic valentine's day as well.
Friday, August 12, 2011
things that made me smile lately
- key lime coconut cupcakes (thanks SS) and good conversation with friends
p.s. i really must have that recipe!
- plans for the boyer family reunion and buying my plane tickets
- a wake up phone call
- making arrangements to rent a piano for the new house. it will be delivered tomorrow.
- hanging my antique looking coat hooks in the entryway hallway. they look so pretty.
- hanging the art work in the house
- rain!
- sending rsvps for two specatular events for friends.
- the temperature droppping to below 70 degrees at night. can you say sleeping with all the bedroom windows wide open?
- this conversation with nephew L:
me: guess what?!?! we get to go camping togther next week.
l: i know.
me: and then guess what?!?!!? i'm coming to your house to play with you.
l: how long will you be there?
me: i think i'll be there for 2 days.
l: that's not long enough.
me: how long should it be?
l: you need to come 6 days.
me: i wish i could, but i can't.
l: why not?
me: i have to go to a party for a friend in san diego.
(the party is a change of command ceremony, but l wouldn't understand what that is)
l: why?
me: because she asked me to sing for her party.
l: oh. okay....... can you come for three days?
me: yes, i think i can.
l: okay! bye!
i seriously love this kid.
- deciding to switch the dining and living rooms, because i want the living room in the bigger room.
- baking cupcakes and making this frosting. seriously good stuff.
- asking for space and getting it.
- and now it's friday! happy weekend.
p.s. i really must have that recipe!
- plans for the boyer family reunion and buying my plane tickets
- a wake up phone call
- making arrangements to rent a piano for the new house. it will be delivered tomorrow.
- hanging my antique looking coat hooks in the entryway hallway. they look so pretty.
- hanging the art work in the house
- rain!
- sending rsvps for two specatular events for friends.
- the temperature droppping to below 70 degrees at night. can you say sleeping with all the bedroom windows wide open?
- this conversation with nephew L:
me: guess what?!?! we get to go camping togther next week.
l: i know.
me: and then guess what?!?!!? i'm coming to your house to play with you.
l: how long will you be there?
me: i think i'll be there for 2 days.
l: that's not long enough.
me: how long should it be?
l: you need to come 6 days.
me: i wish i could, but i can't.
l: why not?
me: i have to go to a party for a friend in san diego.
(the party is a change of command ceremony, but l wouldn't understand what that is)
l: why?
me: because she asked me to sing for her party.
l: oh. okay....... can you come for three days?
me: yes, i think i can.
l: okay! bye!
i seriously love this kid.
- deciding to switch the dining and living rooms, because i want the living room in the bigger room.
- baking cupcakes and making this frosting. seriously good stuff.
- asking for space and getting it.
- and now it's friday! happy weekend.
Monday, June 20, 2011
conversations with my nephews
i love talking with my nephews on the phone. they just make me laugh!
nephew G: hi christine! are you sucking brains today?
me: nope. i'm good. why do you want me to suck your brains today? ('cause after all i am the evil brain sucking aunt who must be stopped by superman's laser eyes.)
nephew G: nope, that's not a good idea.
later while talking to his mom, i hear noise in the background. mom tells me that dad has him pinned down to clip his nails and G is fighting back, saying, "i want my nails to be long and sharp like wolfman's" (his name for wolverine). this kid just kills me!
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nephew B: are you coming over today?
me: no, i'm not. i live too far away.
nephew B: why?
me: 'cause i live in washington, dc.
nephew B: oh..... do you have any dogs?
me: no.
nephew B: oh...... do you have a bear?
me: no (laughing).
nephew B: why not?
me: because bears are way too big to have as pets in the city.
nephew B: oh..... okay..... i love you.
me: i love you too. m-wah!
mom gets on the phone and tells me he is blowing me kisses.
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nephew L: how are your fish?
me: well, one died a little while ago, but penny is doing okay.
nephew L: you have a fish named penny?!?!?!
me: yes, i do.
nephew L: which one is she?
me: she's the silvery pink one.
nephew L: oh........
me: so what are you giving your dad for father's day?
nephew L: cards. lots of cards.
me: oh, that's nice. anything else?
nephew L: well, i got a sucker at church, but i didn't know he liked suckers and it has my germs on it now.
me: well, it's probably better if you don't give it to him then.
nephew L: oh that's okay. B is licking it now.
me: (laughing and imagining dad's surprise at his empty sucker stick)
i love these boys. they are so sweet and full of life and love.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
it's not nice to take other people's stuff
About two weeks ago, my sis-in-law N posted on my FB page, that nephew G. was worried about me after the recent break break-in. I decided I would call and talk to him to see if I could put his mind at ease. I called his mom's cell phone figuring that she would see it was me and let him answer the phone...
G: CHRISTINE!!!!! WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?
(Yes, this was the volume of his greeting along with the inflections. By the way, his mom said that this was all him. She did no coaching whatsoever.)
Me: (trying hard not to laugh, 'cause he was just so darn cute) Well, G. you can draw me a picture and have your mom help you put it in the mail to me.
G: Okay, WHAT ELSE?
Me: When you say your night-night prayers, you can ask Heavenly Father to watch over me and keep me safe.
G: Okay! What else?
Me: I don't know G. What do you think you can do?
(running out of ideas here...)
G: Buy you a new laptop, so we can video chat.
Me: Oh, I would love that. What else do you think you can do?
(totally touched by how thoughtful this kid is)
By this time he was getting bored with what he could do for me, and his attention turned to the "bad guys" responsible for the break in.
G: Do you know who it was that broke into your house?
Me: No, that's why we called the police. The police will try to find the bad guys.
G: Don't they know it's bad to take your things?
Me: I don't know G. I think they feel like it's okay to take other people's things.
G: Well, somebody needs to tell them it's bad to take other people's things.
Me: You're right G. Somebody does need to tell them this.
G: Well, who's going to do it?
Me: I don't know. Maybe the police will find them and tell them.
G: No, I'll come to your house, and I will them, "Hey, it's not nice to take Christine's things."
Me: Alright, G., you can totally do that. I love you, buddy.
G: I love you too, Ant (sic) Christine.
Seriously, where does this kid come up with these things? He is so smart, funny and kind. I wish he was here to tell those "bad guys" not to take other people's stuff.
Love my nephew.
G: CHRISTINE!!!!! WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?
(Yes, this was the volume of his greeting along with the inflections. By the way, his mom said that this was all him. She did no coaching whatsoever.)
Me: (trying hard not to laugh, 'cause he was just so darn cute) Well, G. you can draw me a picture and have your mom help you put it in the mail to me.
G: Okay, WHAT ELSE?
Me: When you say your night-night prayers, you can ask Heavenly Father to watch over me and keep me safe.
G: Okay! What else?
Me: I don't know G. What do you think you can do?
(running out of ideas here...)
G: Buy you a new laptop, so we can video chat.
Me: Oh, I would love that. What else do you think you can do?
(totally touched by how thoughtful this kid is)
By this time he was getting bored with what he could do for me, and his attention turned to the "bad guys" responsible for the break in.
G: Do you know who it was that broke into your house?
Me: No, that's why we called the police. The police will try to find the bad guys.
G: Don't they know it's bad to take your things?
Me: I don't know G. I think they feel like it's okay to take other people's things.
G: Well, somebody needs to tell them it's bad to take other people's things.
Me: You're right G. Somebody does need to tell them this.
G: Well, who's going to do it?
Me: I don't know. Maybe the police will find them and tell them.
G: No, I'll come to your house, and I will them, "Hey, it's not nice to take Christine's things."
Me: Alright, G., you can totally do that. I love you, buddy.
G: I love you too, Ant (sic) Christine.
Seriously, where does this kid come up with these things? He is so smart, funny and kind. I wish he was here to tell those "bad guys" not to take other people's stuff.
Love my nephew.
Monday, December 27, 2010
christmas recap
I was in heaven this weekend playing with my nephew, Ghent, who has the best imagine ever (see previous post). My niece, Lily, is a little sweet heart and loves to play with toys and watch her brother act out his adventures. Here's a few more highlights:
At the airport--
Dad (Rob): Ghent, look there's Aunt Christine.
Ghent: Is that really Christine?
Me on my knees giving him a hug: Hi, Ghent. It's me Christine.
Ghent while hugging me: Dad, is it really Aunt Christine?
Dad: Yes, it's your Aunt Christine.
His face, when he realized it was me, was so precious.
And no I didn't wear the Iron Mask at the airport!
Ghent, who LOVES cookies asked me if he could have a cookie. I sat down on the floor to go through my bag and pulled out the tin of homemade cookies I had brought with me. He looked through the clear plastic top at all the homemade cookies and his eyes got really big and excited. As I tried to open the tin, I realized that with the altitude changes from my earlier travels a vacuume had been created. We had to let the tin warm up a bit and then Dad (Rob) had to help get things open, spilling most of the cookies on the floor (10-second rule!) after the lid unexpectedly popped off. Ghent was a little disappointed by the ineptitude of the adults in his life at that moment.
Each Christmas Eve, my dad reads the Christmas story from Luke and expounds upon Christmas, while reclining in his chair. This year he was in southern Utah at my brother Jon's house. So, my brother, Rob, having previously decided that I needed to experience a Paradise Christmas, came out dressed in bib-overalls with a pillow stuffed in for his belly, walked over to his recliner, popped the foot stand out and got ready to read the Christmas story. After we all stopped laughing, it was a pretty special moment, because he kept stoppping to ask my nephew questions and explain parts of the story. Ghent knew everything about the story and elaborated on some of the details. "Was there room in the inn?" "No, everyone was busy." "Why did Mary need a room?" "Oh, she was tired."
Nickolee and I were sitting in the living room after Ghent had gone to bed. We were laughing and talking, but not being very quiet. From the bedroom, we hear in a very authoritative young voice... "You guys are being too loud. Santa will hear you. Santa Claus can't come until you're all asleep. So be quiet!"
Lilly (at about three in the morning): waaagh. waaagh. waaagh.
Me (on the couch, listening for several minutes): I wonder if Rob and Nickolee will hear her... I wonder what time it is... Oh, come on you guys, it's been like 15 minutes... Do you just let your kids cry...? How can you sleep through that...?
Finally, I move from the couch and get Lilly out of bed. She latches on my neck with her mouth and starts sucking, but stops after realizing there's nothing there. I wake up the parents and hand her over to Mom, who has to go to the bathroom. Left alone with Dad and realizing her food source is gone, she expresses her sharp displeasure.
Lily: WAAAGH. WAAAGH. WAAA-AAA-AAAGH!!!
Ghent: Why are you an ant?
Me: Oh, you mean why am I called Aunt Christine?
Ghent: nods with a confused look on his face.
Me: Well, do you remember Uncle Jon? Well, he's your daddy's brother, so we call him Uncle Jon. I'm your daddy's sister, so I am Aunt Christine.
Ghent: ????? (looking even more confused now)
A few minutes later:
Ghent: Christine, you're a talking ant.
Me: Oh, and what are you?
Ghent: I'm a talking bee.
Me (laughing so hard and trying not show it): Okay, I'm a talking ant. What is Lily?
Ghent: She's a talking butterfly.
Me: What are mom and dad?
Ghent: They're ladybugs!
Lily loves attention and absolutely adores her brother. I've never seen her smile so big as when Ghent and Dad sing to her:
Lilly-pop, Lilly-pop, oh, Lily-lolly-pop!
Lilly-pop, Lilly-pop, oh, Lily-lolly-pop!
Lily-POP!
Come and be my Lily-pop, and tell you why
Kisses sweeter than apple pie
Ghent even replaces the words "apple pie" with other things he likes that are sweet. So cute!
Oh, what a grand Christmas weekend! It's so fun to be with family for the holidays. Christmas is just that much sweeter and fun with little children who believe in the magic of Christmas. It's even better when adults get pulled into the magic like I did as I played with Ghent. His imagination is so much fun and the way he puts the world together is fascinating. I hope I always remember the magic of Christmas, especially through the eyes of a child.
At the airport--
Dad (Rob): Ghent, look there's Aunt Christine.
Ghent: Is that really Christine?
Me on my knees giving him a hug: Hi, Ghent. It's me Christine.
Ghent while hugging me: Dad, is it really Aunt Christine?
Dad: Yes, it's your Aunt Christine.
His face, when he realized it was me, was so precious.
And no I didn't wear the Iron Mask at the airport!
**************************
Ghent, who LOVES cookies asked me if he could have a cookie. I sat down on the floor to go through my bag and pulled out the tin of homemade cookies I had brought with me. He looked through the clear plastic top at all the homemade cookies and his eyes got really big and excited. As I tried to open the tin, I realized that with the altitude changes from my earlier travels a vacuume had been created. We had to let the tin warm up a bit and then Dad (Rob) had to help get things open, spilling most of the cookies on the floor (10-second rule!) after the lid unexpectedly popped off. Ghent was a little disappointed by the ineptitude of the adults in his life at that moment.
**************************
Each Christmas Eve, my dad reads the Christmas story from Luke and expounds upon Christmas, while reclining in his chair. This year he was in southern Utah at my brother Jon's house. So, my brother, Rob, having previously decided that I needed to experience a Paradise Christmas, came out dressed in bib-overalls with a pillow stuffed in for his belly, walked over to his recliner, popped the foot stand out and got ready to read the Christmas story. After we all stopped laughing, it was a pretty special moment, because he kept stoppping to ask my nephew questions and explain parts of the story. Ghent knew everything about the story and elaborated on some of the details. "Was there room in the inn?" "No, everyone was busy." "Why did Mary need a room?" "Oh, she was tired."**************************
Nickolee and I were sitting in the living room after Ghent had gone to bed. We were laughing and talking, but not being very quiet. From the bedroom, we hear in a very authoritative young voice... "You guys are being too loud. Santa will hear you. Santa Claus can't come until you're all asleep. So be quiet!"
**************************
Lilly (at about three in the morning): waaagh. waaagh. waaagh.
Me (on the couch, listening for several minutes): I wonder if Rob and Nickolee will hear her... I wonder what time it is... Oh, come on you guys, it's been like 15 minutes... Do you just let your kids cry...? How can you sleep through that...?
Finally, I move from the couch and get Lilly out of bed. She latches on my neck with her mouth and starts sucking, but stops after realizing there's nothing there. I wake up the parents and hand her over to Mom, who has to go to the bathroom. Left alone with Dad and realizing her food source is gone, she expresses her sharp displeasure.
Lily: WAAAGH. WAAAGH. WAAA-AAA-AAAGH!!!
**************************
Ghent: Why are you an ant?
Me: Oh, you mean why am I called Aunt Christine?
Ghent: nods with a confused look on his face.
Me: Well, do you remember Uncle Jon? Well, he's your daddy's brother, so we call him Uncle Jon. I'm your daddy's sister, so I am Aunt Christine.
Ghent: ????? (looking even more confused now)
A few minutes later:
Ghent: Christine, you're a talking ant.
Me: Oh, and what are you?
Ghent: I'm a talking bee.
Me (laughing so hard and trying not show it): Okay, I'm a talking ant. What is Lily?
Ghent: She's a talking butterfly.
Me: What are mom and dad?
Ghent: They're ladybugs!
**************************
Lily loves attention and absolutely adores her brother. I've never seen her smile so big as when Ghent and Dad sing to her:
Lilly-pop, Lilly-pop, oh, Lily-lolly-pop!
Lilly-pop, Lilly-pop, oh, Lily-lolly-pop!
Lily-POP!
Come and be my Lily-pop, and tell you why
Kisses sweeter than apple pie
Ghent even replaces the words "apple pie" with other things he likes that are sweet. So cute!
*****************************
Oh, what a grand Christmas weekend! It's so fun to be with family for the holidays. Christmas is just that much sweeter and fun with little children who believe in the magic of Christmas. It's even better when adults get pulled into the magic like I did as I played with Ghent. His imagination is so much fun and the way he puts the world together is fascinating. I hope I always remember the magic of Christmas, especially through the eyes of a child.
megatron kidnaps thomas the tank engine and other christmas adventures
--Iowa, USA - Boyer Press Assoc.
On Saturday afternoon just hours after opening all the Christmas presents, the infamous Decepticon, Megatron, kidnapped Thomas the Tank Engine, who was dramatically rescued within minutes by the fearless Autobot leader, Optimus Prime.
"I'm so amazed that Megatron would come after me, after all I'm just a wooden toy train," said Thomas, his smokestack still puffing black smoke after his daring rescue. "Thanks to Optimus Prime and his Autobots for intercepting the evil plans of Megatron. I hope this didn't mess up Christmas too badly."
Optimus Prime looked a little chagrined when pressed for more details about the rescue feat, and admitted that "most of the credit goes to Ghent (his three-year old owner), who masterminded the whole rescue plan." Witnesses confirm that Megatron was not alone in the surprise kidnapping of Thomas, and that the whole thing was planned and carried out by Aunt Christine.
In other news, on Friday afternoon, Christmas Eve day, the Justice League of America arrived at a small, green house in the suburbs of central Iowa just seconds after receiving word that a kidnapping had occurred. The father of the family had gone to the grocery store for a last minute purchase of cheese ball, when word came out that he had been kidnapped by evil doers. Super Man and Wonder Girl interrogated all the toys using the Lasso of Truth which forced everyone to "tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth..." They then led a dramatic rescue and saved Dad from the villainous clutches of those who oppose Christmas. After all the drama subsided, Dad arrived back at the house safe and sound with the cheese ball in perfection condition, and with no recollection of the events (of course!). He spent the weekend under observation for further memory lapses.
Also, in quieter news, Sunday morning Optimus Prime announced that he and his crime fighting partner, Ghent, were opening a new restaurant together. Early customers complained about the mixed drink Spinzah, an imaginary concoction of ginger ale and milk. Dad didn't like it very much and spit it out. Other customers commented that the bread soup was quite good as well as the side of butter sandwich. Megatron was nowhere to be seen, it's assumed he was recuperating after losing his arms and having them be replaced during the Thomas the Tank Engine kidnapping.
All in all a succesful crime fighting weekend.
On Saturday afternoon just hours after opening all the Christmas presents, the infamous Decepticon, Megatron, kidnapped Thomas the Tank Engine, who was dramatically rescued within minutes by the fearless Autobot leader, Optimus Prime.
"I'm so amazed that Megatron would come after me, after all I'm just a wooden toy train," said Thomas, his smokestack still puffing black smoke after his daring rescue. "Thanks to Optimus Prime and his Autobots for intercepting the evil plans of Megatron. I hope this didn't mess up Christmas too badly."
Optimus Prime looked a little chagrined when pressed for more details about the rescue feat, and admitted that "most of the credit goes to Ghent (his three-year old owner), who masterminded the whole rescue plan." Witnesses confirm that Megatron was not alone in the surprise kidnapping of Thomas, and that the whole thing was planned and carried out by Aunt Christine.
In other news, on Friday afternoon, Christmas Eve day, the Justice League of America arrived at a small, green house in the suburbs of central Iowa just seconds after receiving word that a kidnapping had occurred. The father of the family had gone to the grocery store for a last minute purchase of cheese ball, when word came out that he had been kidnapped by evil doers. Super Man and Wonder Girl interrogated all the toys using the Lasso of Truth which forced everyone to "tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth..." They then led a dramatic rescue and saved Dad from the villainous clutches of those who oppose Christmas. After all the drama subsided, Dad arrived back at the house safe and sound with the cheese ball in perfection condition, and with no recollection of the events (of course!). He spent the weekend under observation for further memory lapses.
Also, in quieter news, Sunday morning Optimus Prime announced that he and his crime fighting partner, Ghent, were opening a new restaurant together. Early customers complained about the mixed drink Spinzah, an imaginary concoction of ginger ale and milk. Dad didn't like it very much and spit it out. Other customers commented that the bread soup was quite good as well as the side of butter sandwich. Megatron was nowhere to be seen, it's assumed he was recuperating after losing his arms and having them be replaced during the Thomas the Tank Engine kidnapping.
All in all a succesful crime fighting weekend.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
it will be christmas when...
Today I feel very far away from my family.
I want to be able to jump in my car and be with there in five minutes to sit around the table eating dinner and watching little faces, to enjoy conversation with my brothers and sister and their spouses, to read books, play games, play dress-up and rough house with the nieces and nephews, and to kneel with them for family prayer.
My brother Rob called today. He's good at checking in with me regularly and it helps me not feel so far away. His boy Ghent is so excited for Christmas. He wants to open every present under the tree, but he's been told that he has to wait until Aunt Christine arrives to open presents. Why? Because it will be Christmas when Aunt Christine arrives!
Yay! It will be Christmas when Aunt Christine arrives. That makes me happy, and the distance feel a bit shorter. I will get to see these two little munchkins next weekend, when I arrive and it's Christmas.
I want to be able to jump in my car and be with there in five minutes to sit around the table eating dinner and watching little faces, to enjoy conversation with my brothers and sister and their spouses, to read books, play games, play dress-up and rough house with the nieces and nephews, and to kneel with them for family prayer.
My brother Rob called today. He's good at checking in with me regularly and it helps me not feel so far away. His boy Ghent is so excited for Christmas. He wants to open every present under the tree, but he's been told that he has to wait until Aunt Christine arrives to open presents. Why? Because it will be Christmas when Aunt Christine arrives!
Yay! It will be Christmas when Aunt Christine arrives. That makes me happy, and the distance feel a bit shorter. I will get to see these two little munchkins next weekend, when I arrive and it's Christmas.
The whole family dressed up as the Fantastic Mr. Fox family for Halloween.
Mom made their costumes--sooo cute!
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