Pig Tails & Babies

Addisons hair is finally long enough to do something with. Heres her new DO ;) Her new favorite thing to play with is babies and anything to do with them. she carries her babies around and feeds them and even has to sleep with them.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We spent Christmas in SJ with the Heap family. My mom and Sister nikki and her two kids came up and had christmas with us. we are always happy to have ppl spend christmas with us. its just not the same with only the three of us. this is the second year that nikki has spent christmas with us ;) We had the progressive dinner with all the Heaps on thursday night and all the kids dressed up for the nativity. Then santa came and we got pictures of the kids on his lap and he gave all the kids presents. Christmas eve morning we all went to AUnt Jenny's so the kids could make trains. Addison didn't make one because she just wanted to eat the candy not put it on her train Then that night we let all the kids open their Christmas Pajamas. Then Christmas morning came and Nikki told Tristen " santa came lets go see what he brought" to which tristen replied "He still came even though I was bad" hahaha So we opened present and then prepared christmas dinner we had more food than we knew what to do with. Ham, Turkey, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Rolls, Stuffing, Cheese Ball....Wow im pretty sure we all gained ten pounds. Im so thankful to be so fortunate. I think this time of year we should all remember that not everyone gets to have big feasts. We should be so greatful for what we have and the time we get to share with our families.



Addison wanted a candy cane, but couldnt get it off the tree. I guess she decided the only way was to eat it off haha!

Ben and I spent New Years in Mesa. We were down there helping my mom get moved into her new house. I had a sinus cold so we ended up going to bed at 10...I know were so lame, but we didn't want to go out with all the crazies down there, and plus i just didnt fill good. To be honest I dont feel like i missed out ;) Ben and I both set some new years goals. One that we have in common is to eat healthy and exercise. Wish us luck!

I NEVER keep up!

So, lets start with Halloween...Addison was a Cheerleader...thats right an ASU cheerleader...Im hoping if i get it out of her system now she wont be one in real life, ASU or otherwise ;) We walked in the parade from the court house down main street and back up to the park. We walked with Jaime and the Boys and Mari and the girls and Tristen and Calli. It was sooo windy, but we still had alot of fun. That evening Ben and I and Addison and Jon and mari and the girls and mom and dad walked around the neighborhood by mom and dads house it was cold so we didnt stay out too long but we had a good time. Mom and dad even dressed up. Here are some pictures of the night. Its the first halloween that I didnt make a stop at Nanas for some of the "GOOD Candy" she would always have big candy bars for all the grandkids and great grandkids

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Someone told me to update my blog so here i am!

Lets see alot has happened since august i Guess i just dont know what ;) I quit my job at the county and I babysit and get to stay home with Addison all day. I love being home but babysitting can be hard at times, but all in all its working out really well. I turned 23 on the 16th of september WOW im getting old haha. but we didnt get any pictures. Ben got me a WII for my birthday and we had some friends over for games and cake ;) STRAWBERRY DELIGHT MMMM! Then just a couple weekends ago ben and i took a vacation without addison for our anniversary. We left Addison with bens mom and went to mesa. We spoiled ourselves and stayed in a hotel for 3 nights. we slept in too late and stayed up too late. ;) we got to spend a little bit of time with some family. we hung out with one of bens very good friends and his wife and had a great time. and last but not least we went to a Jack Johnson concert. It was a blast, we had such a good time.

Update on the Little missy~

Shes growing faster than ever and so is her personality. She just completely full of it. We love her so much and are so glad she chose us to be her parents ;) here are some fun pictures of her.

Im Horrible!

Im so horrible at keeping up with my blog. This has been a crazy summer filled with the crosby reunion, camping at big lake, fourth or july, 24th of july,The Heap Reunion etc....weve had so much fun. Sad news is my grandma passed away the 24th of july week. Its such a blessing for her to finally be pain free but we all miss her so much.

June- The crosby reunion! We had a blast. we went to a beautiful place just outside of showlow and just spent all day friday and all day saturday. we didnt stay the night because its hard in a tent with addison. We had a lot of fun and got to see alot of the family that we dont see very often.


July- For the fourth of July Ben was working so we didnt do much. I watched my niece and nephew calli and tristen for the weekend and we went to the parade in roundvalley with my sister jaime and had lunch at her sister in law audreys house. then we headed back to SJ and that night calli and I and addison went out to lyman and watched fire works with one of my friends who was camping out there. we had a good time.

15th of July- we went to big lake with part of bens family. we drove up on a thursday and stayed the night and by friday afternoon addison had a high fever and we had to go home. it was a huge bummer and we were really dissapointed we missed out on that! I did get a few pictures in the time we were there though!

24th of july- we started off by playing in the volleyball tournament. I think we got third or so. By the end we were so dead beat tired that we didnt care what we got. We always have alot of fun but its alot of playing to do in two days. We went to the ice cream social and had dinner there before hand. Then my sister nikki and her friend sherri and kids came to stay with us for the weekend, they were a blast .We watched the parade with bens family and went out to the camp fire circle with my family. And my favorite part is the the dance. I love country dancing. Ben is so good at it. I suck and he probably hates dancing with me but i always have a great time ;) I of course didnt get as many pictures as i hoped.

NANA- Anyone you ask has nothing but great things to say about our NANA. She was a great woman no doubt about it! we all loved her and miss her so much. Ive had a harder time with it than i thought I would. All the grandkids were able to sing at her funeral. we sang "wind beneath my wings" and "smile" two songs that i found very fitting for her. I think more than anything else Im jealous of the reunion shes having with Papa and uncle george and Most of all my dad! Thats a day that I look forward to in good time after ive fulfilled my life here, but what a great day that will be. I just love this picture of Addison and Nana! its the most recent one i have ;)

Last but not least the Heap reunion- RAIN RAIN RAIN!....ok thats not all but pretty much. Ben and i went up friday morning early and it was a really nice day, we just hung out and enjoyed everyones company, we drove home friday night and came back early saturday morning. Had to be there in time for breakfast. the food and the heap reunion is one of my favorite parts and the fact that the men cook is pretty nice too. It rained most of saturday and then about 7 pm it got really nice so we all sat around the camp fire for a few hours and visited and listened to boyd play the guitar.





ONE LAST THING- Addison finally started walking. The other night I was at my inlaws and we were talking about how addison could walk if she wanted shes just lazy, so I was showing my mother in law how she would walk in between us and she just kept going across the living room...down the hall...etc! and that was it :0 she walks and crawls now but is walking more and more everyday. Its so bittersweet. they grow up so fast! I have a video of her but i cant figure out how to get it on my blog ;(