December 30, 2009

Rice Family Decathlon

There is nothing better than a good o'l family competition. My family has made it a tradition to compete in different events on Christmas day. Good times! You may remember (or not) last year Aaron was the proud winner of the Decathlon. This year it was a little different... It looked as if Jessica or Whitney was going to take the trophy and then all the sudden someone came from behind a won by 1 point!

We start the competition of by judging the t-shirts we made. Jessica won that event. Her shirt was awesome.
Then Whitney and I made the same t-shirt! It was hilarious! She definitely made hers better than mine.
And here is a picture of all the kids.

Connect Four was the second event. Jessica and Aaron were the finalist and Aaron came out on top!

The craft was a bust for the Boren Family. I came in last and Aaron came in like 3rd to last. Jessica's was good though. She made a manger. Pretty clever.

The pine cone throw is the family favorite.

Eric was the winner

The Christmas movie trivia was by far the hardest event. It was on the movie Elf and Home Alone. My friend Megan is the one who made it. It was so hard that we had to give ourselves half points.
Whitney was the winner and I think she got 5 points out of 22.


Then there was the Christmas crossword and Eric won that event. It was actually pretty hard.

Last but not least the BFG or better know as Best Friend Game. My dad and I tied for 1st but he got me on the Paper Rock Scissors. Dang my dad and his sweet Paper Rock Scissors skills

And the winner is...

ERIC!

December 22, 2009

Thought I'd brag

Yep, that's right I'm bragging. Aaron just got his grades for this last semester and he got all A's. Yay! Aaron took 18 classes this year which is A LOT and got 17 A's and 1 B+. Seriously, I am amazed! Not to mention he was working full time during the Fall semester. I think we need to celebrate :) Good job babe! Love ya :)

Hanging out

What would the holidays be like without getting a candy cane stuck in your hair. HAHA!














Playing in the cool fort daddy built.







































Yard work with dad =
having oh so much fun in the dirt



















and finding a new pet worm and naming it wormy

December 13, 2009

Yeah, I have a husband again

Aaron just finished up his finals and the lady he works for is going out of town for 2 weeks. I am so happy to have him all to myself. Okay, more like the me and the kids have him all to ourselves. He was so busy last semester. I felt bad for the guy. He was taking 6 classes and working on average 60 hrs a week. And when he was home he would make sure he spent every min playing with his kids and spending time with me. I'm sure he just wanted to relax but he wouldn't. I love this man! Life has been crazy the last couple months and I am grateful that I have such a wonderful man to share my life with. Aaron you are the best:) Next semester... graduation! Yay!

December 11, 2009

Ezra Quirks


One thing that I CAN NOT help Ezra with is picking out his clothes. He is crazy when it comes to his clothes. Some things that are ridiculous to Ezra are: pockets on shirts, buttons on shirts, cargo pants, slits on the side of your shirt you know where seam is? Polo shirts and long sleeve shirts that touch his hands. He will throw a nasty fit if you even suggest that he wear one of these. Now it changes from time to time. Like a couple weeks ago he wouldn't wear pants or shorts with pockets. Now, this little quirk of Ezra is kind of funny to me. He definitely sounds OCD or crazy when you read this but to me it's one thing that makes Ezra, Ezra. I wanted to write this down because I think this will be a funny thing to look back on and remember. I am hoping this isn't going to be the norm forever but if so oh well :) So, if you ever see us in public and he is wearing blue and red sweat pants with a orange shirt now you know. He will think that he looks awesome :)