Life the last 9 months

My Goal this week was to update our blog after an unintentional 9 month sabbatical...now lets see if I can maintain it with a significant amount of posting to be worthy of your viewing! First of all...

We moved (pictures to follow)
Addy was promoted to a big girl bed (Independence is bliss!)
I got a different job (marodspa.com)
we have new callings (Teaching the ctr 7 class in primary)
Addy turned 2 (woo hoo!)
Celebrated our 3rd Anniversary (feels like much longer than that...I mean in the most loving way possible)
Addy was demoted to her crib (needless to say that pleasurably independent streak only held true for the
little miss of the house....)


Just an update for those of you faithful blog readers who have (hopefully) missed our presence in the blogging world!


(The Promotion)

(The Front of our House...)

(Here are a bunch of Addy's two year old pictures...that I was able to take my self...in her skirt that my awesome mom helped me pump out in record time...(record time for an amateur sewer like me! Thanks Julie for the pattern and inspiration!)

We live really close to the Canyon Rim, so Addy
and i took a little walk and snapped some pics.
(I bribed her with mints and gum so she obliged
to do a lot more than she normally would... hey it works!)



For our anniversary for the past 2 years we have attended a Jon Shmidt Concert...low and behold when we found out this great entertaining concert pianist was comming to Twin Falls the week of our Anniversary we were pretty excited! Needless to say it's become an unintentional anniversary tradition. This is me at home after the concert with our new signed Jon Schmidty CD. WOO HOO!



We also like to visit the place where Derek proposed , At the look out on the canyon rim... We have a lot of fun reminiscing simpler times and how far we have come in just 3 short years! Love ya babe!


Thank you for enduring a super long catch up post...that hopefully wont happen again in nine months...phew!

My new job!

So...the time has come to go back to work! (Well I have been trying for a while, there just seems to be an unusual lack of openings in good ole' Twin) Something about the economy, and people don't like to spend money on unnecessary services...What is that all about? I am only kidding. I am excited to get out of the house a couple days a week and do something else that I love to do! Addy will sure get to know and love her Grandma's and her Daddy a whole lot more!

TAGGED! 4th Folder, 4th Photo

So here it is...my First Completed Tag! My 4th Photo of my 4th Folder!

This is one of our engagement pictures we were choosing between. Not the winner, but a runner up. My amazing brother Jared did all of our engagement and wedding pictures! What a guy! Thanks again for doing that for us!

I tag Jo and Jill

L is for the way you look at me.....O is for the only one I see....V is very very extraordinary.....E is even more than anyone that you can adore

Our Valentines day weekend was quite pleasant while we had the house to ourselves! I don't know why but I really like Valentines day, it's just fun to have a special day to think about all the people that I love! I also like to have a little fun for Valentines Day, like; making cards, and sweets, festive dinners, and (I even made a wreath this year!) That was fun. Addy and I had fun HEART ATTACKING the shower for Derek and we hid little notes all over the house for him (in his shoes and even in the refrigerator) For dinner I made a heart shaped BBQ chicken pizza, a yummy PINK fruit salad and other various red items. Then we delivered treats to Grandma Jean and my parents. (I love living close to family) After Addy went to bed Derek and I had a "TREAT PICNIC" and watched NO RESERVATIONS (which by the way is kind of depressing but a good movie non-the-less.) All in all~it was a pretty normal day with just a little extra

L-O-V-E!

The Perfect Cupcake

The Perfect Cupcake

From the kitchen of Adeline Wheeler

Serves and indefinite amount

Ingredients~

1 Can Tomato Sauce

1 Can Evaporated Milk

1 Can Bumble bee Crab Meat

Muffin Tins

Directions~

This recipe really is SOOO easy you don't even have to open the cans! Arrange Tins on the table, shake each can generously over each tin, and viola! You have as much or as little batter as you want. No need for baking, ready to eat instantaneously and tastes GREAT every single time! (At least it does when little chef Addy is in the Kitchen!)

RootBEAR Belly Baby?

Derek, Addy and I went to my parents house to watch the superbowl. I removed Addy's Dress so she wouldn't get it messy, so she just had a tank top on and her tights. Put that outfit combo with a Rootbear bottle and you have one white trash baby wanna~be! (for the record~it was empty, she just liked to play with it!)

Cheers Grandpa!!!