Our little Yankee Doodle riding on her pony.

Happy Birthday!!!

We just celebrated Ben and my sister Trish's 27th birthday! Our whole family joined together at the Moroccan restaurant to party and watch the birthday kids dance with the belly dancers. Our little 1 year old niece Felicity stole the show and did her famous knee bounce as everyone belly dancing joined in a circle she went straight for the center! What an entertainer! Our little Anadel was a bit frightened by the experience at first till she saw her cousins get into it. She has also been teething so she was a bit drowsy and warn out. We all had a great time. Happy Birthday Ben and Trish!

Cheeky Monkey !

Anadel loves to pose for the camera and is not a shy child. Every time Ben takes the camera out she giggles with delight and starts modeling for him.  She is so fascinated when he shows her the pictures from the digital screen and will give you her sign of approval with a big smile and nod if she likes the pictures taken of her.  This is Anadel in her Sunday dress before church with her favorite monkey doll. The monkey and her are great friends and I will catch her hugging, kissing and talking to him each day. Sooo cute!

Anadel loves to climb into our dishwasher and licks our oven. Watch out Mr. Clean!

Our little one is learning to walk, talk and do the boogie dance!

Anadel has now just leaned to take her first steps. While at a linger longer activity after church she began walking away from her Daddy. I guess she became bored with his conversation. lol She has been walking ever since and is also doing better on our stairs too. 

Ben is doing very well at Conoco Phillips. He just got his 90 days benefits, pay raise and a promotion to Technician status. We are so proud of him. He is also searching the web for Masters programs in Engineering. 

I am keeping myself busy with teaching Anadel to read with a new baby reading program I found called Monki See Monki Doo. She loves it and I have really seen the impact on her. I have also been keeping busy on Facebook and finding friends and mission companions from long ago. It has been such an uplift for me during the day when Anadel goes down for a nap and I have to do something quiet~

Anadel visits Grandama Anadel. She is 13 months old now!