Pinedale trip...

Jaren's dad was buried in Pinedale, the little town he was born in.  We planned on going up as a family when the headstone came in, so that's what we did last weekend.  Gwen's aunt has a cabin that we stayed in because it fits a TON of people.  We had a good trip, and the kids had fun running around and playing.  The weather was pretty much perfect.  High seventies most of the time, and then it rained and cooled off quite a bit.

 Addy LOVED the swing!  And she 

looked so stinking cute in that dress ♥

 Such a happy girl!

 Hailey's main reason for wanting to go to the cabin was

to play in the dress up room.  She looked so cute in all

the clothes. She reminds me of a little fairy in this one....so sweet ♥

 Hailey and John.  They get along great, for the most part, until they

start picking at each other, but I guess that's kids for ya!  I think

this picture is so classic, the boy with a sword and the girl

in the cute frilly pink dress....haha.

 Hailey loved the swing too.

 Gwen, Hannah, Reagan and Addy.  I love how

Addy is smiling so big....cutie pie!

 John is all boy!

 I love this picture of Hailey Bug!  Our little girl is

growing up and getting so pretty!  

 Cousin Elsie.  The girls loved being able to

play with her for two days straight!

 

 Addy and Elsie were good little buds the whole weekend.

 

 Hailey and I laughed and laughed at this picture, saying

"mmmmmmmm chocolate milk".....lol.

 Elsie trying to scare John on the swing.

 Hailey and Daddy.

Cousins having fun.

 Grandma enjoying the nice weather.

 This pond was right where we went shooting.  Some of us

tried throwing rocks to see how far across the pond we

could get it.  Jaren reached the other side of it.  When I 

tried, I didn't even reach the water....lol.

 Cute Hailey with her ear muffs on.  

 John and Jim.  I think John was in heaven being

able to shoot the big guns.

 Reagan and baby Hannah.

 This was so cute.  It was too heavy for Hailey to stand

with the gun, so she had to sit on Jaren's lap.

Jim and Reagan.

 I have to say, even though guns still scare the crud outta

me, Jaren looks pretty cute shooting one...haha.

 Rachel and Dusty.  Rachel was a really good shooter,

I'm kinda jealous...haha.

 Gwen shooting. 

 Shooting the clay discs.

 Gwen getting brave shooting the big gun.

 So cute!  Addy did not like shooting!  Too noisy.

 The girls both preferred to sit in the car and

watch a Barbie movie instead.

 Grandpa's headstone.  It turned out really nice.

The back has all of the kids' names listed on it.  It's

weird to see Jaren's name on a headstone.

Labor Day

Labor Day was a pretty relaxing day.  The girls and I ran a couple of errands, went to the park, and then went to visit Jaren at work. 

 Love this cute girl!  And I love the 

bright colors in her cute outfit!!

 

 Riding the boat ride, they loved it!

 Getting ready for the train to leave.

 Picking a horse on the carousel is such a hard decision...haha.

 Sweet little Addy!

 Pretty Hailey girl ♥♥

 Waiting for the Ferris wheel.  Addy

was REALLY excited......

 until she got on it.  She was frozen scared!  It was so

sad, she literally couldn't move.  I kept hollering at

Hailey to comfort her...lol.  All the other parents

were saying "awwww look at her".

 Still nervous.

 Is that the start of a smile?!

 Feeding the ducks.

 Visiting Daddy at work.

 The girls had fun using the dry erase board.

Hailey practicing numbers, letters and her vowels. 

Good job Hailey!!

Addison turns THREE!!

I can't believe how quick the past three years have gone by.  It literally feels like we were just heading to the hospital, in the middle of the night, in a complete panic!  Four short hours later, and  our sweet little Addy was here. We couldn't be any luckier to have such a loving, kind, funny little girl!  I cannot imagine life without her.  We love you to pieces Addy!!!

Funny and cute things Addy says lately...

She says the word actually all the time.  Like "actually, I want this instead", "actually, I'm okay", actually, you can have it", she says it A LOT!

I say holy crap (I know, not good) and goodness gracious quite often.  Addy has started saying holy gracious!  Haha, it sounds so funny when she says it.

The other day she had just gotten out of the tub and I  told her she smelled so good.  She ran up to Jaren and said "Daddy, smell my butt it smells really good"!  We could not stop laughing!

She LOVES the song Stronger, by Kelly Clarkson.  She asks for me to play it all the time, and will sing it at the top of her lungs.  We were in Costco the other day and you could barely hear it on their radio and all of a sudden Addy started belting it out...so cute!

She is a very polite girl.  She says please and thank you a lot, and when you ask her if she wants something, she will say "no, I'm fine", sounding like a little southern belle.

If you tell her you love her more, she usually says "I love you much"!

Things Addy loves right now....

She loves to watch Special Agent Oso, Handy Manny and Trotro, some weird little cartoon we found on Netflix.  

She loves to read, and is learning her letters!  She knows A, N, O, Q, X, Y and probably some more I am forgetting.  She gets REALLY excited when she sees a letter that she knows.  

She LOVES to swing.  This girl would swing all day long if we let her.  

She loves to play with her big sister, although she is learning how to push her buttons, little stinker.

She loves to kick a ball around.  We should seriously get her into soccer!

She loves her bunny!

She loves to come up and give hugs at random, I love it ♥♥♥

She loves to play with the dollhouses and pretend.  It's really cute listening to her.

She loves Lalaloopsy dolls!

She loves fruit, mostly strawberries, blueberries and apples.  I can give her an apple and she will eat the entire thing down to the core.  

She loves pizza, but with no cheese.

She likes to dance and shake her tushy.  Speaking of tushy, when she has a snuggie, she says "I have a tushy"...haha.

Addy's Birthday Questionnaire....

How old are you?   Three 
What makes you happy?  I go pee
What is your favorite thing to eat?  Pizza
What is your favorite color?  Orange 
Favorite TV show?  Oso
Favorite book? Oso
Favorite song?  Stronger (Kelly Clarkson)
Favorite movie?  Princesses
Favorite thing to do outside?  Play with the bunny
Favorite thing to do inside?  Play
What do you like to do with mommy?  Play
What do you like to do with daddy?  Play
What is your favorite store?  The pizza store
Where is you favorite place to go?  The pizza store (can you tell she likes pizza?)
Who are some of your friends? Elsie, Haggity (Hadley), Rae Rae, John and Reagan
What is your favorite outfit?  My haggity dress
What is your favorite toy? Blanky's
What do you want to be when you grow up?  Three
What was your favorite birthday present?  Princesses
 
So many cute things this girls says and does.  We can't believe she is three already!!  Where does the time go?! 

 Such a good little baby!  I should probably stop looking

at this photo, because it's going to make me want another...haha.

So tiny!  I wish I could snuggle with

her at this age again.

Eggs and toast, and of course ketchup, she LOVES it!

 Look at that cute little girl!  She was SO excited to
open her presents.  We had them wrapped, sitting on
my dresser for a week.  She had so much patience, and
never tried to open them, just looked.

 Hailey reading a card she made for Addy.  Hailey
loves to write sweet little messages for her ♥♥

 I think Hailey loved that Addy kept asking
for help to open her gifts!

 She loves this doll because it comes with a "gaga", which
is what Addy called her binky, and she cries when you take it out.

This little mixer is SO cute!  It beaters spin and
Addy loves to say she's making a cake. This
will be a nice addition to the play kitchen.

 More princesses!  Hailey picked these out for her.
They have glittery, sparkly dresses, and the girls love them.

 Cinderella dress up shoes.

 She loves them!

 A carriage for the princesses.

 Haha...I love her face!  Jaren told her to smile
for the picture, but I think she was too into her toy.

 Playing with the new princess in the castle.

 Opening Nana & Papa's gift.

 A Doc McStuffins cell phone!  They also got her
a Doc McStuffins doctor set, which both girls
have been playing with a lot!

 All the birthday fun tired this girl out and she
fell asleep on our bedroom floor.

 This was the day after her birthday.  We had a get together
with Jaren's side of the family.  Addy was SO excited
to have everyone sing Happy Birthday to her.

 So cute!  She couldn't blow that last candle
out, it took her four or five tries.

 She was so happy after she blew them out.  Or maybe
she was happy because she finally got to eat her cake!!

 Check out that hot pink frosting!  Pink Pink Pink!  I
wouldn't know what to do with a boy...haha.

 SO CUTE!

 Enjoying cake with cousins.  Jaren opted for
healthy watermelon instead!

 The boys and Rachel.

 Opening more gifts.

 She was really excited over the dum dum suckers...haha.

 She put two in her mouth at the same
time and the cousins thought it
was the funniest thing ever!