April

She already fits Addy's bike that Addy just got for Christmas.

Uncle Damon came for a visit

At one point Damon got Addy and Doug swinging at the same time and gave them an underdog at the same time.  Addison and Doug named this a "Dunderdog".  Addison was cracking up so much.  It was awesome seeing her having so much fun.  I don't see her laugh like that very often.

Rocks are soooo fascinating.  Two peas in a pod

Look at how much taller Lexi is!  Lexi is handing down clothes to Miriam instead of the other way around lol

Damon came to UT for a short weekend trip with the USAFA LDS Cadet choir.  They had a performance at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.  This isn't the greatest picture since the book is pretty much hiding his face but it's the only one I got.

Steve was asking Lexi what a baby says.  As she was pretending to cry he was rocking her like a baby

Easter Egg Hunt with Cousins

Um, does Lexi know how to hug? I keep finding pictures of Miriam hugging her but Lexi not really reciprocating :)

After the hunt....

...Going through their treasures

mmm, candy for breakfast

Lexi playing a game with her cousins

She won and this is her winning face lol.  She's so unemotional

EASTER

Grandpa K came for a visit

Another trip to Arizona (part 1)

I never posted this back on Valentine's Day but it made me laugh so I'll post it now - When I was looking for a card for Steve I picked this one up to read it (not thinking anything of the color of the people on the card).  Once I got to the last line of the card I just laughed and laughed (because my husband isn't black)..... and put the card back :)

February

March

In March we had a somewhat warmer day

By the end of the day I had to tuck Addy's shirt into her pants to keep them from falling down

Steve's birthday

GRANDPA REED CAME FOR A VISIT

My sisters and nieces.  We're trying to get together as much as possible because Amy is moving to CO at the end of May and Courtney is moving to Dallas in July :(  It'll be so sad to see them go.  We had 2 years all of us living within 30 minutes of each other.  That hasn't happened for a really long time.

Vacation to Arizona!

We went to AZ at the end of January to visit family and friends.  It was so much fun!

FRIENDS AND FIRE STATIONS

First we visited my friends, the Vaughts.  They are friends from Detroit who moved to Mesa 2 years after I moved there.  And unfortunately Steve and I moved to Utah a couple of months after they moved to AZ.

Steve's cousin, Aaron, is a firefighter and he gave us a tour of the fire station.  It was awesome.  He even took us for a ride in the fire truck around the block.  Lexi was sick the day we went so she stayed home with Grandma.

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA REED

We visited Grandma and Grandpa Reed at their house in Maricopa, AZ

GREAT GRANDMA PAYNE

Visited Great Grandma Payne

HANGING OUT AT ROB AND JEANA'S HOUSE 

Hanging out with Aunt Bethany and cousin Olivia

Thanks Jeana for the fun activities for the girls!

 TEMPLE, BAHAMA BUCKS, DUCKS, AND HANGING WITH AUNT JEANA

We went to Bahama Bucks.  It's snow cones with ice cream in the bottom and cream on top.  It doesn't sound like much but it is so delicious!  We wish there was one in Utah.  Top middle picture is the Gilbert Temple open house.