Boston

This weekend we got to go to Boston. Tahri had a few days off of school for fall break and we decided to explore some of the surrounding areas while we are in the East, and we decided to start with Boston. Our friends Sam, Julie and Tucker also came and we had a blast. We had to take Chanel to a kennel for a bit and we hated leaving her.

On our way to see the city.

We started off at the Four Points at the Sheraton and just had an awful experience. It was quite a bit outside of the city and we had to pay toll charges everytime we wanted to go into the city. There had to be a wedding or something going on because people were up and down the halls, slamming doors, shouting in the halls, and we could even hear people through our walls. And then at 2 in the morning we had a fire alarm go off and had to wait out in the cold for nearly an hour. After that we decided to check out and go to the Westin, where Sam and Julie were staying. That hotel was sooo much better! I'm sooo glad that we were able to get a room there.

We started off by going to Quincy market, it was a really cool hangout place. They had a lot of different shops, street performers, and a replica of Cheers. We ate at this really cool pizza place, it was good pizza and the owners were Italians with a strong Boston accent that entertained us most of the night.

Tale, Tahri, Tucker and Sam after we ate pizza

We took the boys to the aquarium, they enjoyed. At first Tale was scared at the big shark and turtle but when we went back a second time he didn't seem as scared. He really loved the penguins.

We walked the freedom trail, got to see Bunker Hill, Paul Reever's house, where the Boston massacre happened and a few other historical sites. We also watched the freedom parade, it was nice until a gun was fired right in front of Tale. Poor guy got sooo scared, probably because mommy screamed too.

We took some pictures during our walk along the freedom trail. The boys were getting tired of sitting in their strollers.

We also went on a duck tour that took us all around the city and it also went in the water. Tale enjoyed the water for a bit, but started getting annoyed close to the end of the tour.

We are in the water, sorry Julie I hogged all the room. :) Here are some cute pictures.........

Tale and Tucker wearing the same outfit on the day we were leaving are they sooo cute?

September updates

Some random shots in the month of September................

Tahri went in to get some glasses because he has been having a hard time seeing things in a distance and he would get headaches after studying for so long, so he looked into getting some. We put a pair on Tale, soo cute right? They are not prescription glasses they were just one of the sample pairs to see which frames we wanted.
Tale in a lion costume, I ended up taking it back because it was a little too small and he didn't like it too much.

We got to go to a baby shower. Tale loved the ballons.

A few of the babies that were there. We had a couple of visitors from Australlia come and visit. Michael has one of Tahri's mission companions and he and a friend came to visit the US. It was awesome of them to come and stay with us for a bit. They were such a crack up. Tale enjoyed having them over too.

Simon and TaleMichael, Tahri, Kehau and Tale

A few of us went to the Apple festival. They had some really good food there.

Mommy had a big Gyro.

Tale Boi Updates

Tale turned 8 months on the 19th, I can't believe how fast 8 months has gone by. Yesterday I just felt his first tooth come in and he is starting to walk along all the furniture. He got a new big boy car seat and a new toy. Tahri calls it a walker but it is his new baby bike. :) He is getting better and better at walking with it now too.

My new toy........

I can walk around with it..........

I got a new big boy car seat now..........


I even get to sit in the carts now. :)

Watching mommy cook, I'm trying to get through the gate to her.

Straight to the sippy cup.

Ithaca

Too much to update, so i'll just do a breif one. :) We are now in Ithaca and Tahri has started school. We are finally getting settled and into a routine now. I think Ithaca will be a fun place for the next 2 years. We have a great branch and have been meeting some really cool people. This is a trail across the street from our house. I took Tale and Chanel for a walk through it but I got scared and we hurried back to where we started. I saw deer tracks all over the place and then even saw one in a distance. I'm not sure how friendly the deer are here, they are all over the place, but all I could picture was Chanel barking at it and then having it charge right at us. So I turned the stroller around and made sure Chanel didn't see the deer and booked it back to the main road. haha.......but it would make a nice walk every morning if I knew for sure the deer were friendly. Right outside our backyard there is a little playground. Tucker one of Tale's friends came over to play and we tried it out. This is the first time Tale has ever gone in a swing. He had so much fun!!!

Tucker and Tale playing in the grass

Tahri, Tale and I went and checked out the farmer's market last weekend. We have never been to one before and thought it was nice. Next time we will take more cash with us so we can try more of the foods. It was right on a lake so we took Tale down to it to play with the ducks.

I tried to get a picture of Tale in his crib. When he wakes up from a nap or in the morning he sits up and looks through the railings like he is in prison. But he is soo good. He just plays in there until we go in to get him. But as soon as he sees me he crawls towards me making it hard to get one with him sitting up. He is looking down cause he just saw me and is on his way towards me. And this is what happens when I don't get him fast enough. :)

Last Days..........

I can't believe it is almost here! 2 more days and I will officially start my new career, a stay at home mom!!! You can't imagine how excited I am for this new role, how i've longed to finally get this wonderful position and in just 2 days the wait will finally be over. :)

Coming back to work after maternity leave was one of the toughest things I had to do. Especially when my baby boy would only eat from his mommy. I know it was soo hard for Tahri during those tough days, not being able to comfort Tale or make him happy, but it was even harder on me knowing that my little man was at home crying for his mommy, his little tummy hurting so much because he was hungry. I hated coming home to a baby that was miserable and mad because he was hungry, it just broke my heart. I hated having to hand him off in the mornings so that I could get ready for work and when I left having him stare at me with those big blues eyes wondering how I could leave him. :( And now I get to spend all day playing with him and enjoying evey minute of him.

My time here at the University was wonderful though. The different capacities that I was able to serve in was truly a blessing. During my time with the online program, I had students that had to quit school because they had children to raise, and now are trying to finish their schooling. They would tell me all the time how lucky I was that I was done with school and that I didn't have to juggle being a mom and a wife while trying to take classes. And I agree, i'm sure it was a lot easier for me, but on the flip side I did get my education done, and I did start moving forward in my career, but then I had my son. And it was always my plan to be at home with my children until they started school, but where would that put me when I was ready to return to work? Would I have to start all over? Will I have to work my way back up again? I am jealous of some of these women who had their kids at a young age, and now that they are in school, they are finishing their education and getting started on their careers, where I'm taking a break from it. Will I be too old when I return? What will the job market be like for a woman who is older now and has been out of the workforce for so many years??? Oh the unknown. I guess you never know. I'm going to try not to worry about it right now and just enjoy my new role. Of course with technology the way it is now, perhaps I can get into some online teaching..............who knows.......certainly not me........ :)

Utah

Last week we got to go to Utah for our cousin's wedding. It was so much fun. The whole Idaho gang went. Vic and Ashley got married on Wednesday and then Cheka's wedding was on Saturday. Tahri and I only made it to Vic's wedding because we had to get back to pack up. This was our last weekend we had to do that, so we had to miss out on the Saturday wedding. We were bummed. We left on Wednesday afternoon and got there just in time for the wedding. The wedding was nice, bride and groom looked sooo good. Congrats you two!

Poor Tale, he would get so scared when there was lots of noise. You can tell he is an only child, he is not used to so much noise, and he was the only baby that would cry. :( He could only be comforted by his mommy, my poor son. He would have big tears running down his face and his little lips could be curled down like a sad face. :( so mommy couldn't be her crazy self on the dance floor, she had to keep Tale safe from all the noise. Although we did manage to get in one dance together. :) The next day a few of us went rafting, it was good fun. I didn't ge a picture of it because I didn't want to get my camera all wet. We rented a 8 man raft and then the boys rented some single tubes to ride down the river. We tried to get them all to ride in the raft with us but they insisted on going in the tubes. Of course half way down all the boys got in the raft and we tied their tubes to the side of the raft. Apparently the water was freezing, it was pretty swallow in some places and well just not as fun as the big raft. Ah told you so........ha!

That night we went to a Brazillian resturant called Tuscano's or something like that. Oh it was sooo good. It is an all you can eat type of place, they bring you all kinds of different meat to your table and they crave you slices or pieces of it, and they just keep it coming. They have a salad bar that you can get all kinds of different side, that was soo ono, I could have been good with just the salad bar. But the meat was sooo good too, but by the end of the night, I was like oh please stop, no more meat!!!! :)

Friday morning Uncle Casey and Aunty Leilani made everyone breakfast at their place. We ate and played a game, and then that afternoon Tahri and I drove home. :( Missed out on the second half of all the fun. Oh well, at least we got a ton of packing done. It was awesome to see all the family and hang out together before we take off to New York. Who knows when we will be able to see everyone again.

This is Tale on Saturday after packing all day. :)

Baby Pixs

Tale boi is getting so big. He will be six months soon. He is rolling all over the place and wants to grab everything and put it in his mouth. He is starting to get up on all fours and rock himself, he will be crawling in no time. He loves to sing and laugh and roll around on the ground. Oh he is just so precious!

Tale in his hat waiting to go outside. Mommy needs to pull it down a bit. Tale boi eating his cereal but wanting mommy's good stuff. ha!
Trying to go to sleep but Mommy keeps taking pictures.