The Goings of Boise, the comings of Florida!

Here is another one of those posts that will sum up the last few weeks into one, so be prepared for TONS of pictures!

As many of you know, we left our home in Boise to move to Panama City, Florida, but in between our two homes was adventure after adventure...full of family, friends and fun!

To start off our adventures, we got Addi fully prepped in her gear, provided by Shawn and Chelsey!

First Stop: Twin Falls

to go to the Temple open house...it was such a beautiful temple and a great way to start our journey!

Stop#2: Salt Lake

after an eventful trip with the U-haul, we had a luau at my brother and sister-in-laws new house.

A luau wouldn't be complete without the wii... right?

At the Luau we all converted our names into the Hawaiian alphabet, and I don't remember all of our names, but I do remember that Addison's name came out to be Akuki ( a cookie)...I love it!!!

Stop #3 family reunion for Jacob's family in Kolob, Utah (near Cedar City)!

A family reunion wouldn't be complete without a picture with Grandma and Grandpa!

The cabin we stayed at had a slide from upstairs to down...it was a blast for all of the little kids, and the big ones too!

Addison had a great time, and smiled tons!



We went ATVing with Jacob's family and had a blast! Even Addison loved it, she was either looking around and enjoying the outdoors or sleeping for the 4 hours we were riding.



We stopped at a look out while were ATVing ...what a beautiful view!



Addison enjoying time with her uncle Jamison!



Stop #4: Family Home evening/Birthday celebration up Milcreek Canyon.


We made home-made ice cream in a baggie ball and then tossed them around to freeze the ice-cream...these are our baggie balls...very colorful!

The ice-cream was very tasty...Jacob is eating strawberry, and I am eating a mixture of symphony, caramello, reeses, reeses pieces and butterfinger (quite the compbination I know)!



My dad gave a great lesson on the tree of life, this is a picture of our group hug after we have all partaken of the fruit!

Addi and grandma had a great time together while we all tossed our ice-cream balls!

Stop #5: Picnic in the park and swimming
This was our final good bye to Jacob's family. Goodbye's were hard, but we had a great time leading up to it. We are going to miss all of our friends and family so much!

Cousins, cousins, cousins!

We had fun swimming in the Magna pool!

Stop #6: Tabiona (Tabiona is one of my favorite places on earth, I have so many memories there and it is such a peaceful place)

This is Addi's first time in Tabby, and she is loving it...just look at that smile!

Justus and Zeke had a blast riding on grandpa's golf cart! In this picture grandpa is coming after me , and the boys think it is so funny!

Like always, mom brought great food, and all the cousins are loving it!

Addi and Zeke had fun swinging in the hammock together!

Final stop: Florida

Grandma Larson gave Addison this little play place. Addison loves it, and it is now part of her routine to play in it right after she wakes up in the morning.

One of our first sights in Florida was the beach. Addison loves the beach, I think she would play in the sand all day if we let her.

This was our second time at the beach, we were at a state park called St. Andrews, and it was a beautiful park!

Addison again, playing in the sand, this time she started eating it...I think she likes the salty taste.

Also at St. Andrew's is an alligator swamp. The crazy thing about this swamp is that there is nothing between you and the swamp. If the alligators wanted to attack there is nothing stopping them...Scary!!!!!
Here is a picture of one of the smaller alligatos in the swamp...yes we actually got a picture with our own camera!
Alright, now to end this extremely long post, here are a few pictures of our new apartment. I will post Addi's room later, she was slrrping when I took these pictures

This is a picture of our kitchen and dining room from the entrance.

The kitchen

Living room

Bedroom

Bedroom, looking towards master bath

Lookong toward entrance from our bedroom

Fireplace in living room

Addison's Growing up!

Addi is sitting up tall these days and loves to blow bubbles all over her ping-pong ball

This is Addison giving me a kiss...she can be pretty aggressive with her kisses sometimes, and I love it!I came downstairs one day to find Jacob giving water to Addi out of the jug...surprisingly she did quite well and didn't spill too much!

I've been tagged by Lyza

1.Favorite cartoon movie? Cinderalla for sure!!!
2. Favorite sports movie? Rudy, thanks to Jacob!
3.Favorite Star Wars? You know, I'm not really sure...
4.Favorite Tom Cruise Movie? Sadly, I have no idea again
5.Favorite Romance Flick? The one with Drew Barrymore, the Cinderella one, I'm having a brain cramp
6. Favorite Actor? I don't really know too many, but I would say Tom Hanks
7. Favorite Actress? Meg Ryan
8. Favorite Classic? Swiss Family Robinson
9. Favorite Action/Adventure?I'm too wimpy for those kind
10. Favorite Soundtrack? Alladin
11. Favorite TV sitcom? Don't really watch them
12. Favorite Comedy? hmmm
13. Least Favorite actor? Like I said, I have no idea who these people are
14. Least Favorite Actress?Refer to question 13
15. Most recently watched movie? Narnia, Prince Caspian

I tag Shawn and Chelsey!

Lots Has Been Happenin'

Well, since I haven't posted in a while, here is a rundown of the past few weeks...hope you enjoy!

We Celebrated Addi's 1/2 birthday on June 23, above is the cupcakes I made for Addi, even though she can't have them yet.

We got her a new toy, a little inch worm that jingles, crinkles, rattles, and more. Shawn and Chelsey got her a camo outfit with a lacey bottom as well as a bib. I can't wait to go camping and try it on her.

Just a fun picture of the biter biscuit ring around Addi's face, she sure loves those!

Addi is now sitting up on her own, she is growing up so fast. She has also learned how to immitate our coughing noises.

For the 4th of July we had a barbecue with Jarron and Salena and family, and we went swimming , it was a lot of fun!

Here is a picture of the fruit pizza I made for the 4th, it was good, but the only problem was that I used frozen berries which melted and made parts of the cookie soggie...woops!

This is a picture of Addi and I with a firework in the background. This is the best picture we could get, but hey it's something.

One last item of business is...we sold our little escort...yup...it is gone for $600. It was a great car, and it is sad to see it go, but the memories will last forever.

Put your finger tips together for more, more pictures!

Addison and Katherine are like best friends! Katherine spoils Addi with love and toys This picture was taken after Addi hadn't seen Katherine for a few days and Addison couldn't stop smiling and laughing and watching Katherine wherever she went.

Katherine came into our room to play with Addi and the next thing I knewAddison was covered in toys provided by her aunt Katherine

Just a fun picture of Addi with one of her favorite toys...You got it, a Dart!

Addi and Jake...true love? Addison had just finished eating a teething biscuit and I wanted to get a picture of her first big mess when Jacob stood up with her and noticed a little more than a biscuit on his pants and shirt...eeew! What a great dad though for being so happy about anything that has to do with Addison!