Cute, cute, cute. Fun times with my girls

Ella has a very squishable face. I told her this and she wanted to see it. So, I took this picture to show her :)

Adeline learning to draw.

Adeline is sooooo in LOVE with her Big Sis.

Ella loves this silly old snake. She even shares her fuzzy, pink chair with him.

Ella focusing on her work for 'B' week

Adeline.............Sweet.........Silly...........Adeline

Fall is in the air...........

Adam had "October Days" (2 days off of work!!!) this past Th/F and we took advantage of it and had a family day at the FARMSTEAD Pumpkin Patch/Corn Maze.

There are so many fun things to do: Cow Train, Corn Box, Duck Races, Pig Races, Mini Mazes, Pedal Carts, Slides, etc..............

Ella was chosen to "root" for one of the little pigs :)

Good seat to view the Pig Race(terrible seat for an allergy sufferer)

Growing Girls :)

Adeline is ONE!

We had a wonderful WEEK celebrating Adeline turning ONE!! I still can't believe it!

She is 32 1/4" tall and weighs 24 lbs. 8 oz. (Ella was 32 1/2" and 28 lbs. 4 oz. and Mommy was the "short" one at 31 1/2" and 25 lbs.)

Crazy present from Grandpa Bob.

Adeline's first Barbie. A special gift from her big sister.

Ella helped me make a chocolate cake for Adeline's special day.

I was giving her a kiss, but it looks like I'm trying to lick frosting off of her!

This is Adeline's FREE cake from Albertson's. They did a great job.

When I tucked Ella into bed after Adeline's B-day celebration, she said to me "Mommy, today was my favorite day because I got help Adeline have a great birthday!"

Adeline LOVES cards! More than presents.

Wordless post: WA trip Aug 2009

Colorado Visit

Ella really wants a baby brother :)

The girls and I took a trip to Colorado to visit 3 of my wonderful friends and their families. We saw The McNeals (Annie, Damon, Chevalier-almost 5, Ciel-Nevaeh-almost 2, Tyshyn-days old), The Gilpatricks (Tennyson, T-Jay and Paige-13 mo.) and The Demeesters (Katie, Marc, Josiah-4, Jonas-2 and Ephraim-2 mo.)

It was so great to catch up with my friends (I hadn't seen them in YEARS!) and meet their beautiful children; to see their families in action. I am so blessed to have such fabulous friends. It brings tears to my eyes when I think about it. I LOVE YOU LADIES!!

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING SUCH GREAT CARE OF US WHILE WE STAYED AT YOUR HOMES!

Demeester Family:

Me, Ella and Baby Ephraim (He loved me! Lots of smiles and giggles!!)

Me and Katie and our kiddos!

Ella and Josiah (They are both 4. It was so great to see Ella playing with someone her age and height! He liked Ella's hair which made her very happy)

Katie, Marc and some of the kiddos.

Happy Mama with her sleeping baby boy!

Adeline and Marc (she loves Dads)

Gilpatrick Family:

Adeline giving T-Jay a snuggle before saying good-bye.

Me and beautiful Paige.

Adeline starting walking while in CO. Tons of motivation being around so many kids.

Two pretty girls reading books.

Me, T and our girls.

Ella on the Spiderweb. T-Jay took her to this park our first night there. He challenged and helped Ella "conquer" the web. She was quite proud.

Adeline with her friend T-Jay

Tennyson and Paige outside of the Butterfly Pavillion

Me and Ella with a giant bug! We had fun! I was even crazy enough

to hold Rosie the Tarantula!

Just one of the hundreds of butterflies we saw.

On our way to the park.

McNeal family:

Adeline with her friend, Damon.

(We had to make sure Ciel knew they were just friends. She kept saying: MY DADDY!!)

I am still amazed that Annie hosted us with her DAYS old newborn (plus her 2 older kids!)

FIVE kids!!

(Annie snuck Tyshyn in at the last second. Very impressive!

We actually got them all in the same picture!!)

The littlest ones at the park.

The biggest ones having fun!

Our FUN Fourth

Grandpa Bob came to visit for the Fourth of July (it's become a tradition) and the girls had such a fun time. Adam and I enjoyed the extra set of hands and the opportunity to go on a date!

Family Vacation San Diego/Carlsbad

We just got home a few days ago from our 10 day trip to San Diego to visit Adam's family. Adeline finally got to meet her cousin Janie, her Great-Grandmother Mommom, her Great Aunt Margee and Great Uncle Glenn, Uncle Alex, Uncle Matt and Tia Caro. (Adam's parents already met sweet Adeline here in Idaho, but they were there too and enjoyed special time with the girls). We also got to spend time with Adam's good friend Jack and his adorable family. We missed seeing Uncle Avery and Aunt Chrissy (they are in Wiscosin). Ella had a wonderful time with Janie. She wants to be just like her! It was so great to see everyone. The girls did great on the plane and seemed to adjust well to all the bouncing around from house to house.

Thank you Grammy Jane for the vacation, gifts and love :)

(We took hundreds of pictures, so I made slideshows of some of my favorites)

Grammy Jane's condo is basically a block from the beach, so we were able to have some lovely beach days. It was so relaxing. I was able to take Adeline on a couple of little walk/jogs in the stroller for some great naps. Ella and her cousin Janie had a blast playing together in the waves and in the sand. Adeline had fun crawling in the sand and chasing the waves.

Grammy Jane took us all to Disneyland and Ella had SOOOO much fun. She got scared on some of the rides, but recovered well. The highlight was the character breakfast and Ella's dreams came true when she met some of the Disney Princesses. Watching Ella meet the princesses was the best part for us as well. (Well, that and we saw the drummer for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. So that was a highlight for Adam for sure!) Ella had her face painted as a cat (she has an alter-ego, SuperCat) but a lot of it was cried away when she was on the Pirates ride. We were all exhausted when the day was done and Ella snored the whole ride back to San Diego.

We were also treated to a baseball game at the beautiful Petco Park in Downtown San Diego. It was the Padres vs. Mariners (a bit of a conflict of interest for me!) The Mariners won. It was a quick, well-pitched game.........not a lot of hits. We didn't get there until the 3rd inning because Ella was so exhausted from going to Disneyland the day before that she couldn't walk (so she says). So, long story made short: Ella threw a wee bit of a fit and was refusing to walk, so we waited it out until she was done and was willing to walk. Fun times ;) Unforgettable memories!!

My Birthday happened to be while we were there. It was great. I had 3 Birthday cakes! We had lunch with Mommom on my Birthday :) Margee and Glenn hosted a great Birthday party for me :) and we stayed at their house for 2 nights, relaxing and hanging out. UG made us lattes each morning and AM made great breakfasts. Grammy Jane took me and Ella to get pedicures and spoiled all of us the entire time.

I was happy I was able to spend time with our cutie-pie niece, Janie. She is a sweet girl. Ella spent TONS of time with her, including 3 sleepovers! The 3 cousins all had their pictures taken together at the mall.

We are happy to be home again, but are so grateful for the opportunity to spend time and make memories with family.