Friday, January 21, 2011

New Years 2011

This year for New Years we headed down to Atlanta to stay with Holly and Cameron. They also had some friends visiting from Virgina who we were also friends with when we were dating so it was nice to hang out with them too. Our time the Noblit's is never long enough but luckily we aren't super far away so we get to hang out

The kids had their New Year's at 10:00. There was no way they were making it until midnight.






(Don't worry it is only apple juice)




Christmas 2010



This year we spent Christmas in Virgina with Paul's parents and his sister Heather. We filled our time traveling to Paul's grandmothers house in Staunton, going to movings, checking out the light displays and playing in the snow. We had such a great time. I know I always say this but it was so nice to be able to relax and spend time with those we love.

Aiden was more into opening presents this year but not quite as much as we thought he would be. Don't let this picture fool you. It took almost the whole day of coming back and forth for him to finish opening all of his presents.


Helping Grandpa open his present

In the Richmond area you can always find a lot of awesome light displays. They call it the tacky light tour and that it is. Some of these displays start going up in September just so they can be ready for the holiday season.










While we were in Staunton visiting Grandma Cauley we drove up to visist Grandpa Cauleys gravesight. He died before Aiden was born so he never got to meet him we will make sure he knows who great grandpa Cauley was and what a good example he was and still is to his family.

We also had a white Christmas. Aiden had so much fun playing in the snow. We didn't have boots for him so Grandma had the great idea to zip tie plastic bags to his feet so his shoes wouldn't get wet. It worked out perfectly.


Tiger Refuge

One weekend in November when Holly and Cameron decided to visit we decided to check out the Tiger Refuge that is about 30 min down the road. It was pretty neat. If we would have gone a couple weeks later we would have seen the lions but we still saw a lot of different cats. Just watch out for the tigers. They spray. Ask Paul and Kyra.

Please ignore the bad picture quality. It was the best I could do with the chain link fences









Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Aiden has some news to share

Aiden 18 month update

Since Aiden is already past 19 months this post is over due but what is important is that it is here. I could just sit and watch Aiden play and discover new things all day. He is such a little character and so full of love. He has such a cute sense of humor and loves to make people laugh. One of his tricks is that he discovered he has holes in his nose so he will stick both fingers in his nose and laugh and laugh. His first work was “ticka ticka” meaning tickle tickle and it is a nightly occurrence for him to come up to Paul and I and grab our feet and say “Ticka ticka ticka” with a big grin on his face. He is also quite the dancer. Lately he has really busted out some moves. He has this cute little booty shake going on and has started getting his arms into it and everything. Paul has gotten some videos on his phone but every time I pull the camera out he gets distracted and stops dancing. I guess I will have to sneak it out one of these days. He loves giving kisses and blowing kisses but he must be running out because mommy is not getting nearly as many kisses as she use to. He also loves to color. He is always going around saying “color, color” and running to the closet where he knows the crayons are kept. He loves talking on the phone and it is not rare to find him talking to Aunt Holly. (I think up until last weekend when they were visiting he thought she lived in the computer.) He is saying so many new words and adds more and more to his vocabulary everyday. The latest include potty, spidy (spider) and woof (dog).

I can’t believe that my baby is a toddler now. I don’t know where the time went. He is such a sweet little spirit and for the most part a very good little boy. I will admit, sometimes he does try my patience but what toddler doesn’t test their limits. We are so thankful that Heavenly Father entrusted us to care for him and let him join our home. It wouldn’t be the same with out him. We love that little boy more then words can say.




Just like Daddy


Loves his grandma blankets

It is not a rare occurrence to find him sitting down reading books

Monday, November 29, 2010

Halloween/Pumpkin Patch

These are just a few pictures to share from Halloween and Aiden at the Pumpkin Patch



We tried to get a picture of Aiden and Will in their costumes but they were fighting over the door handle and this is the best we got.




These are just a few pictures to share from Halloween and Aiden at the Pumpkin Patch

Mule Days

Some friends of ours told us about a festival they have in this small town not far from us. It is called Mule Days and I was really excited about going. I felt like maybe I was getting back to my Idaho roots. It started with a parade then a arts and crafts show and finally a rodeo. I was really excited about going to the rodeo but by the time that came around it was super hot outside and Aiden was ready for a nap so we decided to call it a day and head home. We had lots of fun so maybe we will go back next year. Paul isn't much for parades though so maybe we will skip that and make time for the rodeo instead.