Andi is 2 months!

We woke up this morning to our first real snow...just enough to go play in.
Andi must have been dreaming of a white...2 month birthday...or something.

Here is the view from our back door. Notice our finally finished chicken coop.
I don't think the hens like being stuck inside...they loved being out and about in our yard.

In this picture Andi is contemplating the deeper meanings of surviving 2 whole months with us. These 2 months have come and gone soooo fast!

Here is Andi with her cute Dad! She is ready for bed.

Andi had her 2 month check-up on Friday.
She is growing great and is a healthy cutie!
She weighs 12 lb 6 oz and is 23 1/3 inches.
She's in the 90% for weight and 80% for height.
She survived her 3 shots.
Afterward, we celebrated by getting a BundleMe for her car seat to keep her warm this winter.

Happy Andi!

Andi is now sporting a really cute grin.

She is so much fun.

Andi loves to be talked to, sung to, and held.

She loves to run races. She still loves to eat and sleep.

This picture made Adam and I laugh!
Watch out A.J.!
Andi has some plans of her own that she can't wait to be able to do to you!
Andi is growing up and we are loving her smiles!

Halloween!

For Family Home Evening, after getting our 6 pumpkins carved, we had to make a few scary faces of our own! Anna was sick in bed...that's why she isn't in the picture.

Which faces look cuter?

What does a cow say on Halloween? "Boooo"
This is how A.J. always says, moo.

Adri wanted to be a "Mean Old Witch with a Hat"
Does she look mean to you?

Our cute clown, who couldn't keep her red nose on for longer than pictures...
her nose itched too bad!

Our not scary Scarecrow!

Our darling 50's girl! She loved getting make-up on.

Ready to go trick-or-treating!

Trick-or-treating at our house!

Our Jack-o-lanterns.

Happy Halloween!

Visit to St. George!

We had a fun visit to St. George over UEA/ConferenceWeekend & the Marathon! My kids LOVE to go to St. George and that is the destination of choice for all of us whenever we have a break! The reason, to play with our cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. We love our family! Of course, I forgot to get my camera out of the diaper bag most of the trip...I was a bit busy with 6 kids and one being a newborn...luckily I remembered for the marathon. So, the pictures are limited, but we still had a blast with most of our family! We played with Aunt Mindy and cousin Sophee Thursday. Mindy and Andi are already best buddies! Thursday night, we had a blast playing at the Andrus' house! Friday we played at the farm and had sleepovers with cousins. Saturday was the marathon festivities in the morning, watching conference and then a get together with the Bakers that evening. Sunday we headed back home with a quick stop in Beaver with Grandma and Grandpa Baker. As always, the time we had went way too fast, but we sure had a great time and are already looking forward to the next time we can come down and play! Thanks to everyone who put up with us and made our trip so enjoyable! Waiting for our dads to come!
These three can't get enough of each other!

Neither can these three!

Adri and Kinley! Kinley loved baby Andi (and her binki)

Kinley can't wait until Andi grows up a bit so they can play!

Josie and Anna

Andi, Brooklyn & Luke. Addi had a blast playing with Brooklyn.

Andi pretty much slept through the whole weekend.

Here is Adam the night of the marathon and he is still smiling.

Snuggled up with Grandma.

The kids couldn't wait for a ride with Grandpa in his car!

Andi and Eliza!

Andi and Eliza finally got together for the first time! We stopped at Eliza's house to say hi on our way home from the marathon. They don't know it yet, but Andi and Eliza are going to be best of friends cousin buddies! Thanks Misha and Joe for letting us stop in. We love you guys. Andi wasn't so happy. I think the crazy weekend and long hours in her car seat weren't to her liking. We also couldn't believe how big Eliza is getting and know Andi will be there before we are ready. They grow up way too fast.

St. George Marathon!

So, I didn't get a good picture of Kody, Adam and Scott after the marathon, so I stole the one from Rachel's blog:o) But, when I added it to my blog it came at the top and I can't get it to move into its proper order. Here are the awesome finishers! They rock. Nice work! Between the three of them they have run 25 marathons I think. Kody 9, Adam 5, Scott 11!

With stomachs full of Spaghetti, Kody, Adam and Scott are ready to run!

Showing off their favorite stretches....before leaving us for their sleepover at Pine Valley.

Adam giving Alli five. Our waiting finally came to an end and we got to cheer for Adam and Uncle Wayne about a mile from the finish. Adam sure enjoyed running most of the race with him.

Adam happy to be finished! He ran the 26.2 miles in 4 hours and 2 minutes! Great job Adam! A.J. happy that Dad shared his ice cream sandwich with him!

Memories of Grandma "O"

Grandma Oakeson left this earth life this morning and returned home to Heavenly Father. We sure do love her. I found some random photos of her this past year. I wanted to share some of the memories I have of her. I only knew Grandma for just over 10 years, but she has impacted my life, my children's life, and especially my husband's life eternally and forever. Thank you Grandma for your life and your example to all of us. Grandma came up to our house for Addi's baptism in January.

Here is Grandma after a long day with all of us Bakers!
How did such a calm, quiet lady have such a crazy family?

At Thanksgiving.

You know how much Grandma loves to get her picture taken!

My favorite, Adri using her cane as a microphone and singing us songs.

Some of our family's memories:

Marky Maypo

The big Buffalo rug downstairs

Her warm house

All of her paintings

Her teal couch

That she could pick up a dozen eggs with her two hands

Her dedication to working in the temple.

Her doll on her bed.