Addi's special day

Addi got baptized on Saturday, November 3rd, 2013. It was such an amazing day. My oldest daughter made the decision to get baptized and become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We were so blessed to have over 50 people attend this special day for Addi. Family started to arrive on Friday night for her baptism the next day at 10 am. Addi was pretty quite that morning. She told me she was a little bit nervous, but mostly excited. We arrived at the church a little bit early to find a baptism jumpsuit for her and her dad. Then we waited in the chapel while the rest of our loving friends and family arrived. Addi's aunt, Tiffany gave a wonderful talk about the 3 bears of baptism. She brought 3 little bears. One for bearing your testimony, one for bearing one another's burdens and one for bearing His name. She did a great job. Addi's friend, Madison was also getting baptized that day and her aunt also gave a great talk on the Holy Ghost. It was her turn to get baptized. The feeling was so special as she went into the baptismal font with her dad. We watched as she was baptized and then I was ready with a towel to help her get dried off and dressed. Next she got to put on her BEAUTIFUL dress and she looked like an angel, with the fresh glow of being clean and pure from baptism. I pulled her hair into a bun, placed a flower on her head, she slipped into her "high" heel shoes and we walked back to the chapel where her dad would confirm her a member of the church. Tim was so nervous, but he did an exceptional job. What a special day for Addi and the one's that love her most to share with us.  Next, we headed back to our house where we had Hawaiian haystacks at Addi's request with lots and lots of desserts. She got to spend the rest of the day playing with her cousins. It was a perfect day.

Addi, I'm so proud of you. You're becoming an amazing young lady. Thank you for being a great daily example to me, your dad and your sisters. I feel so blessed for the privilege of being your mom. I pray that I will be able to show love and acceptance to everyone the way that you do. I love you so much!! :)

The dress

Excitmenet:)

Addi with her dad, her hero.

Addi and Madison, the other girl in our ward that got baptized. 

The three of us afterwards. Addi looks so happy!

Halloween 2012

 Our first Halloween in our new neighborhood! The kids actually got tons of candy and we had a ton of trick-or-treaters come to our house! I thought there was no way it would compare to what we're used to in Eagle Mountain, but it was still pretty fun even though we missed our EM friends. Addi was a girl skeleton, Hally was Little Red Riding Hood and Kendall was a fairy. The weather was beautiful. We didn't even have to bundle up in coats this year!

Addi turns 8

Addi is 8! I love this little girl so much! She has such a tender heart, she's a great helper, she loves to read, she does great at school, people love to be around her, she likes to organize things and she's very creative! I am so blessed to be her mom and can't imagine my life without her!

This year for her birthday, we had just been in our new home for only a few weeks and didn't really have any new friends yet to have a friend party. I felt bad about this, because turing 8 is an important birthday. She was a sweetheart and was fine just having a family party.

Part of her present was getting her new room ready. This is an old door that I painted blue for her headboard...

The after picture. I think it turned out cute and Addi loves it so I'm happy!

The bedding is from Target.

Then my parents came over (so excited they live less than 5 minutes away now!), we had pizza, opened presents and had cake and ice cream. It was a fun low-key birthday. Sometimes those are kind of nice.

Usually it takes me hours to make my kids' birthday cakes, but this year Addi wanted strawberry cake with chocolate frosting and a strawberry on top. Easiest cake ever! Thanks Addi!

A full shot of her bedroom with her new reading chair and light fixture.

Family Pictures 2012!

There's always an overload of pictures when family pictures are taken, right? I have uploaded them, but in no particular order and I have too much blogging to do to arrange them right now! :) Enjoy!