Fort

At the Russell get together the kids exchanged presents. They got the coolest gifts. Kody got a fort kit, which I have been asked to put up almost everyday! They love it. I have decided to do school in there with them. Jadelyn got some preschool stuff, which she loves!

 

 

Train time

One Sunday we told a little walk in a wash near by to watch trains. It was a beautiful day!  It is becoming so much fun to get out with the kids.  They are able to do more walking by themselves.  Plus it is so much fun to see them discover life.

The kids love waving and receiving/hearing the train whistle

Jadelyn loves train watching.  She would do it everyday and never get tired of it

Just watching

What handsome boys I have

So handsome and so grown up

My beautiful girl

Kody had so much fun doing his own thing.  He loved shuffling his feet in the dirt and just wondering around.

Catching up

After a week of having the stomach bug, Jadelyn is back to being herself! Thanks for all the prayers. We are now trying to get back to our daily schedule.

Last Thursday, she was throw up free so we spent time outside and enjoyed the sun. Yippee!!

(This bow is from Auntie Carlee. Jadelyn loves going out and about with it. She gets so many compliments and comments, she eats it up. )

Saturday was my Dad’s 60^th birthday. We had the celebration at our place with a BBQ, dessert and family. What a great time.

Mckenna is great with her little cousin, so loving. A wonderful girl. Jadelyn loves her big cousins. They are so cute.

Sunday, Kyle did some yard work and pulled out another palm tree stump with the help of a wonderful neighbor. I will have to do a post on all the hard work he has done and how different the yard looks. I can't wait for the finished product!


Later that day we had the pleasure of seeing Kyle’s sister, her husband and kids. What a fantastic time. We have been trying to get a picture of all three girl cousins for awhile and it sure has been hard. Still trying to get a good one.

A cute picture of us girls.

(Another one of Jadelyn's headbands that brings her attention)

All relaxed!

Jadelyn loves yogurt. After being sick it was one of the few things that she would eat. In a 24 hour period she ate a whole tub of yogurt...2 lbs!!! She must of been making up for lost weight.

Sledding

Last week we went up to my parents house to enjoy a nice and relaxing day. The cousins begged us to go sledding with them. How could we resist so much fun. Jadelyn even got in on the action.

I just love this one of all of their faces!

My turn next!

Jadelyn loved sledding!

Having so much fun!

Sledding cuties!
Daddy and his sledding buddy!

Snow, Snow, Snow

I have wanting cold weather, to feel like winter. We got a winter storm finally!!! So I packed us up and headed to Grandma's house in the mountains. It was a little crazy, but we made it safely. Now I got my fix for snow for awhile.
Two of Jadelyn's cousins were up as well. They all had a great time in the snow and playing together. Then her two cousins came back with us to spend the night. It was so much fun. Sleepover!!

Jadelyn loving the snow.

Having fun

Help, save me from my crazy cousins!!

Halloween

For Halloween Jadelyn and I headed down to Fallbrook to see Joe, Kim, Michael and Little Lizzie. My mom was also there to hang out. They took us to a real pumpkin patch and I got great pictures.

Jadelyn having so much fun.

Michael and Jadelyn getting their pictures taken. They both seem to know what do when there is a camera around.

I just love this picture of the two of us.

Joe's church was having a fall festival so I dressed Jadelyn up as Tinkerbell. What a cutie. We had a great time.

Jadelyn and Lizzie... aren't they so cute. Jadelyn was fascinated with her little cousin.

It was cooler at night so I put her in a Tigger outfit. She sure got into being a tiger. Looks like she is a having a roaring good time
Jadelyn had a great time with her cousins! Jadelyn was touching Lizzie and her big brother Michael came to the rescue of his little sister. It was so cute.
Jadelyn loved her Uncle Joe, especially the gorilla or caveman custom he wore. She loved playing with its hair. She had a great time hanging out with him and being shown off.

Birthday Bash

This past weekend our niece had her 3rd birthday party!! It was a wonderful time. It was beautiful day for a party. The party was at a great park. Wow a kid’s paradise. Tons of slides, play things and swings. Did you say swings? Jadelyn loves swings and usually screams when you take her off. Her Daddy has put her to sleep on a swing. So what did the day mean for us? Church in the morning, where Jadelyn went through one outfit, at the party she ate and was a mess, outfit number two. It was cooler when we left so I did not pack the right clothes, so she was in a long sleeve oneies, saying Perfectly Spoiled by Grandma, and white little shoes. She strutted her chubby little thighs. After the party we went back to Kyle’s sister house for a great BBQ (Thanks David!!) and to watch sports. What a wonderful time spent with family!
Swing time! Look at my teeth!











Birthday Girl!!












Grandma holding Jadelyn in her shirt "Perfectly Spoiled by Grandma" that you can't see.






Jadelyn so excited to be with Aunt Christie!











Cute family picture.

6 months

Wow!! I think I say that every time she turns another month older. She is wonderful, full of smiles and laughter. She is contagious with happiness. She loves to get everyone to smile at her. She is sitting up well by herself, although she would not let me get any good ones of her doing so. She is on her tummy a lot, but she is still working on crawling. I am almost thankful, because once she does there is so much to get into=) I am loving all the time that I get to spend with her. She is changing and learning to do so many things all the time. She is becoming more and more of a little person. Of course Kyle can't wait for the weekends to spend time with the family. He loves his girls!
So here are a few shots I took in our backyard.

A trip to see Jadelyn's new cousin!!

Yesterday Kyle got the day off so we headed off to see our wonderful 2 day old niece Elizabeth!! She is beautiful and healthy and mom is doing great. (Would never have thought she just gave birth!) We had a great time hanging out and getting to hold her. After seeing what a 7 1/2 lbs baby looks like, mine is so grown up.



How Precious!! She is so cute!! Good job Joe and Kim!









Jadelyn is not sure of what to think. She would start to cry every time Elizabeth would.






We took Jadelyn and Michael to the swings. We were getting Michael ready for a companion next to him. He was a great helper. When Jadelyn would drop her toy he would pick it up and give it to her. He is so sweet. And they were adorable. They both would be outside all the time if they could. They had a great time!


A cute picture of Jadelyn on the swing. Uncle Joe is pointing out the warning for some reason.
















Here is our happy family. It is always great when Kyle is home and we have fun together.

Park and plants

Kyle has been wanting to get some plants for awhile. Having nice living plants instead of a jungle or dead ones. seems fantastic. After many weeks of cutting, clearing and several trips to the dump there was finally space for new ones. He found a place where they sell only California natives. They need very little watering and care to survive. The place is very close to my brother Joe and his wife Kim's place. (Today she should be giving birth to my niece!!! Can't wait to hear the good news!!) So we spent a few hours with them. They have a park right around the corner. I wnet armed with a camera this time. We had a great day!! P.S. I also have other great news my youngest brother proposed last night!!! Welcome to the family Ellen!!!

What a climber. If you look closely Jadelyn is holding herself up.

Everyone had fun at the park!
Yes Jadelyn had bark in her month.
The plants that Kyle bought.

Here are a few of the plants that he has already planted...the same day he got them.