Smith Fam

4th of July and Summer 2010

2010-07-14T13:43:00.001-07:00

So much going on this summer with traveling, visitors and just being busy! Here is a bit of our summer so far...

We went to Andiee's buddy, Durkes's birthday party...and they got to ride ponies!! Andiee's first time ever on a pony/horse and she loved it!!...especially since it had a pink saddle!

There was also a 2 week old baby colt they brought along...so cute..and little!

Happy 3rd Birthday Durkes!!!!

Been doing lots of swimming and park playdates...here is Andiee and Mikayla. They love holding hands where ever they go together...SOOO cute!!

Andiee's Papa and Grandma Smith came to visit over 4th of July weekend. Andiee had too much fun decorating Papa's face with her stickers!

We went on a little hike above our house

Kyle's parents - Larry and Karla

Andiee's new swimming pool...her and Mikayla trying it out for the first time.

Andiee and Mikayla taking a break from swimming

4th of July BBQ...two cuties with their corn! (=

...and enjoying Nanette's delisious 4th of July cupcakes

We did 2 nights of fireworks...Andiee doing sparklers

Our good friends Patrick, Nanette, Mikayla and baby Cameron came over to celebrate 4th of July with us.

Cute little baby Cameron...SUCH a good baby!!

Daddy and Andiee at the 4th of July parade/carnival

Daddy and Andiee riding the little cow train

Andiee and her first pet...a frog!

Our second night of fireworks...in her jammies and crazy hair, but loving it!

Ok...maybe we are both loving it by the looks on our faces! (=

Our blond hair, brown eyed cutie!!!!!!!!!!

And again....

Papa reading a bedtime story

More hiking (sorry...pics are a bit mixed up)

Little hiker

Love hiking in the mountains by our house...over 9000 feet high...and beautiful!!

LOTS of fun in the pool

Layton's 4th parade

San Diego 2010

2010-06-03T14:53:00.000-07:00

We keep getting teased by the whole summer thing with a couple days of warm weather and then SNOW again...crazy spring and so sad for my dead flowers that I planted aparently a little too early. Sooo...we decided to start our summer off by going to find warm weather and a beach elsewhere-San Diego (or Sandy Lego as Andiee says)! This was the first time we have taken over a week vacation with just the three of us and we has SUCH a great time!!

A couple pics of one of Andiee's last ballet classes this year when her Grandma Joyce was here...

Her solo dance with the wand

Grandma helping Andiee hang up her homemade bird feeder.

Helping Grandma plant my new beautiful flowers (that are now dead by the way)

On the way to San Diego...pink headphones and all...

Ready for the pool!

Beach at last...A tiny bit chilly the first day, but was beautiful warm and sunny the rest of our trip!

The first of many sand castles with daddy

LOVING the beach, the sand and the water...her mama's girl! We are all three ready to move there!!

Testing out the sand castle for strength and durability...(=

My lovely mermaid creation with a little help from my sidekick

We LOVE it here...so beautiful!

Our condo by the beach

Lots of swimming!!

We got to spend the first 3 days with our good friends Kyle & Anna-Lisa and their little cutie William!

Andiee feeding me a bite of her yummy gelato!

SEAWORLD!! The elmo ride she has been talking about since last fall when we were there!!

Watching and feeding the sea lions

Probably her favorite thing at the entire Seaworld was to stand as close as she could to the bottom of the roller coaster and let it drench her when it came down and splashed in the water and then jumped in the puddles it would create...we did this for a good part of an hour. While all the other kids would run off as soon as the roller coaster would come down and splash, Andiee would inch as close as possible to get the wettest she possibly could and then would laugh and come run to tell us how she got splashed and got all wet! Funny...the simplest things....

Following daddy out to the waves

Proudly showing off his next castle creation!! (=

Happy 30th birthday to my wonderful hubby!!!!!!!!!!!! The real idea behind this trip was to go somewhere fun for Kyle's 30th - though he likes to pretend the whole 30th birthday thing isn't happening!(=

Andiee feeding Kyle his birthday icecream...aparently he is getting too old to feed himself (hehe)

Enjoying our dinner at sunset on the harbor

Last day on the beach

April - Spring has sprung!

2010-04-18T14:30:00.000-07:00

We are finally enjoying 70 - 80 degree weather and LOVING it!! A little bit of April........

Our 2nd Easter egg hunt with my mom's group...it finally warmed up enough to schedule it at the park.

Andiee and her friend Mikayla with their loot!

A day at the bird Aviary in Salt Lake with our friends Charlene, Durkes and baby Charlie

Andiee...checking out the flamingos

Super cute picture of Andiee and her buddy Durkes...could be a postcard picture...

Ooops...taken right after the previous photo...Daddy taught her early, don't let boys get too close - giving him the elbow! (=

Our sweet friends...Charlene and Durkes posing in front of our owl friend

Peeking out of Daddy's beanie

Watering all of mommies flowers...they got plenty of water this day! Maybe I should put her in charge of my house plants...maybe they would not have to withstand the droughts I put them through!(=

Andiee's new Easel...artist in training!(=

Double fistin' it

Stickers, markers, crayons, stamps, scissors, chalk...the whole works

Later found her forhead and arms as an additional canvas....something I haven't had to deal with before!!! ACK!!

Springtime!

2010-04-04T12:58:00.000-07:00

It has been a bit since my last post...we have not done anything too exciting in the last couple of months besides being sick off and on. So, now that we are finally starting to get a bit of spring weather, we can't wait to start getting out more to enjoy it! Here is a few photos from Easter and early spring....

We had our first picnic in the park this year. Kyle decided to lay down and enjoy a little nap in the sun, and Andiee decided to join him!(=

On a little walk in the park and feeding the ducks.

We went over to dye Easter eggs with Andiee's friend Mikayla....

Andiee showing off her un-dyed egg

Ok, so i'm not a very good mom when it comes to messy things (maybe why Andiee doesn't like to get messy!?)...I think Andiee thought she didn't get enough control with the eggs and the dye, so she was done after the first egg or two, so I ended up dying the rest of them. I promise next year I will let her do it all by herself!!

We went to Discovery Gateway Children's museum with some good friends the other day...here is Andiee and her buddy Durkes playing in the water area (Andiee's very favorite thing of the whole place)

Easter egg hunt: Andiee had to open every single egg, tell us about what was in it, and place the contents in her basket before moving on to the next egg!

Sporting her new hat and adorable new Easter dress from her Gramma and Papa Smith!

Valentines Party and Skiing!

2010-02-14T12:57:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!!! Andiee has been so excited for valentines day this year...when ever she sees a heart, its always a "Valentines" heart and if she sees the letter "V", she says "V is for Valentines day"! She was also SOO excited to go to her valentines day party with her play group. She got to pick out valentines cards to give to her friends. They also got to frost and decorate heart cookies and color and decorate valentine bags for their treats and cards from each other.

We took Andiee skiing for the first time at Wolf Mountain. I thought she would only last a 1/2 hour, but she loved it so much, we were up there for 3 hours! As we went down the hill, she would yell out "HI DADDY, look how fast i'm going"!

Riding up on the Magic Carpet (moving conveyer) or as Andiee calls it "the rug".

All smiles!

Goofy grin. By the end, she was trying to jump with her skiis!

Low-key January

2010-02-03T13:53:00.000-08:00

We don't have much photos for the month of January, since it was pretty low-key for us! I did a lot of interior painting for the first part, then Andiee and I got sick for a couple weeks and we had company two different times (Auntie Lisa and my parents).

Andiee talking her auntie Lisa into building more "princess" castles with her blocks over and over again!!

Lots of teaparties with grandma!

Andiee...the little Crossfitter in training...trained by her auntie Lisa! First session: learning headstands.

Can you tell...she is very into it!

Grandma and Grandpa brought her a PINK GUITAR!...She has been wanting an "Andiee size" pink guitar forever....she loves it. She even insists on using the little pick to play it. Thanks G&G!!

Ice Princess

2010-01-03T19:05:00.001-08:00

We took Andiee ice skating the other day for the first time...she loved it so much that we had to bribe her in order to get her off the ice. She kept saying that she was cinderella on ice skates. I can't believe she is old enough to ice skate (with our help)...she is growing up so fast!

Just got her skates on...ready to go...

December / Christmas 2009

2009-12-31T15:49:00.000-08:00

It's been a busy month, but also relaxing since we decided to stay home for once the Christmas holiday instead of traveling as usual. We were fortunate to have Andrew, Leah and Taya come spend the week of christmas with us...we had a blast!

Andiee was excited to sit on Santa's lap at her "playgroup" Christmas party

Andrew, Leah and Taya on the train....

We took the kids on the "Polar Express" train ride on an old train about an hour from our house...we got cookies and chocolate milk, read the Polar Express book with the elves, sang christmas carols and got to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus when we arrived at the "North Pole". The kids got to wear their pj's on the ride....super fun!

Us on the train

Eating our cookies

Us with Mrs. Claus

The whole group of us in front of the train. Our friends Patrick, Nanette and Mikayla also came with us.

Andiee and Taya making christmas sugar cookies in their aprons

Christmas morning....

Taya and Andiee in the gigantic stockings

We found Andiee and Taya "pretending" to be sleeping on the couch

Opening the loot from Santa...

Daddy and Andiee

Uncle Andrew reading all the new books to the girls

Taya in the snow

Andrew and Kyle out cooking our annual deepfried turkey...YUMMMM...

Christmas dinner

Andiee snuggling with auntie Leah

Andiee helping Daddy put together her new "big girl" bed...in her jammies, rain boots and candy necklace....must have all these accessories to get the job done right!!

"I'll take care of this side, while you finish up the the other one daddy"!

Done at last....she LOVES it! Suprisingly, she doesn't ever get out of it and I randomly find her snuggled in her bed during the day...silly kid!

We took Andiee to the Children's treehouse museum for a day...Kyle and Andiee on the firetruck.

Sledding on all our new snow...I think we have about 1 1/2 feet total...and still more to come...we are loving it!

On the way to the park

Yummy hot cocoa with marshmellows after a day in the snow

Thanksgiving 2009 WA Trip

2009-12-15T14:38:00.000-08:00

We had a VERY busy 2-week trip up to WA again for Thanksgiving...visiting family and friends on all corners of the state! We had lots of fun, 2 thanksgiving dinners with yummy food and 3 stuffed bellies!(= We were trying to visit as many people as we could because we won't be going back up there for Christmas this year...it will be the first year that we will be at home for the holiday in 3 years. We will miss being with everyone, but are very excited to spend x-mas in our own house, the Utah snow and have Andrew, Leah and Taya to share our fun with! Here is a few pics from our trip....

We stopped and spent the night at G&G Doolittle's on our way up. Andiee quickly became attached to her Great Grandparents....it was very fun for her to have some one-on-one time with them to get to know them a little better.

Andiee being pushed all over the house by Braedyn in a cart at Papa and Grandma Smith's house...she had a great time playing with all her cousins!

Cousins snuggled up in the blankets watching a movie

Grandma Smith got out her special tea set and had a tea party with the kids....Andiee is still talking about it!!

On to Grandma and Papa Knopp's house to visit the other side of the fam. Here is cute little Halle and her mommy.

Andiee's favorite thing...to talk Papa into taking her outside in the swing...it doesn't take much to get him talked into it!(=

Thanksgiving day...was also my friend Reta's birthday...the girls and very much enjoying their cupcakes!

Reta's daughter Ali

Uncle Andrew (or Scuttles as Andiee calls him) reading a book to Andiee

Andiee's new best bud...my good friend Ashley visiting from Australia. It was SOOO much fun to see her...and are planning a visit as soon as we can!

Andiee's new favorite game....having Kyle carry her around the house in a bag...yes, I know...she's a bit crazy!(=

November

2009-11-17T13:34:00.001-08:00

A little fall randomness...

Our friends Charlene and Durkes came to play...we went to the park and fed the very hungry, very friendly ducks!

Durkes and Andiee throwing bread to the ducks

Durkes having a little chat with one of the birds...such a cutie!!!

Andiee and her new "Ariel" dress....getting ready for Disney on ice.

We went to Disney on ice:Princess Classics with our friends Patrick, Nanette and Mikayla. The girls had a blast...and were especially excited to see Ariel and Cinderella!

Mikayla and Andiee sucking on their lollies after the show...looking a little dazed!(=

Twirling in their pretty princess dresses

We finally got our first "real" snow...so Andiee was soooo excited to put her new boots on and go play!

Daddy giving Andiee her first "GOOD-TAR" lesson-as Andiee calls it! She LOVES the guitar....which stems from her little obsession of Taylor Swift.

Fall / Halloween 2009

2009-11-03T13:15:00.001-08:00

We've been busy with Halloween parties, pumpkin patches, and lots of playdates this fall.

Andiee decorating her halloween cookies with LOTS of sprinkles and frosting!!

Pumpkin patch day with her friends...on the hay ride out to the patch, she kept informing me that she was going to pick a "BIG ONE".

She LOOOOVVVESS pumpkins!...by love, I mean has to hug and kiss every pumpkin she sees!

oh...and scarecrows too...she thinks they are "babies".

We went to another pumpkin patch with Kyle and some of Andiee's friends. They are going down the hay slide.

Halloween party #1...at the park with all of her friends in all of their cute costumes.

Parachute fun

Smiling in her "SeaSocks" cheerleader costume.

Carving pumpkins...it looks like she is getting into the "yucky" stuff from this picture...but she wouldn't have anything to do with the messy slime on the inside.

She kept putting her arm around her pumpkin and posing for more pictures.

CHEEEEESE! Andiee and Daddy's pumpkins

Halloween night...ready to go trick-or-treat.

Carrying her basket like a purse...and insisted to our neighbors that she wanted the baby lollypop, not the big one...and she only wanted one, not the handful they were trying to give her! (= She was super into the trick-or-treating and was always ready for the next house.

We went to the zoo halloween morning...Andiee and Daddy posing on the tiger statues. We were lucky enough to get to see the new baby giraff, baby elefant and new baby tiger cubs...we had so much fun!

Andiee was feeding her monkey friend some candy...and then gave him big hugs.

Guess who got stuck in the spider net??...maybe we should leave the toys for the kids? Ha!

Andiee's ballet/dance class she goes to every week....she loves it...and what is cuter than watching a bunch of 2 year olds in a ballet class! (=

Summersaults!....she does them all over the house now...too funny!

Andiee and her buddy Mikayla waiting for their turn.

Andiee's 2nd Birthday

2009-10-10T11:48:00.001-07:00

We didn't end up having a huge party for Andiee's birthday because we had just got home from our big vacation in San Diego a couple days before her birthday...so we did it "low-key" this year. Kyle's parents came down for the weekend, so we had a mini-celebration.

ELMO baloons!!...she kept giving the elmo baloon kisses and hugs. (=

Trying to squirt papa with her squirt bottle...but mostly getting herself.

We took her to Red Robin for her birthday dinner (she is still young enough where we get to choose where to eat) (=

PRESENTS!!

Rocking and feeding her new cabbage patch baby

Helping daddy put together her new porta crib for her babies

Papa and Grandma Knopp got her a vacuum...I think it is nicer than mine. (=

They also got her a coffee maker...starting her out young..(=

CUPCAKES!!

Feeding ducks at the park

Aunt Tami and Uncle Gerry got her her first Polly Pockets!...she is now OBSESSED with them and wants to play "polly pottet" every second of the day...thanks guys. (=

Playin' at the park

San Diego Summer Trip

2009-10-02T16:37:00.000-07:00

I am FINALLY posting our San Diego trip (a month later). Andiee and I met my mom, Leah and Taya there for a week, then Andiee and I stayed a little longer with my friend Anna-Lisa that lives there. We had SOOOO much fun, but we were sad that Kyle ended up having to cancel his plane ticket because of work! Here is a little bit of our trip...sorry there are so many pics...we got a little snap-happy! (= Also...they are a little out of order...it wouldn't let me re-arrange for some reason.

Andiee searching for shells

Leah, Taya, Andiee and I at our little harbor by our condo

Andiee and grandma walking on the beach

I LOVE this picture with the palm trees reflecting!!

Me and Andiee

Here is the harbor in front of our condo...super cute little shops and restaurants (as well as our daily walk to the coffee shop!) (=

Leah and Taya

Andiee and Taya digging holes to crawl into in the sand

Leah and I in our new fabulous sunglasses...ha! (= good times....

Us...posing in front of the harbor

SEAWORLD!!...Andiee and I on the elmo ride that we didn't end up actually riding...

Andiee and Taya playing at the kiddie pool at our condo

Us being goofy...love Andiee's look!

Leah and I getting ready to "set sail"!(=...in our kayak that is.

Grandma with her girls!

Uh Oh...MESSY...what is she going to do now???? My little OCD child!

Grandma and Andiee playing in the water

Us all at Seaworld...such a fun day!

Shamu!!

3 exhausted girls!

We got to go have some fun ourselves after the kids fell asleep in their strollers!!(=

Me and my little sweetie pie!

Again...

Leah and Taya

My SUPER cute little niece

Me with the matching girls

How cute is this????

Happy Birthday Princess Hannah!!

2009-09-01T13:49:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th birthday today to my niece Hannah...have a super fun birthday! We love you!

Hannah - 1 month old

A little bit of Montana...

2009-08-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

We went to Montana a couple weeks ago and met my whole family up there and then stayed a few extra days with my cousin and played at the resort...we had a blast!

My little cutie petutie!

Loves smelling the flowers

Hannah, Andiee and Taya sporting their new Tamaracks Resort sweatshirts

Hannah...snuggled into an "oversized" coat after the girls went for a swim in the river

The 3 BOBs!

Ready for a trek...

Soaking wet girls...they had fun thats what matters! (=

Swingin' in the hammack

Happy Birthday to Halle, Hannah, Lisa, Andiee and Taya (August and Sept b-days)...One BIG party

Cupcakes!

Halle...diggin' in and loving every minute!

Hannah in her new pretty princess tutu and fairy wings...goodluck getting them off Tami..you can thank me later (= ha! (p.s. I told her to make sure and wear them to her new preschool!)

Swimming/splashing in the lake

Hannah and Taya swimmin' in their undies...they are going to love this picture when they are older..ha!

Beautiful Seeley Lake at sunset

Ready to go swimming..again!

All 4 cousins eatin' cookies together

Auntie Sue has an "outdoor" bathtub...she filled it up and let the kids play in it one evening.

On a walk with Auntie Leah

Cousin Angie...thanks SOOO much for such a great time!! Come visit us soon...we miss you!

Cute little Taya!

Fun with Friends!

2009-08-17T15:52:00.000-07:00

We had to say goodbye to our good friends Angie, Tanner and Caydence a couple weeks ago when they moved away...we will miss them so much! Here is some fun we packed in before they left...

Our last time rollerblading on our favorite trail...Angie with her kids.

Angie...love this trail...so fun!

Me and Andiee at the bottom of this super long steep hill (after our little crashing episode)...don't know why we though we should go to the top to see what was on the other side...curiosity got the best of us! ha!

Andiee and I

Two little buddies...Andiee and Tanner throwing rocks into the river.

Andiee and Tanner at the park sliding together/

Andiee being serious with hair a little on the messy side (=

We met them at a restaurant on our last day with them...Tanner brought Andiee a flower...super cute! Andiee of course loved it!

Andiee "holding" and hugging baby Caydence when we babysat her.

Tanner and Andiee holding hands walking across the parking lot...we will miss our little buddies!

Fishin' Day

2009-07-18T11:57:00.000-07:00

I took Andiee fishing for the first time and she loved it! We went to a place that they stock their ponds/river with fresh water trout and almost every time you put your line in, you get a bite, so it is perfect for impatient little ones...ok, and us impatient older ones too! ha! (= We caught the amount that we wanted to catch and they gut them and clean them for you. (=

Andiee and I trying our line in the water...I think there was more fish than there was water! j/k

Proof that I picked the slimy things up with my bare hands and even had to work the hooks out of their mouths...I can't believe I did this all the time when I was little and I even used to gut my own fish!

Our good friends Angie, Tanner and baby Caydence came with us...Tanner and Andiee were pretty independent and wanted to hold their poles by themselves! (= Andiee only dropped hers in once. lol

Andiee mostly fished with the end of her pole in the water.

Love this picture...my little fishin' girl.

Baby Caydence...such a little cutie...loved watching all the action!

Andiee enjoying her fish for dinner that night. It was actually really good fish...fresh and not at all fishy.

Visit from Papa and Gramma!

2009-07-14T08:48:00.000-07:00

Rollerblading with our friends Angie, Tanner and Caydence...so much fun!

Papa and Grandma came to visit this week/weekend...we had such great time, besides Andiee being sick for part of the time. We kept forgetting our camara, but we did manage to get in a great hike at 9500 ft on the mountain above our house. Here is a picture of Andiee with Papa and Grandma at the park! We are going to miss them...Andiee really gets attached when they are here!

Didn't get pics of our hike, but here are some wild flowers we brought back home...they were so gorgeous and were all over the mountain!

4th of July

2009-07-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy busy summer...full of swimming, playdates, traveling and company! Here is a little of what we have been up to...

Aquatic center with a few of Andiee's friends

Syracuse Heritage days parade with some friends a couple weeks ago. Andiee LOVED the parade...she had a blast running out to get every piece of candy (even though she didn't know what she was running out to get) and watching all the pretty floats and loud fire trucks.

After the parade...I took Andiee in the cow train.

Daddy and his little girl

Mikayla and Andiee holding hands (soo cute) walking out of their last day of swimming lessons...little buddies.

4th of July weekend - Tom, Tami, Hannah and Halle came to visit us....we had SOOO much fun and were so sad to see them go...thanks for such a great time! Here are the kids (plus Tami) swimming in the pool. They played in the pool everyday.

We ate BBQ every night out on our deck...it was sooo yummy!

Playing in Andiee's ball pool

Andiee's new Elmo or "mo mo" as she calls it from Uncle Tom and Aunt Tami...thanks SO much (I think) (= We now can't even go into a different room with out making sure we have baby elmo, his paci, his blaket and his diaper...he goes EVERYWHERE with us! UGH! (=

Matching girls...I got all 3 girls matching 4th of July Dresses and I made little headband bandanas to match them...they looked super cute. I also made them cute little hair bows to match also.

Jumping up and down on the slide

Andiee pushing Halle around in her litte car...and Halle loving every minute of it.

Andiee's first encounter with corn on the cobb...she's sold! (=

Little cutie petutie Halle

Helping Daddy get the fireworks ready

Sparklers!

Cute little family (=

Another cute picture

Happy Birthday Kyle!

2009-06-04T15:50:00.000-07:00

Just been playing in the pool this week...

Andiee taking her baby for a swim

Andiee had her first "pool party" with some of her friends

Eating lunch at her new picnic table

Happy Birthday Daddy!!...helping him cut and EAT his birthday pie

YUM!

New deck

2009-05-29T08:16:00.000-07:00

So our deck is FINISHED!! We absolutely love our new deck and are very thankful to Larry for taking the week to help Kyle build it and to bring us the boards!! Here are some more pictures...come enjoy it with us! (=

Larry was out working hard from really early in the morning, all day until dark every day!!...Thanks so much for everything!!

Andiee enjoying her new deck

Picking weeds for me

Andiee running through the sprinkler

Andiee's new table that Papa built her

Kyle put solar lights on the posts and put rope lights underneath the railing...it looks really cool at night!

Look from the outside

Month of May

2009-05-26T14:57:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I posted, now I am posting a month's worth of photos...we've been a bit busy, but are loving that summer is finally here!!

Andiee's "kids in the kitchen" playdate. They made dirtcups (oreo cookies and choc pudding) and worms.

As you can see...she very much enjoyed it!

Loves smelling all the flowers

Kyle and I did race for the cure in Salt Lake with some of our friends...great time, lots of people and a good cause. We rode the train down to Salt Lake for added fun for the kids.

Kyle and I with Andiee in the B.O.B.

Our group

Andiee got her "race for the cure" scarf and was all about wearing it around on her head...ha...so funny.

Back shot...lil' gansta (=

Helping daddy fix the fence in her pj's...she was very serious about fixin' it up!

Went to Tracy Aviary (bird zoo) and she was letting the baby ducks peck at her fingers.

Eating her lunch on a park bench...funny picture.

Andiee's new ride

Andiee and Mikayla having a tea party at her table with their babies.

My latest craft project...I made Andiee a tutu and she LOVES it! I have to hide it from her because she wants to wear it all the time and wont take it off.

Twirling with her tutu.

Our little princess (=

First swim of the season...and still is crazy about the water.

Happy Mother's day! Kyle and Andiee got me 2 beautiful hanging baskets...love them!

We went to the park for craft time and painting...Andiee is wearing her ladybug hat she made and her paint shirt.

Lady bug hat again.

We are SOOOO excited...Kyle's parents came down this weekend and brought us our boards (larry cut with his sawmill) and Kyle and his dad are building us a deck out our back door. They got most of it put together by the end of the weekend and are working on the railing and steps today.

Coming together.....

Andiee (the big helper) helping Papa with the screw gun...making sure he does it right (=

Helping some more.

I have been doing a bit of landscaping as our deck is being worked on...planting lots of flowers, some trees and some bushes....everything is coming together and looking great!! I also got my garden all planted last week...can't wait for fresh veggies this summer!

More deck pics...

Kyle...looking pretty good with a broom...loving the look (=

Today...railing going on

Went on a little hike/picnic with a couple of friends today. Thought this picture was so cute...Andiee and Mikayla got a hold of some wipes and were both washing their babies.

Andiee playing in the ICE cold creek and didn't care a bit. Luckily I brought a spare set of clothes because she pretty much bathed in the creek...I could barely put my feet in it was so cold. Crazy kid!

Vegas!!

2009-05-06T12:41:00.001-07:00

The 3 of us went to Vegas this last weekend and stayed in our timeshare down there...we had SUCH a great time, we are already starting to plan our next trip! It was gorgeous weather..upper 80's/lower 90's. So we spent quite a bit of time at the pools and a little time on the strip.

Andiee...heading for the pool...thats all she wanted to do everyday...

Chillin' with dad on the porch

Drivin' down the strip (or pretending)

She fell in love with the biggest stuffed animal she could find at FAO Schwartz toy store...no we didn't buy it. (=

Watching the dolphins swim and jump at The Mirage.

More stuffed animals to drag around.

Our cute little family (=

Beach babe

Daddy and Andiee in the pool...look "really" hard (=

Our little water bug loves the water more than ever..and loves to float on her tummy and back with her new water wings.

Andiee and her friends (today) at craft/story time at the library...they made doggy ear hats..and loved wearing them.

"My Gym" party

2009-04-27T14:16:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went to Andiee's friend, Mikayla's birthday party at My Gym and had a blast! Here are a few shots...

Andiee (top left) and a few of her friends

Andiee riding the zipline...and loving it!

Walking away with her loot (party favors)

Apron #2...I made my second apron for Mikayla.

April Fun

2009-04-24T12:35:00.000-07:00

A few random pictures of our latest April activities...

Miss Betty Homemaker...(=
So, a couple of months ago I was VERY fortunate and am very grateful to have received an incredibly amazing sewing and embroidery machine (aka computer) from Kyle's grandma's sister who passed away. At first the machine looked pretty intimidating, but I took a class on it's basic functions and have completed my first project...an apron for Andiee...with her name embroidered on it. I'm actually pretty proud of this little apron since I haven't sewed since high school homemeck. I couldn't find a pattern that I really liked, so I decided to branch out and make my own pattern and make it up as I went. Needless to say, it actually came out kinda cute AND functional! (= Kyle has been calling me miss betty homemaker lately with all my crafts, but i'm having a blast with it!

Andiee...sporting her new apron

She thinks the arm holes are pockets, so she tries to stick things in them (=

My little cutie

We got Andiee her first potty chair the other day...and she went potty in it right away...however, that was only one time...and since, we have peed on the floor several times and the rest in her diaper!...the fun begins!...i'm really not looking forward to the whole potty training thing.

Afternoon in the park...Daddy and Andiee...looking for the ducks.

Watching the ducks and geese

Playing in her new sand box and loving it!

Playdate at the park with her friends.

Once a month we do a "kids in the kitchen" day with Andiee's little playmates. This time we made really yummy choc chip cookies that were egg and dairy free...as you can see Andiee, Kaylee and Mikayla are enjoying being able to eat the dough and choc chips. They were feeding eachother with the spoon and sharing choc chips...so cute!

Andiee saw Mikayla's tutu and wanted to wear it the rest of the day...without taking it off. I love this picture of her!

We went swimming today with Andiee's friends...she got to try out her new waterwings...they looked a bit big, but actually worked quite well at keeping my little water monster from going under "too" much! She loved the water as usual!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-14T09:33:00.001-07:00

We had a pretty layed back easter this year since both Andiee and I have had colds. We did make it out of the house for a little easter egg hunt in the afternoon though, Andiee had a blast. Also Andiee's uncles, Tom and Andrew were passing through and were here Saturday and Sunday...it was fun, but I was a little outnumbered with 3 boys!! (= Next time...they are required to bring my sisters and neices along!

Uncle Tom reading books with Andiee

Kyle and Andrew busy holding up the pool sticks for their late night of playing pool. (=

Andiee starting off her easter egg hunt in her pretty little dress.

Opening each egg as she finds them...yay stickers!

A little help from Daddy

More eggs!

Oooo...found the eggs with snack..now were talking!

BUBBLES!! She loves bubbles!...she goes around the house saying "bubble" "bubble" "more bubble".

We bought Andiee her first little climber/slide. We got one nice day to try it out (yesterday) and now we are in for a few days of rain/snow...so, it will be put on hold until next week.

LOVING the slide...again and again...

Pre-Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-08T11:06:00.000-07:00

We did an easter egg hunt at the park yesterday with our mom's/playgroup. Andiee loved it...except she thought she needed to open each egg as she picked it up. (=

Andiee (standing in front) with a few of her playmates

Ready with her basket!

Searching for eggs

Finally!..we get to open them all!

Playing with her friends in the sand

This is a random photo...but I thought it was so cute with her feet up while she is sleeping

A week with cousins

2009-04-05T17:43:00.000-07:00

We had quite a busy week this week with Kyle's sisters (and families) here for spring break...but so much fun!! We miss you guys already. Here are a few pics from the week....

Monday we drove around the area...Salt Lake, Park City etc....unfortunately the weather was pretty cold with snow the whole week! A real bummer after having beautiful warm spring days right before they came and after they left!

Kyle and Andiee playing in the snow in Park City

Little cutie Dani hanging out in the truck out of the cold weather giving us her constant grins

Tuesday at the Children's Museum....

Braedyn riding shotgun with his sisters at the wheel of the firetruck...picture this in about 10 years! (=

Dani...figuring out how the toys work

Andiee (look closely) behind the desk in the oval office...our future president??

Andiee's favorite things at the children's museum...all the large stuffed animals she can ride on.

Princess Danilyn

Lisa, Kylie & Rylie...more fun at the museum

Andiee...maybe a future firefighter?...as long as she can look pretty in a hat. (=

Wednesday...craft time

Andiee concentrating on her craft

Andiee helping her Auntie Lisa with her million loads of laundry

Thursday...Dinosaur Park

Lisa and I (the only ones smiling pretty for the camara) and the kids

Andiee feeding rocks to the big ancient animal (don't know the name). She also walked around the museum roaring like a dinosaur (copying her cousins).

All the kids digging for buried treasure with their buckets and shovels

Andiee...filling her bucket with everything "but" the buried treasure

Feeding the ducks

Dani cozied up in her stroller

Andiee giving many many kisses to the baby dino...notice the bottom lip sticking out (how she gives kisses)

Braedyn riding the giant frog

Me being a big kid and riding the huge tunnel slide with Andiee...almost falling on my butt

Andiee loving the swing

Picture Time...

Trying to get a decent picture of the kids in their cute new dresses....Dani is the only one cooperating

The best one that I got

Giving the kids treats as a bribe for sitting still for a picture...notice the cute hair bows that Lisa made for the girls at one of our late hair bow making nights.

Andiee loves her auntie Lisa!!

Dani eating her sweet potato puffs

Bike Ride

2009-03-23T12:41:00.001-07:00

We took our first bike ride with our new bike trailer on Saturday since it was in the mid 70's and beautiful!...now today we have snow!!...gotta love the Utah spring...ugh!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

2009-03-17T09:14:00.001-07:00

Happy St. Patty's Day! Andiee had her St. Patrick's Day party yesterday...here are a few shots...

This was one of her craft projects that she did...so cute!

Andiee...working on her crafts...ok, mostly eating, but she did have fun with her crafts too!(=

Bike Trailer

2009-03-17T09:01:00.000-07:00

We just bought a new bike trailer for Andiee to tow behind our bikes...yes, one more accessory for the little munchkin!! (= Kyle thinks we need to buy a bigger house just to fit all of her stuff in! We are so excited to use it now that the weather is getting nice...and she LOVES it. We have it parked in the living room...everytime we go in there, she gets in, brings her babies to sit next to her and tries constantly to get her arms in the straps....once she is in, I can't get her out!!

She wants the whole top flap all the way down, so she is completely enclosed and gets cranky at you if you try to pull it back up...such a goof.

Ready for summer!!

2009-03-10T11:06:00.000-07:00

This morning when I was trying to get our stuff unpacked and put away, Andiee found her new flipflops and her swim floaties and insisted on putting them on. She also found the bottom of her swimsuit and sat there trying to get it on for about 5 minutes before I snuck it into her drawer. She is definitly ready for summer, I wish I could say the same...but it is hard to think it will be warm soon with a couple of new inches of snow out the front window...YUCK!

She doesn't care where she wears them, as long as they are on her somewhere!

San Diego Trip

2009-03-10T10:12:00.000-07:00

Kyle's work (Granite) won a big construction award for the I-15 job that we came to Utah for. So, Granite flew us out (wives included) to San Diego for the weekend to attend the banquet where they were presented the award. It was a fast weekend, but we had a lot of fun...and enjoyed a bit of warm weather before heading back to snowstorms in Utah.

Kyle and Andiee walking down town San Diego.

Beautiful palm trees

View of of our window in our hotel (Marriott).

Another view out of our window.

I didn't get the best picture of this, but this is a stretch woody with a surfboard on top...pretty sweet (except for that it was actually a stretch excursion - wantabe woody)

Andiee eating a lemon, which she loves, but this time was actually eating peel and all...we have a very strange kid! (=

Smelling flowers

Kyle and I at his banquet all dressed up! (= We left Andiee overnight with my friend Anna-Lisa who lives there....our first night with out her!...Thanks so much Al!! We actually did pretty good and it was nice to have a relaxing evening, which I can't remember the last time we have had without her!

We had a suprise concert at Kyle's banquet...our own personal concert with Phil Vassar!! It was very cool, our table was right next to the stage...no security and he shook hands with everyone and is a very cool guy!

Kyle and Andiee at Mission Beach

Our little surfer girl

Andiee's first experience with sand...not liking her hands dirty!

Pointing to the water and running straight for the surf...this kid has no fear when it comes to water!!

Daddy and Andiee running on the beach

Loving the ocean...we can't wait to come back!

Us at the marina in front of our hotel

We got Andiee a backpack leash to control her...she is crazy and will run anywhere!! Yes, I did feel a bit like I had a dog on a leash (she would even wrap around our legs), but it was worth it!

Andiee found a pair of VERY cute Reef flipflops in a little shop, and Daddy was a sucker and bought them for her...she loves them SO much that she wanted to wear them to bed! We had to hide them from her when we came home to utah since it is a bit colder here.

Andiee and Anna-Lisa

Old buddies...we go WAYYYYY back! (=

Andiee loves Kyle's (Anna-Lisa's Kyle) shaved head!

In the truck on the way home...Andiee pulled her blanket over her head and crashed before we even pulled out of the airport parking!

Playdate

2009-03-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

Just a couple random pics at our Burger King playdate the other day.

Mikayla and Andiee playing on the toys.

Deer in the headlights...(=

Lil' Artist

2009-03-03T18:22:00.000-08:00

So, I covered the pool table in our basement the other day with a sheet and plastic and layed out sheets of paper, gave Andiee finger paints and let her go at it!

At first she didn't know if she liked it on her hands since she can't handle having even the tiniest spec of anything on her hands...but it didn't take her long...

The artist at work...deciding precisely where the paint should go on the paper

Starting to get a little messy

I love this look....whats this stuff on my hands??

Getting more paint herself since clearly there is not enough! (=

Little shoe diva...she found my heels and insisted on wearing them around...suprisingly she was able to walk in them for a little ways. Such an accessories girl...hats, shoes, sunglasses, purses...anything she can put on and wear, she will wear it all day if I let her!

Somehow...her puma socks and bright green pants don't quite go with the shoes...but hey...she's the boss, not me!

Busy Week!

2009-02-19T14:05:00.001-08:00

We have been busy busy with Kyle's parents here over the weekend (left Monday), playdates, Jazz basketball game, Children's museum and a foot of fresh snow...and it is only Thursday.

Papa and Grandma were helping Andiee feed her piggy bank...she thought it was a fun game, getting to stick coins and dollars thru a slot, little did she know how rich she was getting! (=

She LOVES her piggy bank...she has to give it kisses when ever she gets up from her nap...yes, a little odd I know....

More dollars Grandma!!

Her first icecream cone of her very own...as you can see a big hit.

We went to a Utah Jazz basketball game Tuesday night...Granite (who Kyle works for) has box seats...so it is extra fun when we get to go.

Andiee and I at the game.

Roaming the halls with Daddy at the game.

Andiee "helping" me shovel the drive way after we received a foot of new snow in one day! She mostly just organized the icecycles and packed snow back into the driveway. (=

Playing at the Children's Treehouse Museum...she had a blast!

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-15T14:37:00.000-08:00

We have had a fun week (besides having colds). Andiee and I went to her first valentines party with her playgroup and made cute little valentine craft with finger paints. Then for the weekend, we have had Kyle's parents here and had fun celebrating Karla's birthday...down in Salt Lake...went to the gateway mall and to my favorite restaurant in the world...Thaifoon!

Andiee showing me her valentine treats

Stuffing her face with her valentine treats after finishing her valentine craft (lower right corner)

Being a goofball as usual....

Reading books with papa

Her cool new Chuck's that papa bought her....I think she loves shoes more than I do...wait, is that possible??....and she is a 1 year old that loves shopping! How did I get so lucky?...we can be shopping for hours and hours...even late at night and not a fuss...as long as she is fed, she is happy...kinda like her momma! (=

Random February Fotos

2009-02-09T15:01:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted for a while...so here are some random photos from this month....

Thank you Auntie Leah for the cutest towel you made me...I love it! (=

Our friends...Miranda and her two girls, Lexi (left) and Aubriee (right) made a suprise visit last week to Utah from Ohio. Were going to miss you guys!

Aubriee and Andiee became good buddies.

Alexis...and her super cute smile!

Kyle and I dropped Andiee of with Hannah...our babysitter and went up boarding this last Saturday. We couldn't have asked for a better day...with a foot of new fresh powder from the night before and a beautiful sunny day!

Andiee loving the snow in our front yard...maybe a little too much! (=

Eating snow...what she does best!

Andiee doing a little yoga on my yoga mat!

Done with her yoga workout...now time to pack her yoga mat off...

Another trip - Arizona

2009-01-20T12:50:00.000-08:00

So, this weekend, we took a long weekend (Fri - Mon) and drove down to Mike & Lisa's in Flagstaff, Arizona...Papa and Grandma Knopp also drove down to our house and then drove down there with us. I don't think it is possible for us to stay home for long! (= We had a great time.

On the drive down...Andiee insisting on wearing my sunglasses, even though they kept falling off her face

Andiee having lots of fun roaming around uncle Mike and auntie Lisa's house...and pestering the cats

Andiee loves her auntie Lisa...gave her lots of hugs and kisses and thought she was sooo funny!

We went hiking in Sedona....beautiful and warm. Andiee loved hiking and playing on the rocks!

Kyle with Andiee in the pack and Tanner on the side

The 3 of us...

Our little outdoor girl

Andiee and I

Very independent little thing...wanted to run down steep rocks herself!

With Papa and Grandma

By herself on the ledge...yikes!

Beautiful view of the red rocks

January...back home

2009-01-20T12:28:00.000-08:00

We got back home just after New Years...with 2 days of unpacking and settling in and then our family grew to 4 kids while we babysat the Gilliland kids for a couple days while the parents were in Florida. So overnight, we became parents of a 4 - ages: 1, 3, 6, & 8! Talk about busy! (=

Andiee...happy to be back home and playing in her own room!

Skye and Sydney Gilliland

Sydney and Cole playing the snow

Andiee...painting her paper

Andiee, loving her new chair (the best seat in the house)

Rocking her baby

New Years 2009

2009-01-13T09:36:00.000-08:00

We spent the week of New Years with my family in Ephrata for a couple days then went up to our condo in Coeur d'alene, ID for New Years weekend and had a blast playing in the snow and relaxing....there was about 5 feet of snow up there and it snowed much of the time we were there...it was so pretty. After that the 3 of us ended our vacation with our long drive home to Utah to stay for a while...I hope. (=

Taya and Andiee reading books together at Papa and Grandma's (Knopp)

Andiee having milk and cookies with Taya at her new little table

Daddy pulling Andiee around G & G Knopp's yard in her new sled

Loving the ride!

Two naked little girls (Andiee and Taya) giving hugs at our condo in Idaho

Cousins in their matching PJ's

Showing off our bellies...

Andrew and Kyle having a monopoly tournament the whole weekend at the condo!

All partied out!! (= G & G Knopp and Auntie Leah

Leah...having a bite on new years eve!

Leah and Taya

Andiee...all pooped out.

Me and Andiee

Taya and Leah

Taya with her cute little snowman

Taya and Andiee playing in the snow

Kyle & I tubing down the hill at the condo

Leah and I showing off the beautiful scenery

Kyle and I

Us...playing in the snow...ok, Kyle tackling me in the snow, but it sounded nice the other way!(=

Kyle....looking innocent...he's NOT!

Kyle, throwing Leah in the snow and running off...sorry Leah, you got the worst of it from him!

Beautiful Lake coeur d'alene

Christmas Holiday 2008!

2009-01-13T08:48:00.000-08:00

Here is my backlog of pictures from the x-mas holiday. After being home only a week and a half...we went back up to Washington again for another 2 weeks for x-mas and new years. It was lots of fun again...but we are SOOO glad to be back home after being gone most of fall and half the winter.

Andiee admiring the pretty tree

Papa (Grandpa Smith) taking Andiee on a 4-wheeler ride in the snow. This is the most snow they have received in Western WA in years...so we all took full advantage and had a blast with the 4-wheelers, etc.

Kyle and Gerry built a snowboard jump with the tractor and pulled eachother behind the 4-wheeler.

Kyle & Gerry

Kyle...getting some big air...(=

Andiee...smothering Dani with her kisses...again!

Andiee's AMAZING christmas present from Papa....he built her a wood kitchen, refrigerator and table with chairs all by hand and painted them pink....they are so awesome!!! She is having a blast playing with it all! She is so lucky.

Papa also build each grandkid their own wooden sled. Andiee has been having so much fun riding in it. We have to hide it when it is time to stay inside because she insists on a ride!

The whole set together

All of the guys got dart guns for christmas...fun for them...not so much for us targets! (=

Andiee reading her new book in squat position.

Showing off her new sled!

Craft time...Andiee, Kylie and Rylie finger painting together.

Cute little cousin Dani...love her smile! (=

All of the kids enjoying Andiee's kitchen.

Braedyn...shooting his dart gun...while Andiee follows behind picking up everyones darts...I hope she always is so neat and tidy...cleaning up after everyone!

All 5 kids christmas morning in their matching pjs.

Papa...aiming at..the camara...er...me!

Cutie Patootie in her new little outfit.

One Month Vacation

2008-12-13T19:18:00.001-08:00

Yes, I know...it has been quite a while since I have updated our blog....since halloween. We have been traveling up in Washington and Oregon visiting family and friends for a month. Just got back on Tuesday night...am home for about 1 1/2 weeks then back up to WA again for another couple weeks. We will be back for good after New Years...it is great visiting family...but will be so good to be back home. So here is a little brief on the last month in pictures.... (all pictures are in backwards order...so you can look from bottom to top if you want)

The train

Tami & Dani

Finally back in Portland (Gerry & Tami's) to finish off our trip and fly back home. Tami & I took the 2 babies to the Oregon Zoo lights....it was very fun and really cool to see!

Hannah wanted Andiee to wear one of her princess dresses...that didn't last long...apparently we aren't a princess yet!(=

Hannah posing...

Hannah cheesing for the camara

Such a cutie....and the perfect little baby...I don't think she cried or even barely fussed the entire week we were there!!

Matching cousins

It was almost impossible to get a picture of these two together because Andiee insists on giving Halle kisses if she is within 10 feet of her.

We are now at Tami & Tom's for a week to babysit the 3 little munchkins while they go back to teaching.

Hannah & Taya filling their shirts with balls

On thanksgiving day...we put all the girls in matching pj's....ask how easy it was to get a decent picture...Andiee, Halle, Hannah, Ali, & Taya (I feel bad for the first boy the comes into this family)

Sleeping Halle

Taking a bath

Kyle with Halle

Again...never a dull moment. Andiee, Taya and Hannah begging for a ride from Kyle

Now at Grandpa & Grandma Knopp's

Dani

Kylie...or Rylie??? (=

Never a dull moment with a baby, a 1 yr old, 3 yr old twins, 5 yr old...and a bunch of grown up kids! (=

Playing ball with Papa

Kylie, Rylie & Andiee snuggling with auntie Lisa

Do it again auntie Lisa....(pushing Andiee around the house in a box...what could be more fun??)

Now at Grandpa & Grandma Smiths....with her favorite toy...a ball.

Andiee gobbling a whole banana in record speed.

Next....we arrive at Great Grandma & Grandpa Doolittle's....we had dinner and played and played!

Snuggling with the big puppy in Costco....NO we DON'T want this for x-mas!!

Andiee pushing Bailey down the hall in a stroller...not sure who is having more fun??

Andiee trying to take over "showing Dani how to use her toys"

We started out by driving to portland....here is our little niece Dani

Halloween...moo moo

2008-11-03T16:04:00.001-08:00

All ready to go trick-or-treating...

Got our first candy

Unloading the candy bowl

Yum...oops...forgot the wrapper! (=

Trying to lift her pumpkin

Happy that Grandma and Grandpa are here to visit

Just chillin' with mom in Nordstroms

Snuggling with Grandma...which by the way...got all the hugs, snuggles and kisses from Andiee all weekend. I guess we know who is favorite!

On a hike above our house...playing in the water with Grandma

Helping Grandma pack...ask how much help she was (=

Random October Photos

2008-10-28T13:11:00.000-07:00

Andiee was going for the ride of her life in an empty pampers box, while Kyle was pushing her all over the house...the simplest things amuse us the most! (=

Trying on Daddy's work boots...yuck!

Playing with her friends, Sydney and Skye

Go Seahawks!! Daddy and Andiee...hanging out, fashionably watching the hawks lose again!

Nightly 4-wheeler ride in the back yard

Getting caught picking mommy's flowers...again.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-18T18:10:00.000-07:00

Gearing up for halloween. We went to the pumpkin patch today with our little cow...she says "mo moo" for cow.

SNOW!!!!

2008-10-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

A very crazy thing happened today...we woke up this morning to about 4 inches of SNOW and has been snowing all day! It is a month or two early...very wierd since I was still picking tomatoes out of my garden! So...we decided to accept it and enjoy it since next week will be back up to 70.

Beautiful Utah Fall

2008-10-09T10:11:00.000-07:00

Andiee and I went to visit Kyle on his current project up in the mountains (just below Snowbird and Brighton Ski Resorts) a couple days ago...it was so beautiful up there with the florescent colored fall leaves. I love Utah...especially in the fall...

Older Photos - August

2008-10-07T08:46:00.000-07:00

Just thought these were too cute not to post! August on the Oregon Coast.

Professional Photos - September

2008-10-07T08:42:00.000-07:00

Dancing to Baby Signing Time

2008-10-03T12:28:00.000-07:00

Andiee's (wierd) dance moves as she dances to baby signing time dvd....don't look at me...she learned those from her dad! (= I'm just the nerd for taking the video sideways!

More Presents!!

2008-10-03T12:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks Uncle Gerry, Auntie Tami & Cousin Dani for the cool new cart....can you see how much I love it?? If your not convinced...check out the pics below! (=

Trying to put on my shoes from Uncle Andrew, Auntie Leah & Cousin Taya...I love them!

Helping Daddy put together my new Barbie 4-Wheeler...Thanks Grandpa & Grandma Smith!

It got boring and took too long to put the 4-wheeler together...and the box it came in is MUCH more entertaining!

FINALLY...the finished product...my cool new ride.

Happy 2nd Birthday Taya...we love you!

2008-09-23T08:16:00.000-07:00

Have a great birthday...wish we could be there.

Andiee's Birthday Party

2008-09-22T08:25:00.000-07:00

Andiee just opened a doll...and she has to give it a cuddle...and then when we got the dolls out, she hugs and rocks them...so cute!

Cupcake progression.....yum! yum!

Fun with the tissue paper

Our beautiful cupcake table display...yes, I know...the party was more for us, than her...but I had so much fun! (=
Cupcake caterpillar

Food table...for the BBQ
Kids had a great time playing in our yard

My homemade invitations...probably the only homemade ones she will ever get...but they were fun to do.

She LOVES the balloons...or "ba" as she says
Opening Grandpa and Grandma K.'s present that they sent in the mail...thank you G & G...we love it!
Playing with the puzzle from G & G K.

We had a big birthday bash on saturday with about 25 people for the big one year old. Andiee had lots of fun playing with all the kids, opening presents, playing with tissue paper and diving into her first cupcake!

Happy Birthday Grandma C.!!

2008-09-20T17:53:00.000-07:00

We miss you...have a great 80th birthday!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY ANDIEE!!

2008-09-19T09:35:00.001-07:00

Happy birthday to my baby! I can't believe it has already been a year.

Mommy & Me date

2008-09-12T12:42:00.001-07:00

A few pics from our picnic in the park the other day while Kyle was gone hunting.

Little Phone Talker

2008-09-12T12:36:00.000-07:00

Andiee now likes to (pretend) talk on the phone...whenever you give her a phone, she puts it right up to her ear...and every time I am talking (which is of course hardly ever) (=, she puts her fist up to her ear like she is talking too!

New baby neice

2008-09-08T08:47:00.000-07:00

Proud Daddy Gerry
Great Grandma Doolittle

Beautiful Danilyn Elizabeth!

We have another new baby niece (Kyle's sister Tami's baby). She was born yesterday (Sept. 7th). Her name is Danilyn Elizabeth and was 8 lbs 6 oz. and 19 inces long. We can't wait to meet her!

September 08

2008-09-07T16:24:00.000-07:00

Andiee's birthday present (early) - Kyle couldn't wait

Andiee found my shoe closet...you should have seen it after this picture was taken!

We have our own "petting zoo" at a farm down the street...so we have to go visit often to see the animals and to get our organic produce that is also grown right there.

August 08 Trip

2008-09-07T14:50:00.000-07:00

Just Loungin'

We always have to put our foot up
Andiee's new friend Evelyn (Melissa's baby) - they are less than 1 month apart!

Proud Auntie of new baby Halle Joylin
Proud Grandma
Big sister Hannah
Halle Joylin Lence...so precious

Taya "organizing" grandmas tupperware cupboard

Tami, just before the baby was born
Princess Hannah

Cousins...same, same! (=

Lots of fun at grandpa & grandma's house...

Grandma with Andiee and Ali (Reta's baby)...can you tell they are 5 months apart? Soon to be best buds!
Andiee & Taya - more fun at grandpa & grandma's

Papa is already teaching her to drive!!
Great Grandpa Doolittle gets snuggles...that doesn't happen too often!
Out on Kyle's dream boat on the Willamit river with Tami & Gerry
Me surfing behind the boat
Kyle surfing

We traveled for the whole month of August. Oregon coast for Kyle's family reunion, Ephrata, Bend, OR to be with Tami while she had her baby and ended in Montana for my family reunion. Lots of fun...but very busy trip!