Easter Celebration

This is one of my favorite times of year! The weather is starting to warm up, the blossoms are overflowing on the trees and tiny little ducklings are starting to hatch. And all over the globe people are rejoicing and celebrating the life of our Savior Jesus Christ.

I am so grateful for my Savior and for the Atonement and His Ressurection!

I know He lives and we will live again too!

Here is how we celebrated Easter!

We colored Easter Eggs...Addi love it!

Primary Activity

First we visited the nursing home and sang primary songs to the residents, then we had an Easter egg hunt.

This first picture is of Addison and her best friend! These two are always holding hands and sitting next to each other. It puts a big smile on my face to see them playing together.

Easter morning Addi found her little Easter basket and we read about the Resurrection in the scriptures.

This year was a homemade Easter.

Addi helped me pick out the fabric for her Easter dress this year and I got busy on my first ever pattern dress. It wasn't perfect, but it turned out cute.

Sweet Addison in her new Easter dress.

I also made this little crayon holder for Addi's Easter present. It cost me all of about fifty cents.

I had been wanting a fun, quiet way to store crayons for church and I found this idea somewhere (sorry for not giving credit. I just don't remember where I saw it).

And then what better way to spend Easter day then being able to listen to the Prophet and Apostles speak in General Conference. What a great conference it was! I was uplifted and inspired, and motivated to be more like Jesus Christ.

What a great time of year!

Just Us!

St. Patrick's Day!

I made a yummy new recipe along with green rolls and green jello. Doesn't look too appetizing, but it was if I do say so myself :)

A Pinecone, Peanut Butter, and Bird seeds equals a fun activity and a tasty bird feeder :)
(It's hanging in the tree in the background)

Happy Birthday to me...the big 24.
Jacob was so sweet to me on my birthday! He made me a special dinner as well as a two flavored cake. I couldn't decide what kind of cake I wanted so he surprised me with a half carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and half yellow cake with chocolate frosting..YUMMMM!
This is us celebrating my much older and much wiser self.
Addi put the candles on the chocolate side. Great job Addi!

I just wanted to be with my family on my birthday and play and not worry about cleaning, cooking etc. So that is what we did!

This is a picture of some of our hiding spots in hide and seek :)

It took them a while to find me...Again..hehehe

Just a few pictures of my course 2 final cake. This was a really fun cake to make!

Can't wait to make another one!

This is the cake before Addi's little finger got into it...silly girl!

My enormous amount of flowers that I made...still have tons left over

(will be good for Easter)

And finally just a few pictures of my sweet Addi playing.

Another bird feeder

Training to be like her daddy :)

Crafty Wafty

For Valentine's/ Birthday, my very wonderful and thoughtful husband got me a sewing machine! A beautiful, easy to use sewing machine! To say I am excited would be a drastic understatement. I have new projects flooding my mind every day. Here are a few that I have managed to get done. (I'm not an expert sewer by any means, so don't judge too harshly :)

New hairclips for Addi. I had a friend (thanks Emily) show me how to make these cute little things (she made the pink one). Eventually I'll get more colors. They are easy and cute. Here is the link to the pattern.

www.purlbee.com/rose-barrettes/

This is my new table runner

My cousin made her daughter some repurposed sweater dresses, and they were adorable, so I tried it out too. Thanks Kathryn! It still needs a bit of tweaking in some places, but here it is for now.

I didn't sew these, but they were another one of my projects. These were 1950's Betsy Ross paper dolls that I printed off and cut out, then i put velcro on them so it would be easier for Addi's tiny little fingers to switch out the dresses.

I'll keep you posted on further projects :)

Have a happy day!

What do you eat for breakfast?

This morning I asked Addi what she wanted for breakfast and she looked at me and said "Broccoli". So that is what she had...three servings of it! Where did I get such a good girl?

Love you Addi :)

That's One Strange Duck!

The other day Addi and I were headed out for a walk and found Cheerio at our door. We went inside to get her some bread and next thing we know she had invited herself in. I guess she feels really comfortable with us because she wouldn't leave after that. She stayed in our house for a good half hour. She really wanted to go into Addi's room for some reason. Strange Duck!

This is a picture of Addi showing Cheerio how to waddle outside.

Addi saying: "Cheerio, no more poopies in the house"

Addi saying: "You want to come outside with us?"
Strange Cheerio Duck!

Day to Day

We don't have any big news to report about, just our little day to day life. It is simple, but it's a wonderful life!

A little while back we had somebody in our ward give us two free bikes with a child seat. We have really enjoyed them.

My sister gave me this brilliant idea to cover up clear plastic storage drawers with paper to make them more attractive, and to hide what's inside. Now I have cute organized drawers in Addi's closet for all her toys. Wahoo!

Cheap and Easy...Love it!

One of Addi's new favorite things is playing picnic at the park (living room).
In this picture, she is salting her baby's food.
(Notice she has a plate for her, her baby, her ducky and me)

Addi loves to go on walks with her babies too!
There are four of them in her tiny little stroller (each with their own names: Addi, Kyla,
Big Esther and Litte Esther).

For Christmas Jacob signed me up for a cake decorating class.

I have LOVED it and I start the next session of classes this week.

I made this cake out of all the roses that I was practicing with. Not bad for a first timer, but hopefully they'll get better.

Cheerio found a new perch...Addi's window seal.

We played hide and seek one evening and I hid in the dryer.

It took Addi and Jacob a looong time to find me. Love it!

Going for a walk on a cold Florida day, this time with Rudolph :)

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas

Our holidays couldn't have started better. My parents came to visit us for a week during Thanksgiving. It was soooo nice to have them here. Addi still talks about them being here to this day. It came to a close WAY too fast, but we did manage to snap a few photos. Thank you so much for coming mom and dad! We love you and can't wait to see you again.

My still very in love, very wonderful parents :)

A trip to Florida wouldn't be complete without the classic Alligator picture :)

At the state park Addi found some fungus and thought it was brocolli. I don't blame her though, I think it looks a lot like brocolli too. :)

I love these next few photos. They make me realize how sweet the little things in life are.

Addi really bonded with my dad while he was here, and wanted to do everything with him. I think my dad ate every bit of it up. Here are just a few pictures to show just how much Addi adores her grandpa.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, thanks a TON to my mom and some of our friends.

Turkey bowl!

Just a few more pictures of their trip :)

Grandma kissing it better (grandma's are good for that )

This picture makes me smile. Addi after sitting on some other trees that had branches sticking out like little benches asked if she could sit on this tree that was sticking straight up. So grandpa helped her sit on it, and she said "Look, my own car seat" It made us all laugh.

Grandma and Addi looking at the squirrelAddi loved my parents glasses.
My mom being the creative and thoughtful person that she is, brought a little surprise for Addi when they got here. She called it the 'Addi bag'. Each day while my parents were here, and even a few days after they left, Addi got to pick a card with a letter on it, then inside the Addi bag was a present with a matching letter that she had to find, and that was the present she got to open that day. Addi caught on quick to this fun little game, and each night she would tell us the letter that she was going to pick for the next day. Then each morning she would remind us that we needed to open another present.

Thanks again mom and dad for coming! We love you!

Thanksgiving night we put up our Christmas tree and the holiday fun just kept on coming.

This is a picture of Addi in the stocking that they put her in, in the hospital when she was born. They grow so fast!

Oh Christmas tree!

(Addi is giving baby Jesus a hug)

Santa came to our ward party (you can see him in the background). Addi was so excited to see him until it was her turn to sit on his lap. (Picture coming soon)

We made a gingerbread house

I love these series of pictures...

Addi wore her new Christmas outfit from Grandma.

(she is holding the card she got from aunt Wendy, she took it with her everywhere that day)

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve, and I even cooked a ham (thanks mom and dad)
Addi snuck a piece of ham while I was taking the picture, silly girl

We opened our pajamas on Christmas eve. Addi loved her reindeer slippers!

This is Addi first thing Christmas morning.

What a sweet girl.

This was a little fishing puzzle with magnets. It is the same one the music leader uses in nursery. The first thing she did when she got one of the fish was flip it over and say 'popcorn' because she thought that they all would have primary songs on them. Needless to say, we ended up singing a few primary songs Christmas morning. So fun!

Happy little Addi on Christmas day.

In her own words..."I need to go grocery shoppin' "Trying to get a drink out of her new kitchen sink :)

Sweet Addison

So excited for a piece of candy in her stocking

Addi cooked daddy dinner on Christmas in her new kitchen.

We feel so blessed to have had such a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas! It will definitely be an unforgettable holiday season for us!