Saturday, June 5, 2010

Addison's Baby Blessing






Bye-Bye Training Wheels

The end of March we reached two very huge milestones. Tate and Kyli both learned to ride 2 wheel bikes. Tate had been begging since last fall to take off his training wheels but I was sick and pregnant and didn't want to run up and down the road 50 times so I kept putting it off. Well, one night Kalun took them off after months of begging and Tate took off down the driveway and that was it. He was a natural. Kyli had never learned to ride a bike (I know that's crazy, but true). So, when she saw Tate doing it I was able to convince her to try. She wasn't so sure at first and it did take a little running up and down the road but she caught on. Now they are both professionals. Kyli enjoys riding around the block by herself, and Tate is a maniac trying to pop wheelies and jump curbs. We have to threaten him every night to ground his bike to get him to come inside.

Not a Doll

No that is not a doll, it is Addison. We learned she fits rather well in Haylie's doll stroller. The funniest thing is that Addison loves it. So when I need to get something done and the kids are needing something to do I put her in the stroller and everyone is happy!

Easter 2010

Easter is getting more fun each year. This year was fun because the kids were bigger so they are starting to get really good at Easter egg hunts and it's funny to watch. But it was also fun because we were able to talk a lot about Christ and the real meaning of Easter time.




Sunday, March 28, 2010

Addison's First Photo Shoot

Our neighbor has her own photography company and offered to come take pictures of Addison. This is right before she was 2 weeks old so she'd be sleepy, except the probem was that she was wide awake. My poor neighbor was determined to get cute pictures and she was so patient but Addison was not very cooperative. However you wouldn't know by looking at the pictures because they turned out great. So thanks to my wonderful neighbor Connie and if anyone needs any kind of pictures done (kids, family, wedding, etc.) I'd love to refer you to her just let me know.


Addison's First Photo Shoot





Sunday, March 21, 2010

Girls Day

My sis-in-law had a baby girl in January who they named Britnee. They also have a little girl named Kinsie. We hadn't had a chance to go up and see them since they had Britnee, but she came down here this week and we got all the girls together. It was pretty funny to have all of us hanging out, there is all of the sudden an awful lot of girls in our family. It will be so fun for them as they are growing up to have cousins so close in age. I can't wait for them to get bigger so they can play together.

Addi's First Day Home



Addison Emma Merrill

Born March 1st
7 lbs 6 oz, 20 in long


Family Night at the Dell

My parents reserved this cabin place up AF Canyon and invited all my siblings up for sledding and dinner for a family night. It was a lot of fun. It's perfect to have the sled hills so close to a warm cabin with little kids. Then the kids all played games. They made up their own version of twister where they had to put their ear or their knee, etc instead of just their hand or foot. It was so funny to watch them, especially when they had to put their ear down.