Fun in the Snow!

We took advantage of the snow and headed out sledding Saturday! I thought Addison and Felicity would get cold and not last very long. Nope, they loved it and we had to leave with them crying when the big kids got cold and tired! So much fun!!

5 years later!

Brandon and I celebrated our 5th Wedding anniversary on December 27! The 5 years have flown by so fast. Brandon and I have had so many great experiences and adventures in our marriage. I am so lucky to have Brandon, he has blessed my life and made me so happy. I loved Brandon so much when we got married but I have been amazed t hrough our journies together that I feel like I love him more and more as time passes and we experience amazing things together. A few of our greatest blessing and my favorite experiences..... 1) Addison 2) Being sealed as a family (we both agree it was the best day of either of our lives so far) 3) Taking a risk and moving to La Sal, even though our time there was short I am so glad we had the experience and I think we both miss it every day! We are very blessed with great family and enjoy the time we get to spend with them. Our lives are chaotic right now with both of us working full time and going to school. It is busy and we don't see each other enough, but it definitely makes us appreciate the time we get to spend together. Brandon you are great and you continue to make me a better person!
So for our anniversary we took a trip to Vegas. We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel, it was really nice and has such a cool atmosphere! We went to see the body exhibit, we did not get a chance to see it while it was here. It was crazy and I thought it was really cool! We also saw a comedy show the Improv at Harrah's, I love improv and it was hilarious. Otherwise we did the normal seeing sights on the strip, hit the outlets and checked out the Bass Pro Shop. We love Addie but it was nice to have a trip alone!

The Nutcracker and Grandma Susan's

Aaron's wife Jeanette danced the Nutcracker with a traveling company this year. They mainly dance in Aspen, CO and Santa Fe, NM but they also traveled to Arkansas to dance as well. She was away from Aaron for a long 6 weeks. I went with my parents and stayed overnight in Aspen to visit her and see her dance. She is a beautiful dancer and it was such a fun production, I don't think I had ever seen the Nutcracker before. Since I was over that way Addison and I spent several days at Susan and Al's house. We will not be able to visit them for Christmas so I wanted to spend some time there and let Addie do some fun Christmas things with them. We hit the mall for some shopping and to see Santa Claus. Addie is not a big fan this year, she talks big and gets excited but when she is standing near him she loses that excitement quickly. The only thing she is asking for is books, I find this cute and it also makes me happy that first my child likes to read, and second she has such a simple request. We also decorated cupcakes, Addison decorated 24 cupcakes with not much help and was upset when there were no more to decorate. It was very cute!

Notice we did not catch a photo of her anywhere near Santa!

Too busy to look up for a photo, this is serious decorating!

I think that smile is why her Dad rarely tells her no!

Cute newlyweds!

My brothers thought it was great to be in Aspen since Dumb and Dumber was filmed there and they were reinacting scenes the entire time! Yep they are dorks but I love them anyways!

waiting for the show

Jeanette is a beautiful dancer and has already agreed to give Addison private lessons. I love Aaron a lot he is one of my best friends, I am so glad he found such a wonderful and talented person to marry!

Quilts and Gingerbread houses!

We started our Chritmasing off early this year. My Mom had family in town for Thanksgiving so we did our anual Christmas party the day after Thanksgiving (also TeriAnn and Tom's Anniversary :)) Every year each family makes a few childrens quilts and we donate them to the NICU's at UVRMC and PCMC. We have been doing it ever since I can remember and it is a tradition I love. After we took the quilts to the hospital we all went to my parents house and made gingerbread houses. The kids had so much fun, and lets be honest the adults love decorating the houses too! Addie is really cute about all of the Christmas activities this year and she sat with me and decorated the entire house and loved it (she also ate a lot of candy!) Thanks grandma for starting such a wonderful tradition, looking forward to next year already!

Abigail Trevenen!

My little sister had her baby this morning. Abigail was born at 7:05 AM, weighed 6 lbs 10 oz. and was 19 inches long. Teri Ann did great, too good Abigail came flying out without the doctor there. The doctor was in the next room and we were just pushing away, since it is her first they thought she would push a while, next thing we now out pops her head and one arm, Tom and I just looked at each other and said WOW there she is! The nurse started yelling and people came running, it was great fun! TeriAnn and Abigail are doing great and she is a beautiful baby!

Halloween

I am a slacker I know, better late than never right, and in my defense I am in the middle of moving, work full time, and am in school part time. (writing that all out makes me feel much better about being a slacker)We had a fun halloween, we celebrated it all week. We had a party Monday night at my aunt Annie's house. Tuesday I took Addie to the pumkin patch at vinyard gardens. Tuesday night we had a primary party. Friday night we carved pumpkins. I had to work Saturday night but my Mom had the kids over for a party and Brandon took Addie trick-or treating with the cousins. Addie was so much fun this year! She was very excited about har fairy costume and she practiced saying trick or treat smell my feet for like 3 weeks. She also learned the mean old witch song and sang it all the time.

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween and fall, is winter really here already.... YUCK!

34 Years Young!

Happy Late Birthday Brandon!
On October 13 my Brando turned 34! Addison and I are so lucky to have him! Brandon is in school full time and working full time. He has been so busy and really has not had any free time at all since school started. He stays up until 1 or 2 every night doing homework and never complains about it. I always tell Brandon he is smarter than me and he is proving me right getting great grades! I tell him everyday how proud I am of him. Brandon is a great Daddy and Addie is definitely a Daddy's girl. For someone who was so nervous to have a baby girl he stepped right up to the plate. I have never had to worry about Addie when I go to work, it makes being a working mom so much easier. He never complains about having to warm me up when I go to bed, he has to cuddle up to me until I get warm and once I am warm I roll over and go to sleep (he doesn't even complain when I make him do it when I crawl in bed after work in the morning and wake him up). He loves me unconditionally, at any weight, hair color, mood, whatever he still likes me (sometimes this is very impressive). He doesn't give me grief about my OCD. He has been through all 4 seasons with me 6 times and is patient with my ups and downs (he knows that I am much happier in the summer than the winter!). Brandon has turned over a new spiritual side that has been so great for our family. I could go on with hundreds of things I love about him but I am sure if he reads this he will already be so emberassed so I will stop. The best thing is that we have almost been married 5 years and I did not really believe people loved each other like Brandon and I did when we got married, and at the end of each year it amazes me that I feel more in love with him than the year before. So even though every once in a while he drives me a little nuts, he has read Ted Nugents book like 5 times, he loves to watch crazy reality TV shows among other things that make him a little odd, Addie and I are a couple of lucky gals!

Side note - I am a blog slacker! Brandon and I are both in school and both working full time, throw in a busy little 2 year old and there isn't time for much else. I looked through a bunch of pictures I need to blog and it is overwhelming. Maybe I will get some pictures up soon.