It's been awhile.

Our Little Princess!!!

All of the cousins

Christmas Card 2010

What an eventful year we have had!!! Addison is growing up so fast and all I can think about is how much I want time to slow down!! She is a rambunctious 2 year old. She is talking a mile a minute. Addison loves My Little Ponies, Care Bears, Little People, and Abby Cadabby. Her favorite Christmas movie is How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the animated one). I cannot believe that the Grinch wouldn't scare her but he doesn't! She does not like Santa and will only let him close enough to give him knuckles. She loves the SNOW! She is always asking to go out and play. She is still going to Grandma Judy's when mommy and daddy are at work. She continues to make Carter cry but they are also so cute when they play together. They love to chase each other around my mom's house and dance to the Good Morning Song. On the paci front, she still uses one but only when she is sleeping so we constantly hear "mommy, Addison tired!" She refers to her daddy as Ryan and always says "Addison" instead of "I" when talking about herself. Not potty trained yet but I plan on working on that over the summer! She has not shown any interest so far.

Ryan got a promotion this year. He is assistant director of store operations. New job means more responsibility which is great but less time for me to see him. He works the 11-9 shift so family time is out the window unless he has a day off. He still loves to golf and bang on the drums when he is home at a decent hour to do so. Ryan loves to Hawks and is always constantly telling me about new football recruits.

I am still a teacher for students with autism in Davenport. I completed my very first triathalon last June. It was a lot of fun and I plan to do another but this time with a racing bike instead of a mountain bike. I also enjoy doing bootcamp classes with my mom and sisters.

FOT (Festival of Trees)

The kids were not too sure of Santa!!!

We took the kids to Festival of Tress today. They had a lot of fun! Neither one of them liked Santa. We made a cookie, saw some pretty trees, and some little kids dancing. Addison and Carter loved the TRAIN!!!! It was their favorite part. We went to the FOT parade on Saturday and went up to Cedar Falls on Friday night to see our cousin be inducted into the high school football hall of fame!!1 The week to come will bring Sesame Street Live, Thanksgiving, and a wedding.
Addison and the snowman

Ever Wonder

what happens when you drink sweet and sour sauce??

Happy Halloween!!!!

It was a busy weekend for us this weekend. Saturday, we carved pumpkins and then Addison stayed at home with Grammy and Papa Buster while mom, dad, uncle Craig, Papa, Uncle Cory, and Aunt Jo went to the fabulous Iowa game!!!! Who would have pictured a game like that, especially after what we watched last week!!! Sunday, we went to Boo at the Zoo, trick or treating at the Bettendorf Hy-Vee to see Addison's daddy, and trick or treating in Bettendorf! Busy, Busy, Busy.

I-O-W-A Fight Fight Fight

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Fall break!

I have been on fall break since beginning of October. I go back to school on Wednesday, which I am a little sad about but I also know how great I have it! I have a job that I love. I get off before four most days of the week, I get a week off in October, a full two weeks at Christmas, two weeks in the spring, and 6-7 weeks in the summer! I get to spend all that time with little miss Addison. We have had a lot of fun during this break! We couldn't have had better weather. We took many trips to the park, got to spend two days up on the farm and experience our first ride in a combine, went to an apple festival, and enjoyed a petting zoo. Addison is exploding with words all of a sudden. She talks all the time and will repeat anything that you say so I guess mom and dad will have to start watching what we say!!!!