Cousin Time

The last couple of days some of Addie's cousins came to visit from Colorado. She was so excited to have them come over and play at "Addie's house". We went swimming one day at the Rec Center, it was rather chilly. Addie loved it though and went down the kiddie slides all by herself, it's amazing how she changes in a few months time. I forgot to take the camera though, so I only have pictures of them running around on the red rocks. Addie loved running in the dirt and playing with her cousins.

Merry Christmas

We are so grateful for all of our wonderful family

and friends, and we want to wish you a very

Merry Christmas!

Random Happenings

The other day I was busy baking, cleaning, and doing the laundry. Andrew was at a meeting and Addie was so good to play with her toys on her own. I periodically would check and see what she was up to and at one point she had taken a loaf of bread that I had baked down to her play area and she was feeding it to her baby doll. I thought it was hilarious as she had also got her booster seat and set baby in it.Then as I was folding laundry I discovered her in the laundry basket full of clothes reading a book to herself.

After the bread incident I had to vacuum, Addie is afraid of the vacuum, she always runs and hides or sits on the couch until I am done. When I mentioned I had to vacuum this is how I found her and it is how she stayed until the vacuuming was finished.

Zion Ponderosa

Last weekend we stayed in a cabin at Zion Ponderosa for Andrew's work Christmas party. Each family gets their own cabin (which is bigger than our house) for two nights. Addie was so excited when we got there and ran around for hours, going up and down the stairs, jumping off the fireplace ledge to the pillows, and rummaging through the cupboards.

We finally convinced her to calm down by watching a movie and having some popcorn-it lasted maybe 10 minutes. The cabin had four bedrooms so we each took a room to ourselves. Addie woke up at 4:30 am on Saturday ready to play and watch "Care Bears".

We also attempted to take family pictures. On the way to find a place we saw some deer and then a lot of pheasants running across the road. When Addie saw the pheasants she called them "little pigs", hmmm, maybe we need to review animals with her. We had a dinner with all of Andrew's work people Saturday night. All in all it was a fun and relaxing weekend. We didn't want to come home and face reality.

Decorating the Tree

We bought our artificial Christmas tree our first Christmas together, because the real ones were too expensive for us. When we pulled out the box this year I noticed the price was still on it, $16.96! What a bargain tree to have lasted us six years now, I really want to get a pre-lit one but how can I part with a tree that holds so many memories and was so cheap, I'm pretty sure I'll find a way if the price is right.

The other day Addie and I put together our Christmas tree and decorated it. Technically as I was putting on the ornaments Addie was trying to take them off just as fast. She thinks all of the round ornaments are bouncy balls. Once the tree was up I told her she could not pass the line where the tree skirt began, she ignored me completely and crawled under the tree to her new secret hideout. It doesn't matter how many times I tell her or the way I tell her not to touch the tree she cannot resist, this is going to be a fun season.