Boysen Family Blog

Mele Kalikimaka

2011-12-28T16:55:00.000-06:00

School Christmas Concert

2011-12-28T16:23:00.000-06:00

Church Christmas Program

2011-12-28T16:17:00.000-06:00

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T16:14:00.000-06:00

Cora lost her first tooth!

2011-08-26T19:41:00.000-05:00

Tractor Pull

2011-08-25T10:42:00.001-05:00

Dakota Fest 2011

2011-08-25T09:46:00.000-05:00

First Day of School

2011-08-25T09:21:00.000-05:00

Cora's 5th Birthday - Smurf Party

2011-08-25T09:15:00.000-05:00

More TBall

2011-07-02T18:48:00.002-05:00

Brookings Children's Museum

2011-07-01T21:16:00.000-05:00

The kids love the museum in Brookings!

Cora's Haircut

2011-07-01T21:05:00.000-05:00

I couldn't take one more day of snarly hair and Cora crying through the brushing of her hair.

Going From Bad To Worse

2011-06-13T20:35:00.000-05:00

It all started two weeks ago when Cora gave Tate a black eye and this last weekend Lila ended up with two stitches.

T-Ball Videos

2011-06-13T20:24:00.000-05:00

T-Ball

2011-06-13T20:12:00.000-05:00

Tate's Spring Concert

2011-05-08T10:05:00.000-05:00

Cora's Dance Recital Spring 2011

2011-05-01T16:47:00.000-05:00

Easter 2011

2011-05-01T16:32:00.000-05:00

Easter

2011-04-25T20:45:00.000-05:00

Easter Sugar

2011-04-25T20:39:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Grandma Kris her face matched her shirt.

Now for the sugar coma.

Lila splashing

2011-02-21T19:49:00.001-06:00

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Hauling Cattle Is Hard Work

2011-02-11T21:23:00.000-06:00

Tate was with Mitch today hauling cattle. They made a trip out to Pierre and I think the scenic drive put him to sleep.

Tate Wrestling

2011-02-11T21:16:00.000-06:00

More Walking

2011-02-11T21:01:00.000-06:00

Bye-Bye

2011-02-10T21:47:00.000-06:00

Lila Walking

2011-02-04T19:23:00.002-06:00

Wrestling - Salem

2011-01-30T20:36:00.000-06:00

Tate wrestled in Salem on Friday night. He didn't win a match but had a great time anyway!

Cora & Bunk Beds

2011-01-30T20:21:00.000-06:00

We got bunk beds for the girls room. Cora keeps falling out of her toddler bed and said it's because the bed is too small. She insist on sleeping on the top bunk. Well, we will see if she makes it through the night without falling out!

Pillow pet

2011-01-26T19:52:00.001-06:00

Lila loves how soft her lady bug pillow pet is.

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Lila's 1

2011-01-26T16:27:00.001-06:00

Not sure where the year went.

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More karoke

2011-01-15T23:17:00.002-06:00

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Cora loves karoke

2011-01-15T15:43:00.001-06:00

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Sleeping

2011-01-15T14:04:00.001-06:00

Talk about being able to fall asleep anywhere. Me cleaning out my purse was just too boring and put her right to sleep.

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Cora's Haircut

2010-12-31T10:12:00.000-06:00

This morning I was combing Cora's hair and some of her hair was shorter than the rest. I was kind of confused on what was going on. I finally asked her is she cut her hair. Her response "Yes, it was in my eyes the other day when I was playing the computer, so I cut it off." Sure enough I went to the garbage next to the computer and there was a chunk of Cora's hair!

Aldrich Family

2010-12-26T19:46:00.000-06:00

Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T19:39:00.000-06:00

The Boysen kids got lots of toys from Santa this year. Tate asked me tonight if he could write a Thank You letter to Santa for all of the nice toys he got!

Lila Discovers The Tree

2010-12-19T18:52:00.001-06:00

The Christmas tree has been up for weeks and Lila has now discovered it and wants to get at the lights and decorations.

Tate's Church Christmas Concert

2010-12-19T18:38:00.001-06:00

Tate had his church Christmas concert today. He was easily distracted but still did a great job.

Click to View Tate Singing

Cora's Winter Recital

2010-12-18T15:34:00.001-06:00

Today Cora had her Winter Recital. The girls are always so darn cute! I'm also proud of myself for remembering the camera!!

Click here to view Cora's Dance Recital

Lila

2010-12-13T21:32:00.001-06:00

Here is a couple of quick videos I took of Lila eating supper. I find it is funny how vocal she is when it comes to food!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysh6Bj_WDq8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQFDqhX8tw

PS I couldn't figure out how to rotate the video, sorry!

2010 Christmas Concert

2010-12-09T21:16:00.002-06:00

Tate had his first Christmas Concert. Tate is in the top center. The kids were so much fun to watch!

Tate Singing

Halloween 2010

2010-11-01T09:14:00.000-05:00

A couple of superheros along with Dorothy and her dog Toto.

Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-24T13:43:00.000-05:00

Tate's class did a pumpkin carving last Friday, with Mitch's help he had a pretty cool looking pumpkin.

Cora's First Day of Preschool

2010-08-31T20:52:00.000-05:00

Monday was Cora's first day of 4 year old preschool. She loves school and is excited for this year.

First Day of Kindergarten

2010-08-19T20:15:00.000-05:00

Today was Tate's first day of Kindergarten and loved it. He chatted about seeing his old friends from preschool and the new friends. He also said the lunch at school was good!

Six Month Pictures

2010-08-05T11:09:00.002-05:00

Cory Ann worked her magic and captured some amazing pictures of Lila. You can see them on the AC Ellis Blog.

Lila's Six Month Pictures

Real Food??

2010-08-03T21:08:00.001-05:00

Lila has started eat "real" food. As with all first feedings more ended up on her face and clothes than in her mouth!

Cora's 4th Birthday

2010-08-03T20:59:00.001-05:00

How quickly the time goes! Cora will be turning four before we know it. I have put a few links the AC Ellis Blog. It is hard to remember Cora being that small! O and a couple of pictures of Cora now!

http://www.acellisblog.com/2006/08/cora-newborn/

http://www.acellisblog.com/2006/08/cora-olivia/

http://www.acellisblog.com/2007/01/cora/

New Outfits

2010-07-02T13:54:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Lourene the kids all had new outfits and were looking cute!

MoHawk

2010-07-02T13:51:00.000-05:00

Tate had a mohawk for about two seconds. Mitch cut his hair and left a mohawk and when I told him "I didn't care if he kept it" he wanted it cut off. It was only cool if I didn't want him to have it I guess.

Clifford

2010-07-02T13:47:00.000-05:00

A couple of weekends ago we met Clifford at the Madison Public Library. Cora was not impressed with him. We enjoyed Clifford from a distance.

Swimming lessons

2010-07-02T13:44:00.000-05:00

Swimming lessons

2010-07-02T13:17:00.000-05:00

I have posted a couple of videos of the kids going off the diving boards at swimming lessons and one of Cora going down the water slides.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzkm_fgTjk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsHj_MHc57E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U16vlEdXyg

Lila Rolled Over

2010-05-19T07:27:00.000-05:00

Last night I left Lila laying on her back in the living room on the floor. I went outside to hang out a load of laundry when I returned from hanging out clothes she was on her tummy. So I missed her rolling over but I did catch the results!

Cora's Flower

2010-05-01T11:12:00.000-05:00

Cora is now getting flowers. When I picked the kids up from daycare the other day Cora had to tell me that Braydon picked a flower for her.

Head Up

2010-05-01T11:09:00.000-05:00

Lila is now holding her head up. She likes being on her tummy and interacting with the other kids, as well as, playing with toys.

Lila Talking

2010-04-13T09:04:00.002-05:00

I have post a couple of videos of Lila 'talking' on YouTube. The links below will take you to the videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFXue2tqySQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkaSIvfed6Q

Lila in Baptismal Gown

2010-04-08T15:14:00.000-05:00

More Easter

2010-04-08T15:05:00.004-05:00

Smiles

2010-04-08T15:02:00.000-05:00

Swing

2010-04-05T14:06:00.000-05:00

We just got the swing out for Lila and she loves it!

Mitch n Tate

2010-04-05T10:53:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_cHgb0U5QI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1rh5McNEdc

Easter 2010

2010-04-05T10:44:00.000-05:00

Easter 2010 at Mitch's Moms.

New Boots

2010-03-23T09:06:00.000-05:00

Grandma Kris got Cora some new boots yesterday. Of course she loves them they are pink what could be better.

Region Wrestling

2010-03-19T19:54:00.002-05:00

Tate placed 6th at the region tournament last weekend.

Using the Bumbo

2010-03-19T15:45:00.000-05:00

Lila finally has enough head control to start using the bumbo seat. It is great she can sit up and look around, doing something besides laying on the floor.

Lila's Baptism

2010-03-17T14:45:00.000-05:00

This past Sunday was Lila's Baptism. I was not thinking and forgot to have someone use my camera to take pictures. Thanks to Jason we have one!

Godmother - Jill VanVoorst
Godfather - Andy Ellis

Rolling Over

2010-03-11T09:34:00.000-06:00

Lila is working on rolling over. She is making it about half way now!

District Wrestling

2010-03-07T18:40:00.000-06:00

Tate participated in his first district youth wrestling tournament this past Saturday. Tate ended up placing 2nd and will now go on to regions next Saturday.

Preschool Music Concert 2010

2010-03-01T09:46:00.002-06:00

Guest House

2010-02-28T11:08:00.005-06:00

When we bought our house almost 3 years ago, the previous owners idea of an addition was to add this trailer to the house. We lived in it for one winter and realized that a trailer built in the 1960s was not made for South Dakota winters. We detached the trailed, parked it in the yard and it had been sitting there up until yesterday! It took less than a half hour to burn (Scary!!) and flattened.

Tate & Lila

2010-02-25T09:23:00.003-06:00

Tate was watching dinosaur train and Lila was obviously bored with it and fell asleep!

Lila

2010-02-23T13:10:00.002-06:00

Grandma is making sure I have a good supply of pig stuff!

Tate's Birthday Party

2010-02-14T17:10:00.004-06:00

The weather did not cooperate for Tate birthday party but he still had a great time and loved the field cake Jill and I made for him.

Lila's Baby Shower

2010-02-12T19:31:00.002-06:00

Today Lila and I went to the library for her baby shower. I think Lila will definitely be set, for a little while anyway! We had a great time seeing everyone and eating good food, well I ate good food, Lila just got passed around!

First Wrestling Matches

2010-02-09T20:03:00.005-06:00

Tate had his first wrestling matches tonight, and did really well. He got 2nd place by pinning one guy and beating another guy by points. He did lose to one guy and didn't like that at all! I was the crazy wrestling Mom shouting from the side of the mat but did get a couple of pictures as well.

Napping

2010-02-08T13:22:00.004-06:00

Tate was cold after getting home from school and wanted to nap in the fireplace room. This is what I found when I went to check on him. It is a good thing only the door and vent above door get hot.

Tate's 5th Birthday

2010-02-03T09:21:00.003-06:00

I cannot believe that Tate is celebrating his 5th Birthday on February 14th! I know Mom has been trying to bribe him into turn 3 instead of 5 and I am starting to wish he would go along with the idea. It just does not seem like 5 years has pasted.

Bath Time

2010-02-03T08:41:00.001-06:00

Lila after getting a bath all fresh and clean.

Monster Truck

2010-02-03T08:32:00.004-06:00

Last Saturday Mitch and Tate went to monster trucks for their birthdays. Tate enjoyed one truck tipping over and another one that almost tipped. There were also motorcycles and four wheeler races and tricks that Tate loved.

Kids Using the Camera

2010-01-30T18:23:00.003-06:00

Tate and Cora were taking turns using our camera to get pictures of them with Lila

Glow Worm

2010-01-28T19:44:00.004-06:00

Lila was slightly jaundice when we left the hospital today and with all the cloudy weather we have been having they wanted to put her on some lights. We are hoping she should clear right up.

Eyes open, Finally!

2010-01-27T22:23:00.002-06:00

Lila has not given us full eyes open until tonight. Hard to see in the pictures but they are blue, as of now anyway.

Tate & Lila

2010-01-27T15:37:00.002-06:00

Daddy and his girls

2010-01-27T14:45:00.001-06:00

Lila Christine Boysen

2010-01-27T07:19:00.002-06:00

A couple quick pictures of Lila sleeping away less than one day old.

It's A Girl!!

2010-01-27T05:24:00.003-06:00

Lila Christine Boysen
7lbs 11ozs
21in Long
7:44PM
1/26/10

Snowman Homework

2010-01-17T13:28:00.001-06:00

1 Wrestler & 1 Ballerina

2010-01-16T17:16:00.004-06:00

Tate is wrestling this winter, and we have found ballet for Cora. Monday is her first practice and today we went and got her clothes and shoes for practice. We have been home less than an hour and she has already demanded to try it on.

Thankful for Talented Friends

2010-01-15T06:37:00.003-06:00

I was in need of a new diaper bag and found one online that I really liked but it was only the pattern. Me, crafty, not in the least bit, but thankfully Jill is. Here is my new diaper bag thanks to her.

Play Doh

2010-01-02T13:25:00.003-06:00

Tate received some Play Doh for Christmas and now loves playing with it all the time.

Christmas Pictures

2009-12-26T08:54:00.003-06:00

Baking Cookies

2009-12-26T08:27:00.001-06:00

Cora was helping me make some cookies for Christmas.

Christmas Tree

2009-11-28T11:30:00.004-06:00

I think this is the earliest we have had our tree up in years. The kids were a great help with getting the tree up and decorated. The entire time we were putting the tree up they kept asking if "Santa was going to come and put presents under it."

Chauffeur

2009-11-19T16:55:00.003-06:00

Cora and I waiting in old brown for Grandma to get back with the tractor so we could bring her to the field.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-04T19:14:00.003-06:00

We spend Halloween with the Van Voorst Family. First it was Owen's 2nd birthday party, then it was off to hit the town of Valley Springs for some candy.

Hard Worker

2009-10-12T18:06:00.004-05:00

Tate enjoyed his day off from school helping Dad and Grandpa empty out some corn bins.

Snow

2009-10-12T09:46:00.001-05:00

Tate climbing a tree.

At least there are a couple of kids that like this snow.

Getting Cattle W/ Cora Never Boring

2009-10-03T12:51:00.001-05:00

Ridin' The Motorcycle

2009-09-22T14:51:00.003-05:00

Cora riding the motorcycle, while Mitch tries to keep up.

Tate riding the motorcycle.