December 4th, 2009

We went for a walk this afternoon to find some leaves to play in. Dodge and Addison really enjoyed making piles to jump in and throwing them in the air. Dodge even took a few home to start a new collection to add to his pine cone collection. It was so nice outside I didn't want to come back inside, but Addison had to have her nap. I love living in the desert.

November 30th, 2009

Decorating Grama and Papa Johnson's Christmas tree. Addison was taking them down as fast as we could put them up. Dodge had fun playing with them before putting them on the tree. I think we are going to have the bottom third of our tree undecorated this year, if not, Addison will un-decorate it for us! It was fun to see all the homemade ornaments that Ryan and his brother and sisters made as kids. It is cute to see they still go on the Christmas tree every year.

November 28th, 2009: Going to see Santa

We went to the mall on Saturday to do a little Christmas shopping and we just had to see Santa while we were there. It was so cute, Dodge jumped right on Santa's lap and said "I want a train table, and a play kitchen for my baby sister Addison". When it was Addison's turn to sit on Santa's lap, well, she reacted as most kids do to sitting on his lap... she cried. We tried to get some cute pictures but I think the ones we got really captured the whole experience really well. It was funny.

 

Yeah, Addison totally poked Dodge in the eye in this picture.

November 27th, 2009

We all got together at Grama and Papa Johnson's to make some super cute snowmen pretzels and reindeer cookies. Addison really enjoyed eating the treats while everyone else got really creative. The kids did a really good job and the treats turned out really cute.

 

November 26th, 2009: Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year at Grama and Papa Johnson's. Uncle Dennis and Aunt Patti were able to come with their girls Chelsea and Cammi. It was a great day. We played some football, some frisbee, and enjoyed some delicious turkey. I absolutely love spending a day with my family and remembering all that we are blessed to have.

November 17th, 2009

I know it's nearly Thanksgiving but we finally have leaves on the ground down here. After dinner, Dodge, Emma, and Addison enjoyed playing in the small pile in Papa Johnson's back yard.

 

Sunday November 15th, 2009

We had our Primary Program: My Eternal Family.  It was fun because everyone but Addison got to be a part of it. Dodge finished his Turkey project for school and it looks pretty awesome. He loves to cut with scissors so we cut out a bunch of colored foam for feathers, feet, and even that weird dangly thingy on it's beak.

November 12th, 2009

Addison apparently felt like having spaghetti while I was in the shower... I guess I need to fix the baby locks on the cabinets!

Oh no, I'm caught!

I guess she loves pasta as much as her daddy!

November 5th, 2009

Dodge has been riding his bike so well. He wanted to go ride bikes so we decided to try and go all the way to Grama and Papa Johnson's house. Since it is about 3 1/2 miles, I didn't think we would actually make it all the way but Dodge did great and made it the whole way in about an hour! He was actually getting mad at me for going to slow! Good job Dodge, you are amazing on that bike of yours!

November 4th, 2009

Addison is pretty observant. I always see her picking up on the little things I do. I found her sitting on the time out chair reading one of my books and couldn't help but take a picture. She is too cute!

October 31, 2009: Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween this year. Grama and Papa Mooney came down with Aunt Katie and took me to Thriller at Tuacahn for my birthday. On Saturday we carved pumpkins and went to a party for me at Grama and Papa Johnson's and did some trick-or-treating. Addison was a pretty cute little bumblebee and Dodge was a Clone Trooper. We only trick-or-treated about 10 houses and Dodge decided he was done. It was so fun to have Grama, Papa, and Katie all here for Halloween and my birthday.