While we were up in Idaho this weekend it snowed a good 9 inches, so Addie got to have a fun time with Grandpa in the tractor while he plowed out the driveway.


She had a blast, and unlike the dry snow in Utah this snow was perfect for making a snowman. It has been years since I have made a snowman myself, and I don't know who had more fun Addie or I.




Addie had to try on the gloves I was using to make the snowman and they were three times to big for her. It was a great weekend and it was nice to relax and have fun.

Happy Easter!

Now that it is Easter, and the last post I did was Christmas, I thought I'd better get around to updating the blog. We made it up to Idaho this weekend to spend Easter with my parents and my sister and her husband. One of the traditions of my family is the usual decoration of the eggs, but then on Easter we take them to a hill and roll them to see whose egg goes the farthest. Sometimes the eggs start to peel as they roll until there is just the yoke that is left going down the hill. It has always been a fun competition for my siblings and I, and Addie seemed to thoroughly enjoy herself this Easter. So here we are dying the eggs.



Of course Addie ended up with multi-colored hands by the time we were done.

Here is the end result, nothing fancy, but we had fun making them.


My parents have a little toy house with people and furniture, and Addie had to bring them to the dining table when she was ready to eat so that they could eat too.

Here we are lined up to roll our eggs. The hill we picked this year ended up not being very steep so the eggs only rolled about two feet. Once Addie got the hang of what we were doing she just started throwing one egg right after the other out of her basket.




Addie pulled a couple of the eggs apart to see what was on the inside, but it wasn't candy!


It was fun to have her able to participate more with the holiday festivities this year. Of other news I am 5 months along with our little baby boy. So we are excited have a new addition to our family come the end of July. We'll talk to Addie about her baby brother and I think she is starting to understand a little that she is not going to be the only child anymore. Also, Aaron just got offered a job as an Assistant Principal for a couple Elementary schools. We do not know which schools he will be at yet, but we are thrilled that he got the job.

Merry Christmas

It seems like there is always a lot going on in December, but this year has been especially fun to watch Addie's reaction to all of the Christmas festivities. She has loved having the tree up in the house and she knows what Santa looks like and that he says "Ho Ho Ho!" We had our ward Christmas party this weekend and it was the first time Addie got to sit on Santa's lap. Of course sitting on some strangers lap that has a big white beard was not to her liking. So Addie got to sit on Mama's lap while Mama sat on Santa's lap. I would have to say I cannot remember the last time I actually sat on Santa's lap. I was worried I was going to crush him. Fortunately, he was a pretty sturdy guy. Addie began to warm up to Santa when he handed her a candy cane, but only a little bit.




It has been snowing quite a bit lately too so it was fun to get all bundled up and go out and play in the snow. Addie thought it was quite fun to make tracks in the snow, but besides that she didn't know what to do. Since the snow was to flaky to make a snowman, Addie took advantage of the fact that she was outside and went to the snow covered park to play.


So yesterday morning I got Addie all ready for the day and then I went to get ready myself. Well by the time I came out of the shower (which was probably only 8-10 minutes) Addie was fast asleep curled up on the toilet. Luckily I had the camera near by so I was able to get this picture.

We made our first fort this morning. Addie thought it was the neatest thing. So we brought all of her stuffed friends in to share in the fun too.


We hope everyone is having a just as much fun this holiday season as we are!

Happy Halloween

For Halloween this year Addie was a ladybug. She was so cute and it was fun that her squeaky shoes just happened to match her costume, so not only was she adorable all dressed up but she squeaked everywhere she went too. Aaron was a scare crow this year, and I was a witch. As soon as I get some of the pictures of us I'll get those posted too. Addie did not like her costume at first but that quickly changed, and she loved carrying her bucket around and having people put candy in it.




In this picture she is running off into the kitchen saying "Get YOU!" Meaning she wants one of us to catch her and tickle her. It has become a regular game at our house, but it was even more cute in the costume.

We have a play group that meets every week and we had a little party for them this last Wednesday. There were a ton of little cuties running around.

The two ladybugs of the day!


Chicken little and Snow white:

A group shot of most of the children that were there. There were some little ones that were not able to sit on the stage. It was a lot of fun. We had a blast this Halloween.

Addie's First Hair Do

I was so excited today when I realized that Addie's hair was finally long enough to pull back into a pony tail! It still does not stay in very well, but that just means that Mommy gets to go to the store and buy some cute hair clips to help her hair stay back. It is not a very big pony but it sure is cute!



This picture is thanks to some friends of ours who came over for dinner one night. Addie was very interested in their cowboy boots so we had her try them on and it was hilarious. She wanted to walk around in them, but they were to heavy for her to move them.

Here are some random pictures of Addie playing with a couple of her boyfriends that live next to us. They all brought out some of their toys a had a blast playing together. Addie cried when it was time to go inside that night.




It is so fun to watch Addie grow and start to play with our neighbor's children. Now she doesn't want to just go outside, but she wants to go outside and play with whoever is outside too. It is a lot of fun. Thank goodness we have good neighbors for her to play with.

Goofing Around

So we have not been doing anything much different lately to talk about. Aaron and I are still training for the St. George Marathon and Addie is getting more grown up everyday. Here are some pictures of Addie playing with her 3-D glasses and a little hike we went on a month ago: