Look What Daddy Brought Home For Addison!

This is what Dad decided to bring Addison home last night! He wanted to get a Bassett Hound, but when he saw this tiny thing crouched in the corner in the next kennell over, he decided he needed to "rescue" it. Fortunately, Addison loves the dog. We keep trying to tell her its a girl dog, not a "him". She's not going for it. "I a big girl, hims not a big girl!" Oh well. She'll be less gender confused in time I guess.

She has already offered to allow it to take a bath with her and when I told her the puppy was tired, she responded with ,"Hims needs a Binky?" I'm just hoping she doesn't squish it to death or use it for a pillow.

As for me, it isn't my dream dog. I like fat dogs that have some solidity to them. Hello, my family had a dog named Pig that jiggled when he ran and his stomach drug on the ground. As my dad pointed out, this one is about as cuddly as a chicken carcus! At least it doesn't bark and its house broken. Things could always be worse!

25 Random Things About Me

Here we go, and let me tell you, these are going to be RANDOM, some obvious, but still RANDOM.

1. I like cheese. All kinds.

2. I have middle child syndrome

3. I hate velvet.

4. I don't like my toes to touch each other.

5. I want preferred parking at Kirklands.

6. Target is my happy place. A "fill your cart with uselesss stuff" trip is all I need some days.

7. I trade cars in before they hit 25,000 miles.

8. No one should use plain yellow post-its when there are colored ones.

9. I like HGTV A LOT

10. I can quote most Saved By The Bell episodes

11. My first thoughts when Addison was born was, "Please don't be ugly, please don't be ugly"... Fortunately she is ADORABLE!

12. I don't have a "side" on the bed.

13. The house I grew up in is in Footloose

14. I can't drive a standard transmission. At all... Even if you were bleeding to death and had to get to the hospital.

15. I use a Caboodle. Still. (I know there are more of you out there somewhere!)

16. I sleep in my contacts even though I know I shouldn't.

17. I love the guacamole at Los Hermanos.

18. I miss Bayside Bagels.

19. I am OCD when it comes to mowing lawns.

20. I really like Dr. Pepper.

21. The only concert I have been to is Country Fest at BYU in 1998. Stadium of Fires don't count.

22. I got married in the Provo Temple when it had a gold spire instead of a white one.

23. I would drive to Ephraim just to eat at the Malt Shop.

24. I don't know how to use E-Bay.

25. I love Victoria Secret Whispering Mist Lotion. And you can't get it anymore!

Christmas Break is Here!

Yahoo! Christmas break is offically here...until January 5th! This time of year is when being an underpaid teacher is so amazingly worth it!

With today being my first "work" day off, I'm left with the question...what do people do all day? By 11:00 a.m., I'd been grocery shopping, cleaned the microwave, finished laundry, visited my mom, played with the monk (a.k.a. Addison), finished wrapping Christmas presents and then contiplated what on earth I was going to do with the rest of my day! If it wasn't a snowstorm outside...I would go out an play in the snow. Well....I would follow Addison around while she played in the snow. Not that I'm complaining about my time off, I'm just so programmed to a daily school schedule, (math 9:10, recess 10:10, writing 10:25.....etc) I'm not sure what to do to fill my free time!

Here's some pictures to show a little of our day.

Addison is contemplating whether this gives her

a better view of "Little Mermaid"

This is what my wrapping buddy decided to do instead of helping .

Here's an added picture from Sunday with Addison in her new Christmas dress.

Merry Christmas!!!

This will take more than touch-up paint!

Bye, Bye Couch!

This is what happens when you try to fit a 96'' couch into the basement and around the corner. I was about ready to light the thing on fire after this happened...but my sister took it for her basement. Did I mention, she already has the exact same couch in her basement? Personally, I think a fire would have been more satisfying!

Trick-or-treating

Here are some pictures of Halloween. I know...it is December.
We ended up going around my parents street since I don't know any of my neighbors. Cadee, Kendall and Stockton came too. It was too funny that night because Addison came home from the baby-sitter's house that day already knowing how to say "Trick-or-Treat". Now everytime she holds a bag or basket of any kind, she walks up to anyone around and says, "Trick-or-Treat". Then she just stands there waiting for something to be put in it.

Waiting for some candy.

All ready to go!

Cadee, Kendall and Addison

Trick-or- Treating with dad!