April 2011

Happy Birthday Ella!

I can't believe it has been a year!  It really does seem like I just had her.  She loves to be outside, eat and play with Addyson. Its been fun to see her little personality develop. Addyson and her couldn't possibly be any different. She is to herself and very weary of strangers. She's not afraid to give you a dirty look and if you happen to get to close you may just get slapped. 

So whenever someone says "Ella" Steve, Addyson and I always repeat back "ella ella a a a under my umbrella"(for those of you that didn't get it, its a song) So I thought that it would be appropriate to have an umbrella party for her.  It is not very easy to find umbrella stuff so I threw in rainbows.  It turned out to be a umbrella/rainbow party and it was so much fun!   

Everyone was helping me out with my craziness!  I can't thank everyone enough!

I know this is a lot for a one year old!  But lets be honest is wasn't just her her...I kind of like throwing it all together!   

I know I am a little or a lot cheesy but we all wore a color of the rainbow.  I needed a couple more kids...sorry blue and yellow!

Ella liked her cake but liked giving it to all the grandparents more!

1. Papa with Ella and Milo.

2. One of Ellas little boyfriends Caleb.  They are going to love this picture on their wedding day!

3. Second mommy!  Ella loves Aunt Katie she sometimes thinks she's her mommy.

4. I have the best husband because he gets into all of this craziness with me...well I should say he supports me in all my craziness.  His idea- he made Pina Coladas for everyone!  And how cute is the girl holding it!!!

5. Aunt Amy and Jackson taking a break on the trampoline.  

6. Katie you better watch out Scott has a little crush!  June is pretty cute!

7. Ella and Aunt Amy

8. My girls are in heaven!  They have their Weibell boys and Kartchner boys...doesn't get much better than that!

6 going on 16!

This statement is sooooo true!   

3 handsome Boys

I am so proud of my brother DJ.  He has been through a lot lately and has every right to feel a little sorry for himself but has not and stayed strong for his boys.  We love his family so much and pray that he will continue to be the man that he has been.

Easter

Every year we have a big Easter party (its kind of a family reunion with my dads side).  This year it was out at our place and we had a blast!  

1. There is an egg toss every year and my family has never won...except this year!!!  Whoever wins gets a dollar and goes down in the egg toss history book, so good job DJ and Matt!

2. Cousins, cousins, cousins!!!

3. Nick and Steve talking about how they married into such a crazy family!

4. My cousin Jimmy rocking his shades.

5. Jake, Addyson and Gwen.  I love the smile on Addysons face.  Thats one happy girl!

So because I hosted the Easter party we had to wait to do our family easter baskets!  So at 9 o'clock at night the easter bunny finally had time to leave the girls their baskets!!!

1. It doesn't matter what time she gets her basket- she is happy!

2. Ella's basket.

3. Ella doesn't know whats going on...all she knows is that she is tired!

4. Addyson's basket.

5. I love that girl so much...she is such a trooper with everything!

We had such a fun and BUSY day!  I am so grateful for family and to be surrounded by such wonderful people.  It is so much fun to get baskets, go on egg hunt, have egg tosses and eat GOOD food but more than anything we are grateful for why we celebrate easter.  

Birthday Time!

Happy Birthday dad, Matt, Landon, Alec, Collin and little miss Ella!  6 birthdays in April in the Radmacher family!!!  Poor ma had to make 10 cakes so that no kids felt left out...thats my mom!  The bottom picture is all 18 grand kids except for Heidi's twins Will and Nash.  

March 2011

It didn't take long for Addyson to get Student of the Month in her new school!  Because she changed schools in the middle of the year she was able to get Student of the Month twice in one year.  She really is a very good girl/student.  We are so happy at her new school and love her teacher.  

Responsibility

Do what you are supposed to do • Plan ahead • Persevere: keep on trying! • Always do your best • Use self-control • Be self-disciplined • Think before you act — consider the consequences • Be accountable for your words, actions, and attitudes • Set a good example for others

Ella at the Park

What a ham!!!  And papa loves every bit of it!

It was so funny, she would start at the top of this hill and run down it.  She would get a little to much momentum and fall.  She thought she was hilarious...so did we! 

June & Cash

St. Patrick's Day

Big news!!!  The Weibell Boys are at our house having corned beef and cabbage because Heidi and Nick are at the hospital with baby#1 and baby#2!  They had their twins and they are doing great! They do not have names yet so we call them baby 1&2.  They are so tiny and cute...I think Heidi should give me one!

Dance

Addyson is doing so well in dance.  She is loving it and so am I!  

She loves to get herself into places that she can't get out of! She is a handful and loves to get into trouble.  Its hard at times but I don't want her to grow up or change just yet.  We are having so much fun with are little beast!

Febuary 2011

Last October we lost our dear Charlie.  We live on 5 acres and are surrounded by others that live on land but some how Charlie thought that wasn't enough for him and wandered off and got hit by a car.  We all took it pretty hard...he was the BEST dog ever!!!

This place just didn't feel right without a dog running around so we got June and Cash!  This time we got two dogs so that if we are out and about they have each other and won't wander off.  Cash is a Chocolate Lab and June is a English Mastiff.  They are so cute and we are having so much fun with them!  They are tiny now but just wait... 

World Wide Ag Expo

Another year of the fabulous World Wide Ag Expo aka. Farm Show.  

Busy Body

This girl cracks us up!  She LOVES to be outside and loves the quad.  Ella just realized that she can reach the window and see outside.  Its a good thing because she can be entertained for a while but a bad thing because if someone (Addyson) is outside she screams until they HAVE to come get her!

Valentines Day

We had such a fun Valentines this year!  The girls and I took pictures of us and blew them up and put them all over the house for daddy (the "Hug & Kisses" were a few of them).  We had lobster, potatoes, asparagus and grape juice for dinner.  For dessert we had fruit dipped in chocolate...it was sooooo good! It was so much fun to be together as a family!  Those three are for sure my valentines!

January 2011

New Years 2011

2011 WOW!!!  What a good year we had!  Buying a new house would normally top the list but the very best thing was welcoming Miss Ella Suzanne into our family.  There is really nothing that can top that.  Good health, lots of love and a testimony of Jesus Christ.  Lets keep our fingers crossed for another good year!

We spent New Years with the Guenter Family.  We had so much fun.  Played lots of cards, did a little dancing and best of all hung out with good friends.  

She got in!!!

Okay this is BIG news!  Sundale is a Elementary school in this little farm town about 7 minutes from our house.  This school is amazing!!!  There is a waiting list for out of district kids.  Lets just say on that first day of school for Addyson I was in the office turning things in and one lady asked if my baby was on the list...she's 9 months!!!  So I put her down for Kindergarten and she was like # 5 or 6 on the list for 2015!  The school offers so much.  They have a  garden, library, computer lab, etc.  But two things that are my favorite (besides the academic part) is that it goes through 8th grade...NO middle school!  The second thing is that there are only 20 kids in a classroom.  At Addyson's last school she was one of 36 in her class.  There is still so much that I am leaving out but I don't want to bore you with any more details.

Ella loves her bath

Two Beauties 

These two are the best buddies!  They are both such happy girls with so much personally.  Ella is at such a fun age.  She tries to take the attention from Addyson but Addyson puts up a good fight!!!  Addyson is a girl who knows what she wants.  Right now she is obsessed with having curly hair.  She asks me ALL the time to put her hair in braids at night so when she gets up her hair will be all fancy(if thats what you want to call it)!  I can't wait to continue to see their little relationship blossom!

Which is it?

Well what do you think?  I know its a hard one!

Ella Bella

BFF's