Things Ady loves!!!!!

Ady loves many things, she loves slides "weeee!" she calls them. She also likes to climb, and swing. She has a hard time when she needs to go home. She also likes to run, its amazing how fast her little legs can go.
Ady likes to eat. She loves corn on the cob, mac and cheese, cake, yogurt (this is a special treat that she gets to eat with grandma), she likes drink from a straw, she loves "apples" (any red colored fruit). She loves nuts, raisin bread, mini muffins, popcorn chicken, hot dogs ( "I say hot you say dog")
Ady loves baths, showers and playing in the wading pool. She loves hugs, kisses, Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, Nana and Poppa. She loves to talk on the phone, tinkerbell, her doll "baby", kissing pictures, her blanket and pacifier.
We love to watch her and laugh with her.

101 Ways to Praise a Child

We had an awesome lesson in RS last month, given by our RS President. She stressed how important it is to strengthen our families. She suggested that we should all be living by the standards listed in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet. If you don't have one, get it, it is well worth the read!!!! She also handed out a paper with a list of ways to praise a child. Phrases we should be using more and more in our families. I had seen this before but it was a great reminder.

101 Ways to Praise a Child

WOW-WAY TO GO-SUPER-YOU'RE SPECIAL-OUTSTANDING-EXCELLENT-GREAT-GOOD-NEAT-WELL DONE-REMARKABLE-I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT-I'M PROUD OF YOU-FANTASTIC-SUPER STAR-NICE WORK-BEAUTIFUL-LOOKING GOOD-YOU'RE ON TOP OF IT-NOW YOU'RE FLYING-YOU'RE CATCHING ON-NOW YOU'VE GOT IT-YPU'RE INCREDIBLE-BRAVO-YOU'RE FANTASTIC-HURRAY FOR YOU-YOU'RE ON TARGET-YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY-HOW NICE-HOW SMART-GOOD JOB-THAT'S INCREDIBLE-HOT DOG-DYNAMITE-YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL-YOU'RE UNIQUE-NOTHING CAN STOP YOU NOW-GOOD FOR YOU-I LIKE YOU-YOU'RE A WINNER-REMARKABLE JOB-BEAUTIFUL WORK-SPECTACULAR-YOU'RE SPECTACULAR-YOU'RE DARLING-YOU'RE PRECIOUS-GREAT DISCOVERY-YOU'VE DISCOVERED THE SECRET-YOU FIGURED IT OUT-FANTASTIC JOB-HIP, HIP, HOORAY-BINGO-MAGNIFICENT-MARVELOUS-TERRIFIC-YPU'RE IMPORTANT-PHENOMENAL-YPU'RE SENSATIONAL-SUPER WORK-CREATIVE JOB-SUPER JOB-FANTASTIC JOB-EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE-YPU'RE A REAL TROOPER-YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE-YOU ARE EXCITING-YOU LEARNED IT RIGHT-WHAT AN IMAGINATION-WHAT A GOOD LISTENER-YOU ARE FUN-YOU'RE GROWING UP-YOU TRIED HARD-YOU CARE-BEAUTIFUL SHARING-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE-YOU'RE A COOL FRIEND-I TRUST YOU-YOU'RE IMPORTANT-YOU MEAN A LOT TO ME- YOU MAKE ME HAPPY-YOU BELONG-YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND-YOU MAKE ME LAUGH-YOU BRIGHTEN MY DAY-I RESPECT YOU-YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME-THAT'S CORRECT-YOU'RE A JOY-YOU'RE A TREASURE-YOU'RE WONDERFUL-YOU'RE PERFECT-AWESOME-A + JOB-YOU'RE OKMY BUDDY- YOU MADE MY DAY-THAT'S THE BEST-A BIG HUG-A BIG KISS-I LOVE YOU
P.S. REMEMBER A SMILE IS WORTH A 1000 WORDS.

Ady's birthday

Ady turned 2 on June 21. She had a lot of fun opening presents. Here she is taking a present to Grandpa for him to hold while she tears the paper. She was very excited about every present.
Here she is unwrapping her new Tinkerbell Doll. She thought it was great.
Here she is eating her cake with her fork and scepter in one hand and wearing her crown from the top of her cake. She gets so excited about things. It is fun to watch.

Merrell Cole Henry Funeral

On June 20, 2009 the funeral for Uncle Merrell was held in Orem. He was 92 years old. It was a good funeral and good to hear the wonderful comments about him and the recap of his life. I have lots of fond memories of visits to Rigby in the summer and also visit to Orem during later years. I loved the produce from his garden. Here is a picture of the Henry Cousins taken after the luncheon. Some of the cousins had already left. In the center are Uncle Charles and Aunt Rose.

Picture of Uncle Merrell's children. David, Neal, Paul, Merleen and Helen.
Picture of my brother Ed on his birthday, with wife Joyce and daughter Lori. We had a good visit and lots of hugs.

Going home

On the way home we stopped in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Monte Carlo Restaurant. It was one that Jon wanted to eat at. He had seen its review on Diners and Dives or some such thing. The food was good. It had a greek flavor to it. We then drove on home. We were going to stay in a hotel but by the time we got there they were all full and then when we got on to other places with hotels Ady was already asleep, so we just kept driving all night. We had beautiful weather in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas but as soon as we hit Utah it started to rain.

More of visit to Tovi

Looking over the banister at the living room and Grandpa.
Kylie, Sadie and Ady playing with the dolls. Ady thought that was great.
Tovi, what a joy to visit with her. She is such a great hostess, even when she is stressed. We had fun seeing the new house and helping her unpack. Lots of fun putting stuff up in the storage area in the garage!!!

Visit to El Paso

The girls and Jon had a fun time in the pool in the back yard.
The stairs were great. Ady learned to climb stairs even though her Mom was kind of scared. The circular stairs were great to learn on.
All three girls watching a movie. They got along great and had a lot of fun together.
Packed into the car. What a trip. Ady sure did well even though it was a long ride.
The Saguaro National Park by Tucson. One more national park that I have visited.