It was a pretty good week :)

Monday, everyone was off work for the holiday. Addie and I played with Kacey while the boys worked on "Biff" (aka the big ole suburban they inherited for free to haul giant TVs in)

We grabbed some lunch, then hit up Zurchers to get some invites for Jed's birthday party (yes, I'm an awesome wife who gets kid invites for her almost-30 husband)

Addie and Kacey tried some accessories on while there, I think it suited them nicely.

After the guys were done, we went swimming at our place then we all pounded some Big Bens from the burger bar. Good day off I think :) It was nice and chill after such a busy weekend.


Tuesday, Addie and I swung on up to Rock Spring to see Ashley and Ian

She's discovered she loves to climb! Just like her daddy...

Addie had a manicure, pedicure, silly hat time, went shopping and to Toy Story 3 again among other things. There's always a "Sleeping Beauty" pajama party with aunt Ashy too, including popcorn and skittles.

Thanks for letting us come up and play guys! Always a fun time.

Whitney and I got crafty after finding this adorable fabric the week before. I found it last week and immediately thought that it would be darling as a skirt. Whit has sewing skills and I don't really, or a machine. So she sewed a super cute skirt together for Addie. Thanks Whit!

Whooo can think of a cuter fabric? ;)

Best part? This remnant was only $2.36. We had enough for the skirt, a hair bow and still have a bit left! Love great deals.
My friend Laura showed me how to make this hair bow. Isn't it cute? Pretty simple too....just need a sewing machine. Glad I have peeps who help me do crafty stuff!

I did manage to iron on this applique by myself though. Lol, man I rock.

Addie admiring her outfit I'd admire it too. Hey, including the shirt it cost 5 bucks.

Great-aunt Teri tried to teach Addie to catch a ball on Saturday. Needless to say....she's totally my daughter. She's surprised as to why just keeping her hands there didn't make her catch it. She did catch it once though! Hey, never know I guess. She could be totally athletic someday...


The best part of our week? Our friends, Jared, Amanda and Max, were able to bring home sweet baby Connor! Their story can be read here. Let's just say, adoption is a miracle and about love!

We got to go see him last night and witness his cuteness first handDon't you LOVE all his gorgeous dark hair??

Welcome Baby Connor! You're one blessed little guy to have such an awesome family!

The 4th (well 3rd) of July!

We had big plans this weekend for the fourth and boy did it deliver!

Addie all ready and excited for the parade

Cherry Days Parade


Addie remembered from last weekend's parade that daddy's pockets make a great place to stash the goodies. I offered my pocket once so she wouldn't have to walk back to where Jed was, but she stuck with her system. Funny girl.
Oh how I heart cotton candy...Addie straight up rejected it.

Whit and Tristan (aka the babe) with Addie and Me


BBQ Swim Party
We enjoyed some delicious food with my family. Two of Addie's favorite things- ketchup and cupcakes!! (not together of course)


Swimming with the kids was so fun!


Gotta love it!

Cute, chubby Evan

Deacon was suspicious of the cupcakes. Don't worry, we converted him.

We sang happy birthday to Beckam....and Derek, Terry and Jed since theirs are all this month.
Darling baby Nixon


Fireworks Party
More food up at the Wellers!I made a batch of these for each party. The "K" on this one is for Kacey, her birthday was Friday. Lots of July birthdays in our families!
Tristan boy being so big!

Addie got the sparkler thing figured out this time....and wore Grammy Dawn's sweatshirt because it was a little chilly out.


Baby Evan's Blessing
We got to see this cute little guy be blessed today.

Of course we had delicious food afterwards (did I mention we ate a lot this weekend?)
Needless to say, after this weekend of fun, we ALL crashed. Addie made it about 2 mins from Terry and Melissa's in the car ride home and she was out.cold. Jed and I both crashed after we got home. Good thing we've got a day off tomorrow to recover! It was all well worth the exhaustion!

Founder's Day Fun

Pleasant View Founder's day was last Saturday. We made a whole day of it and hung out in the PV from 9am till 11pm! Here's what the day consisted of.
The Parade!

Happy to be there!

Addie went down a BIG slideNeeded help getting up, but then went down all by herself!
Of course daddy had to get down the slide somehow ;)Addie was so excited to be there. That morning she wanted to wear one of her church dresses to the parade. For some reason she thought it was a fancy event. We settled on her cupcake sundress. I told her to wave to the people and they'd throw her treats. She caught onto this very quickly and thought it was the coolest thing.

note her blurry hand...she waved almost the WHOLE time. Cute.




After the parade, we went down to the Pleasant View park to watch Jed's uncle Jon throw out the first pitch of a baseball game. It was the firefighters vs policemen and he was the MC. Addie, Whitney and grandma Margaret

Jon Carter getting ready to bring the heat

Great Grandpa SmithMy grandpa was in town for the weekend to see my aunt Janet who's recovering from surgery. Addie and I went up to see him and give him some loves.

Gotta love an evening of yummy food, s'mores, sparkler's and fireworks!! We had so much fun playing with the family who joined in the fun. Thanks Steve and Dawn for always throwing an awesome party!
Cute cousin Eden

"Do you want to put it in fire mommy?"
yes my child has cupcake jammies
I loved cuddling my two sweeties and watching the fireworks! Perfect way to end a fun-filled day.