Family Dinner eating Meat & Leaf!

This food is sooooo GOOD! I love the meat, rice, and leaf. We thought one more time before our sweet baby comes. Well she is taking her sweet time so we might get one more time in next week with Grandma. :-)
Logan is a trooper and tries everything. It is so fun...he says "eating new food is like going on an adventure."
Can you feel the heat? It feels so nice with the warm floors etc.
Waiting to be seated....they are so cute.





We had a really great dinner and can't wait to go again. I am sure going to miss this when we leave Korea. The meat it just melts in your mouth. Dad you need to come visit again.

Post ride paris doughnut

After the ride we headed down the road to Paris Baguette and got each of the kids their favorite doughnut treat.
Deep fried covered in sugar.... can't go wrong there.
Then Addy rode daddy home.

Logan is "one rad dude"

On Saturday, the weather was beautiful outside and Logan has been itching to get out his bike. Just as we were about to leave he said, "can I try it without the wheels?" Logan is pro at riding his scooter but since his bike is big and bulky we don't take it down the 36 floors too often to go riding, so I was a little worried about his ability to do it.
Last time we went to Albuquerque Logan's cousin Brody had the coolest bike called a "STRIDER". It is basically a bike without pedals that teaches kids to balance on a bike and never need training wheels. Addysen got one for Christmas but Logan has done his share of trying it out and has obviously gotten the hang of balancing. So after I took off the training wheels, we headed outside and right out of the door, he took off and went about 20 feet before stopping. Within about 30 minutes he was riding up and down the sidewalk like it was no big deal. I remember being 5 when I first rode without training wheels and I crashed so many times I had skinned knees on top of skinned knees. Logan has a few bruises from the pedals knocking him in the legs, but for the most part came out unscathed.
Then there is Addy, she is loving the STRIDER. If you have a toddler, you should definitely pick one of these up.
She is already lifting up both feet and balancing for several yards.
Shes good...
And knows it:)
So here are our not-so-little kids on a day that Logan will probably never forget.

Back in the house I showed Logan the opening credits for the 1980's movie "RAD"



Needless to say he got really excited to do some more biking.



Here is a video of Logan doing his thing.

My daughter and the future ruler of North Korea

Aren't they just a couple of cute, silly kids.....

Addysen update

This sweet little girl is no longer my baby! (Of course she always will be, but she doesn't think so.) Addysen has grown up so much the past couple months. I really am just shocked at all she has done. Here is a list of just a couple of major changes...
-Giving up the binki and that was AWESOME and pretty painless!
-Then sleeping in a big girl bed super easy. She still hasn't ever gotten out of her bed without permission. I don't know why, and how I got so blessed!
-The next major achievement at our house started the first Monday in January. She woke up and told me she wanted to wear panties. For the past year she has been going off and on in the toilet. At least for the past 6 months always going #2 on the potty. But I couldn't get her to tell me all the time or she couldn't hold it long enough so we would barley miss making it. Or she would be playing and not want to stop etc. She knew exactly what happens on the potty but this one is a bit stubborn. She likes everything to be on her own timetable. So when she told me about wanting to wear panties I was excited but didn't get my hopes up to high. This time she was serious. I can't tell you how great and easy this was. She just did it! I was still nervous for a couple weeks when we went out, nap, and bedtime she would wear a pull up. Finally after never having any accidents outside the home I had to be BRAVE. Not her it was me. I packed a sack full of extra clothes and we wore panties all the time out and about. Then after a week of no accidents at night I stopped the diaper then too. We are diaper free! About a month later at the store we passed the diapers and she said "Addy no need diapers only for babies". So we bought baby Sadie some diapers instead of her! SUCH a BIG GIRL!!
Some of the fun things we get to do together is paint our fingernails and toenails. It has been such a great bonding time for us. It happens at least once a week if not twice.

I know she is naked and I probably shouldn't put this on but I love it! She is so proud of herself and you might just get your own little show if you were around. For a while she kept pulling down her pants showing people her pretty panties. Her favorites--Dora, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Tinkerbell, Any princess etc.
Addy has always loved books and babies. So when our sweet friend Zara comes to visit Addy loves to read to her. She also will sing her songs it is so cute.
Having fun feeding her babies. She is going to be my big helper I'm sure. :-)

Another favorite activity is painting. She really enjoys doing it everyday.

We played Yahtzee the other night for FHE and of course had to take a picture of Addy's first YAHTZEE! I still remember when Logan got his and the excitement we all had. We sure like spending our family time playing games together.

Addysen is so great! We sure enjoy her sweet personality. She is also talking up a storm. I can't think of a thing she doesn't say! This little one is our pretty princess and our spit fire all at the same time. She has her own ideas and likes to be heard. She loves playing with Spencer when he gets home from work. When he lays on the floor she begs him to do "up down touch the ground." He holds her an lifts her up and down while singing the Winnie the Pooh song. It is precious. I am grateful she has a Daddy and brother that love her so much. We are blessed to have her tender spirit in our home. If she gets her feelings hurt you will know about it and she will need a hug. :-) We love you Addy!

Logan update

I feel like it has been forever since we posted. I figured it was time to give a little spotlight on each one of my special little ones. Logan has had a great time the last month learning about Dinosaurs. Yes, a whole month what a cool teacher right! For the class Valentines party we did an "I love Dinosaurs" theme.
My amazing, talented husband drew, colored, cut, and lamented, this Triceratops. We have 3 horns for them to try to put on the dinosaur. (Like pin the tail on the donkey.) Logan was so proud that his dad made this for him. I LOVE IT!
Mrs. Donaho giving Logan a good tickle for a smile!
Dinosaur cake for dessert.
They made the spotlights because they are all Paleontologists. Addy loves going to Logan's school functions, she feels like such a big girl.

Logan you are always so nice to your sister. I am so thankful for your kindness and the love you show her. You are always so patient when she plays with you and your friends.

The other day we were at the play ground and Logan helped Addy on all the big slides etc. He doesn't leave her for his friends and in return all his friends follow him and include Addysen.
I made baby Sadie a new blanket which was my first one I've ever made. The kids both loved it so I decided they both needed a blanket too. I have now finished Logan's but haven't taken a picture. I still need more yarn for Addy's...hopefully this weekend I can pick some up.
Logan was trying and trying one Saturday to draw a dinosaur. He was getting so frustrated because he couldn't get it right. Then Spencer came to the rescue. They sat down together and Spencer gave him a little lesson in drawing. I am amazed at the talent they both have. I bet Spencer was just like Logan when he was little. It's fun to see them working together and Sp helping Logan with his talent. I loved hearing Spencer teach Logan about seeing the shapes etc. Logan keep it up buddy!
Logan is getting so big and it's so fun to be a part of it. He is learning how to READ right now and LOVES it! He picks it up really fast. I think the other awesome quality he received from Spencer is his ability to memorize. I have to test him on words out of order just to make sure he really knows them...smarty pants!
Logan and Addy are also my big helpers around the house. They have the job of cleaning the windows. I usually help them and do the top and they clean the bottom, well this day I was busy and Logan figured out how to get the job done without me. :-)
Another example of a creative mind. Addy & Logan were playing in the playroom and then called us to come and see the zoo they made. Do you see the jeep drops people off and they walk down the path to the zoo. I was amazed!
Logan sure gets worn out with school and other activities. He is a special little boy with a HUGE heart. I hope that I can always keep that soft side of him in a crazy world! I love him so much. I have enjoyed seeing his excitement about our new baby coming. Lately he has been asking me if today was going to be the day she comes?? I wish I knew? He loves babies in fact the other day he said "I might like babies even more than a dog!" That is pretty huge. I am grateful that both of my little girls have Logan as a big brother, he is the best.

Valentine's Day 2011

I usually have the kids help me make sugar cookies but this year my energy level is kinda low. So I made them up fast during Addy's nap and they helped me frost and decorate them.
I don't think it made a difference to them!

My cute kiddos. I sure do love them.
I love this picture of Addy she was so excited to get her Snow White book.
We had a great Valentines day and hope you all did too. Spencer and I were able to go out on Saturday to dinner while Jeff & Diana watched the kids. It was fun to get out together and get to visit. We have big changes coming our way and we are super excited. Spencer bought me a new purse/diaper bag but it hasn't arrived yet. (Just in case you were wondering....Logan asked "Mom where is your Valentines?" He is so sweet.)