Goodbye 2010, Welcome 2011

2010 was such a CRAZY year. It was probably the most eventful year that I've had since Addi was born! It started out with my baby girl turning THREE. She is growing up so fast and learning more and more everyday. She had a big princess birthday party with all her friends in Claremont, right before we moved to Corona.

In January 2010, Addi and I moved out of my parents house, to our first home together in Corona. I started my full time job at Kieckhafer, Schiffer and Company as a Tax Accountant and Addi started preschool at Tutor Time in Irvine.
We've had a lot of fun in our apartment in Corona.

One of my best friends, Renee, got a job at KS&Co with me! It's been great to work with a close friend, and not to mention she's smart and makes my life easier! We've had a lot of good times this year, including the night she met her fiance, Gavin.

My baby sister, Katie, got married this year too! In June, she married her boyfriend of over 3 years, in the Newport Beach Temple. (How they stayed Temple worthy for 3 years is beyond me! LOL!) It was a beautiful wedding and a whole lot of fun. They had already adopted TWO Puppies that they call their kids and we see them as much as they can! I'm sure they are going to have a great year....more news to come!

Addi was the most beautiful flower girl in the world, and I'm pretty sure she gets it from me! HA HA HA! JK!

My oldest sister, Shelly, came out to visit this summer with her family. It was so much fun. Addi loves her cousins so much and I wish they lived closer, or I had more money to go visit them!

One of the biggest things that happened this year, was Quinn and I resolving our differences. It's taken nearly 7 years for him and I to see eye to eye. I'm very thankful to have him as my daughter's father. I know we've had our fair share of problems and drama, and I'm sure we'll have issues in the future, but I'm so glad that we were able to put the past in the past and move forward.

Addi got to see lots of friends this year too! My friend Alyssa came to visit with her boys, and Tara came down too! (Sorry Tara, I tried to add the pic of Addi with Marek, but my computer wouldn't load it!) I miss my girls from Utah SO MUCH. I wish that we all lived on the same street and our kids could all grow up together. Time definitely changes things, but there is nothing like girlfriends. No matter how long it's been since you've last seen each other, somehow it always just picks up right where it left off. I'm so thankful for all my girls. I wouldn't make it through this life without them.

This year Addi and I were lucky enough to meet some AMAZING new friends. One of the directors and the kindergarten teacher at Addi's school are single moms of beautiful, sweet and funny little girls. We get together at least once a week and the girls play while the mommy's chat! It's so much fun and it's been great to have friends that are going through the same things that I am. I love them so much and truely feel blessed that they are in my life. Best part: we all have disneyland season passes!

This year definitely brought it's fair share of challenges and accomplishments, tears and triumphs, failures and successes. I have so many things left to accomplish in life and I can't wait for this year to be a great one!
So Happy New Year Everyone! I'm posting my New Years Resolutions so that I actually have to stick to them since they are public information.

Resolutions:

1. Pay off half of my credit card debt
2. Pass two parts of the CPA exam
3. Take Addi to Monterey
4. Lose 10 pounds a month
5. Spend atleast one night a week doing something absolutely fun with Addi, with no distractions.
6. Scrapbook more. Atleast finish through year two of Addi's life.
7. Smile more.... I'd like to not be such a witch, with a B, this year!

I think 7 resolutions is PLENTY! Hopefully I can keep every single one! (Maybe not so much #7, HA HA HA!)

With that, I'm definitely excited to say goodbye to 2010. I can't wait for this year to bring GREAT THING to me and Addi. I love you all and I hope 2011 is the best year of your life :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Merry Christmas! I can't believe this was Addi's fourth Christmas! Time sure flies. This Christmas was SO MUCH FUN! She was so excited about Santa coming to visit!

On Christmas Eve we had dinner at my moms and Addi got to open her new Christmas pajamas.

My sis was there with her kids too "Kali"

And "Oakley"

And this is my mom and George's new baby, Abbey! She is not quite a baby anymore!

And it just wouldn't be Christmas Eve without family games! We taught Addi spoons! She has a really cool mom that always made sure she got a spoon!

Santa DEFINITELY CAME! Addi got spoiled! She didn't even know where to start!

She was SO EXCITED to get her princess bike with a seat for her baby!

To complete her plush doll collection: Snow Whilte and Rapunzel! She has all the princesses, they have overtaken her tiny toddler bed!

Rapunzel Dress and even the long hair!

One of the benefits of living in Cali is that when you get a bike for Christmas, it's nice and sunny and you can go right outside and ride it!

The absolute best part of the day was the whole family taking turns at Michael Jackson: The Experience on the WII. Addi was pretty good, I was AWESOME, the rest of my family was hilarious!

We are so blessed! It was such a fun Christmas. I can't even explain how much fun it was to celebrate Christmas with Addi this year! She is such an amazing and spirited little girl. She can make anything and everything the most exciting thing in the world. I am such a blessed person to have an amazing family and a beautiful little girl.

I hope you all had an amazing and blessed Christmas.

Christmas at Disneyland

Right before Christmas we got to go to Disneyland with our friends! It was so much fun! It  was 80 degrees in December. I don't think I ever remember seeing Santa as a kid when I was wearing shorts!

The girls all wanted smoothies! It was SO HOT OUTSIDE!!! 

 Jack Skelington! Ella LOVED this ride. Addi and Aubree were terrified of the Haunted Mansion!

 Dancing at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show!

It's tough to be a bug!  

Addi's first time meeting Jesse and Woody! SO EXCITING! 

And of course, the main event- SANTA!  



Living in Southern California is so much fun! There is always so much to do and we are so blessed to be able to do it, and have great friends to go with us.

Fun Christmas Activities

This Christmas season we did SO MANY fun and exciting activities to help us celebrate Christmas. Here are just a few of our activities!

When my brother was in town we went and saw some lights in Riverside and Santa!

 I love this picture! Addi is so beautiful! She looks so cute in a beanie! I'm jealous!

 We went to the annual church Nativity show at my Stake Center and saw tons of Nativity scenes and Addi got to dress up and play the part of Mary. It was really awesome to teach her the story this year and have her remember that we celebrate Jesus at Christmas!

 Addi had a school Christmas program! It was SO CUTE! My whole family came down for it and I was so thankful for their support. Addi learned so many songs and it was so adorable to see her participate in her first Christmas program!

 These are Addi's little boyfriends. Atleast, that's what she tells me. "Jamison and Jack are my boyfriends, I'm going to marry Jack first and then STROLL to Jamison." Oh my heck, I'm in SO MUCH TROUBLE!

 We also got to spend a lot of time with our friends from school Autumn, Ella, Amber and Aubree. I'm so thankful for this new friendship we've found this year. Autumn and Amber are great moms and it's been so fun having people to relate to. And the girls get a long GREAT!



Thanksgiving with Family

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun this year! My brother from Utah came with his two kids, and my cousin Mike, with his wife Kim and their two kids! It was a full house! But Addi was so excited to not be the only kid at the table for once!

 After dinner we went to see Tangled! Addi was so excited, it was the cutest Disney movie I've seen in a long time!

 I haven't taken a picture of Addi with my parents for so long! Addi loves Grandma and Grandpa. I don't know what I'd do without them!

 Uncle Josh and Aunt Katie actually didn't have to work and got to come for dinner too! It was nice to have them over!

I really have so much to be thankful for. I have an amazing, smart and beautiful daughter, a great family, and  great friends! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!