Photo Challenge Week 12 - "aCtIoN"

**kirby**

**bree**

**jodi**



***anyone want to play?*** we would love to add more pics!

next week's challenge: then and now ***oooh, tricky, ha ha***

Baby T

Sweetest little man... We went to welcome our friends new babe into this world last night. Addison wanted me to have nothing to do with him. I tried putting her on my lap to help, and she still didn't want me touching him. She was totally wanting to go before we actually got there, I swear. She had made plans of feeding him and helping but once we got there she turned shy. Please keep in mind that she wasn't shy enough to sweetly sit by my side. She still showed us who's boss.... the purple one(I'm the boss, but she's the purple boss. Any who, here are some shots for your viewing pleasure...



pretty good for a drop in impromptu photo session!?!

little lady bug

Addison is a crack up... She talks so well it makes me sad. I want my baby to stay little. This past weekend Addison stayed at my sister's - her first two nights away from home. She had a ball. She didn't even want to talk to us when we called. We met my sister at my mom's. Rob and I sat at equal distance to see who she came to first. She ran to her daddy of course.
On the way home she sat in the back seat and sang "monkey jump on bed, one fell and broke his head", and then the "it's my birthday damn it", that I am officially giving Shay credit for.

Last night she was sitting on the counter while I did dishes. She grabed my face, both my cheeks in her hands and said, "look at me, look at me, don't poop in my bed". This isn't the first time that she has done this - but it is so funny when she does. It comes out of no where and she is so serious. Rob thinks it came from a story that he told her about Brodie pooping her bead, nice I know.

Also last night after bath time when her and I settled down to watch the bachlorette or "TB" and she calls it, Rob walked in. She said "Daddy come cuddle us". It was so cute. She loves to "cuddle you". When you tuck her into bed she loves her "moon" blanket. I tried to show her what polka dots are, only to be corrected that they are moons. "okay!". She will tell you to fix her blanket and reward you, if the furry side is down, with a "purrrfect". I love this little lady! She does like to pretend that she is the baby, so I will take what I can get.

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Happy Birthday "Grandma Joey"

We celebrated Kathy's birthday at Taylorsville day's. And of course Addison, once she figured things out, had a complete ball. Her favorite was the slide, and Daddy's grape snowcone. We tried giving her a plain one, but she can't be tricked!








*Happy Birthday Kathy...*

Photo Challenge - Week 11 - *AMERICA*

**Kirby**

**Bree**

- it must be noted that Jodi wasn't feeling this week's challenge. She has one more week to pull her $*%! together, lol. Just kidding Chodi - we love you.

Drum roll.... Next week's challenge: Action

Daddy's hands...

orange day...

"Rain rain go away, come back orange day". - Addie Gowers
{by the way, the way she says "Addie Gowers" is stinking adorable!}

Daddy was trying to show her how nice they are - you can even kiss them. Who is he fooling anyway. Not us girls!




But after the rain, the snails come out. And it is starting to become a nightly thing at our house to go looking for snails. She bends down with her little hands reached out and says, "come here snail".

Father's Day 2011

I know I have said it a 100 times. Rob is the BEST! Addison is one lucky little girl. She loves her Daddy. These two have an unbreakable bond. Rob does so much for our family.
I went searching on my computer for a pic of the two of them... and I literally have thousands, lol. Here are some recent ones... Happy Father's day.
And of course I can't forget my own dad. I am one lucky girl too!

Rob wanted to take Add's to the races last weekend. And she loved it!

We also hit the zoo on Sunday... I love little family dates.

...not a good bye, just see ya later.

My sweet sweet grandpa passed away this past Monday. I know that I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for his influence. I was lucky. I got to spend this long with a grandpa - 32 years. After they served an LDS mission they moved into my grandpa's parents home, right next door to my parents. Just one more reason why I was so lucky. There will be an irreplaceable void, but the memories that he created in my heart are there for ever. AND I will make sure that his legacy will live on and my daughter will be able to take from that. I have had a piece of paper in my visor of my car all week to scribble down thoughts to nothing will be forgotten.
Some of my favorites...
His deep booming voice - and they way he said "Well hello there", with his head slightly tilted low so you got a full view of his heavy brows.
His kisses. My grandpa was a kisser - I always got a kiss from him.
Hair cuts. I was lucky enough to have gotten to spend a lot of time just him and I cutting his hair - his full head of hair, that just barely started to get white the last few years. We always joked that after my grandam passed I would finally give him a flat top like his brother, Johnny's. He really wanted one. But my grandma said that he looked like an angry German with his hair like that.

I will share my big list shortly.


The part that pulls at my heart the most. Is the love that he had for my grandma, his sweet heart. They have been together almost 60 years. SIXTY YEARS. I went to be with my mom on Monday. She wasn't home, so I walked up to their house. They still hadn't come to get my grandpa. When they did my grandma gave him one last love, that is the first time I have ever in my life heard my grandma cry. Happy and sad tears yes, but crying, that was a first. My heart aches for her. She is such a strong women, my mom gets it from her. But to be with your love for that long and now no longer. The service that she gave him until the end... The love that she had for him until the end... she is an example to us all.