Life is an ANDVENTURE with ADDY

The Words Adventure and Adelyn mean close to the same thing. Each morning, I wake up thinking I wonder what fun we will have today, what mess will be made, or what 2 year old adventure we will have. Trust me, I have had lots of experience with two year olds. I use to teach preschool to 12 two year olds at one time and I have had 3 (before Addy) kids that have all been two. I have survived! None of this has prepared me for this wonderful little girl. She is amazing to say the least. She makes us laugh so much and I usually end up spending time cleaning up her crazy messes each day. She loves to empty her big brothers underwear and sock drawer hourly because she knows that he keeps his special toys in there away from where no one can get to them. He didn't fool her. She loves shampoo whether she is in the bathtub or out. So with that, this morning I was paying some bills on the computer and I heard the water running in the kids' bathroom. I knew that it was her playing in the water and making a huge mess like she does daily. I really don't mind that she plays in the water, sometimes my thinking is whatever will keep her occupied. I finally went in there to check on her and found this......

I guess that she really wanted a bath. She had the water running and a toothbrush with her. She also had thrown her diaper away like a big girl but she also decided that her PJ's belong in the garbage as well. She is one funny girl.



Introducing the BIG GIRL BED. She is so excited to have a princess bed - that is what she calls it. Over all, she has done pretty well but we have had Desitin and Lotion smeared all over her room. We have had lots of cloths dumped out on her floor along with every toy imaginable. We have had a few other messes that I won't mention - They were not funny at all! :)
You have to love this face!

Out with the Old and In with the New

We had a wonderful New Year's Eve. We enjoyed our time with some good friends. We played some fun games and ate some good food. What more can one ask for. We were able to spend our evening with our kidos and some wondeful friends that we don't always get to see very often. 2009 was a great year for our family and I hope that 2010 is even better. I hope that it is a wonderful year for all of my friends and family who read our blog as well! Jeffery R. Holland had such an amazing article in the Jan. Ensign that really touched my heart. It has helped me to focus my life for this new year. He said, "The past is to be learned from but not lived in." He also said, "Don't miss the here and now and tomorrow because we are so trapped in the there and then and yesterday.." He says that the best is yet to be and that we should look forward with faith for the future. It was really AMAZING!!


Tom and Sam with Happy smiles because they had just won the game that we were playing.
Tom and Lamont.. It's hard to take these guys seriously.
Addy and her party hat right before she crashed out for the night.
Most of the group - ringing in the new year.
Our family with our neice, Celine. We were glad to have her with us. Parker is so tierd and is not very happy about being in this picture.

Addy didn't make it. She was awake until about 11:30. Her little eyes couldn't stay open any longer.