A little of what we have been up to

Just a little of what we have been doing this last little while.

Daniel fell asleep on the couch while watching TV with Frank, while Abby and I were gone. I guess watching how candy is made isn't too entertaining for Daniel. He has never fallen asleep outside of his bed or car seat since he was probably two months old, so this was unusual.

This is one of my BIG accomplishments lately. I made homemade yogurt. Daniel is enjoying it with some apricot jam, he loves yogurt, and he has never tried preflavored kinds. He has only been allowed plain yougrt with added berries or jams. My bowl is sitting there in front with thawed out berries, with cinnamon and ginger. YUM!

Daniel is vacuuming up some spilled powder he had out of the kitchen and dropped. He is a little helper in the making. He loves to help, but most of the time is "too much" help.

We made pizza the other night. Daniel put on his own topping, and then I spread them out a little better. Abby's is on the left which is shaped like an ice skate.

Abby picked that shape because she had just gone ice skating that day for the first time. Abby did very well on the ice. She didn't need to hold my hand really, but she held my hand anyway after she fell the first time, which was a while into the skating. She did great and wants to go again.

Abby had a friend over earlier one day and they had dress ups on. Daniel came to Frank insisting that he wear this. I told Frank to go ahead, but I thought he would leave is clothes on underneath. I guess I should have said that out loud. Frank had to get the event on video.

Daniel loves to play trains and yell "All Aboard," but this day he brought blocks, instead of trains, in the kitchen while I was doing dishes. I tried to get him yelling "all aboard" on video. This is as good as it gets. But he will often yell it at the top of his lungs in his bedroom when playing trains. My mom can hear him on the other end of the phone when I am in the kitchen talking to her.

Frank recently started back to school in the mornings. Abby made him a special picture to hang on the hall at the end of his first long week.

The End of the Year.

Here are a few pictures from the last month or so. I have been a little behind on the blog because we got a new computer that is taking a while to get used to, and I am tired because of being pregnant. So, I only do what has to be done in order survive with the family.

As you can see, Daniel goes around without pants a lot lately. If he puts up a fight at all, I give up until Frank comes home to put his pants back on. He loves his new crane that the wonderful neighbor gave us as her grandkids are too old from them now. He loves those toys.

Abby got to go the the Treehouse Musuem in Ogden over Thanksgiving with her mom.

This is Abby in her garden harvesting the crop.

This is her at the fire truck being a fire fighter.

This is Princess Abigail in her thorn at the Treehouse.

This is Abby's playdough chair she wanted me to show everyone.

As I was taking a nap on the long couch one Sunday afternoon, Frank went to the smaller couch to find a place of his own to rest. That didn't last long. The kids just can't stay away. Meanwhile, I got the bigger couch all to myself.

Abby and Daniel are here hidden in the statues of the Christmas carolers at the Ogden's Christmas village of houses and lights. We were with my sister, Andrea's family and my mom. They had so much stuff to look at, but it was so cold we didn't get to see it all,

but maybe next year.

Can you find one Ava, Abby, Daniel, Seth, Ethan and a little Lily in the picture?

Santa in the House!

Santa made a surprise visit on the 23rd. Abby and Daniel were both on the "Nice" list, somehow. Unfortunately for me, Kristin made the "Nice" list as well.

The Big Announcement...

I am pregnant for the final time, we think. I went to the doctor yesterday and all is well. I am nine weeks along. The due date is June 22nd and not too far into summer, thank goodness. We have decided to name her Sarah May Aiello, if it is a girl. I feel like it is a girl, so we aren't really talking about boy names right now. We can't really agree on one anyway, maybe Otto.
Sarah will be lucky enough to have a cousin born in May the month before. Mike and Elisabeth will find out what they are having in December (a girl maybe?). My cousin, Tricia, will also be having a baby in May. It should be fun for our little one to grow up with cousins the same age.
So, all is well on the home front. We got a new computer this week, so I haven't got the program loaded for pictures from our camera yet. I hope to shortly, when I have the energy and enthusiasm to do so.

More October

Happy Halloween.

Abigail made a great Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. She even had the red glittery shoes.

Daniel was a cowboy by default. We could NOT get the lion costume on him.
The Tuesday before Halloween we woke up to snow.
This is Abby playing on the deck.

Daniel just eat snow the whole time, YUCK!

A Little Bit of October 2009

Abby earned some points, enough to go to Jungle Jim's in Fort Union.

They had a good time.

Abby "flying" in our kitchen.

Daniel, making a Daniel face.

The Month of September...

We had a busy month and the pictures may not be in a good order, because it takes too much effort to do it backwards. There will be more pictures coming when I get my mother-in-law's copies from her camera. Daniel stood at the window, with mom's help, to look at a large dumpster being dropped off in front of the neighbor's house. He loves big trucks, so this is such a treat for him to see them at work.

We made a second trip to Kennecott Copper Mine when Frank's parents and sister came into town from Florida. Abby is standing in front of the big tire they use on their dump trucks that are HUGE, the size of our house.

This is one of the many views of the copper mine.


We got new couches from my lovely sister, Becky, who upgraded to fancy couches after her kids got old enough to be nice to them. And I also covered a older chair with a slip cover that I sewed myself. The footstool isn't finished in this picture. I was lucky to get the chair cover done without hurting anyone, including myself. If anyone wants to see it, I would be happy to show it off. It was a lot of work and I really like it. It was a gift to Frank from last Christmas, but he knew I would take a while to get the material sewn together, so he was patient.


We love our new couches, Thanks Becky!!!

The kids got to play with Paca, Frank's dad. He even got down on the floor to play. I think he enjoys finally having a grandson after three granddaughters. He loves and adores them all.

Daniel is still asking for his Paca, Meme and Aunt Beth, even though they have been gone over a week.

He dressed up as a cowboy for them while they were here, but I couldn't get a better shot. I thought this was pretty funny anyway.

When Abby was off track at the beginning of the month, we hiked up Ensign Peak. Just me and the two kids. Some lady commented how amazing it was to have a little hiker like that up there. I didn't remember how steep it is for kids until I was half way up the big hill or small mountain, which ever it is. I ended up carrying Daniel half way up and halft way down.

This is at the top of Ensign Peak.

This is a great video of Frank having a fun moment of toughness cutting a lemon in the air. He thought it was too boring to just cut it on the counter.


If ever you have wondered how much energy kids have, this should answer it.

Our kids found a new purpose for a camping air matress.