It's party time!

I decided to let Addie have a friend birthday party this year now that she's 2. We kept it small and just did a Pool party, Lu'au theme. The kids played outside and it was so fun to watch them play together. Addie has been looking forward to this party for weeks.

gRoWiNg FaSt...

Addie is only a few weeks away from her second birthday already! Wow time goes by so fast! She is so much fun to be around! Here she is counting to 10 for the first time on video! She just learned how to do it last night. So this morning I tested her knowledge and it stuck!

She is doing extremely well with potty-training. She hasn't had any accidents in over a month! It is so great to be able to totally trust her now and not be worried about bringing a change of clothes with me every were. She learned so quickly.. within a week she was in underwear all day with no accidents. She is talking so much more now. She will copy most of the words I say when I'm not even talking to her. She really picks up on a lot of things. (I better be careful.) She is excited for her birthday party and has had fun helping me buy things for it. She is most excited for her friends, balloons, and cake.. she says.

Addie is such a tender, loving child. She has so much love to give. She is almost always happy and making people laugh. She is obedient and helpful. A complete joy in my life! We are very blessed!

For Aunt Janell

Addie was being crazy this night, so I got a little bit of video for you... This will have to do for now. :)

Lake Powell

We just got home from a great week at Lake Powell. Addie had so much fun swimming and playing with the extended family. She did great on the drive there and back too. We hiked up to this place called Rainbow Bridge, luckily it was only a mile away because it was HOT!! Addie did great because she got to ride on Daddy's shoulders the whole way! Poor Josh. We stayed on a really nice house boat and had a great time with family!

Addie loves to help Josh wash the car. She gets bubbles all over herself. She is quite the helper!!

Jackon Hole

We just got home from celebrating our 4 year wedding anniversary in Jackson Hole, WY. Our first day we went down the rapids on the Snake River. It was really fun but really cold too. It rained half the time and was only 55 degrees. THANKFULLY they let us use their wet suit jackets! They were life savers! I don't have pictures of us rafting because I didn't bring my camera. But it was really fun and something different to do.

Then we went on an aerial tram ride up to one of the highest mountains. It was an amazing view from the top. We could see the Grand Tetons really well too. So peaceful and quite up there on the "top of the world" ! :)

Random summer pics

First modeling photo shoot..

We were at the slash park last week and this photographer was taking pictures to advertise for the company that does the flooring at the splash park. He asked me if he could photograph Addie since she's so cute! :) Then he promised to email me a copy. I didn't think he actually would but here they are. No face shots but they turned out cute anyway.

The 4th and Cupcakes!

We had a great 4th of July! We were with lots of family, it was an extended family reunion on my mom's side. We had a lot of family in from other states. This sweet little girl with Addie is Ava, my cousin's daughter. Add is only 2 months older so they had a great time together. The funniest was when Addie fed her a cupcake. They took turns taking the biggest bites they could back and forth. Addie is quite a fan

of cupcakes I must say! :) We'll miss you Ava!!

Summer adventures begin..

Last week we went to the zoo with my friend Angela and her 2 boys. Addie had so much fun! She has really been into animals this year. Her favorite show to watch is Madagascar. She asks for it mutiple times a day. But of course she doesn't call it by name. She just says " Raaarrrrr". Ya know like a lion. It's been fun with all her interest in animals I can teach her so many new things about them now.


Check out how giraffes sleep...doesn't look too comfy to me. Addie kept pointing at it saying, "night, night".

Add loves to rock the shades these days. Every time we go outside she tells me it's bright and that she needs her glasses.

She wasn't too sure about sitting on the big elephant statue... she was serious about not wanting a picture there I guess..

nature

We went up to the mountains a few weeks ago for a BBQ with our ward. Addie and her friend Emma had a great time. They ran everywhere together and went exploring. It was a nice change of scenery up in the mountains.

I just couldn't wait..

I put Addie's hair is sponge rollers last week. Her hair isn't that long or thick yet but I wanted to give it a try anyway. She totally just stood there and let me put them in. I thought she looked so cute with curlers in her hair.. like a little old lady. haha

Her hair curled a little but it really needs to grow. I can't complain though.. She has TONS more hair then she did last summer!

..all ready to go.

Addie's Playroom

I am finally done decorating the playroom for now. I still want Josh to put up be-board on the lower half of the wall. But who knows when he will have time to do that. So for now it's completed. Addie LOVES it in here! She plays in here by herself if I'm busy and has a ball messing it up and playing with her babies. I love having the basement finished so we could have the extra room up stairs to make a play room for her. I love that all the toys and the mess stays in one room.. for the most part.

She seems to give me this looks quite often.. haha

I found Addie like this in her room. She had put her babies up on the rocking chair.. got a few books then climbed in herself. She was "reading" to her babies! I thought it was totally cute because she hasn't done that before. I guess all the reading her and I do in that chair really does sink in.