Happy Easter!

No we didn't adopt a baby that's our friends little girl, they were painting eggs with us.



We had such a fun easter. This year Adalyn was really into Easter. Both the girls loved the easter egg hunt that the base put on. You can see in the video that Ellie was at first more interested in watching the other kids and was a little unsure about picking up the eggs. But after a couple of minutes she finally started picking up eggs and was excited she even won a free basket and Adalyn won 2 pez candies. Then we came home a colored eggs. On sunday we have early church so after church they got there baskets and we hid real eggs. It was just a fun weekend for our family.

Happy Easter!

No we didn't adopt a baby that's our friends little girl, they were painting eggs with us.



We had such a fun easter. This year Adalyn was really into Easter. Both the girls loved the easter egg hunt that the base put on. You can see in the video that Ellie was at first more interested in watching the other kids and was a little unsure about picking up the eggs. But after a couple of minutes she finally started picking up eggs and was excited she even won a free basket and Adalyn won 2 pez candies. Then we came home a colored eggs. On sunday we have early church so after church they got there baskets and we hid real eggs. It was just a fun weekend for our family.

A Visit from Family!

We were so lucky to have my Mom and brother Jay and his wife Chelsea and Hannah there 2 year old come visit over general conference weekend. We decided to buy there 2003 toyota highlander and they bought our 2000 honda accord. So they drove down so we could switch cars. Adam is very excited to have a new car and one that has a tow package.(thanks Jay and Chelsea) We had the best weekend, it was really warm the entire time they were here so the kids wanted to be outside all day. My girls love playing with Hannah and they get along so well. It is always so nice to have family around, I wish we lived closer. I didn't want the trip to be over. The girls love being spoiled by Grandma, Adalyn asks me everyday if we are going on an airplane to see her. So here are some pics of our fun time together.

Our new car! We are officially a Toyota Family. We love our Sienna and Highlander.


Grandma Jones and the girls.


One night Chelsea painted all the girls finger and toe nails. They loved it!


This is where they ate while they were here.


This is how Adalyn kept posing for pictures! She is so funny!


the girls found the blow up air mattress and this is how we found them! Sneaky!


Enjoying being outside.


Ellie just kept loving on my mom and wouldn't stop hugging and kissing her. It was so cute.



Adalyn decided to have a picnic outside with Hannah, so they got food and plates and ate outside. They had so much fun.

A Visit from Family!

We were so lucky to have my Mom and brother Jay and his wife Chelsea and Hannah there 2 year old come visit over general conference weekend. We decided to buy there 2003 toyota highlander and they bought our 2000 honda accord. So they drove down so we could switch cars. Adam is very excited to have a new car and one that has a tow package.(thanks Jay and Chelsea) We had the best weekend, it was really warm the entire time they were here so the kids wanted to be outside all day. My girls love playing with Hannah and they get along so well. It is always so nice to have family around, I wish we lived closer. I didn't want the trip to be over. The girls love being spoiled by Grandma, Adalyn asks me everyday if we are going on an airplane to see her. So here are some pics of our fun time together.

Our new car! We are officially a Toyota Family. We love our Sienna and Highlander.


Grandma Jones and the girls.


One night Chelsea painted all the girls finger and toe nails. They loved it!


This is where they ate while they were here.


This is how Adalyn kept posing for pictures! She is so funny!


the girls found the blow up air mattress and this is how we found them! Sneaky!


Enjoying being outside.


Ellie just kept loving on my mom and wouldn't stop hugging and kissing her. It was so cute.



Adalyn decided to have a picnic outside with Hannah, so they got food and plates and ate outside. They had so much fun.

Adalyn over the past 4 years!

Over the past 4 years we have literaly taken at least a thousand pictures of Adalyn. We have so many but here are just a few of her. Looking at all these pictures makes me remember what it was like having her and what a joy she has been in our lives. Since coming into our family our lives have not been the same. She made me a mom, I have learned so much from her. How to be more patient, loving, caring and how to just have fun. Adalyn has always been a little stubborn and likes to learn and do things at her own pace. I delivered her almost 3 weeks early, she was ready to come. She weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz and was 19 in. long. She of course had so much hair nobody could believe she was really ours. She didn't learn to crawl until 2 days before her 1st birthday and didn't walk until 15 months. She just wasn't interested in moving. At age 1 she had an MRI on her brain because her head from birth was always above the 100%. So with her delays the doctor thought something was wrong. Thankfully the doctor told us she just has a BIG head,(have you ever seen her dad! :) She also had a dairy and peanut allergy which made eating very interesting and hard, she thankfully out grew that after her 2nd birthday. It hasn't always been easy, we've learned a lot and experienced a lot with her but it has all been worth it. Adalyn is very kind, caring, funny, she loves everything princess, girlie, purple, gymnastics and to play with her friends. She loves to help in the kitchen and sometimes she even loves to play with Ellie! She is a little OCD. She is also a pack rat and everyday has to have her "special things" it changes weekly that she carries around with her. We love her so much.

Adalyn over the past 4 years!

Over the past 4 years we have literaly taken at least a thousand pictures of Adalyn. We have so many but here are just a few of her. Looking at all these pictures makes me remember what it was like having her and what a joy she has been in our lives. Since coming into our family our lives have not been the same. She made me a mom, I have learned so much from her. How to be more patient, loving, caring and how to just have fun. Adalyn has always been a little stubborn and likes to learn and do things at her own pace. I delivered her almost 3 weeks early, she was ready to come. She weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz and was 19 in. long. She of course had so much hair nobody could believe she was really ours. She didn't learn to crawl until 2 days before her 1st birthday and didn't walk until 15 months. She just wasn't interested in moving. At age 1 she had an MRI on her brain because her head from birth was always above the 100%. So with her delays the doctor thought something was wrong. Thankfully the doctor told us she just has a BIG head,(have you ever seen her dad! :) She also had a dairy and peanut allergy which made eating very interesting and hard, she thankfully out grew that after her 2nd birthday. It hasn't always been easy, we've learned a lot and experienced a lot with her but it has all been worth it. Adalyn is very kind, caring, funny, she loves everything princess, girlie, purple, gymnastics and to play with her friends. She loves to help in the kitchen and sometimes she even loves to play with Ellie! She is a little OCD. She is also a pack rat and everyday has to have her "special things" it changes weekly that she carries around with her. We love her so much.

Adalyn's New Bedroom!

Well a couple of months ago our base was selling furniture from hotels and things here on base. It was all priced really cheap like dresser's for $10 and nightstands for $5. So we decided this would be a cheap way to get some new stuff. So we bought a bunch of things, but it drives me crazy having miss-match furniture in all our rooms. So we decided that we should paint Adalyn's furniture to make it all look a little more put together. So once I did that than I thought why not get a bedspread and make it all look good. So after 2 weeks of painting and then a bunch of trips to Michaels and the Dollar Tree to pick up stuff and a lot of painting and trying to be crafty I finally finished! So here is the finished product. Adalyn loves her new room. And thanks to my Mom and Chelsea who came to visit and helped me too.

Adalyn's New Bedroom!

Well a couple of months ago our base was selling furniture from hotels and things here on base. It was all priced really cheap like dresser's for $10 and nightstands for $5. So we decided this would be a cheap way to get some new stuff. So we bought a bunch of things, but it drives me crazy having miss-match furniture in all our rooms. So we decided that we should paint Adalyn's furniture to make it all look a little more put together. So once I did that than I thought why not get a bedspread and make it all look good. So after 2 weeks of painting and then a bunch of trips to Michaels and the Dollar Tree to pick up stuff and a lot of painting and trying to be crafty I finally finished! So here is the finished product. Adalyn loves her new room. And thanks to my Mom and Chelsea who came to visit and helped me too.

Adalyn's 4th Birthday!!!

Wow I can't even believe 4 years has gone by since Adalyn came into our family. I really can't remember my life before her! I wanted to first tell about her birthday party and then I put together some pictures of her from the beginning to now.
So first off Adalyn could not wait for it to be her birthday that is why I started the birthday countdown. Whenever she would ask me "is it my birthday yet?" Which she did everyday for a month I would tell her, "go look at your countdown, is there still paper?" It really did help her understand a little bit better about waiting.

Anyway, she told us she wanted a princess party with her friends so I invited over some kids from our ward she likes to play with and they painted, played some games, hit a piñata, had cake and ice-cream and then she opened her presents! She enjoyed having the spotlight on her and kept reminding the kids that it was HER birthday! It was a fun party and she loved all her gifts, she got moon sand, play-doh, a dress, crayola magic markers and paper and her favorite from her friend Ellie was a purple my little pony with a DVD and a book called Purplelicious! It is the cutest book. For those of you who don't know Adalyn is obsessed with purple. Everything has to be purple, she only wants to color with purple have purple shirts and pajamas, EVERYTHING!! It's been going on for almost 2 years now.
We gave her for her birthday a T-ball set which she loves and can hit the ball really far she is definitely athletic (YEAH!!) and a hand held v-tech v-smile pocket and game, and our big gift to her was her Barbie bike! We figured she should be learning how to ride a real bike with the help of training wheels. She was so excited. She got a few other things as well.










Now that she is 4 she is learning so much and can understand so much more it is a really fun time for us and her. She can play games and is learning to write more, she can write the letter "A" and "D" and "i" the number "1" and "2" and draw a balloon, a person which is hilarious and hearts and circles. She started sunbeams in January and every Sunday we listen to the new primary songs they’re learning. It amazed me this past Sunday she could sing every song on the CD. She is so smart and has and incredible memory!
We also had a talk with her about now that she is 4 she needs to be our big girl and be a good big sister. Also that she needs to have some responsibilities which will be pulling up her covers on her bed, learning to buckle herself in the car and learning how to go the bathroom all by herself without my help.(she needs to know that for pre-school) If she does these things than we started with her a "Coin Jar" which is every time she does something nice, plays well with Ellie or just does what is asked without whining than she gets a coin(a nickel) and if she is bad than she gets one taken away. My sister Jackie gave me this idea; it's an instant gratification or punishment which she needs. She knows that every week if she has enough coins then she can take them to the store and buy what she wants. So far it has worked really well. If we tell her we're taking a coin she stops what she is doing. It's awesome.