Our little Family

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween

From Alice In Wonderland!

I had a halloween party this year for Addy and a few of her friends. They had so much! Addy helped me make all the YUMMY treats and get all the games ready. Later that night has we were getting ready for bed Kevyn said " Addy you better thank your mom for giving you such a great party" Addy replied " I better thank myself then, since I helped". I had to laugh because she said it with so much attitude!!

Carving our PUMPKINS

We had a great Halloween this year! Lots of parties and getting together with great friends! I had a great birthday aswell! Thanks to everyone for all you did to make my day fabulous!!

We miss these Girls!!

2011-10-26T09:47:00.001-07:00

This was our last sleepover with Camryn and Kayla before they left for Chicago.
We had so much fun that night, they girls did not want to go to bed. As you can tell they love making faces for the camera! There is never a dull moment with these girls!!

This was when we were saying goodbye the night before they had to leave. We miss them so much and wish they were still here. The people in Chicago are very lucky to have them there and I know they will make great friends. We still hope they will make their way back here soon. Addy said to me the other day " mom, I just need to play with Kayla and Camryn." It made me alittle sad! But we are looking forward to christmas being here so we can see them again! Love and miss you guys!!

A Little Late

2011-08-26T14:13:00.001-07:00

Yes I know I am so past due on these posts but I am posting anyways!! This year for the 4th Me and my Sister made these darling wreaths that we thought would be so easy ( we always think that). They weren't terrible, they just used more flags than we thought. We thought maybe 4 or 5 hundred flags would do it and 1000 flags later we were done! I do like how it turned out though! And my sister also got the idea for the strawberries out of a magazine. They were a big hit. Addy had so much fun dipping the strawberries!

We had a BBQ at our house with my family and my cousins family. The cute little girl in the picture is my cousins little one, she is the cutest thing!! We then went to Sandy and watched the fireworks. We all had a good night!!

No more TONSILS

My poor little girl had to get her enormous tonsils out this summer. She was a bit nervous at first. As you can tell she was not happy that she had to change her jammies. After a lot of convincing and bubbles she finally changed. And then she was totally fine!!

Once we got changed we went to the waiting room, and I think she thought is was Christmas. She was so excited to see all the toys they had. She got to make her own doll. About 15 min. before they took her in, they gave her some "happy juice" to help relax her and so she wouldn't remember anything. I feel really bad cause me and Kevyn did have to laugh at her. She was so funny! She had no control over anything. Then they came and got her and took her away in a wagon. She did so good and we were so proud of her!!

The recovery was not fun at all!! She was miserable. I felt terrible. As long as we kept her drugged she would do ok. I am just glad it is all over and she is doing great and there is no more snoring!!

Little Dancer

2011-06-24T10:46:00.000-07:00

So I am a little late on getting these posted, but better late than never I guess, right! Addy had so much fun taking dance this year, especially since her cousin was in the same class. The day of dress rehersal and pictures I did both of their hair, they wanted it done the same way so they could be triplets. I tried explaing to them the difference between twins and triplets and they just thought I was crazy. They let me know that they were triplets. It was pretty funny!

THE BIG NIGHT!!

The day of the recital Addy was so excited!! I think she was more excited about wearing makeup then anything else! All the girls did awesome on stage. Thanks family for coming and supporting these cute girls!!

Addy is....

2011-03-14T12:47:00.000-07:00

Yes my baby is FOUR!! I can not believe it, where does the time go? She loves Hello Kitty so we decided that would be a perfect party theme.

I will admit I had alot of fun planning and decorating for the party!!

Meet our

As the girls arrived they each got a hello kitty bow and then we painted their faces. And then it was on to the GAMES.

The girls loved the pinata! They each got to hit it with the stick but of course no one could break it. So then they each pulled a ribbon. Addy's ribbon was the lucky ribbon that broke the pinata.

After all the fun and games we sang Happy Birthday to Addy. The second she blew out the candle she grabbed the wick and of course got burned. We asked her why she did that and she said "she wanted to lick it." I felt so bad, but she got over pretty quick!

Christmas Festivities

2011-01-21T09:52:00.000-08:00

I am finally posting our Christmas craziness!! We had a great Christmas! I always love this time of year! I love being with family and friends and all the excitement! Addy was very excited for everything this year she had so much fun!! After we opened all our presents we got together with my family at my sister's house. Addy got even more excited when I told her grandma and grandpa had more presents for her to open, she could not wait to find out what they were! She started opening the first one, she didn't even have it out of the box but some how she knew what it was and the picture below shows her reaction!!

She was so upset!! She got a pillow pet, which she has wanted for I don't know how long! She has never said what one she wanted so I told my Mom to get what ever one she wanted. She got the wrong one! She got her the bee, which I think is adorable, but she wanted the unicorn! She wanted nothing to do with it the rest of the weekend!! But luckily we were able to go and exchange it for the right one! After all the drama we did have a great day!!

Christmas Eve!!

Christmas Eve we always have Kevyn's side of the family party. We always have a good time seeing all the cousins! This year how ever Addy got very upset with Aunt Darci because Aunt Darci had just had surgery and was resting in the chair Addy wanted to sit in. She would not look at her or speak to her the rest of the night. You can see how made she is in the top picture, Aunt Darci was the one trying to take the picture.

We always get new Pajamas on Christmas Eve! Addy was excited that mom and dad got new pajamas too!

THE BIG GUY

We went and saw Santa at Cabella's this year. I thought their Santa was pretty good!
Addy had no idea that we were going to see Santa. She waited in line for an hour with no complaints and she had no idea why we were in line. Finally has we got closer she saw him she turns to us with a big grin on her faces and says "it's Santa"!!

The Temple Lights

Addy's dance class put on a little performance for the parents to show us what they have been working on so far. They all did so good!! For their dance they were Sugarplum Fairies!!

Halloween

2010-11-10T09:52:00.000-08:00

This year for Halloween we went Pirate style! Addy was so excited to be a "pretty pirate", and to have her dad dress up too!!

Me and my Sister had our annual Halloween party. My Mom and Dad won the costume contest for Elmer Fud and the Wabbit. The kids loved having them there, Elmer Fud had a marshmallow gun and chased them all night with it. The Penner's couldn't make it that night, They were missed, But I had to throw their picture in anyways.

We played the mummy game, where you have to wrap your partner from head to toe with a roll of toilet paper as fast as you can. It was harder then we thought, the toilet paper kept ripping. But Me and Kevyn won my a split second!!

Addy's cute friend Talia had a halloween party. They had so much fun and the kids all looked darling in their costumes! Thanks Kelly!

I had to show this pictures! Addy's preschool had a Witches Brew and this is how her darling teacher had the preschool decorated. It was so cute!! She had all the kids come in their Sunday best and the cute little boys escorted the girls to their seats and pulled their chairs out for them. It was hilarious to watch!!

Glowing Jack-O-Lanterns

2010-10-20T08:29:00.000-07:00

I love this time of year!! I love the weather, the colors, all the festivities, and all the fun crafts!! This is mine and my sisters latest Halloween craft. All you need is glass jars, tissue paper, modge podge, and christmas lights. They are super easy and super cute!!

Addy's 3 year pictures

2010-08-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Andee Mcdonald for taking these great pictures of Addy!! I absolutley love them!! I can't believe how grown up she looks!!

Finally, the last of California

2010-07-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

I am finally posting the last part of our trip, which was 2 months ago. Better late than never I guess!! We love Disneyland, Addy especially loved it this year cause her two best friends came with us, Camryn and Kayla.

Here we are riding Pirates. Addy was so excited to go on this ride and kept saying she wasn't scared to go on it because she was "bigger now". The first time we went on it she buried her face inside Kevyn's shirt the whole time. And cried afterwards "I hate Pirates"!! The next day Camryn and Kayla wanted to go on it, so Addy said she wasn't scared anymore and that she liked Pirates again. The whole ride she sat very still and would not move at all. We made it to the end of the ride and I said "Addy you made it you did so good", and then the tears started! Hopefully we haven't ruined her for life!

TOY STORY!! This was Addy's favorite ride!

Just being silly.
My brother Kyle had to make some sort of face in every picture we took!

We got to see tons of characters, which was lots of fun. We did see the Princesses but I forgot to add those pictures to this post and I am not going to add them now , it's to late. And I am sure you all know what the princesses look like!!

Always the FAVORITES!!

More California

2010-06-25T13:02:00.001-07:00

The Beach

We spent quite a few days at the beach while we were there. We went to Crystal Cove, which was nice because it was more of a secluded beach, the sand wasn't the greatest but the kids still enjoyed it. Then we hit Huntington beach which was great, tons of people though! We had a great time! The kids loved playing in the sand and building sand castles, the guys had a blast on the body boards and the moms had a great time relaxing and getting some sun!

California

2010-06-14T15:57:00.001-07:00

The Condo

We stayed in the Mariott CostaVillas in Newport, they were FABULOUS! I highly recomend them!The view was great and they had tons of stuff to do there!

We had tons of fun just hanging by the pool. The first day Addy had a little bit of a fever and really didn't want to get in the pool but after awhile she was ok.

Addy and her cousins, Kayla and Camryn, loved playing with the lifesize checkers!

Califonia

2010-06-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

We just got back from California, and we had an amazing time!! This was the view from our favorite shake shack! They had the most amazing shakes ever! We would sit out on the patio eat our shakes and enjoy the view! Oh how I wish we were still there! More pictures to come.

Happy Easter

2010-04-21T14:56:00.001-07:00

Easter morning!! The Easter Bunny brought Addy Princess and the Frog, her new favorite movie!

Later in the day we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house!! The girls had tons of fun with the egg hunt Grandma did for them. They all got matching dresses and bunnies. Thanks so much Grandma and Grandpa!! And yes we had to paint the faces with robin eggs, which stayed on for a few days!

Happy Happy Birthday!!

2010-03-16T15:43:00.000-07:00

For Addy's birthday she asked for a motorcycle and knee pillows(knee pads). We compromised with a scooter instead. I'm not really sure where she got the idea that she wanted a motorcycle, but she was happy with the scooter!

That night we celebrated with the family. We had tons of great food and great desserts. Thanks to all our family for coming and celebrating with us! We love you all very much!

The JOYS of kids!

2010-02-26T13:56:00.001-08:00

The other day I was getting ready for work and Addy was watching a movie, so I thought. I went downstairs to get her ready so we could go and this is what I found. Luckily I caught her as she was getting ready to flush! She had stuffed almost a whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet and yes I had to dig it all out!!

I LOVE this Girl!!

2010-02-10T13:08:00.001-08:00

Addy loves to dress up and change her outfits a few times a day. These are just a few of her recent outfits. I love how this little girl can constantly make me laugh, and brighten my day! I am so blessed to have her in my life! I don't know what I would do with out her!!

Potty Trained!!

2010-02-01T11:35:00.000-08:00

I am happy to say that Addy is potty trained!! It is so nice not to have to change or buy diapers!HOORAY!! I have to say thanks to my sister for potty training her girl first, it made it easier for me cause Addy has to do what ever Kayla does. So thanks Melissa! While we were doing the potty training, Addy always wanted me to come in and go potty with her. One of the times she looks up at me and says "Mom you have a gigantic bum!" Just what a mother wants to hear!!

Christmas,Christmas, and more Christmas!

2010-01-07T12:35:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning Addy was such a sunshine!!

Mom was not allowed in the picture, I was told to go away!

She didn't even care that Santa had come she just wanted to go to bed!!

Once she started opening presents she was a little happier!

We truly had a great christmas this year! The best part of all was spending time with our families! We are so blessed to have such wonderful families! We just want to thank all of them for all they have done for us, especially this past week! We love you all!

Uncle Kyle came down and brought these for the girls to make. They enjoyed eating the frosting and candy rather than putting it together. We still had fun!

Addy is going to be a....

2009-12-06T16:08:00.000-08:00

BIG SISTER! Yes, I am having baby #2. We are very excited! I am 10 weeks and due July 3rd. So far this pregnancy has been better than the first I have had no morning sickness!! Although it does suck because I am already gaining weight! Addy is also very excited. She thinks that her and Kevyn both have a baby in their belly also. It is pretty funny to hear her talk about it. I just hope she will do well when the baby is actually here!

Halloween Fun!

2009-10-27T15:14:00.000-07:00

Mine and My sister's annual Halloween party. This year I couldn't get Kevyn to dress up. I don't know why he didn't want to dress up as a Winnie the Pooh character:)

The donut on a string game was a hit, we laughed so hard! It really is not very easy and you want to throw up the whole time!

Addy had so much fun picking out our pumpkins! She wanted to bring them all home.

Grandma came down for the day and we took the girls to see the witches at Gardner Village. The had a blast! They got a little scared of the witches.

Summer Highlights

2009-09-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

It has been to long since I last posted some pictures! Things are finally starting to settle down a little and we have our computer situation figured out. It has been a very busy summer, but we have had lots of fun! I just can't believe it is over! I have to say,though, I am very excited for fall!! Here are just a few of things we have been doing this summer.

This past weekend we went up to Peach Days. Grandma bought all the girls a wond and I found this cowgirl hat for Addy. She is obsessed with cowboy hats(everything is a cowboy hat) I am not sure where this obsession came from.

We have gone on a few camping trips. Here we are at Mill Hollow, one of our favorites. We went up over Kevyn's birthday with his parents. Addy always has a good time with Grandma and Papa!

Here we are at classic water park. We got season passes so we went every week. All Addy talks about is going to the "baby waterslides with Kaya"(kayla).

Addy jumping on her "gump". This saved my life while we were trying to pack! Addy would spend hours out on the tramp!

Every year we got up to Island Park with my family. This year we took the little ones horse back riding. Addy loved it at first, then she started freaking out so daddy had to get on with her. She still didn't like it until Lucy, the horse, started sneezing. She then thought it was hilarious.

I am still here

2009-08-06T08:12:00.001-07:00

It has been awhile! Lots of things have been going on. We are now in our new home and are loving it! We had a few bumps trying to move, but everything worked out. The day we were moving we found out we would not be able to get the keys to the new house. But we should be able to get them the following day( Friday). So we moved everything to my sister's house. We moved half the stuff into the garage and kept the rest in the moving truck. Well Friday we found out it was not going to happen that day either. So we unloaded the moving truck and filled the garage to the max! We hung out at my sisters house for the weekend praying it would happen on Monday. Didn't happen on Monday. Finally Tuesday we got the keys to our house! Thanks so much Angie and Troy for letting us take over your home! And thanks to everyone else who helped us move and watched Addy for us! We appreciate you all! We have been here for about 5weeks now and still have a bit of unpacking to do. I just don't want to do it! We don't really have a place for our computer and printer yet so I can't download any pictures on to here so the pictures will have to wait. We have been enjoying our summer going camping and going to the classic fun park water slides every week, Addy loves that place! It's just crazy that summer is almost over! It has gone by way to fast!!

We are moving

2009-06-02T13:22:00.000-07:00

Well, we have finally sold our house. We still don't know where we are going to be going. We have made a few offers on some homes but have not heard back yet. Hopefully we will hear soon cause we have to be out of here in 2 weeks. Things are gonna be alittle crazy for the next month so I probably won't be posted much for a little awhile. I just want to say thanks to all you Hunter Village girls for your great friendships!! I will miss you guys so much! Please keep in touch! Thanks for 5 great years!!!!

Cinco De Mustache

2009-05-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know I am alittle late posting these, but I just got them. So every year some of the guys from Kevyn's work does this. They start growing out their facial hair April 1st and grow it the whole month. Then on Cinco de Mayo they shave everything but the mustache. All I can say is I am glad, no more facial hair!!

Disneyland

2009-05-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

We went to Disneyland with my sister Angie and her family. We had so much! If any of you have never been with your kids I highly recommend it!

Addy LOVED seeing all the characters. It was so much fun to see her face light up when we saw one. She had her little autograph book that all the characters signed, she thought that was the neatest thing. After someone would sign it she had to show everyone, it was so cute! Pooh and Pluto were her favorites.

Her favorite ride was "Bumbo" (Dumbo), and the Jungle Safari (with Uncle Troy). She also loved Toontown!

We totally wore her out! We went none stop from when they opened to when they closed. Addy wasn't the only one who was worn out! After we were done at Disneyland for 3 days we went to stay in Newport beach and were very excited to go and relax on the beach, wishful thinking for us!! On our way to Newport we got in an accident, yes in our rental car, it sucked! But any of you who know me, I tend to get in a wreck where ever I am!No one was hurt, thankfully, it was just a pain to deal with. We ended up having to stay an extra day, so we thought great we can go to the beach! Wishful thinking again, Addy ended up getting so sick! She was running an awful fever so we ended up staying in the hotel the whole day!! Despite everything that went wrong we really did have a great time and we can't wait till we go again!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Easter morning Addy had found that the Hop Hop ( Easter Bunny)had visited our house. She was so excited that he left her a present! We did a little Easter egg hunt for her in our back yard, she thought it was the greatest! She now thinks we have eggs hidden everywhere. And yes, I put sponge rollers in her hair, she loved it as you can tell! They didn't work out quite like I was hoping they would. She ended up pulling them out so we just had to use a curling iron.

Later in the afternoon we went to my sister's house and had more Easter fun! The kids had another egg hunt and got spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Angie and Uncle Troy!
We also celebrated my Mom's, Melissa's and Taylor's birthdays. We hope you guys had a great day! We love you!

Happy Birthday 2 Addy

2009-03-16T13:10:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Addy is 2! She had so much fun for her birthday! We took her to Build-a-bear, where we got LuLu the monkey and she got her first bike, which she rides 24-7! We had an Elmo party for her, which she loved! A big thank you to our families for making her day so great!
I just want to right a few of the things Addy is doing and saying now(So I can remember). She has started talking so much! Some of her words are
Name: Me
Pooh Bear:Poo
Poo:poop
Pee:poop
Spoon:poon
Pillow:Poo
Hungary:I hunrey
Pull: poo
Please: peez
Pooh is the word she uses the most as you can tell. We sometimes have to guess what word she is actually referring to. She loves to make me and Kevyn go to bed. She will walk us to our bed, cover us up, give us a kiss, say bye and then shut the door. We are working on the potty training and she is finally off the bottle HOORAY, HOORAY!!! We are still working on the binky! Addy has taught me so many things (even though she is 2) I have to work at some things everyday and yes it can be a struggle but I am so blessed to have such an amazing little girl!!

Big OUIE!

2009-02-23T11:35:00.000-08:00

So I fill like the worst mother in the world!!
Last week while I was trying to pay bills Addy wanted to be up on the counter with me. ( Her new thing she has learned is to pull chairs around the house to get up where she wants to be.)I let her stand on the chair by me and play with the stuff in the drawer, thinking that there was not anything to dangerous in it. While I was writing and talking to Kevyn on the phone she started screaming!! I looked over and saw blood going everywhere. I pretty much threw my phone and started freaking out. I still wasn't quite sure what happened. Any way long story short, she got her finger stuck up in one of the food slicers. I have no idea how she even got the slicer out! Her finger could only be one way for me to get it out so as I was pulling her finger out the blade was slicing off her fingernail. It was awful!!!! It didn't take it all the way off, it was still attached in one spot. We both cried the rest of the day! She wouldn't let me put a bandaid on it, but once we got Elmo bandaids she was ok. Most of the fingernail has come off now. I think it was more dramatic for me than it was for her! I just felt terrible!!

Just a random picture

I had to post this, I just think it is so cute! Her toy box in now her favorite place to play and read her books.

So DISGUSTED!!

2009-01-26T12:41:00.000-08:00

So we have put our house up for sale. Yes, I know we are crazy especially with how the market is and we just finished our basement. But the Lord definitely lets you know when you are supposed to do something. Anyways about a week ago we went through some homes. One of the homes was beautiful!! Until you got inside. We walked in and I thought I was gonna throw-up because it stunk so bad! We had to watch where we walked so we didn't step in dog crap! And yes, these people still lived in this home. There was dog poop and kitty litter everywhere!! We could not even walk down the stairs because there was so much kitty litter. It was disgusting! I am sorry but if you are trying to sell your home that is not the way to do it! Sorry if I have offended anyone but I thought it was gross!

Tis the season to be freezin'

2009-01-20T10:13:00.000-08:00

Over the christmas break we took Addy sledding! She did not enjoy it so much. I'm not sure if it was because her dad took her down one of the biggest hills there was or if it was because I made her look like the little boy off the Christmas Story and made it impossible for her to walk! I have to say, I think she looks pretty dang cute! We did enjoy having some family time together and Addy did like being pulled around on the sled.

Surprise photos

2009-01-12T10:50:00.000-08:00

So for New Year's Eve we went to my sister's house and did the usual, play games and have lots of good food. A couple days later I was downloading my pictures to my computer and found these. I guess on new year's eve my brother-in-law and nephew got alittle board and this is how they entertained themselves. Gotta love 'em!

Santa came to town

2009-01-08T08:44:00.001-08:00

We had great Christmas this year! I love this time of year. I love spending so much time with our families and friends! This year we really tried to make it simple and focus on the true meaning of Christmas and not get wrapped up in to much of the wordly things. The best gift for me this year was my wonderful family and spending time with them.

Addy ended up getting up extra early on x-mas morning, not sure why! We went down stairs and the first thing she saw was her kitchen. She was so excited she didn't want anything to do with any of the presents. But after mom and dad started opening them and she saw that there were more toys she suddenly was interested. Soon after opening the presents Addy and Daddy fell asleep on the couch, they were both pooped!

Later in the afternoon my family came over , we had tons of fun! Kayla and Addy fought over the toys the whole time. Addy got to the piont were she started hiding the toys, but Kayla learned very quickly where she hid them! It was funny to watch them.

Twas the night before Christmas...

2009-01-08T07:59:00.000-08:00

Addy got her new x-mas pj's on xmas eve. I think she thought my new pj's were hers also. She was very excited!

The Aldrich family Christmas party
Every year we have Kevyn's family party on Christmas Eve night. It is always great to see everyone and there is always great food!

We are ALIVE and CRAZY!

2008-12-22T12:08:00.001-08:00

Yes, I know I have not posted in some time but things have been a little busy for us the last little while! We FINALLY got our basement finished and that is a huge relief! And I absolutely Love it! I mostly love not having to stay up until midnight or later working on it! So just when I thought I was gonna start getting sleep again Addy had to get sick!! And then Kevyn got sick and then Addy got sick again and then yes of course I got it as well! So trying to keep up with all the holiday craziness and life has not been the easiest with having all of us sick. Luckily it is the week of Christmas and we are all doing better! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Addy's new thing is to help me do the dishes and play in the water. ( I let her do it once after my sister was telling me her little girl loved to do that.) And now she has to help me every time! Last night she also gave herself a bath while helping me!

She loves to go outside and watch Kevyn play in the snow. She won't touch it, she just likes watching Daddy!

We took her to a Jazz game with us and she did great! She loved watching the game and cheering along with the crowd!

Trying on make up!

2008-11-17T11:50:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday I was at work like usual and Kevyn was home with Addy. When I got home Kevyn showed me these pictures. I had no clue what was on her face! What happened was Addy went into the bathroom and was playing in her little cupboard that she is allowed to, but then she found mommy's make up. She decided she wanted to ware mascara also! Some how she got the lid off and started applying! At least she knew it went somewhere on the face, right?!

Happy Anniversary!!

2008-11-14T10:58:00.000-08:00

You're my WORLD my LIFE my EVERYTHING

"We cannot really LOVE anybody with whom we never LAUGH."

I want to thank Kevyn for 5 AMAZING years! Kevyn is such a WONDERFUL husband, freind, and most of all an amazing father to Addy! Kevyn, I LOVE you so much and can't imagine my life with out you!! Thanks for all you do! You are WONDERFUL! And thank you Mom and Kyle for watching Addy so we could get away for the weekend!

Happy Halloween!!

2008-10-31T14:54:00.000-07:00

Last weekend my sister had a Halloween party! We had tons of fun and the kids loved it! Trying to get Addy ready for it was not so much fun! She through a fit the whole time trying to put her costume on. Once we got it on she loved it! And then I tried putting her hair up cute like a princess and she was not going for that, as you can tell since her hair is down!

Thanks Melissa for a great party!

Carving "PumPums"

2008-10-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

A few nights ago we carved a pumpkin with Addy, or has she says carving pumpums! She didn't know what to think at first but once she saw all the gooey stuff inside she was more interested! She loved taking the seeds out putting them on the paper and then putting them back in the pumpkin. We finally got the garbage can and then she put them in that. Afterwards we lit a candle in the pumpkin, turned out all the lights and watched Halloween cartoons. It was a fun way to spend time together and Addy loved it!!

Pretty, pretty toes!

2008-10-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

This is the first time I have painted Addy's toes and she loved it!! Every time she sees them now she points to them and has to show everyone. She is very proud of them!

Tagged

2008-10-13T12:11:00.000-07:00

So our good friend Heidi tagged me. I have to say it was kinda hard coming up with 7 things for everything!!
Lucky #7
7 Things I Can Do:
*Do hair
*Clean
* make yummy treats
*Scrapbook
*Multi-task very well
*Shop
*Listen

7Things I Cannot Do:
*Drive a stick shift
*Whistle
*Eat anything with Mayo on it!!
*Kill a spider
*Live away from my family
* Watch scary movies
*Handle stress

7 Things that Attracted Me to Kevyn
* His blue eyes
*his smile
* His thoughtful ness
*His sense of humor
* He always put me first
*He would always surprise me with something when we got together!
* He ALWAYS opened my door

7 Things I Say Most Often:
*ADDYSON CHEREE
*Freak
*Oh really
*Ummmm
*Stinky
*Sweet Pea
*Love you

7 Celebrity Admiration's:
* really have no clue on this one

7 Favorite Foods (in no particular order):
*Cheese quesadillas
*Diet Coke
*Pasta Salads
*Pumpkin spice hersey kisses
*Cheesecake
*Cafe Rio's Pork burritos
*Bread(Yes I know that there is nothing healthy on here:)

7 People to Tag:
*Amee
*Melissa
*Tai
*Tori
*Heather
*Brandee
*Darci

Growing up to fast!!

2008-09-29T12:51:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how fast kids grow up! It makes me sad to think that Addy really isn't a baby anymore. She is a little girl who thinks she is much older than she is. A little while ago Kevyn got Addy her very own potty! She thinks it is the neatest thing. One day I was changing her diaper and of course she was having a fit, she did not want her diaper back on. I was on the phone so I decided to just let her run around for a bit. She runs to the bathroom and starts pounding on the door. I let her in she sits down on her potty and she actually went! I was so surprised! So was she cause the toilet sarted to play music, I was so proud her. Later that night I was in the kitchen and she was playing in her room. She starts screaming, I look up to see her carrying her toilet into the kitchen. She sets it down , lays down and puts her legs up in the air for me to take her pants off. It was the cutest thing in the world! Her knew love is purses. Anything that looks like it has handles she thinks is a purse. She will put her purse over her shoulder go and give Kevyn a kiss and then try to go outside. It makes me laugh every time!!

My little lady

2008-09-23T17:32:00.000-07:00

My parents just got a really nice camera so I decided to try it out on my LITTLE LADY!

Peach Days to cooking and some in between

2008-09-12T07:10:00.000-07:00

Me and my sister took the kids up to Grandma and Grandpa's for Peach Days. We had so much fun! We got the kids faces PAINTED. Addy was a little scared! She would not move and she was on the verge of tears. But then she loved seeing the pictures of herself afterwards.

At the parade! The kids had lots of fun and got way to much CANDY!!!

We also celebrated Nick and Camryn's BIRTHDAY'S.

While us girls were having fun at Peach Days our hubby's were back at my house tileing our bathroom. They did a GREAT job!! Thanks Dana for all your help!

Addy know how to feed herself, and this was her first time eating SPAGHETTI. I don't know how much she actually got in her mouth, if any for that matter. So we got her in the tub to clean her up and of course she CRIED and CRIED when we actually got her wet.

I had to get some pictures of this. I thought it was way to CUTE! Addy loves to pretend that she is cooking and she always has to help me cook dinner. So I decided to let her help me make COOKIES. She even has a cute little apron that one of my clients made for her. She had so much FUN!

Payson Lakes

2008-08-25T07:06:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went camping to Payson Lakes for Kevyns birthday. It was so beautiful up there !! We had such a great time . Addy loved finding bugs and loved playing in the dirt!! It's sad to say though, that this was probably our last trip for the summer!

Crazy Life!

2008-08-13T09:47:00.000-07:00

Yes, I finally got new pictures!! Life has just been none stop the last month! We really haven't even been home. And the sad thing is , is the next couple of months are going to be even worse! We have been doing a few fun things though. It is Kevyn's birthday on Friday and we are going camping so last weekend we had a little get together to celebrate his birthday and his graduation! YES, he finally graduated, I am thrilled!! Way to go Sweetie!!!We have been to the pool a few times( mostly Addy and not me . I am a little jealous that my 1year old has a better tan than I do!) And we have been dealing with a lot of sickness, again!! One exciting thing is we are having our basement sheet rocked on Monday, HOORAY!!Happy 27th Sweetie!! And happy Graduation!! We love!!

I am posting this picture because we were not very happy with how this cake turned out! My mother-in-law order this cake from Dairy Queen, which they have always done a great job, but as you can tell this job was not so great!! They didn't spell have the words right so my mother- in-law tried fitting the missing letters in. And when she got it, it was half melted and had slid all over the place. So anyways if you by a cake from Dairy Queen make sure that a cake decorator will be making your cake!

Addy and her usual silliness!!

Here we are at the pool with my sisters and their kids. It was lots of fun! Addy didn't like the water at first but after about 20 min. she was junping off the sides. She loved it!
Yes, I know the 24th was a while ago but I'm a little slow, what can I say! We watched the fireworks with Chris and Darci. Jarron and Cobey were so excited to see them and then they feel asleep before we even got there and slept through all the fireworks.

Happy late 4th of July

2008-07-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty fun 4th of July. We just hung out with my family. We had a BBQ at my sister's house and then just watched the fireworks. I know, real exciting! It was just nice to have a few days off with Kevyn and just relax! We hope you all had a great 4th !We got Addy this pool thinking she would love it, and she won't have anything to do with it. Even when I got in it with her. What do you do?!

We decided to let Addy try eating corn on the cob all by herself and she loved it! She knawed on that thing most of the night.
The night before we took her to the fair. She loved the merry-go-round! We couldn't get her off of it. We then tried the rollercoaster she did not like that at all. She stuffed her face in Kevyn's shirt and held on for dear life!
Addy didn't know what to think of the fireworks. They were a little to loud and bright for her I think. She had me cover her eyes most of the time.

Island Park

2008-06-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

This was our annual family trip to Island Park. This year was a bit different than most . We mostly hung out in the cabin because pretty much everyone got sick and was throwing up YUCK!! And of course it all started with my daughter! We did do a few fun things, we floated the river and went to Big Springs and feed the fish. But mostly we watched lots of movies and cleaned up throw up!!The first day we were there all the girls went shopping in West Yellowstone. Addy loved these bears! They were in almost every store, and she had to give all of them a hug and a kiss.It was pretty funny!
This was really one of the only activities we were able to do (since everyone was sick). We floated down Box Canyon River in my dad's drift boat. It was so pretty!
Just sitting by the camp and roasting marshmallows...DELICIOUS!!
This is how we spent most of our trip, just hanging out in the cabin!

Way to go Kyle

2008-06-10T12:38:00.000-07:00

I know I'm a little late on posting this, better late then never, right?! But I had to give a little shout out to my baby brother, Kyle. I can't believe he has graduated. He would kill me for calling him "baby brother", but I still think of him as that. We are so proud of you, Kyle,and all that you have accomplished. We love you!
Yes this is a random picture of Addy, but I thought it was so cute! I had to show her off in her new sunglasses and cute little hat! What a babe!!

A camping we will go...

2008-05-30T06:58:00.000-07:00

We went camping over Memorial weekend and what an adventure it was! We headed up to Yearn's Resovoir Friday afternoon and we had about a 2 hour drive. We finally got up there and were so excited and then noticed that there were a motor home and a trailer stuck in the mud trying to get up where we needed to be. the mud was awful. Trucks and trailers were sliding everywhere. So we didn't even chance it. So back down the mountain we go in hopes we will find some where else to go. We stop at the Palisades campground while our husbands went to see if there was anywhere to go. While they are gone our car window breaks and will not roll up. So the boys get back & I tell Kevyn the window is broke , he says he will fix it later. So we end up being able to buy a spot from a family at the Palisades. We get set up just in time for the rain to come pouring down.While me & Darci are in the trailer our husbands are out in the rain trying to get a fire going on our "little grill" so we can have dinner. Then I remember, we have not fixed our window yet. The car was soaked!! So the boys just thru a tarp over it and fixed it in the morning. Saturday was a pretty good day. It didn't rain to much but it was freezing! W e played at the park, went fishing and melted the road while we cooked dutch oven, it was the best dinner I have had!! That night we were getting kids ready for bed . I stood up on the bed to open the cupboard to get a diaper. The doors are really hard to get open, I couldn't get it to open. So I pulled real hard and smacked myself right in the nose. It hurt so bad I really thought I broke it (i didn't). So it 's about 11:00pm everyone is ready for bed and Addy starts screaming like she never has before. I had no idea what was going on. Darci comes to the rescue and says she is so constipated. So the boys run 20 miles into town to get her some medicine and get back about 12:00 and we were able to get Addy asleep. Then Sunday morning we get up it is beautiful we get all packed up and are ready to pull out and we have a flat tire on the trailer and we have no spare.We got that fixed and then our window broke again. We got that fixed & made it home safely. Even though things were crazy we still had fun and are ready to go again! I forgot to add in the part , when we first got in the trailer and opened the fridge a bottle of soy sauce had broke and went everywhere it stunk like soy sauce bad!The kids waiting so patiently for their dads to get back from trying to find us a camping spot.
So we could not have a camp fire, which sucked because all of our meals we brought needed a fire. So we compromised. We roasted hot dogs on the little grill and did dutch oven on the road, which we melted, oops!
Jarron and Addy hanging out on their little chairs in the freezing cold. Jarron was so cute with Addy. And she wanted to do everything her big cousins were doing.
Here we are all piled in the trailer having our hot chocolate. It was FREEZING! Then we all piled on to the table bed and watched a movie. It was lots of fun.
Addy loved playing at the park! She sat in the wood chips for about an hour & just played, it was great!
Fishing didn't last to long, mostly cause the weather was not to great. It would be nice and sunny for maybe 10, 15 min. and then it would rain again. Poor Jarron got his hook stuck in his finger. And he got his first fish( really his mom)he was jumping up & down he was so excited and then he saw the blood and started crying and screaming. He didn't like that he hurt the fish.
Kevyn and Chris took the kids over to see the ducks. They were coming right up to them, so they came and got some bread to feed them. The kids thought it was so neat! Kevyn would give Addy some bread to give to the ducks but she wanted it just for herself. She popped that bread in her mouth just as fast as Kevyn gave it to her. That's my girl!!

1st haircut

2008-05-13T14:32:00.000-07:00

Addy desperately needed a haircut, as you can tell. She did a pretty good job. As long as she had her toilet paper and her q-tips , she didn't move. We just couldn't get her to hold still so we could get an after picture.

Diaper Fun!

2008-05-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

Addy's new favorite toy is her diapers! They entertain her for hours. The other night she was putting them on her head and Kevyn was chasing her all around the house. She eventually crashed on the floor, she was so tired. I think she laid there for almost 20 min.

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-11T11:11:00.000-07:00

HATS OFF TO MOTHER'S
My Mother's job is sometimes hard, and I have heard her say,
"The hours are long, and if I could, I'd like to change the pay."
Her profession has variety, and I will tell you now
About the many hats she wears-and why and when and how.

1. my mommy's a nurse who fixes and patches
all of my hurts and my sores and my scratches.
2. My mother's a chef whi fix each dinner
fit for a king--a blue ribbon winner!
3. My mom's a chauffeur who drives pretty slow
but gets me to the places where I need to go.
4. My mom's a detective, and no one is greater
at getting the truth from me sooner or later.
5. My mommy's a gardner and works really hard,
Planting and weeding and grooming the yard.
6. My mother's a maid-at least that's what she said-
cause she cleans up the house and makes every bed.
7. My mother's an angel-a queen in disguise- who
teaches the gospel with tears in her eyes.
Today take these hats off, and please wear no other.
Let me do the work, to show I LOVE YOU,MOTHER!!
I am so blessed to have such a wonderful mother! She is my best friend!! I love you Mom!!!
I also am blessed with a wonderful mother-in- law ! She is so great, I love you Sandy!!!

Me and my chair

2008-05-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

Addy has a little chair for her stuffed animals and instead of putting her animals in it she is always trying to sit in it and gets upset when her little bottom won't fit in it! So we got her a little chair that she can fit in and she loves it!! She will put her animals in their chair and set them next to her and watch T.V. She then has tried to put her animal chair on her chair, and then tries to sit in that. Didn't quite work out that well as you can imagine!

MMMM, Spaghetti O's

2008-05-02T09:41:00.000-07:00

Addy loves spaghetti O's, as you can tell they are all over her face!! This is the only food she will eat by spoon. Anything else we feed her by spoon she will not eat, she wants to feed herself with her fingers. So there's not much she will eat.

"Tag you're it!"

2008-04-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

So my sister-in-law tagged me. I am supposed to tell 10 interesting things about myself, I guess, and then tag 3 other people. I hope that is right, I'm still new at this stuff!! And hopefully some of you will find this interesting!
1. I am a clean freak ( ask my husband)
2. I enjoy cleaning
3. I always told myself I would date the guy I was going to marry for at least a year first. (that didn't happen)
4. I wish I looked like Jennifer Aniston
5. I LOVE strawberry cheesecake milkshakes from Artic Circle ( they are heaven)
6. I am absessed with the show Lost
7. I don't like wearing shoes
8. When I'm nervous I bite my fingernails
9. I could spend all day watching Friends re-runs
10. I love spending time with my family( even our extended families)
I now tag Kelly, Tai, and, Heather Have fun!

Love that face!!

2008-04-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

Addy loves the camera!! She is always pulling some of the funniest faces! Sometimes I wonder where she gets them from. These are just a few of them.

GO JAZZ!!

2008-04-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

We are huge Jazz fans!! And we decided to be daring and take Addy to her first game against the Rockets. We won't do that again for awhile!! (not till she is a little older). She loved the little kids sitting behind us and was mad that she could not play with them. I don't think me and Kevyn really even saw the game. It was still fun being together though!

Starting to walk

2008-04-08T09:52:00.000-07:00

The other night Addy was being so funny. She walks all over the house with her little bike thing. But this night she had to have her bear and her block in one hand. She will walk a little bit by her self but not much. We just love her to pieces!!

"OLIVE" YOU!!

2008-04-08T09:09:00.000-07:00

Addy loves olives and she figured out all by her self how to eat them the proper way, on your fingers. It was so funny she was very proud of her self!

HAPPY HAPPY EASTER!!

2008-03-28T08:50:00.000-07:00

The night before the Easter bunny came Addy found her easter basket and liked it for a hat. She wouldn't let us take it from her.

2008-03-28T08:39:00.000-07:00

Addy found her Easter basket!! She loves necklace's and balls! So the Easter bunny left her some mardi gras beads and some bouncy balls She will not part with them!!

2008-03-28T08:30:00.000-07:00

2008-03-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

Addy and Cousins Camryn and Kayla at Grandma's House. They just opened their Easter presents from Grandma and Grandpa Saunders. They all got pretty dresses and a bunny!

Snot and hair what a yummy snack!!

2008-03-28T08:07:00.000-07:00

So I am a little retarded cause I have no clue how to flip this picture the other way, so hopefully you can see it okay!! I guess this is what I get for cutting hair at my house. I was doing my sister's hair and got distracted chasing 3 kids and answering phones. We found Addy in the bathroom tasting the hair. I'm sure it tasted yummy with her snot she had all over her face(she has been sick)! It was pretty nasty!!

Addy's 1st birthday!

2008-03-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

We got all excitedto see Addy destroy her cake, but she barely touched it. She just kinda patted the top of it.

2008-03-25T18:33:00.000-07:00

Since Addy wouldn't touch her cake, Kevyn decided to take her hands and smash them in it. She was not happy that he ruined her cute cake! She started screaming!

2008-03-25T18:18:00.000-07:00

kevyn was helping Addy open her presents but it got a little crazy for her so she got out of there, and let kevyn deal with all the craziness. It was pretty funny.The cousins just kept throwing everything at him.

2008-03-25T18:09:00.000-07:00

Addy and mom