Addison's Birthday.

Addison is 8 years old!

Her birthday is just 5 days after Ava's.

She was SO HAPPY to have a new baby sister on her birthday.

We celebrated with an outdoor party with thirteen of her darling little friends. It was so much fun!

Addison is such a sweetie. We love her so much!

First Day of School

Addison and Olivia have started school this year and they absolutely LOVE it. They are so happy about their school, teachers, bus driver (Brad and his fast truck) and all of their new friends. We are so glad that they have adjusted so well to our new home in Colorado and that they are having such a good experience at school. I am loving the time that I have at home with Ella and Ava. We are looking forward to a great new school year!

Sweet little Ava-1 week old.

She's here.

Ava Claire Daybell
Born: Tuesday, August 10th @ 1:30 a.m.
6 lbs 8 oz 19.5 inches
We could not be happier!

It's time.

Baby Ava will be arriving this week! We are SO EXCITED to finally meet her. I am scheduled for induction on Wednesday. We have had so much fun this month preparing for our new

BABY GIRL!

Olivia has been busy drawing pictures for her new baby sister.

This is a picture of Ava in her cradle. :)

Our new rocking chair.
Our girls really wanted a rocking chair to rock their new sister.
I found this on craigslist.
It needed some clean up and paint, but it will do the job.

Sweet Ella is very anxious to be a big sister.
She goes through all of the baby clothes every morning.
She is so excited to dress and take care of a new baby.
She will be the best little helper!

A few days ago, Addison made us a cute candy countdown chain...

3 days to go!

My girls love to help in the kitchen. We have had a lot of fun preparing food from this great recipe book for kids by Williams-Sonoma. Addison can prepare some of the recipes by herself. Here is one of our new favorite summer recipes that our whole family loves. We make them almost every day.

Fruity Morning Shakes:
1 container (8 oz) low fat vanilla yogurt
1 cup of fresh fruit. We usually use peaches, strawberries, mango, bananas or blueberries.
ice cubes

Simple, healthy and so YUMMY.

Farmers Market

Today we took our weekly trip to Sprouts Farmers Market. If you have a Sprouts nearby, you need to check it out. We seriously love this place. They have incredible prices on fruit and vegetables and everything is fresh, organic and delicious.

Today we walked away with...

1 large bag of carrots

20 yellow peaches

3 cartons of strawberries

2 cartons of blueberries

2 bags of red grapes

2 bags of green grapes

1 bag of cauliflower

2 bunches of radishes

1 pineapple

Total: $22.00

Broomfield Family Festival

Life is good.

Happy Father's Day!

We have had a great Father's Day weekend! Brad was very excited to get a subscription to the Denver Post, a new hat and tickets to the Colorado Rockies. We have had a fun weekend of swimming, shopping, yummy food and golf. Happy Father's Day Brad! You are the perfect dad for a family full of girls. We LOVE you so much!!!!!

SUPER DAD

Relaxing by the pool.

Olivia and Ella, playing in the sand at FlatIron Crossing Mall,

while Brad is in the mall hunting for a new hat.

Learning the game of chess from an expert.

Afternoon in the pool.

Evening at the golf range.

and the highlight of the day...

Dinner from Brad's favorite Asian Market.

DELICIOUS

Colorado

We are so excited to be in Colorado again! We are finally settled into the area and we are loving it!!! The weather has been fantastic, so we have been spending a lot of time in the pool. We live in the Denver Metro and absolutely LOVE the area that we are in. We have a beautiful view of the mountains, so many fun things to do close by and we live near an open space filled with trails, ponds and parks for running, biking and playing. Brad started his new job and is very happy with it. It has been fun visiting old friends and getting to know new ones. We look forward to a busy, fun-filled summer.

California

We vacationed in California a week before our move to Denver. We thought that before Brad started his new job, we should take our sweeties to Disneyland. They loved every minute of it and so did we. It was a relaxing vacation...the perfect break before a busy move to Colorado.

Ella was so excited to meet all of her favorite

Disney characters- so cute.

We celebrated our 10th anniversary while we were in California.

10 amazing years with the greatest guy in the world.

After a lot of hard work, Addison finished her masterpiece.

Brad is hilarious.

Olivia- ballet on the beach

A Night On Broadway

Addison and Olivia had another great night on stage at the local university. They were so excited to dance to some of their favorite songs in a fantastic production of "A Night On Broadway". They were so darling on stage, the evening was so much fun!

Olivia in "Beauty and the Beast"

Addison's tap dance

"Always Look on the Bright Side"

Addison in "Castle on a Cloud"

Olivia's jazz dance

"Little Shop of Horrors"

Back to Colorado

We are on our way back to Colorado!

We will be moving to Denver on Memorial Day weekend.

Brad has been offered a great opportunity

that we just can not pass up!

We are SO EXCITED

to get settled in our new home

and enjoy all of the fun in Denver!

NEWS

We are so excited to announce that we are expecting another baby girl in August! Addison, Olivia and Ella have been praying for another baby girl, so they were very glad to hear the news. Brad and I could not be happier...a family full of girls will be L O V E L Y.

INTRODUCING...

New Favorite Recipe-DELISH!

Coconut Curried Vegetables with Shrimp

Serves 6-8 /400 calories/ 6 grams of fat

Ingredients:

• 1 lb rice noodles
  • 1 C broccoli (cut into florets)
  • 1 cup carrots (matchstick or julienne cut)
  • ½ cup scallions (cut on the bias)
  • ½ cup red peppers (matchstick or julienne cut)
  • 1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger (peeled & chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Thai curry paste (red or green)
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 can “lite”coconut milk (from your favorite Asian market)
  • 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce, low sodium (from your favorite Asian market)
  • ½ cup sweet chili sauce (from your favorite Asian market)
  • 1 tsp black sesame seeds (from your favorite Asian market)
  • 24 shrimp (16-20 peeled & de-veined)

  Cooking procedures:

  1. Soak noodles in lukewarm water for 30 minutes. Drain and cool in ice water. Drain, let rest & toss with oil.
  2. Blanch broccoli & carrots in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain, cool down in ice water, drain and set aside.
  3. Place large sauté pan over high heat. Add canola oil and sauteed mushrooms until lightly golden.
  4. Add shrimp, coconut milk and Thai curry paste.
  5. Add carrots, broccoli, peppers, scallions, ginger, sweet chili sauce, sweet soy, and noodles to pan in that order. Toss once or twice to coat all ingredients well with sauce.
  6. Place on platter and sprinkle with black sesame seeds
  
  

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Our sweet little Olivia turned 5 years old! She is growing up so fast. We had a great time celebrating with her cute little friends, cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Daybell. Olivia is such a doll, we love her so much!

Out 'n About

We love C U P C A K E S! We are so happy to live near a delightful cupcake shop where we have become regular visitors. We l o v e anything chocolate with pink frosting. :) We also have become fans of their delicious strawberry hot chocolate. YUM. It's a fun little stop on cold winter days (we have many of them). After the cupcake shop, our next stop is usually Brad's office. Our little girls adore their dad and get so excited to visit him at his office, ride the elevator a million times and bring him a sweet treat. Life is good.

Christmas Highlights

Temple Square in Salt Lake City

Spending time with family and friends

Aunt Karla's Christmas Party

Ella's pink wooden kitchen

Tinker Toys

Wooden dress-up dolls from Grandma

My personal highlight:

(after a very long night on Black Friday)

THANK YOU SANTA!

Nutcracker Ballet

Addison and Olivia performed in the Nutcracker Ballet right before Christmas. The production was FABULOUS and the girls absolutely loved it. They were in a performance Friday night and two on Saturday. Busy weekend! Olivia danced in the Chinese Tea, she was the smallest ballerina in the show-ADORABLE. Addison danced in the Arabian Coffee. The Arabian dance was beautiful, Addie was fantastic. We were not allowed to record or take pictures at the show, but here are a few pictures from dress rehearsal.