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:

Happy Fathers Day!

It is so sweet to see Aaron and Addie together. Aaron is so cute with his little girl, and Addie is always so excited when Daddy comes home! Daddies seem to discover fun and exciting new adventures and things to explore. Aaron gave Addie her first "driving lesson" in our parking lot. It was short but she loved it!



Just relaxin'

I just love Addie's face in this picture

We were at Target the other day and saw this little pool and just could not resist. Addie loves it. Especially the slide.



Thanks honey for all you do for us! We sure do love you.

First Birthday

Addie had her first birthday a couple of weeks ago, and she had a blast celebrating it twice! First we were up in Idaho the weekend before. She never really dug into her cake that much which we all thought was pretty funny. Then the week after on Mother's day we celebrated her actual birthday and she would not dig into that cake then either! I guess she is just not that big of a fan of cake. A couple days later I was feeding her refried beans, which happen to be her favorite, for dinner and I realized I should have made her birthday cake out of refried beans! She loves the balls she got for her birthday, and she is starting to understand how to make the popper work although she often runs it into the wall and then gets frustrated. Here are some other pictures too just for fun.

Vacation

Well, I did it. I finished up school for the most part. I have a few internship hours to complete and by the end of June I'll be all done! Some of you might not know this but I am going to be going to a brand new school and teaching 6th grade. The school is called North Point and is just about 1 mile south of Thanksgiving Point. I'm pretty excited about the prospect of opening a new school. While I'm aware of challenges that are prevalent in a new school this one is going to be pretty stacked. Smart boards, elmo document cameras, and projectors in each classroom. I'm also going to get a pretty good start up budget.
Stacey, Addie and I went on a little trip to Bryce Canyon National Park during spring break with Stacey's parents. We had a great time despite the cold and snow. Enjoy the pictures.

Addie in her Easter dress!!!