~TRIP TO VIRGINIA~

OK, once again time has been slipping away from me and I can't believe how long it has been since I have made a post. I just hope that life slows down soon! Well over Easter we had the chance to fly out to Virginia to spend a few days with the Turners (Tim's sister's family). We had SUCH a great time. I didn't really realize how much I had missed them until we saw them. The kids have changed so much. They are growing up and are all such good kids. We were really impressed with all of them! Colin is so mature he played and watched out for Peyton the entire time we were there. The first few nights we were there all of the kids got sleeping bags and they all had a big slumber party. The only decision was who got to sleep on both sides of Peyton and who had to sleep at his head......they were all so anxious to sleep by him it was so cute. Peyton as you can imagine didn't know what to do with all of the attention. He was in heaven the entire time. He followed those boys around like puppy dogs the whole time. Mr. Liam is quite the chess player, he played Tim a few times and beat him once or twice. He also played me a few times....according to him the time I won he let me. He wasn't playing his best. He is quite the little competitor, he sure does have A LOT in common with his uncle Tim!

Now to the girls.......they are so cute, we just wanted to put them in our suitcases and bring them home with us (no we would have had to have brought them all)! They were so good with Addison, they just wanted to be by her side and help me with everything I was doing with her, from changing diapers, to giving her a bath, to feeding her. They are such good little mothers. And SO sweet! I love how they play so good together and are such good friends, they were attached at the hip and where ever Brigit was, Aislinn was close by. The thing I used to do with all of the kids was to scratch and rub their backs. I was very happy to see that they had not forgotten that! That was the other thing they were always lining up for and calling "next" for. Just want to say thanks for having us.......we miss you! Oh and as an added bonus, the day we flew in Uncle Tom, Auntie Linda, and Lisa just happened to be in town and came and said hello! It was go great catching up with them! Here are the photos of our trip.....just a warning, there is going to be a lot!

These pictures are from our visit at Mount Vernon. (For those of you like me and aren't quite sure where that is.....it is George Washington's estate). There was SO much history there, they have preserved it all and made a museum.

Look at how good those cute girls are sitting......and that one serious little boy! WOW

That is George Washington's mansion there in the back!

Easter Fun!

Tim trying to catch up on his sleep;)

again.......

and again!

These last few are of our visit to D.C. It was so amazing to see this all in person. It made me so thankful for everything other people have sacrificed to make our country so great!

Lincoln Memorial

The Viet Nam Memorial ......it was so surreal actually seeing the names of people that gave their lives for our country. The memorial letters and flowers from friends and family on the ground in front of the wall were so neat. Very cool experience!

The Washington Monument is the really tall building in between Tim and I....once again very serious Peyton!

This is the World War II Memorial, it was beautiful. Oh and down below is Mr. Albert Einstein.

Progress on Smithfield house!

Catching Up

Wow time has been FLYING!! I can't believe that my last post was on the 25th of Feb.....I swore it was last week! Anyways we have been soooo busy. Peyton had tubes put in his ears on the 28th, he did so good. I am positive that it was harder on us (especially Tim) than on Peyton. All of the nurses fell in love with him and thought he was quite the little charmer. The anesthesiologist came and talked to us after his surgery and said "I haven't helped someone this cute for a long time, I think he needs to go to Hollywood and make movies". O.K. yes, his mother LOVED hearing that. When the nurse brought him out after he woke up he said "thanks I think my ears are all fixed now". He hasn't complained of them at all we have been so lucky! He goes in for a follow up appointment on the 14th. I hope everything looks good!

The house is coming right along. They are about finished with the electrical, plumbing, and heating. We will have an inspection on Friday and then we can insulate and sheet rock. It is finally starting to take shape and looks more like a home. I have our cabinets all picked out and I can't wait to see them in the house. I hope we keep going this fast.....maybe just maybe we will be able to move in before we head back to Alaska. I can't believe that we will just be about finished and will have to leave for 4 months.....complete torture!

Oh one more thing Tim and I got to do last week. My sister Tina works for a couple of hotels and she get tickets for concerts sometimes. So she got us tickets to Matchbox 20 and Alanis Morisette. It was SO much fun we went with Tina and her friend Tammy. We were in a suite with a few other people........they were really great seats. Thanks Tina!!



Nope I don't crawl.....but I pat-a-cake, does that count?

Stella is so good with the kids and Addison LOVES her!

Where's Peyton? Really he was playing Hide and Seek and I had a really hard time finding him. Good spot!

Happy 4th Birthday PEYTON!!!

Peytons favorite thing right now is maps, treasures, and everything that goes with it. So for his birthday my sister Tina and I thought up the ultimate treasure hunt for him ending with the treasure chest filled with all of his birthday presents. He was sooooooo excited! Mama K (Tims mom) gave him a treasure chest with a pirates costume for Christmas. So we dressed him up and he was off. I think he had a really fun day. Grandma and Grandpa Redmon came down and so did Todd, Tony, and Taylor (and a few girlfriends;) and of course Tina, Ava, Tracy, Cody, and Thayne. It was quite the house full. Peyton relished in all of the attention. I would hand him a present to open and tell him who it was from and he would say "oooh thanks I love it" before even opening it. I love that kid so much. Tim said it best when he said it's been the best four years of our lives! We love you and are so glad you are in our family!

This was right before we gave him the first map.......just slightly excited!

On his way to the secret hiding spot.....look at that determination!

I found it, I found it!!

A real live treasure!!

hmmmm now lets see whats in there;)

Here are a few new pictures of our little Addison. Very sad to say she starting to turn on us.....she is now very aware when someone takes something from her, and when she doesn't like something she throws her little head back and just screams!! She still hasn't figured out the whole crawling thing, and she definetly DOES NOT like to be put down for tummy time. The other day I laid her down so I could exercise. I didn't get very nice looks from her for that one! It is funny to me how different her personality and Peyton's are. I never had to try to get him to move around. But she is definetly finding her voice and isn't shy about letting you know exactly what she wants!


Her new favorite thing is to get in the tub with Peyton. If I walk in the bathroom while he is taking a bath she shakes her little hands and feet and starts laughing. She LOVES to get in with him!

The other day we went over to play with Tina and Ava. They actually do a pretty good job entertaining each other. Ava isn't full blown crawling yet but she can army crawl all over the place. She can pretty much get in to whatever she wants.......look out Tina!!