Time flies

So when I looked at our blog yesterday and realized that Rachel is 7 months now and the last post I did was when she was 6 months I decided I needed to update! So I think I'll just add some photos from the past month to show you what we have been up to.

We got our family pictures taken

The girls got to see Santa!

Rachel loved her candy cane!

Shaun and Addie put our stockings on! I made the stockings from our old Levi's.

She thought it would be fun to wear them!

Addie getting ready to go play in the snow for the first time this year!

Our little gangster.

Shaun got this picture of Addie watching TV on the couch, we loved the folded arms and serious look.

Rachel is sitting up and is such a happy girl!

6 Months

Rachel is now 6 Months old!
14 lb 7 oz
26 1/4 inches

She is still keeping us up at night but that is really our only complaint. She is very smiley, it doesn't take much to get her to smile. She is very curious and always wants what she doesn't have. She's eating baby foods now and loves it. She doesn't like tummy time, she just rolls to her back the instant you put her on her belly. She has learned to move around a little while laying on her back. She arches her back and pushes her heels against the floor. She usually only does it when she's mad but she still moves. She is so much fun and we're so grateful for her.

Halloween Fun

The past month

I seem to find less spare time lately to post our many adventures. With Shaun in school things keep busy at our house. Somedays it can be challenging to keep the little munchkins entertained. I await naptime everyday so I can get a little nap myself and just to enjoy the time to relax a little and sit down. Shaun is enjoying school and is doing great. He won't be done until Dec. 2009 but by this December he'll have his private flying license.

We went on a fun family day-trip to McCall, ID a few weeks ago. We stopped and ate at a fun little lodge for Breakfast, they even made Addie a Mickey Mouse pancake. We had fun walking by the lake skipping rocks, it is so beautiful up there. We made a fire and cooked hotdogs and smores, it was so much fun to be outside. The drive home was long because Rachel was sick of her carseat and cried for the 2 hour drive we were happy to be home!

Rachel is 5 months old today! She is sure growing up quick. She got to have her first food this last month - Rice Cereal - she does pretty good with it but is still learning how to eat off the spoon so now it's just entertaining to watch her eat. She loves to kick her legs on the ground and is a very busy baby. She always wants a toy to play with or someone to talk to her and she is at a really grabby stage. She reaches for everything including my hair which I'm considering cutting soon.


Addie is a very fun toddler! She loves learning new things. She's starting to learn her letters and can write a few of them but she catches on to things really quick especially songs which I catch her singing while she plays. She is getting a little more opinionated lately about what she wears, I guess she is true girl. She'll have a favorite shirt or pants for a week and want to wear them everyday. She also loves wearing pajamas and will change into them the minute we get home. So if you come to my house and she is in her pajamas that doesn't mean she never got ready that day she usually changes her clothes 3-4 times a day - oh the joys of her knowing how to change her own clothes! I go with her once a week to a mommy and me preschool, she loves it and can't wait to go each week. We get to do a fun craft each week and sing songs and play around it's so much fun! Last week my friend came and helped cut Addie's hair, we cut a few inches off because Addie hates having her hair combed and it gets in bad tangles with her little curls so we cut some of it off, it was sure getting long.


Before After
After

Linder Farms

Our ward had a fun play date this week. We brought the kids to a fun farm that goes all out for Halloween. They had a hay bale maze for the kids, each kid got to go pick their very own pumpkin off the vine, we went on a hay ride and saw a camel, a zebra, sheep, goats, and a donkey and then they let the kids color a pumpkin picture. It was so much fun, they also have corn mazes at night but we'll have to go back to do those. We even went back the next day to pick some corn on the cob. They said we could pick as much as we wanted for free, as long as we picked the same amount for the farm. So, me and 2 other ladies went back and amazingly picked 72 dozen so we could take 36 dozen home and each get 12 dozen to freeze for the next year. We sure had a lot of corn! But it was a really fun outing for the kids.

2 years

This past week marked 2 years since we bought our house. Although we did leave for 6 months we still owned it while we were gone. We love our home and the wonderful friends we have made here. Since we moved in we added new cabinets and counters to the kitchen, painted the kitchen and living room, replaced the air conditioner, and done some other fiddly things along the way. With a growing family I can't believe how fast we keep filling our house with stuff but it just makes it a cozy place to be. Our most recent addition was our first piano! We were able to get a good deal on it from some friends of ours and we love it. Shaun hasn't gotten a chance to play it much, because I won't let him pluck away when he gets home and the girls are sleeping but he'll get his chance. It's new and quite a novelty for the girls and I, it entertains us all day!

My Girls

I've been trying to get a good picture of them together for a few weeks now and tonight I got them both to cooperate:) They are so much fun I don't know what I'd do without them!

101 Things You Might Not Know About Me

I've seen this on other people's blogs and thought it was a really fun idea. I thought it would take me a long time to think of 101 things but once I got started it really wasn't hard to think of all the quirky things about myself it was actually a fun thing to do! Well here goes:

1 Big Garth Brooks Fan
2 Like to eat ice cream with a little spoon
3 Love Popcorn
4 Stitches on my head 5 times before I turned 10
5 Try to GO GREEN, recycling and saving energy
6 Love to run, I’ve ran in 2 marathons
7 Like little pencils
8 Always wanted to be a gymnast
9 Don’t like my finger nails painted
10 Toe nails always painted
11 I’m a list person and I probably make one everyday\
12 I don’t have a very good memory of details
13 I sing along to the radio even if I don’t know the words
14 Fall is my favorite season
15 I love to look at pictures
16 Obsessed with keeping my house clean - with 2 kids some days I wonder why
17 I take a nap pretty much every day
18 Potatoes are my favorite food – I even lick the mashed potato bowl clean like frosting
19 I sleep on my side
20 I grind my teeth at night
21 I’m scared of spiders
22 I played Volleyball in High School
23 I ran track in High School
24 I graduated from BYU-Idaho with a degree in Health Science
25 I start listening to Christmas music in October
26 I love Holidays
27 I’m a better communicator through writing than in person
28 I only like Crest Regular Paste toothpaste
29 I only like Dove soap
30 In general I don’t like the smell of flowers – to me it’s the smell of a funeral home
31 Sang in a group “Music in Motion” as a kid
32 Don’t really like chocolate
33 Love pure sugar treats – Fun Dip, cotton candy, Pixy Stix
34 Like wakeboarding better than water skiing
35 Like to use the little ski’s when I go snow skiing (don’t know the official name of them)
36 Wearing toe socks drives me crazy
37 I’m a morning person
38 I love my in-laws
39 Loved the movie “It Takes Two” (with the Olsen twins) when I was younger , I can still pretty much quote the whole movie ( sad, I know)
40 Can play Guess Who without the actual game
41 Love Chick Flicks
42 Can’t sit still for very long - always have to be doing something
43 Play the Piano
44 I have really dry skin, especially my hands
45 I have a chipped tooth
46 Like to Read
47 It relaxes me to watch the wind blow the trees outside
48 Like watching sports – Football and basketball are my favorites
49 My favorite number is 5
50 I get cold really easy
51 Love being a mom
52 Like to ride on motorcycles with my husband
53 Want to go to Australia, Bulgaria, Hawaii, & NYC someday
54 Never gotten a speeding ticket ( Knock on wood)
55 Been pulled over 3 times
56 I decorate my kitchen in apples
57 I’ve kept a weekly journal since I was in middle school
58 Don’t wear jewelry very often (except my wedding ring)
59 Never broken a bone
60 Not a big shopper
61 I rarely pay full price for anything
62 I love getting my hair cut but I hate paying for it
63 I cut my husband’s hair – he taught me how
64 I fall asleep watching movies at night – drives my husband crazy
65 Love to swing
66 Can fall asleep really fast
67 I eat a bowl of cereal almost everyday
68 All growing up I lived in the same house and had the same room
69 Moved 7 times in the 4 years I’ve been married
70 I didn’t have a job until I graduated from high school
71 …well I did move pipe in the summer for awhile
72 I don’t drink much pop
73 Big water drinker
74 I pick scabs
75 I get migraines
76 Big Listener of Car Talk Radio on NPR
77 Love Sean Connery’s Voice
78 Gave birth to my daughter ‘s naturally
79 I think dimples are so cute – my husband has them, that’s one reason I fell for him
80 I used to faithfully watch ER when George Clooney was on it
81 I coached youth soccer in High School
82 I’ve only thrown up once - I was 23
83 I stress easily
84 I get embarrassed really easily – I go bright RED
85 Hate being the center of attention
86 Don’t like to speak in front of groups
87 My Nicknames growing up were Kelpants, Junebug, & Calamity Kelli
88 My feet are very tickelish
89 I’ve been to Disneyland and Disneyworld - loved them both
90 I have a stray hair that grows out of a scar on my neck
91 I drove off the road once and went airborne down a hill – didn’t get hurt & I drove my car home
92 Can’t sleep if my dishes aren’t down
93 Like small bouquets of flowers
94 Daisies and Confetti roses are my favorite flowers
95 I like to grate cheese
96 Keep my finger nails cut short
97 Don’t like to use pens with blue ink
98 Always butter the darkest side of my piece of toast
99 I love parades
100 I love Fruit
101 I find something to laugh about everyday!

Farmer's Market

I had never been to a Farmer's Market before. My dad grew the greatest garden growing up, so we never needed to go anywhere to get fresh produce. But when we moved to the Boise area 2 years ago I saw them advertised all summer but hadn't ever gone to one until today we went to the Nampa's Farmer's Market for the first time. We did get some corn on the cob (yummy, my favorite) but there were so many fun things for Addie to do that I was so glad I brought her along. We got her some cute hair clips then she did a nickel find in the straw. She only found one nickel but was excited to have her own money! Then she got her face painted with a cute rainbow on it then a nice lady made her a cute ladybug balloon. There were so many fun things there I think I just might have to go back again. Next time I'll have to wait for a day Shaun has off work and get him to go with me.

Playing at the Park

We decided to go to the park the other day since we haven't been in awhile and I actually remembered to bring me camera to catch a couple pictures of Addie. She loves to swing, I have to convince her to try out the slides so I get a break from pushing her. She loves to play until any other kids come around then she won't do a thing unless I go with her. So it was a good thing we were there alone for awhile.

My brother's wedding

My brother Chuck got married on August 9. We love his new wife, Shelly, and are so excited to have her in our family. They got married in the Louisville, Kentucky temple, so I got to fly out to Kentucky to the wedding. I brought Rachel with me, Addie stayed with other family and Shaun stayed home to work. It is so pretty there with all the trees and bridges and so great to listen to the southern accents. My sister and I were the only family there in KY. We had a lot of fun trying not to get lost. We actually almost missed the wedding, I had to call the temple and ask them to wait for us. They also had a beautiful ring ceremony and reception there and then we came to Utah this last weekend for the open house. It was so much fun to have our family get together since it doesn't happen as often since my parents left on their mission.

Lake Lowell

Last night we headed out to Lake Lowell, which is only about 20 minutes from our house. We packed a picnic dinner, complete with sandwiches, string cheese, Cheeto's and cupcakes!! Addie loved playing in the water. She wanted to go see the boats and walking out as far as Shaun or I could reach just wasn't close enough but had to do.

Shaun made a fun little, sandcastle with Addie it was a little muddy but still was a castle. They would sit in the water and when waves would come up Shaun would tell Addie to look at the waves to which Addie would then get her hand out and "wave" at the water. We tried to get it on camera but of course she wouldn't do it when she realized we thought it was funny.

I held Rachel and let her kick her toes in the water for awhile. She seemed to like it but is still to young to really splash and play in the water. She just liked to watch.

Addie with her buckets walking out to the lake.

Rachel enjoying a little sun.

Shaun & Addie out swimming.

Shaun & Addie making a sandcastle.