Happy Anniversary!

Yes it is our Anniversary today! April 13th 2011!

(look I actually blogged about something and didn't have to say it took place two months ago!!)

On Monday Adell and I decided to surprise Kevin when he came home from work. This idea came to me at like seven at night so we weren't really in the mood to go shopping for things so we just had fun with what we had.

We grabbed an old cardboard box, some markers,

tissue paper, and finger paints and went to work!

Adell was pretty excited about the whole thing!

She was also very tired by the time we were finished.

See her grabbing her ears? That is her I am so sleepy sign.

You would be tired too if you painted and painted and painted

the side of a cardboard box with your feet!

I tried to have her use a paint brush but that went right in her mouth. I also tried to let her use her hands but she went right for her mouth again. And while these are non toxic paints, I really don't want to clean up purple poop. So I let her paint with her feet. And it turned out so good!

Inside the box we put little things to tell daddy about everything we love doing with him. For example we had a CD to remind him how much we love dancing around the house listening to music. We had a whisk, reminding him how much we love cooking together. We had a jacket to remind him how much we love going on hikes and walks, exploring the world with Kevin, etc.

So when Kevin got home Tuesday morning he had a wonderful surprise!

Happy Anniversary Kevin!

Thanks for being a great husband and father!

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Pop Corn Popping On The Apracot Tree

I looked out the window and what did I see?? Pop corn popping on the apricot tree!!!

When I was growing up and we sang this song in primary I always thought it was strange. How could pop corn be popping on a tree??? Well this spring when our little apricot tree started blossoming it did look a lot like pop corn kernels getting ready to pop!

This particualar type of Apricot tree is actually called a Katie Apricot!

One of the reasons I wanted to get it :)

Holy Cow She Rolls!

Ok I have to admit this was like two months ago but I stink at blogging. We all know this. But I forgot to talk about the first time Adell rolled over, "for reals". I say "for reals" because she had rolled over a couple of times before this but then didn't do it for a few weeks and we were getting frustrated. So when I was sitting in the back of the Primary room at church I was telling a friend all about how Adell just refuses to roll over. No sooner were the words out of my mouth then flip, Adell turned over. Crazy girl. I think she did it just to prove me wrong. I thought maybe that was another fluke but I laid her on her tummyagain and soon enough plop, over again like she knew all along how to do it she just decided that today was the day. And I was not so reverently hopping up and down and cheering :)

When we got home from church I took a few pictures of her trying to roll over again just to have something to remember the moment. So here she is practicing.

Man she is growing up so fast!

Finger Painting Fun

We decided it would be fun to let Adell help us finger paint so we spread out an old sheet, put down some cardboard and started to paint. I was busy making flowers and ponds when the next thing I know I look over and I see Kevin has been hard at work "helping Adell paint"

It was only a matter of time before she was all covered in paint. Kevin just sped up the process. And well I have to admit I decided to help.

Don't worry I also helped Adell paint Daddy! Serves him right!

As you can see he is all broken up about it.

Mt. Lemon Snow Trip

Since we had so much fun playing in the snow in Payson we decided to have another day in the snow. This time on Mount Lemon in Tucson AZ.

For those who are thinking it's the middle of March and like 90 degrees in Arizona already, well your right. This was a trip we took in January. I am just a slow blogger.

As my family already knows :)

I can't get over how cute Adell is in her little bear suit!





There wasn't as much snow as I was use to growing up in Star Valley Wyoming but we did manage to find a great hill for sledding.

We all had a great time getting away for the day and enjoying the very limited snow season.

So darn cute! and the baby isn't half bad either :)

I forgot how exhausting running up hills in the snow could be. Thankfully Adell was just as tired as mommy so we just laid on our sled and took a nap in the warm sun.

Oliver had a great time too. Running up and down, up and down and all around. He was constantly on the move. With him moving around so much it was amazing that I got even this shot of him.

He was ready to crash by the end of the day. And apparently the best pillow around was mommy's arm as she was trying to navigate down the mountain.

NOT DISTRACTING AT ALL :)

Overall a fun day for everyone!!