October 2011

Ella

This little ball of fire is so much fun!  Our home would be so quiet and dull without her in it!

Dance

Addyson doesn't love ballet, but she LOVES tap and jazz!  I keep telling her that if she wants to be a good dancer she has to stay in ballet.  I guess we will have to see!  

Monsters!

This little red monster sure makes my little monster pretty happy!  Ella's first word was ELMO!  Not mommy, daddy or even no!  

Hangin' out!

1. I love this picture so much!  He is always trying to get them to cuddle with him (he succeeds 50% of the time with Ella and 100% of the time with Addyson).

2. It is crazy that they are 6 years apart, sometimes its seems like less because of how they play together.

3. Ella already ate her ice cream so she hit up Addyson for some of hers!  

4. I love these two beauties! 

My little reader!

Ella LOVES to be read to!  She will go to anyone if they have the right book in hand!!!

She is very into animals right now.  Especially cows and lions!   

My big reader!

I am so proud of my Addyson!  She is such a smart girl and loves to read.  She just finished her very first chapter book, "Heidi".  She would ask to go to bed early so she could read in her bed...sometimes she is not my child!!!  

Sweet Tooth

I can't leave anything sweet out where Miss Ella can see it or she will cry or climb up to get it!  She has more Chandler in her than we realize sometimes!

Red Ribbon Week

Addyson with her two cousins Alec and Noah.  I am so happy that she has her cousins at her school so they can do all of this fun stuff together.  I am also grateful for Red Ribbon week...say NO to drugs! 

Family Tradition

Ella was all about posing with the pumpkins!  

Halloween

The most beautiful little girl alive!

The most adorable little puppy alive!

Ma always comes through for us!  She takes it to another level and even shocks me! 

1. This was Ella's very first door.  She just watched the pro (Addyson)!

2. Ella got the hang of it right after.  She didn't walk to the next house she RAN!!!  It was one of the funniest things ever!

3. Ella and Milo thought that they were so big!  Their bags got bigger than them but we were not aloud to touch it or even help out!

4. Me and my girls.

5. The gang!  Landon and Matthew were sports!  They got all dressed up to take the kids trick or treating.  Thanks guys.

1. Oh how she enjoyed trick or treating but boy she was tired at the end!

2. I guess you can say it was a success!

3. Take out your hair, get out of your costume and into pj's, and still as beautiful as ever!

We just can't grow up when it comes to Halloween!  Every year it's the same.  Steve complains and says he doesn't want to dress up and then we get an idea and he runs with it!  He is more into it and into character than me!

  

1. The Gang- Angela & Tony from Who's the Boss...aka Molly and Nick Sampietro.

Professor Snape & Snape's Patronus from Harry Potter...aka Sarah and Mark Smith.  Butterfly and some dirty white trash guy...aka Jan and Ryan Nelson.  Me and Steve.  Mitchell and Cam from Modern Family...aka Heidi and Nick Weibell.  We also had the Ghostbusters...aka Morghan and Duke Cheney but came late.  Such a fun group!

2. Katy Perry and Russell Brand!  I had to add a little to my costume if you know what I mean...or if you know who Katy Perry is and how she dresses!  Steve is in almost all women's clothing and he rock it!!!

3. I just had to share the close up because of Steve.  First off, he had the dudes look down!  Second I had to show proof that my husband is "all in" when it comes to Halloween costumes... I put eye liner and colored in his stash with mascara.

September 2011

I won "best aunt" award for the month.  I took all those awesome kids to the Tulare County Fair.  We had a lot of fun and I will have to do it again next year!

Janiece's 60th

It was a lot of fun to have my aunt Janiece over for her big 6-0!  There really is nothing like family, good food and presents!  

Addyson & Ella

These two are seriously buddies!  Ella LOVES to be with Addyson.  Playing, doing homework, or just laying on the couch, Ella is there.

2nd Grade

She is becoming such a little lady! We are so proud of her and feel so blessed to be her parents.

Wild Women

Anybody that knows this little beast would agree with my title!  She has sooooo much personality in that tiny little body of hers!  She keeps our home and spirits up and going ALL day long!

1st for everything!

I walked in and this is what I found!  Addyson teaching Ella how to color.  Does this make me a bad mom?  I haven't even thought about coloring/crafts with Ella.  Or is this one of the perks of having an older sibling and letting them do it!!!

Getting Big

We love our Cashers and Junies!  These two made a nice hole in our screen...I guess they want in!  They are such good dogs and good with the girls. 

Safety & Shade

Steve and a couple of his friends put up railing and a cover around our house.  We had this deck with no railing...just a little dangerous!  His friends really came through for us!  All I had to do was keep the water cups full and make a lot of tuna fish sandwiches!  Thanks Blake and Andrew for this beautiful deck!

Kaden's Baptism 

We are so happy we were able to be with Kaden on such a special day.  We are so proud of the little man he is and for his example for Addyson and all of his cousins.  

Addyson was very excited to get Kaden Roller Skates for his birthday.  We had a great weekend in Sacramento with family that we love.

I am caught up!!!  It took awhile but here's just over 2 years of our lives...enjoy!

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August 2011

I think this year was the hardest because I was losing my little buddy!  Addyson is so much fun to be around and soooo helpful.  All of my friends were excited for school to start so they didn't have to entertain their kids all day.  I don't know if it's because I have 2 kids and they're 6 years apart,  Addyson can play forever by herself (no sibling for so long), or a big backyard to play in so that I really don't have to entertain her.  Maybe all three, but going back to school meant losing my buddy/helper with Ella and back to a routine for me!

Addyson was a little of both!  She was excited to start school, meet her new teacher, see her friends, but was sad to see summer end.  She was very happy that she had her two cousins with her (Alec 4th grade & Noah 1st grade).  Her teacher Mrs. Mello seems really nice and sweet.  I am excited for what the year will hold for my little Addyson and I know she will continue to grow and learn.

Prineville

Every year Steve's mom and her siblings and their families go to Prineville, Oregon for a week long ski trip.  This was our second year going and its something that we will hopefully do every year to come!  Steve's aunts and uncles are some of the most fun people I know.  They would do anything for you and they make you feel so special.  To say it is so much fun is a total understatement.  You water ski, wakeboard, tube, jump off cliffs and eat good food ALL day!  And on top of all that you are surrounded by awesome people...who wouldn't like that!    

Last year Miss Ella was only 5 months and a lot easier!  This year I had to be on her 24-7!  I would not have been able to do it without everyones help. This was the first time Curt and Martie had come and I realized I wont go back without them!!!!  

Everyones kid are ALL so amazing!  I wish I got more pictures of them all.  These are the type of teenagers you pray that your kids will turn out like.  They were sooooooo good to Addyson!!!  She really thought that she was one of them (I thought teenagers were support to be punks... not them)! 

Ella wasn't to fond of the water.  She hung out more on the beach and the big deck.  

One day these two girls are going to be the best of friends, but right now... not so much!  They both don't like to share!  We didn't plan their matching outfits they both just happened to have them and Christie and I happened to pack them for this trip...aren't we cute!!!

Last year Addyson was a little scared of the tube!  She was a little hesitant and gave it a go and LOVED it!  She also loved the Mermaid!  Addyson was all about the one hand!

It may not look very high from this picture but it was for a 7 year old.  She thought it was great and we jumped a few times.  Uncle Steve thought that he needed to show us up and scaled the rock and jumped off this crazy high cliff:-)

Steve was so patient and good with Addyson.  I was so proud of my little Addyson trying to water ski.  She was such a sport about it...will she do it?

1. I just really liked this picture of Steve coaching her.

2. Steve really took it for the team on this one.  She was not understanding the feel of the rope so Steve sacrificed his shins, back and arms!

3. It was all worth it because SHE DID IT!!!  I love Steves face in this picture.  I was so happy for her but a little worried that we left Steve in the water.  I was kind of hoping she would fall so we could go back and get him.  But she stayed up for like 40 sec...thats a long time when you leave you husband in the middle of the lake!

These picture are her first time getting up without Steve in the water.  She did it her first time...she is a pro!

She did not wait long to start going back and forth and of course her one- hand trick!  She would turn the rope like a steering wheel, it was hilarious!  "Stay down low, stand up slow" is what did it.  We were saying that all week long!  

Blake (Steve's cousin) was very good on the wakeboard.  We had a lot of fun watching him show of his stuff!  Debbie (Steve's aunt) didn't mess around out there.  All of his aunts and uncles are very good on the slalom ski. 

Uncle Steve was a natural on the water!

Scott found a way to wakeboard that shows off his guns!

Apparently skiing is just like riding a bike for the Westovers.  Even though she needed her sister Debbie to put the ski on for her.  You would have never known it had been 20 years since she had skied... she was amazing!

Then there's me!!!  

As you can tell I put a picture of everyone wiping out!  But theres not one of Steve, thats because he is really good!  I know they are horrible pictures and my camera is all messed up but it was so fun watching him.  He is not afraid and works it on the water!  

Curt is doing so much better from his accident but he is not all the way there...yet!  If it wasn't for that man I would not have had such a fun time.  Ella has a very special place in her heart for grandpa and he just eats it up.  So I knew she was always in "good hands"...that was for you Curt!  

It was so much fun but we are ALL soooooo tired!  Its go go go all day.  We had such an awesome time and are so grateful to all the boat drivers who were always willing to take us out.