Short and Sweet

So Stephanie's sister's came down for Tippy's birthday this last week and on Monday Steph's older sister Heather cut and colored my hair. I really needed it as you can see in our family picture and wanted a change for the winter. So I went darker and a funky shorter cut. I love it but wasn't sure that Daniel would. However he just loves it and keeps saying "You're so cute!" So success there. Addy was a little confused and keeps pulling my hair. The best part is that I actually have to do it but it only takes about 10 min total. Thanks Heather!

P.S. Addy is being so fun she does this girly little squeal that is so cute.

P.P.S. Daniel surprised me with some opening night twilight tickets, it's funny we haven't been to the movies in months and then Daniel's brother Jared (who works at the Theatre) got us in to the James Bond movie and Daniel's been planning to surprise me with this for awhile, such a sweet hubby!!! Oh, and I love the new Bond (the actor) maybe because he's blond and blue eyed kinda reminds me of someone I know and they share the same first name!!

MMmmm Mmmm Goood

Well another Lesson down. I did the lesson on dependability. I had an object lesson about popcorn. How when you first start making popcorn there is always that one kernel that shoots out without popping as soon as the heat is on. (the person whom never commits and you can't rely on.) Then there are those kernels that get bigger but don't quite pop (those that say they'll do it and want to but forget or just don't quite fulfill their duties. Then there is the perfect pieces that pop up and live up to their potential. They are reliable everytime. Then there are those that pop a little late after the bowl is moved and they fall to the floor (they're the ones who may say they'd do something but come a little to late.) Anyways I made carmel popcorn balls or my class with a cute quote. And I feel like the lesson went pretty well. Addy's been a little sick lately and has been throwing up today, but still happy. I was sitting in church today wondering what energy demon was possessing my sweet babe. My normally quite and still baby has found her voice and was determined to sing today. As soon as the music started she was squacking and waving her arms Roma was sure she was trying to lead the music because she was staring right at the chorister the whole time. She also was trying to get the hymn books out. Grabbing Roma Ann's scripture markers to chew on. And talking to the girls behind us. To tell you the truth I wasn't sure what to do because this was a first right out of the blue. She normally will just let me rock her in Sacrament meeting but Daniel had to take her out because she was too distracted. He came back 2 minutes later with my sleeping baby, but it was an adventure before that. Also this week we've been trying to up the food content so Addy will be on track. She hasn't shown to much enthusiasm until my M-I-Law Phyllis gave me this yogurt called Yo-Baby. It's specially designed for babies and toddlers with no artificial stuff and made all organic. Addy LOVED it. She was begging for more which was new to us. She downed the whole little carton. And made a mess because she would yell for more before swallowing. Here is Addy's first of I'm sure many messy faces

  Her daddy thought it was so cute.

 And this pic is to show my mom Yup she still has the reddish hair. Man this girl has pretty skin and rosy cheeks. Not many can resist those cheeks.

* Memory for ADDY* I looked at Grandpa Stout holding you today and he was rubbing his hand up and down your leg, I asked him if your legs felt cold thinking you might need a blanket, Grandpa just grinned and said "Nope she's just so soft it's like heaven to touch."

 Mommy and Addy sporting our winter hats. Addy loves to look in the mirror. I know a little vain perhaps?

A few more

Wow this week has gone by fast for me. I started working last Wednesday at the elementary school that is less than a block away. I'm  a severe special education paraprofessional. I work with the most severe kids in the school. Well at least I'm suppose to but half the time I work with one kindergardener who his mom put in the program but is not severe, so that part of the day is easy. When he leaves I still have about an hour left and I work with a little girl who has Angelmans syndrome (really hard), and then 2 really cute boys with Downs Syndrome. I work 3 hours a day. My mother-in-law watches Addy, but it still makes me sad to leave her. I just feel like with Daniel going to school and working in roofing and the economy the way it is that little extra will help with getting some savings. So now my day is a little more crazy. I've been getting up at 5:30 and feeding Addy (won't be for long only until Daniel will start leaving to work at 7:00) I feel bad having to wake her up but then I put her in bed with Roma Ann and go with Steph to the gym at 6:00 (we use to go at 9:15 but that clashes with my work schedule) I then get back at 7:00 shower go get Addy dress her play with her and then I get ready for work. I eat then take Addy out to Phyllis's then feed her out there before I leave to get to the school at 9:00. I work from 9-12 then pick Addy up. I feed her then play a little and she goes down for a nap between 12:30-1:00 until 3:00-4:00. I usually try to sneak a nap too somewhere in there. Then when she wakes up she gets fed and she watches me practice my piano while she plays in her bouncer. Then she usually gets to pound on the piano for a little while. Then we play on the floor in her walker etc. Then depending on the day she gets a bath, pj's on gets fed and a story before she goes to bed by 6:30-7:00. Anyways that's my day in a nutshell, not very glamorous but all the times I get to play with Addy make my day.

Today will be fun with Daniel being home and we get to go to Tippy's birthday party at 2:00. Also I have to get my lesson ready for tomorrow. Already the weekend seems short. P.S. they shot two of the pigs yesterday to get ready for butchering, Tyson was dying to go see his dad so we braved a trip down to the shop but when he saw those pigs on HIS backhoe (they hang them there so they can.... you know) he started screaming. I ran him back to the house thinking he was upset over the pigs. But when he was inside and LaRae was asking him what's wrong he kept saying "pigs holding MY backhoe" "I want the backhoe" Seems he was jealous of those poor piggy's.

So my sister sent a few more of the pics we took when we went home.

 I love the one's we took outside the church by the corn, I just miss home and the abundant fields.
 

Addy sat up so good in these pics she'd never seen leaves. Of course she had to taste them

She wasn't so sure about the texture

I love this pic of her with her tongue out, she is so adorable!

The Worth Of "Soles"

So we had our Young Women in Excellence Night this evening and two of my Beehive girls were the ones who put it on. They did awesome and I loved the theme The Worth of Soles. The girls brought their favorite pair of shoes that represented them and decorated a shoe box. They then had a cute sign saying why these shoes represented them. The also showed one of the Personal Progress Projects. The program went well they had the YW president speak a little and then had chosen a girl to represent each of the YW values, each of these girls had their shoes sitting on the color of the value For example Choice and Accountability the girl had some flip flops and in her little talk she said that "we can't flip flop around when it comes to our choices." that was just one I remember. Then we had these 3 girls who are in our ward and are Samoan sing, and the bishop spoke and then we had a slideshow of pics throughout the year. It was so good. We then had refreshments it was apple juice and pumpkin ice cream cake rolls... but there was cream cheese in it so yuck for me but yum for Daniel later on.I decided to do my own version of the shoe-personality

 So here is my favorite shoe, nope I didn't say pair of shoes just shoe because I lost the other one and I am so broken up over it someday I will replace them! Their website is pipersandals.com. Anyways they represent me because they've been with me for some of the most important times of my life Like Camp K and my meeting of Daniel. I've done hikes with them, waded in rivers. And they represent a part of my life that was outdoorsy and a tad bit hippy. They show how I hate having my feet confined into a tennis shoe and when I can't go barefoot I would wear these shoes anytime. No kidding I cried when I lost the one (read the testimonials and you'll see why) People called this my Jesus sandals and that's okay because I really want to follow in his footsteps.

 This is my new pair of shoes that I love for Sundays because they are actually comfortable and don't give me blisters. This represents my want to dress up every once in awhile. I love the red and the peek a boo toe. They make me taller and I feel more sophisticated and notice I have better self esteem when walking in them... silly I know but hey it helps.

Anyways loved this idea and all the girls in my group! One Laurel gave me a ride the other day when she saw me walking she then told me she has her own version of a ward party everyday. She goes around and picks up all the kids in our ward who are walking home from school, she gets a car load and then drops them off and then goes and gets some more, I thought this was awesome and such a good example to me.

Also I want to write this down  in case I ever need a good YW idea in the slideshow it showed an activity they did that was combined and it was called Where's Waldo? Parents and other people in the ward get dressed up in wigs and other disguises and go to the mall. The youth have to go searching to find the certain characters in the mall and get a kick out of finding out that it's people they know example: go find lady with a fro.... the Samoan grandma in our ward had a big wig on. Just a fun activity.

SO ANYONE WANT TO SHARE THEIR SHOE PERSONALITIES?

Just a few

Last weekend was so fun and I wanted to wait until my sister sent me all the pictures but I guess I can back track. Adam, LaRae, Tyson, Lincoln, Daniel, Adelaide, and I all piled into Stuart and Heidi's excursion (thanks for letting us use it). We fit pretty comfortably and made okay time. We left last Thursday and then got there around 12:30 a.m. on Friday. I can never sleep in when I go home I'm too excited to get the day going, much to Daniel's chagrin. Anyways we just had such a fun weekend, we went to my youngest brother George's football game and felt for him when they lost but he made an awesome touchdown. We had fun going to the trunk or treat. Adelaide was suppose to be a cowgirl but I forgot the hat and decided to have her be a fairy because I brought the tutu and we got some wings... I'll have to post a picture later. We saw a bunch of people that I haven't seen forever! Love my ward and community. We all just played together and had a nice time with family. Sunday was a good meeting and I had fun seeing my sisters with all the kids. Here are a few pics of that weekend can't wait till Christmas.

These 2 pics are of Addy and my friend Karli's little boy Gray I had some more but they haven't been sent. I felt like I knew him because I see him on the blog all the time, he's so cute!

 My good Ol dog Max! He doesn't have much longer till he goes to Doggie heaven but I just love this pup!
 Daniel had fun on this little motorcycle
 Addy loved her aunts here is a pic of her and Clara

You're it!

Steph tagged me.... so here it goes

8 T.V. Shows I love to watch

1. The Office

2. Project Runway

3. Top Chef

4. Good things Utah

5. House Hunters

6. Survivor

7. Biggest Loser

8. Heroes

8 things that happened yesterday

1. Stole Steph's car

2. Got my new spiffy I.D. badge for work

3. Had to show I can lift a 55 pound dummy

4. Ate a taco that Steph's awesome neighbor made

5. made Addy laugh histerically

6. went to young womens activity

7. visited with Daniel's uncle who was visiting from California

8. kissed my hubby when he came home and gave him his chicken and veggie dinner

8 places I love to eat at:

1. Here at home

2. Olive Garden

3. Pasta Factory

4. The Flat

5. Steph's house (mmmm... leftovers)

6. Wagon Wheel

7. Bajio

8. Walmart (they have that yummy sticky chicken chunks)

8 things I am looking forward too

1. My first pay check

2. Thanksgiving here at hurricane

3. Christmas at home

4. Hot Cocoa season

5. Our 2nd year anniversary

6. Every day with Addy

7. watching twilight with my hubby

8. finishing daniel's christmas present

8 things on my wishlist

1. A running car

2. food storage

3. new clothes

4. food processor

5. a good chunk of savings

6. A house 

7. An acceptance letter to med school

8. a new hairdo

8 people I tag ( i know I've seen this tag floating around so don't do it if you already have)

1. Comet

2. Denise

3. Brandi

4. Katie

5. River

6. Megan

7. Merilee

8. Gena

5.

Good day

I am going to post pictures soon of my trip home but just wanted to put down something Daniel said to me that I want to remember. This is the only sort of journaling I'm doing and Daniel said the sweetest thing to me on Friday. I was getting dressed to go the Trunk or Treat and George's game on Friday. I was doing my hair and make-up when my sweet hubby came down and gave me a hug and telling me how good I looked. I said thanks and then told him I was thinking to myself how much time I was putting into getting ready for people I haven't seen in such a long time because I didn't want them to think badly of me, yet I don't take that time to do it daily for my hubby who loves me no matter what. Daniel looked at me said I think you look good every day, and then there are the days you look great. I love that he said, I love seeing you every day and how you look it makes my heart jump, and then there are the days you get all dressed up and you take my breath away! I don't want to lose that feeling!

AHHHHHHhhhhh I love him so much, he is always so complimentary to me and I am so thankful for him!

I can't believe it's been six months. I sure do love this baby girl, and can't believe I got so lucky, here I was scared to have a girl and she's the best. We sure are excited to go home today!!! Wahooo finally some of the people I love will get to meet this little sweetie.

 Addy's BIG day

  1st month wahooo!

 2nd month

3rd month

4th month

5th month

 And here she is my six month old babe! Here are some things Addy does now a days!

* laughs alot

* rolls over, and over, and over so frustrated that she can't crawl she just kicks and kicks and tries so hard.

* sucks on her toes

* has discovered her head, puts her hand up there and scratches or plays with her hair!

* loves phones and wants to hold them

* rolls over to bags and purses and starts pulling things out.... kinda scary because I had some scissors in my diaper bag and she got them.

* likes when daddy throws her in the air.

* can sit up for about a minute

* tries to give kisses!!!

WE LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!! Can't believe half a year is gone!

the missing link

I'm finally going to post the missing pics that go with some of the things that I have blogged about.

My manly hunter with his buck.
I babysat these two boys, and for one brief moment Tyson and Lincoln were quiet maybe because Dora was about trucks and tractors that day???
 here is my toe sucking babe, she sucks so hard it makes the funniest noises not to mention her toes, fingers, and bottom lip have sores on them
 Addy loves her uncles Ben and Jared, they're a little infatuated with her!

Well I am very excited to come home (oregon) on Thursday and can't wait to see everyone and watch George's football game. However it is a little bittersweet coming home when there are so many hearts at home that are in anguish. My dad's home teacher died unexpectedly last week and during his funeral yesterday it was announced that another family in our ward was in a car accident and their oldest boy was killed. Some of their other children are still in critical condition. When I found out yesterday morning from my sister I was crying quite a bit, I love this family especially their father who will always hold a special place in my heart because he is one of the kindest persons I know, and it is so sad to think about these parents and their grief. And though I'm sad that Loughlin is no longer with us I think about the fact that he is now free from having to face some of the hardships that are to come. Just praying that this family and our ward family can overcome these hard times and be comforted. I read my friend Karli's blog and she said exactly what I said when I found out: "Our ward has sure been taking some hard hits lately" and while all of them have not had the worst possible outcome (glad Kacie is home!) it is hard for us. Many people asked me "well did you know them that well?", because here their wards are ever changing and splitting they don't realize that these people have been apart of my life for many years or even all my life I look forward to seeing them almost as much as my own family when I come home and that our ward is quite constant and we really are in a sense a large ward family. Love you all!

The Moment

I was feeding Adelaide and she fell asleep and though she'd had a bath, was fed, and her newly washed sheet was on her bed it was hard to put her down because as I was holding her she grabbed my hair and snuggled in closer, and then it hit me. I had a moment, you know the ones they just hit you randomly where all of a sudden you  get hit with the realization that this little person trusts you and loves you unconditionally. That they totally rely on you and that they were entrusted to you. It gets me a little emotional sometimes when I realize how much I love that little girl.

Well this week has been so busy!I have a young women's retreat that I'm preparing for this weekend which should be fun because Daniel and I get to stay in Daniel's old bishops cabin on Kolob (on the way to Zion national park). I was worried that I couldn't go to the Friday night part of our trip because Addy isn't allowed to go (she's too distracting) but now this will be so nice and I'll be traveling between the two cabins so that is so awesome. I'm making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the retreat and they I tried the recipe and they were delicious so I'm pretty excited to make them tomorrow. Daniel's hunting trip was successful and he wants me to post a picture soon of his buck. It's not a huge one because I asked for a younger buck (the meat is much easier to work with taste wise) I missed Daniel so much the night he was gone. I know it's not the first time but it is 10X harder when he has no service and we can't talk so I decided to make him a yummy dinner. I had found some country pork loin strips on sale and cut them up then I heated the oven to 350 then put  a 20 oz bottle of sierra mist and a bottle of Famous Daves Sweet and Zesty (something like that) in a dutch oven. Then I put the dutch oven in the oven and cooked it for about 4-5 hours then I took a bag of frozen hashbrowns and I put them in a casserole dish. I then opened a can of cream of chicken, some cream, and grated cheese, I put the mixture on top. And then with some juice and some veggies that made our dinner. Roma Ann used some of our canned apple pie filling to make some apple crisp soooo yummy not very healthy but hey he loved it and it was yummy.

Anyways I have a job interview tomorrow but just wanted to leave you with some Addy news, she rolls over multiple times and in Sunday school rolled over 6 consecutive times. Now I have to vacuum constantly just in case and as you can see below she's traveling quite far from her blanket.

 Daniel and I playing with the Photobooth
Addy wrestling with her Daddy

My favorite things

So I decided I wanted to post about my favorite things right now... some are kinda a secret but I'll give it away. Before I do though I wanted to do a quick update. I decided to get a small part-time job or at least try for one to help out because roofing has been a bit slow. I went to the school down the street to see about a special education job and had a meeting with the principal. Well he asked me where I was from and I said Adrian, Oregon. He stared at me and said you're kidding right? I said "You know where it is?" He pointed to his diploma and said check that out, he graduated from Parma High School so I started laughing a bit and said what a small world, well it got even smaller as we continued to talk. He asked about a few people like Sam Hartley and even my Uncle Dan. He new President Peterson (yeah Farell!!!) and then said that he use to date a gal that lives in the Owyhee Ward. Lo and behold he dated my bishops wife, my friends mom, yup you guessed it Tami Peterson before he went on a mission. His name is Keith Pederson (man tami either way and your initials would have been the same :) though he was super nice you totally got the better looking one yup Alan you can thank me later!) He even said how much he liked Alan and how respectful he was, anyways he wants me to stop by some time and call Alan and Tami so he can chat but I thought I'd throw that out there first because I don't want to give some guy you dislike your number :0 But maybe I'll land a job because of who I know!! Like I said small world. Now onto my favorite things

white amber perfume from GAP love the smell of this! Thanks Ace for helping me choose.
 these are from baby legs and so useful and cute these are Steph's but after borrowing them I am so going to order some. It was cold for a few days and she wore these morning and night and it kept her warm and easy to change diapers.
This is my diaper bag. I wanted to get a new one after my hospital one was mistaken about 4 times because everyone gets the same one. So I wanted something cute but Loud so I wouldn't loose it (mostly cute) I got it from Ross and when I came home Daniel said well it won't be mistaken for someone else's, it's the ugliest bag I've seen. I was shocked! I said I actually like it!!! (he thought I just got it because it stood out, not that I thought it was cute) anyways he felt bad so he said "well it's tolerable I guess. Right, like that makes me feel good. But the whole week  about 15 girls most I didn't know said I love that bag!! Guys just don't get it!

 Well here's a secret. Find an asian market (because you can't find this in Walmart and the stuff they have there is not the same trust me!) and here is the best ingredient for Asian food, especially stir fry. Such a yummy flavor. Also so good on steamed veggies, on chicken with potatoes. It is just an awesome sauce with a kick. It is MAE PLOY sweet chili sauce. Try it you'll love it. My sister-in-law Angelyn turned me onto this and since we don't have an asian food store down here she actually brought me 2 more bottles a couple of weeks ago!

 look close at Addy's hair and you'll see a little bow. Nothing special so you'll be wondering what's the big deal? Well it's the way the bow stays on to be exact. Daniel's cousin has a patent pending product that is this awesome glue. It doesn't pull can work with hair or no hair and washes with just water, can peel the bow off without pulling hair. And the biggy if you follow the instructions step by step you'll have no problem reusing the bows and (though I guess this shows you how long I let addy go without a bath once) it'll last 3-4 days no problem!! Her website is:

www.baldybabybows.com
 So for my camp K friends they know what this means to me! I love Nalgene bottles and I have had one that was pretty special to me that I won from something at Camp K. It had my Wyoming sticker on it from my friend Burt and so I wanted to keep it forever. But even though they are nigh destructable they can't handle being filled to the top and them left in the freezer which is what my hubby did in January 2007. So I kept my cracked waterbottle because I wanted to transfer the sticker to the new one that Daniel kept promising me. Well  a couple weeks ago yes that's about  a year and 1/2 later he came through with a new blue nalgene and with careful peeling I transfered my sticker and am overjoyed to have my favorite drinking container back. (Now my hubby hates that I have any sort of hippiness to me but I have a little and I'll just say that drinking out of one of these instead of buying disposable bottles of water is a great thing so DO it, also Comet if your reading I'm thinking of going cloth grocery bags aren't you proud?)

 Well of course one of my most favorite thing is this little girl! She is so funny, everyday she does something that just makes me laugh. She has learned to spit (well make farting noises I guess) yup sounds gross but is so adorable, only problem is she does it so much that spit pools under her lips and she's starting to get a sore, I'm trying to put a stop to it. She can sorta sit up now, and also has discovered how yummy her toes are. I love Adelaide!

 And of course my most favorite is this guy!! I love my BABE, he's such a hands on daddy and is so helpful to me. He genuinely tries his hardest to make sure I'm happy with every aspect of life, I love that he cares about my feelings even if sometimes I'm irrational! LOVE him but can't really tell you where to find one, though I know most of you have such good ones.

Wonderland

So I had some ideas for a photo shoot.... one idea came from my cousin Gena who just had her second baby girl WAHOOO congrats guys! Anyways the pomegranates are on right now and are so cool looking bushes that I wanted to try some photos. So I called Steph and she brought Tippy on over and we did a really fun shoot. I love how dreamy some of them are.... featuring our tutu's!! I'm just posting a few but will post the rest on my photo blog.







LOVE THIS ONE WITH THE POMEGRANATES