The Futey Family: Starting 2012 with a bang!

Okay...it's been awhile since we've been able to post anything, and we've been to Utah and back --- so this is a pretty large post. Enjoy!

Someone in the neighborhood, and we're pretty sure we know who, has been dropping off little toys 'Little People" to be exact on the doorstep and disappearing. Addyson really loves them and has her friend all lined up.

Here's a sleepy Addyson with her happy Feet toy...

So cute...

Ahhhhhhh....!!!

Addyson sure is a snuggly little creature...

Of course...so is Amelia!

I love our girls...

Looking like a snow bunny on a mission, Addyson enjoys one of her favorite treats...an Oreo -- and now she eats more than just the middle.

Up close...

Hmmmm....

Amelia, has snuck off with something she shouldn't be eating to a place she should not be eating it.

Addyson...taking a break on her couch.

The girls really DO love each other...

Hi there...

Once again, double trouble in motion...

Addyson and her friends all collected before church...

What's going to work....TEAMWORK!

Amelia likes to snuggle with her 'babies'...this time while watching Cinderella. I cannot wait to see how this unfolds when baby shows in June.

Concentration....

CHEESE!!

That's one funny kid...

See...I told you they loved each other. And they love having another couch to lay on.

Two for one tickles...I love torchering them!

'Daddy, please stop....'

This is where Addyson would say, "Amelia turn, Amelia turn...."

Don't ask...

Baking with Kim...watch Amelia from this shot to the next --

...got it! And Addyson got some batter...

Num, num, num, num...

This is great...we got a game for XBox, which is a Nick Jr. based game with dancing. Addyson can dance with Dora, Diego, the Backyardigans and the Fresh Beat Band....she LOVES it! here's she's spinning with Kim --- Addyson has to emulate what the characters in the game are doing....very cool!

Here are the girls at a Dayton Christmas festival rising on Santa...

Amelia: why should I eat the cookie if I can just lick the frosting?

[lick, lick, lick]

Time to decorate cookies...

Addyson's turn...

Beautiful...

Addyson continues to use her straw like a big girl...it's pretty handy that she learned this.

Addyson...

Here's a shot from Addyson's school Christmas party...

...and another. Of course Amelia was allowed to join in...

This is cute...Amelia eats the Cheetoe [sp?].

And her expression...

Another sleeping Amelia in the high chair...

Amelia in Utah! She gathers all her friedns together...

Gandma Checketts and Amelia get reacquainted...

Addyson and Amelia tag team Grandama Checketts...

Grandma Checketts calls in additional support and Grandpa Checketts responds...

Addyson and penguins...lately, they're like peas in a pod.

Again, concentration...

Now that's a resting position...

Amelia, in a never ending saga akin to moving rock piles from one place to another and back again, loads me up with her friends.

Going to work on the wrapping paper...

Here we are at Temple Square in Salt Lake City...

Nikki, Brandon and Kim pose with the Princesses...who are in various stages on anger!

Here's the family shot...Amelia is unamused.

Bubbles...with a straw!

Num, num, num, num...

Mor Christmas lights...this time in Layton, UT.

Hi there Amelia!

Hi there Addyson...!

Note the feet off the floor...

Shayla played great with both girsl...

Amelia really enjoyed herself...

Christmas...and would you believe it, Santa brought Addyson a Happy Feet toy!

...and a stuffed penguin [no penguins were harmed in the making of the stuffed penguin].

All the while Amelia is running all over ripping open everything in site.

...and a Little People Castle.

...and a baby.

What little girls doesn't like cherry chapstick...

...Amelia loves the stuff.

Amelia concentrating on her castle.

Addyson sorts out her Uno Farm game parts...

The Dinosaur series makes a return...potty style [her we go!].

Amelia, for a brief instant, is overwhelmed...

More concentration...

Nikki takes a break to hang with Amelia...

Kim, getting physically acosted by the Princesses...

Addyson snuggles with her penguin...

Chillin' with a penguin...

Snuggling with Kim...

Amelia and more of her 'babies'....

Grandma Futey enters the picture with a stuborn little Amelia...

That's right...you are!

Grandpa Futey now goes to work on the Little One...

And their fingers met...

This is Addyson's way of telling us she's ready to go outside...that was after she put on her pants and shoes.

Time to go to the playground...

Amelia shows Grandma Futey the way...

Up she goes...

Grandma Futey sends her down...look at her face closely.

Addyson does a little sweaping before she gets too into playtime...

Amelia follows suit...

Addyson, talking to Kim on the other end of the airphone...

Addyson briefs the plan of attack as Grandma Futey and Amelia diligently listen.

Ready...jump!

Addyson does great at balancing on the narrow wall...

Amelia is still working on it a little...

Here she comes again...

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Addyson...

WOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

Again....WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can't have a visit to Grandma Checketts' home with Addyson, regardless the time of year, without there being a birthday celebration with cake, a candle and hats...

BTW....nice hat Grandpa Futey. I know, Addyson 'made' you wear it.

Gitty' up little lady...here we are at teh Children's Tree House in Ogden. The girls loved it...

Hello?

Amelia on drums!

Addyson on the Xylofone [sp?]

Hmmm...more babies?

Yes, Addyson is a Princess....I've been saying that this whole time.

So is Amelia...

Kim and Amelia play...

Again, loves her legos...

Kim and the girls play...but who's that in the background?

Ah....Grandpa Futey gets into the action with some blocks [busted!].

Not to be outdone...Grandma Futey couldn't resist getting on the horse [they asked us to leave after I took this shot because of her].

It was a fun trip...

Addyson...

Riding the range...

Here she is in the classroom at the Treehouse...looks right at home at teh chalkboard.

Dinner time...

Amelia tends the farm...

...and waters some plants.

Three little pigs...

...and mroe animals.

Addyson put the hat on and climbed up into the truck for this shot...I had to take it.

And another...

No trip to Utah for me is complete without going to Farr's...and our girls LOVE icecream, just like their dad!

Of course...Grandma and Grandpa Futey like their icecream too.

I love Farr's...

More concentration...

Addyson digs in...

Licks her little cone...

And shares a little with Grandma Futey, but reaches back for it quickly...

Amelia...

It was nice to see my parents for a few days...

Addyson examines the hat...

...and decides she likes it!

Two words...Peppa Pig.

That's right, there's ice in there...

Amelia gets into the New Year's Eve spirit...

...and start banging a pit with a spoon.

A natural at age two...[well, maybe]

I tried to help...

Happy New Year!

Addyson joins the fray...

Shayla and Amelia rolling a ball...

Shayla and the Princesses....nice diapers ladies!

We went to the Kangaroo Zoo, and inflatable slide play area. The girsl loved it!

Weeeee.....!

It was playland heaven for the girls...

Up, up, up, goes Addyson...

And she's at teh top...

For the first time at one of these type places...Amelia could get up everything unassisted.

Weeeeee...!

A girl and her dinosaur...

Amelia goes WAY up there...

Down she flies....

Oops...a little lateral moverment there!

Amelia...on top!

There they go together....

Look carefully...Addyson's little feet are both of the trampoline here. We logged many, many, many minutes on the trampoline --- Addyson really does great and has improved vastly.