(Some day Addison is really going to kill me for this)... SO I'm going to get my kicks while I can :) Addison has a super cute poopin face! You might think she's just randomly smiling, but as soon as she starts grunting you'll know to expect a little present! :) 
I don't know what's more sad in this picture... the truck being on the tow truck, or Rudy limping around trying to be an active dog. Poor Rudy!
We really did have a lot of fun! Had some hotdogs, smores, and LOTS of Dew!!! 
Poor Pickup :(
I got my hair cut and colored yesterday. I haven't had time to fix my hair like I should be, and I had such bad split ends I decided it was time to part with it. Above is how long my hair was, and below is my new "mom do". It's not terribly short, but compared to what I'm used to it's pretty short. I love it though. What do you think?
And isn't Addison just the cutest little girl? She went to the salon with dad and mom yesterday (Stew got a haircut too). Addison however, didn't get her haircut.... she's working on growing it out :)
2. There was the whole situation with the bullets. First Hank forgot them at our house, so we had my mom bring them home with her. When she got home Hank realized he didn't grab the right shells. (yup, true story). Thanks to my little brother, we still had a good time using some of his shells and guns. (Thanks Jonny boy :)
3. I was able to shoot something!!! :) I had to use a 22 and set up the clay pigeon in the sage brush, but by the endish of the night I wasn't doing too bad! I've decided that I really like shooting a 22. No kick, lightweight, and super easy to load! :)
4. And the last difference is this year Mekala had to go pee pretty bad so I told her just to go around the old swather. She didn't think twice about it, but was pretty surprised when I popped out from behind the swather and yelled "say cheese!" (Don't worry, it's all G rated), but nonetheless it was pretty hilarious!
It's funny cause these next two pictures are almost identical to last year's shoot! These will have to be annual pictures!
We have so much fun with these guys- and you can bet this will definitely be an annual party! (We'll just start putting Stewart in charge of getting the ammunition) ;)
Addison LOVES her aunt JoAnna! But on this particular day she'd just woken up and was getting quite hungry... and it made for a pretty darn cute little pouty girl! :)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture! What a cutie pie!
And recently, we found that we could trick mom by making a "fake" Addison. After a diaper change nobody put her pants or socks back on Addison! And the funny thing was the socks stayed in her little pants just like this! Uncle Jon picked them up and wrapped them up in a blanket and went over to my mom with a "here, you want to hold Addison?" It didn't take her long to figure it out that it wasn't really Addison, but it got her! (And for whatever reason, we just thought we were SO hilarious! I think we were in one of those giddy moods ;)
And last but not least, we finally have some naked pictures of Addison :) She really didn't like the "stink bug" position, but she was a good sport about this little photo shoot. Isn't she just so cute?!!
Our little cutie pie!
Addison loves our doggie Rambo! and I think he likes her just as much!
Addison meeting our new kitty Puss. Our other cat Boots ran away... but we're glad we still have Puss! :)
Stewart got a new work car recently! Above is his new (brand new) car! When he got it, it only had nine miles on it! (and that's after his boss took it for a test drive!!! It's a cute little thing, and so much nicer than his old work car! It's a jeep version of the dodge caliber. It's much roomier and SO much quieter! We're glad that his boss Marty takes care of us!
Stew's old work car. It was bout time for a new transmission, so they decided to upgrade! Notice how much taller the new car is compared to this one. I know that Stewart really likes not bonking his head everytime he gets in the car!
...watching TV in her boppy (and her boppy in general)...
...Playing or working outside. She really loves to watch Rambo and the kitties run around... and she LOVES her little yellow hat!....
...She loves diaper changes and squirming around on her changing table...
...She loves being Naked!....
...she loves her car seat and riding in the car!....
....she loves to take naps....
....she loves her swing...
....and she even loves naps IN her swing! :) ....
...She loves bath time! She loves her bath toys and even loves her little swimming suit!....
....She loves to toot, and she does it A LOT!.....
...she loves to chill on the couch with mom (not always being held), to just let loose!....
....She loves Story time!....she also loves....
Falling asleep to a good bedtime story!
Shamoo. (And he didn't eat anyone... this time ;) I was a little disappointed 
that the trainers didn't swim with them. But it was good.
The sea lion show. I can't believe people can train these animals! They were awesome! After we went to the sea lion "cove" where you could feed them fish. Me and Stew were so entertained! The sea lions would come up and bark at you if you acted like you were going to feed them! And the birds would attack the people with fish! It was kinda scary! But really funny.
"Petting" the stingrays. They were HUGE! 
This is how Addison spent most of the day. And it was St. Patty's day- that's why she's wearing green :) And yes- that's the smallest hat we could find... and no- she didn't really like it much the whole trip :) 
Here's the trio. In California we stayed with our friends the Odells. Their son Matt and his wife live in Huntington and Matt was kind enough to take Jon and Stew out on the waves. It looked like it was A LOT of work! Stewart got out pretty far, but tossed his cookies and came back in. (I think that it's hard to swim in the ocean anyway- getting used to the salt and the waves-so I think it was awesome that he was brave enough to try surfing much less swimming!)
My dad's brother Niel and his family drove down from Lancaster and spent the day at the beach with us too! It was fun to play with their kids and see them in their element! They sure are California kids! They were playing in the water in just their swimming suits! It wasn't too cold, but I didn't think it was that warm! They sure are cute kids!
Addison just chillin on the beach! She was such a good baby the whole trip! I think she really liked the sound of the crashing waves- they seemed to soothe her.
Grandma and Grandpa doing their grand-parenting duties :) They were such big helps with Addison- and she loves them so much!
Stew playing in the waves on a body board.
Jon and JoAnna on the beach. (Yes- we're from Idaho and it's been a long winter ;)
After we were done playing in the water, we drove down the Laguna beach. Matt and Melody know this private little beach where the tide pools are really good. By the time we got there the tide was coming in so we didn't get to explore the pools. But the beach here was gorgeous! The sun was setting and it looked like a picture from a travel pamphlet.
So anytime we traveled in California it seemed like it took forever (even though we often used the fast pass lane -(which we didn't realize we'd be ticketed for... and Garmin said so...) so we just went the fastest way right? Anywho- going to Huntington from Yucipa usually takes about an hour and a half. On the way home there was a bad wreck on the freeway and it took us FOUR HOURS to get back to Yucipa! We were all exhausted from being in the sun all day-but thankfully we have good parents who stayed awake to inch forward every few minutes. This was the craziest thing I've EVER seen! People were running out of gas all over the place! 
I was very thankful for my parent's nice travel van at this time in particular! JoAnna is watching TV, Jon is sleeping, Stewart is laying on the floor in front of the seat that I'm laying on, and Addison was in the car seat at my head. At least through the traffic jam we were comfortable :)