About time....................

So I figured it was about time that I blogged, considering that it hasn't been since March. Well let me see what has been going on with us.........

Jared- Started softball season this summer for the Stake League, the best thing about this is that he was released from his Stake Calling being in charge of the sports program, so we get to go to the games but we actually get to leave once the game is over. Still working hard and long days in Sacramento.

Kerrie- Well alot of fun stuff at work which I am sure none of you want to hear about. I was released as the Primary Secretary in our ward. Jared and I were both put into the Nursery. Oh what fun times we have had. I had a very ridiculous fight with the BBQ a couple of weeks ago. And let's just say that the BBQ won, and the result was me having to cute up to 4 inches off of my very long hair. I might add that I had been growing my hair out for a year and a half. So yeah, but I have a fun new hair do good for summertime. I have to do a Pollyanna moment and just be glad that Lizzie now can't pull at my hair anymore.

Lizzie- Is buzy like none other. She now has a new found love for ELMO. We have 2 Elmo movies , one is about birthdays but the other is Elmo's first FULL movie. So let's just say that she watches it everyday when we get home from work, and every weekend morning. Jared bought her a mini Elmo stuffed animal. The cute thing about it all is that she says, MO MO, and not Elmo. She is everywhere, never stops moving. Loves to read, and now has a new passion for coloring. Luckily it is on paper and not the walls yet. She is now in Nursery and loves it.

I think that is all that is happening with us. I will try my hardest to keep everyone posted better this summer. Bye for now!!!

Groovin.....on a Sunday Afternoon!!!!

Well it is Sunday afternoon and I am currently at the in laws house watching my child go in and out of the back screen door walking around the backyard. It is gorgeous outside. So funny story, we were at the Stake Basketball games last night and I was sitting there minding my own business when all of a sudden Lizzie made me move quickly which then made me kick my very large cup of water from Taco Bell over. Now if you must know the carpet at the church is NOT absorbent whatsoever. So I went to the bathroom to grab paper towels, but they weren't the old school kind where you use the lever and pull as many as you want at one time. It is the newer kind that you can only get one sheet at a time. So I grabbed as many as I thought I would need.

Get back to the mess to find that I have created a very large lake in the middle of the overflow section of the Stake Center, and that the paper towels I had gotten were of course not enough. So my friend Kristin went and got me some more towels, still a small creek was there. Then all of a sudden a light bulb came on and I grabbed one of Lizzie's night time diapers from the bag. WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!! My mother in law thinks I should write to Pampers and let them know how their product helped me out in a sticky situation. They might send me free samples if I do.

I thought I would share that very funny story with all of you in the blogging world. Have a great SUNDAY!!!!!!!!

Little Jared.......and her name is Lizzie

So Lizzie is pretty much the spitting image of Jared. You don't understand how many times a week I hear that "She is an Atkinson", or "She is all Jared", or "look at those blue eyes". Well it doesn't bug me. It is just funny, she is now almost 15 months old, and she is still getting all of those comments. Lizzie has grown up alot in the past couple of months. Here is a little bit of what she likes to do.

- Lizzie loves to play with Jared's XBOX controllers

- She has tons of toys, but her favorite are the drink coasters on the side tables

- She has more hair on the back of her hair than the top.
Yes she is getting a mullet, but the hair in the back is starting to curl

-She now knows where her belly, nose, and mouth are.
She'll point right to them

-She has been trained to just be put in her crib at night,
and she will fall asleep on her own. AMAZING!!!!

- Dog noises are her favorite to make, and she will chase our dog
Ralphie around laughing hysterically, even though he never chases her back

- And last but not least, she is the best snuggler in the world. She will always give you loves, and she loves to give people kisses. Even though her kisses are open mouth and kind of slobbery.


We love her so much, and we are so happy to have her in our lives.
She is a handful but we love every moment we have with her.

Rainy days are here again.......

So yeah it isn't raining outside, but you know it might in the near future. So we have survived Christmas and New Years eve. Well barely. Jared's brother and sister came out with their families to share in the holiday fun. Pretty much busy times. Lizzie of course couldln't do the holidays without being sick. She had an ear infection in the right ear and then fluid in the left ear. She was a pretty good trooper through it all. That didn't keep her from opening her many presents.

We also celebrated her birthday the day after Christmas with a party as well. She didn't get that dirty from her cake, but Uncle Jeremy and Aaron made sure she at least got some frosting on her face. Otherwise we had a pretty good holiday. More fun times in 2010 for the Atkinson Family!!!!