addy dancing

We had fun at a bbq which was held at B's school and Addy and this cute boy were dancing to the music. This was only a little bit because when Justin Beiber came on she went nuts! warning: ( I was holding the camera so it is a little shaky!)

Addy is definitely growing up and talking like crazy! It is so fun to hear her talk and my favorite is when she says, "hot pockets!" We were watching it on youtube and I highly recommend it, its hilarious by jim gafigan. anyway, Addy also sings twinkle, twinkle little star with me and she loves going to the pool. She loves the water slide and she thinks she is big enough to go out into the water without Brad or I so, I guess it is starting already she is like her dad! She thinks she can do just about anything on her own! We love you Add!

June in Utah

Addy and cousin JR

Addy and I had a great time in Utah! Brad was in the middle of midterms so it was perfect for us to go. We were able to spend some extra time with Rem before he left on his mission because he didn't get his visa and there was no room in Provo for him so that was a great surprise! Addy loved "Wemy!" The weather was perfect and there was no humidity! Awesome! Can you tell I don't really like the humidity? It really is NOT fun but we are getting through it.It was a lot of fun to see Addy and JR together. She loved him and especially helping put his binki in so I am very grateful I do not have another baby because I really don't think I'd be able to handle it! JR would smile when Addy was around, they are cute! I really didn't want to leave and after 2 wonderful weeks I was slapped in the face with a horror trip home. Read below for details.....

When it came time to leave it was really sad, I felt like I could have stayed at least another week! And there was a sign that maybe I should have! We got to the airport and ON the airplane when they told us Denver (that is where we had to stop b4 ST.louis) was having a bad storm and tornados in the area! Just my luck! So we got off the plane and 3 hours later got back on! This is not an easy task with a 22 month old who just runs everywhere! The flight was supposed to be a little over an hour but of course we had to circle before landing which made it about 2 hours! (Not fun when you have to go pee so bad while entertaining a toddler!)When we got to Denver we were supposed to leave within 45 min. to St.Louis and of course it turned into2 1/2 hours! It was horrible, I was so sick of the moving sidewalks that I was going to scream. Well, it doesn't end there.....our plane came but they said they had to give it to the San Antonio passengers who had been waiting longer so we waited for another plane got on it and there were electric issues!! Yes I was crying by this point. So we got off that plane and waited 30 min. for another plane and then finally left! We cruised home though...it usually is a little over 2 hours to st.louis and it only took us 1 1/2 hrs. so that was good! But, it was 2 am by this time and I had the biggest headache of my life. All in all it was about a 12 hour ordeal by the time we got home! It was a nightmare and I don't think I want to ever fly through Denver again! But I feel like I can conquer anything now because I was all by myself with Addy and I just didnt know how I was going to make it but I did -so I feel very proud!!

Up in Millcreek canyon and Addy loved s'mores:)

Just cooking more food! I have never eaten so bad, awesome!

Addy loved playing soccer and having an actual backyard to play in!

In her swimsuit and of course carrying baby

Grandma Bobbi got a water flower which she did like a little
At the gateway fountain! She loved running through it
This was the best pic we could get with rem
Addy loved taking Kohl for walks with Papa
Addy also loved looking out the window and talking to people
More of the fountain and just getting her feet wet
She loved having the towel around her, she didn't take it off all night

Making some phone calls with papa

Riding Beckhams car, which she loved! Thanks mimi!
Feeding kohl with grandma
With aunt katie, uncle brandon, and rem on our last day!
The Plewe kids---I love them so much! miss you lots!
Thanks for the fun 2 weeks! I loved seeing friends and being introduced to "Top it!" Thanks Paige, I love it and will go everytime now! Rem has now entered the MTC, so exciting for him and I would just love to see him in Brazil because pretty sure he will be the only red head!

Chesterfield is Heating up!

It is getting hot here! I don't know how people live here because I love my summer nights and it just does not cool off and it is only June and I hear July is worse. Oh well we are good! Addy keeps us entertained! She loves to say "cheese" to the camera except, as you can tell it looks more like she is growling at us or something but I promise she is smiling! She loves her back pack and her purse right now and of course her baby but I just got pics of her "packpack" She is saying lots of two words together so I think sentences will be coming very soon! Yeah! The communication is sometimes not so great but she is loads of fun, I love this stage she is in! Brad is really into school right now because he has got a lot of tough classes so we are proud of him for pushing through! Check out the bottom pics he decided to shave a rat tail! Yes, I know I made him cut it the next day but he wanted to try and brighten his friends days because they are not having too much fun right now! Enjoy!

Addy say cheese but not too hard!
Brad re-landscaped the front of the trailer! Not to shabby!
Oh the rat tail!
It was this mullet before the rat tail
The rib festival---soo hott!
Addy's back pack! Thanks to uncle ry and aunt laurel
B and Addy in front of the rib festival
Addy's first Ice cream cone! lions choice-14 cents!
She was trying to grab the camera so thats the best pic I could get in her cute dress from grandma Sue

Smile on my face

Addy is over 20 months now and I don't know where the time has gone and i just have to tell you a few things about her! She is at such a fun age and has been saying her own name for over a month now but just started to say it back to me when I yell for her. I can't help but laugh everytime she does it! I will say Addy come here and all I hear is her saying Addy, Addy! It brings a smile on my face.... She is talking really well, at least saying a lot of words but now she needs to put them all together.She loves to say sentences of jibber and then add a word at the end and give me this look like, mom, why aren't you understanding what I am saying?!! This also brings a smile to my face. I love that she points out my eyes, ears, mouth, nose, tongue, teeth, arms, legs, knees and so on. She laughs at herself and my fav lately is that she has been looking for Milo the cat who is in Olympia where we just visited. She has been walking around saying Milo, Milo! This also brings a smile to my face! One last thing for now that I love.....when she runs she kinda twists her little bum, so funny! It brings a smile to face and especially that she loves giving us kisses. We love our Addy girl!

Over Spring break

We were able to go to Olympia and visit Brad's family over his break. We had soo much fun and loved seeing family. We ate lots of food and enjoyed great weather! Here is Addy talking on her phone in her car seat which was sitting in the garage. So funny! I came out and heard her talking and she was just hanging out!

In Tacoma

She loved Molly the cat
with Grandma Sue and Papi looking at the capitol
Gearing up for the LONG plane ride!
We found out she loves to hang out in her stroller INSIDE

We finally got Brad's family pics back that we took over Christmas. These are only a few but I wanted to share them:)

Brad had a long list of things he wanted to do during his 3 week break. I wanted to show the 2 most important. He took part of our bar out and it looks great. It really opened things up! I am so glad he is such a handy man, he really knows A LOT!!

The Bar Before

AND After!

This was after he took the christmas trees out. So much better! We will be putting new bushes in

The tail at 3 mo.... and we thought it was long then.....

Check it out! Without the curl it is down half her back but it actually curls up everyday!

Spring in Chesterfield

Addy found my high heels and she's really good
Saying cheese a little too hard
Driving the car and saying choo, choo(she knows that because the train comes by the trailer)

Our friends who are graduating. Brad had a nice finals rally mustache but, I am happy to say it is gone now!

It has been a great spring! We have been having 75-80 degree weather and I cannot complain about that! The sad part about this time of year is saying goodbye to good friends we have made here and see them moving on to real life. (that's what we call it when you aren't a student anymore!) IT was sad to see 3 families move but, fun families are still here we just don't want the day to come when no one is in the trailer park with us but maybe then we will be leaving:) There was a bbq for the families who graduated and these are the pics.

Addy was having so much fun playing on the slides and swings but she especially loved her balloon! And then I was so excited it was finally nice enough weather for Addy to wear Grandma Sue and Aunt Lindsay's cute dress they gave her. She started to say cheese and smile before we even took the picture so now we are in the stage of Addy squinting her eyes when we take a pics. You can never get a perfect pic with these non professional cameras!! Addy is growing up, and saying all kinds of words she just has to start putting them altogether. She is definitely trying to put words together but they just aren't clear.

We can't complain life has been pretty good oh except the tornado sirens going off on Saturday!! Yes I said it Tornado Siren!!! It was a first for us, basically it was raining really hard almost all day and on the bottom of the tv the warning was first severe weather, then it went to tornado watch then it went to tornado warning and then Brad and I fell asleep and woke up to the siren going off. Addy was sleeping so I really thought I don't want to leave but Brad said I will get Addy and you go to the car. We went over to the mall looking like we came from the trailer park! We waited an hour and then there were blue skies and sunshine! It was crazy and we did hear there was a tornado in the city next to us so always be safe than sorry! We survived our first Torando Sirens, yeah!:)

NAUVOO

The back of the Nauvoo temple right in front of our hotel. Which we liked but we were under the kitchen so that doens't work when we were trying to put Addy to sleep and sleep in a little

Carthage jail
Addy with Jospeh and Hyrum Smith at Carthage jail
B and Addy in front of Joseph, hyrum and emma smith's grave
Addy and I walking the trail of hope. There were journal entries from the saints, amazing to read their thoughts when they were leaving....
Backside of the temple
Front of the temple:)
this statue is right in front of the temple, where Joseph and Hyrum stood before they rode to their death in Carthage.
The sunstone from the original temple
We had such a great time in Nauvoo! It is only 2 1/2 hours away so we took advantage and went over the weekend. Addy did ok on the ride but she was very good considering how boring this trip probably was for her. It is fun to go in the homes and shops but the wonderful missionaries give you a long story of what happened there. Well, Addy's attention span is one minute maybe so we only went in one home and the blacksmith shop and she ran like crazy so we didn't do anything else.We did experience the Nauvoo hotel buffet. We thought it was perfect for nauvoo, there are no fast food restaurants anywhere so you have to experience this buffet. It was good southern food and the next morning we had Grandpa Joe's breakfast across the street so Brad and I basically need diets!! The temple was gorgeous and the weather wasn't great the first day in fact it was pouring rain but the next day it was sunny and a little cold but nice enough we could go visit everything we missed. It was amazing to imagine the pioneers looking across the river and thinking let's go! Because I would be very scared but that is why they are more than amazing because of their faith in the Lord. This trip helped us realize how grateful we are for everything we have , we definitely have been blessed. It helps to put everything into perspective. We are grateful that the saints did go to Salt Lake and build the church we don't know where we'd be without it. All that to say everyone should go to Nauvoo and get a little spiritual boost:)