Addie loves...
COLORING
OLIVES ON HER FINGERS (and in her mouth)
HER DADDY!
Wednesday, December 10
Tuesday, December 9
Memphis Monday: EDGED LAWNS
My friend and I were commenting a while back about the nice landscaping down here in Memphis. Residents (in the good areas) seem to care about their lawns. Not so much now that it's December, but in the summer the lawns are always neatly edged and groomed (although the grass is still yellow and weird).
Thursday, December 4
PART 2: Idaho
For Thanksgiving we went to Jason's hometown, Jerome, ID. His Mom sure had a lot on her plate! Not only did she plan Thanksgiving for upwards of 25 people, she also had to plan a wedding luncheon and reception only two days later. It was exhausting for all of us, but Gemarie (Jason's only sister) was glowing and the day overall was a great success. Here are some snapshots from that wonderful week.
(Thanks to Caitlyn and Jake for most of these pictures! I don't know why they're so small.)
A staple of any Hair vacation: video games
Watercolor with Grandma (Take note of Addie's leggings, I actually made them! Thanks, Tiff!)
Battling the singing fish
A very crowded Thanksgiving, but delicious!
Bonding with cousin Chaela, learning chopsticks
The parents
Happy Jason, full of triptophan
Enjoying a moment of down time before the wedding luncheon
A very happy and very naked Addie at the luncheon
The happy couple, Eric & Gemarie
It was cold and windy, and Addie wasn't happy about it
The crazy siblings
The bride and her flower girls
Addie is so cute in that dress (thanks, Caitlyn!) but very obviously fighting a bad diaper rash! Haha!
Chaela partied all night long.
PART 1: Wendy in Memphis
Has it already been nearly a month since I've posted? This has been one of the busiest months of my life! With YW in Excellence at church, Wendy coming to visit, never seeing Jason, and making a whirlwind trip to Idaho last week, I feel like I'm finally able to catch my breath. This is the first of 2 catch up posts.
My good friend Wendy came down to Memphis in mid-November. She stayed for 3 days and we did all the touristy things.
We saw the Peabody ducks (and a fire across the street).
We went to Graceland to pay tribute to Elvis (lucky for her I had already been before so I didn't have to read every single thing like I normally do). This is us in front of Elvis' grave, we're not very solemn, eh? 
We also ate some delicious BBQ (although I don't think Wendy was all that impressed), and got lost in a scary scary part of downtown. What did we enjoy the most? MONOPOLY MARATHONS! Unbeknownst to us (and possibly to her) Wendy likes our favorite game--Mega Monopoly. We played it twice (which in three days is a lot!) and, if my memory serves me right, enjoyed getting womped by Jason both times. Unfortunately we didn't take a lot of pictures, these are all courtesy of Wendy, but Addie had a bad fall right before she came and she wasn't looking very cute anyway. Ick!
Jason and I always LOVE having Wendy visit! Come again when it isn't FREEZING!
We went to Graceland to pay tribute to Elvis (lucky for her I had already been before so I didn't have to read every single thing like I normally do). This is us in front of Elvis' grave, we're not very solemn, eh? We also ate some delicious BBQ (although I don't think Wendy was all that impressed), and got lost in a scary scary part of downtown. What did we enjoy the most? MONOPOLY MARATHONS! Unbeknownst to us (and possibly to her) Wendy likes our favorite game--Mega Monopoly. We played it twice (which in three days is a lot!) and, if my memory serves me right, enjoyed getting womped by Jason both times. Unfortunately we didn't take a lot of pictures, these are all courtesy of Wendy, but Addie had a bad fall right before she came and she wasn't looking very cute anyway. Ick!Jason and I always LOVE having Wendy visit! Come again when it isn't FREEZING!Monday, November 10
Memphis Monday: WEATHERMEN
This one was pointed out to me this last weekend by Nikky, so thank her for today's Memphis Monday.
In Memphis it is wise to actually listen to the weather on the news and bring an umbrella if the weatherman says it will rain, bring a jacket if he says it will be cold and windy, or to stay indoors with the air conditioning if he says it will be hot and humid. In Memphis the weathermen seem to have it right. In Utah and Michigan we would listen to the weather and never have much reason to believe what was said because half the time they would be wrong. Memphis, however, has great weathermen! Which is your favorite? Take the poll!
In Memphis it is wise to actually listen to the weather on the news and bring an umbrella if the weatherman says it will rain, bring a jacket if he says it will be cold and windy, or to stay indoors with the air conditioning if he says it will be hot and humid. In Memphis the weathermen seem to have it right. In Utah and Michigan we would listen to the weather and never have much reason to believe what was said because half the time they would be wrong. Memphis, however, has great weathermen! Which is your favorite? Take the poll!
Monday, November 3
Memphis Monday: LOW GAS PRICES
Or does the whole country have low gas prices? We saw gas for $2.09 per gallon yesterday on our way to church! What is the lowest you've seen and where do you live?
Happy Halloweening!
Our ward had a Halloween activity the Wednesday before Halloween, and Addie seemed so big! She did the cakewalk (with Dad's help) and went pumpkin bowling (with Mom's help), but last year she was so small she couldn't do anything. It's crazy how big she is! Several people asked me where I bought her costume and I beamed everytime! It's an amazing feeling to be able to say you MADE IT!
This is Addie and her two friends that are her same age, Julia (the sock monkey) and Hailey (the Liger-yes, from Napolean Dynomite).
We also went trick or treating with some of our friends. I love trick or treating. Memphis, unfortunately, doesn't. Only every fourth or fifth house was passing out candy; it was so sad. We had a good time, though, even though Addie was pretty much done after the first street. I put her hair in crazy pigtails all over her head and thought it was so cute, I might just have to do that on a normal day!
She was so excited to hold her own bucket. The neighbors would put candy in it, and then she'd reach into their bowls and grab more! She was so cute the entire night, and boy, does she LOVE suckers!
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