back to the burg

well folks, we are back in the very cold rexburg. we had a wonderful time in moses lake, esp this christmas season! (my favorite season!) we got lots of wonderful gifts that we are soooooo greatful for!! thanks everyone! adyson and i had a girls night out at jill bakers house and adyson loved it! she was especially attached to her auntie carolyn! on the 28 we headed back to the good ole iceburg, with a full car! no joke it was full, adyson had to be pulled from the back seat to the front seat to be taken out!

we are currently working on cleaning and unpacking the bajillion things we have. seriously,how much can 2 people and a baby have!!!!??? its like a never ending pile of stuff! i will get it all put away some day! i must! its hard when i unpack, making everything nice in tidy in its place and adyzilla comes by and makes it look like a tornado came by. but all i can try to do is laugh, take a deep breath, and come back to it later.

well thats about all for now. i got to get back to cleaning, my parents are coming! my bro is going to start school here too!

oh i almost forgot! adyson is walking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally! it happened on the 23!!!

TWO YEARS!!

two years ago today spencer and i got married in the Portland, OR temple!!! crazy! we've been through so much
we had a baby,we have a new car (rip charlie, welcome to the fam colby), went to rexburg, came back and are headed back again on the 28th, and many many more things!
its amazing, it feels like so much more time has gone by. i love spencer so much and i love our little family! i am so greatful spencer took a chance and fell in love with me. : ) my life is complete with him....and adyson...and maybe in a year or two some more kiddos to grace our lives.

I LOVE YOU SPENCER TODD KING!!! best decision EVER to marry you!

hope you like the little slideshow, just found some random pics from my facebook and made it. enjoy!

shout out to the web designer!

so i just need to give some credit to my web designer. hes smart, talented and always does a wonderful job. and hes pretty darn good looking too!

thanks spencer for always making the blog look great! love you!


on another note, tonight we are going to get a tree! well my parents are and i'm gunna decorate it! i always do! and we live with them, so its kinda our tree too! so i am very excited for that! we'll post pictures of it later!

another update

well i know its been a while (kinda) since i've posted a blog about adyson. so here it is. she is doing great! well not this past weekend. shes been really sick. i dont really know what it is, but she seems to be doing better and the fever shes had has gone away for now. during the first sicky day i pulled her mattress out in the living room and she became a zombie, just laying there watching tv and dozing off. shes gotten a little better today, so hopefully she will be back to her wild self by tomorrow. as you all know she turned one last month! crazy! we took one year old pics (well morgan did and they are amazing. i'm working on adding them to facebook)... she has taken a few solo steps, but no walking yet. shes getting so close and hopefully she walks for the family before we leave. speaking of leaving!!!! we are planning on leaving back to rexburg the week right after christams! we are very excited to go back and have our own place again. we love spending time with family, but we miss our own family life.

i personally am way excited for christmas! i cant wait til my parents get a tree so i can take it over and decorate it! we've gotten all the gifts done and i am so excited for the holiday!!!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

happy thanksgiving everyone! i hope you all are getting sruffed with turkey soon! yum!

well as is being the day of thanks i think i will list a few things i am thankful for...in no particular order...

i'm thank ful for my family! spencer and adyson as well as the rest of them! my whole entire family! and all of my friends! you are all like family to me! i'm thankful that my friends (and family too) have been there for me for everything! you've been happy with me, cried with me, and laughed until you almost wet your pants with me! thanks for being there! wish i could be with you all!! love you!

i'm thankful for the gospel in my life! for the scriptures, prophets, the temples, esp the portland temple, where spencer and i were sealed for time and all eternity! also, for everything the church does and teaches. it truely is the true church!

i'm thankful for creativity! this last saturday i was able to go to super saturday and create a cute magnet board and a cute note pad cover! my sister got me addicted to digi scrapping and i am totally thankful for that! i also love to see others creations, with paintings, picture taking, making food....everything!

i am thankful for forgiveness! i know i can be a bear sometimes and spencer always forgives me for it! : )

i am thankful for jobs and the money they provide for my family to live and prosper (as much as a some what new family can get, lol)

i'm thankful for myself.....random? kinda... there a lot of things i would love to change about myself (cough..weight) but i am truely thankful for myself. i'm unique. theres no one like me. i am thankful for my deep brown eyes, my tiny hands, my weird loud laugh, everything! (well mostly)

well i guess i can just say that i'm thankful for everything!!!!

have a wonderful and happy thanksgiving everyone!

What are you thankful for?????

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADYSON!!!

today (well at 11:46 PM) adyson turned 1!!!!!!!!!! i can not believe it! she has grown so fast and has become such a character! today she started dancing. shes has been doing it for a while, but today she did a full on hip shake. it is so cute. she is talking so much more and learning to say words! (well i think thats what she is doing, lol) she has 7 teeth! no walking yet, i'm crossing my fingers and hoping it happens soon! we had a party on saturday, and yesterday adyson and i drove to moscow to be with daddy for her birthday! so much fun! we went to lunch and the people were so inlove with adyson that when they learned it was her bday they gave her a little ice cream sundae!

Adyson, we love you so much and thanks for picking us as your parents! daddy and i love you so much!!! you are so beautiful and so much fun to be around!



HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

( its her bday and pics how she has changed over the year. shes growing up too fast!)

quick post

adyson had her 1st bday party tonight! it was really fun! thanks for all the gifts everyone! i cant believe that in a few short days she will actually be one! she has finally started to stand by herself and is now working on her 7th tooth!!! i will post pictures soon of the party! and also the 1yr old pics we took today too! thanks morgan fish!

halloween and one year older!

well on oct 29th we had the 3rd annual family pumpkin carving party! we started out with 3 pumpkins to carve, but i had picked out a green one and no one knew that they go fast! my whole hand could go right in it, it was nasty, so i just used adysons white one we got her. i carved some bats with a moon and spencer did a fantastic job carving adysons face! soooo awesome!
halloween this year was a lot of fun! the theme was cinderella! i worked very hard on spencers costume and i think it turned out way good! i even made the medals! he was prince charming, i was the fairy godmother and adyson was cinderella!


and today (nov 1st) i turned 22!!! eh i feel a little old....esp with adyson wearing me out all the time!




here is my cake the kings made, yummy carrot cake! thanks for the cake and gifts! loved them all!!!!!

and crystal always likes to experiment, so i had her make me these cupcakes for my gift. i think they turned out way cute!

thanks everyone for my gifts! love them! spencer got me and ipod! of course he gets a smooch for the gift! (he he he just had to add the pic in!)

and adyson and i sharing a cupcake, we're kinda b-day buddies (well 9 days apart)

her bday party is this saturday! crazy! shes not exactly one, but i dont think shes going to notice. its at the holiday inn express and suits (accross from mc donalds). its at 4pm and anyone is welcome to come. just let me know. there will be some snacks and of course cake! its kinda just a get together, cut the cake kinda thing and you are all welcome to come and mingle!

TRADITION!

yesterday was the traditional trip to the pumpkin patch! hope you enjoy the pics, please excuse the the human pumpkin....aka me.....i'm going on a diet! lol. anyway enjoy!!

adyson pickin out a pumpkin....she got a white one, spencer got a orange and i got green!

tristan and his nieces, kamaile, kalei and adyson

cousins! adyson and kamaile

my tall pumpkin!

on the hayride out to pick out pumpkins! we had so much fun! but i just noticed we didnt get a pic of everyone! now time for the carving party!

we are alive!!!

so everyone, we are still alive and kickin. our little family has been very busy. i got a job at Lins Restaurant about a month ago and things are going alright. i work 2 hours every mon and wed, and about 4 on tue and thurs. its nice, i get lots of tips : ) and i sweat my butt off, so hopefully that means weightloss! i'm crossing my fingers!

adyson is going up SOOO fast. she is 11 months old and i am counting down the days until the big 01 is here! (bday~nov 10th) i am currenty in the process (with speners help too) on planning her bday party/get together. its november 7th! princess theme! anyone is welcome to come, i'll post info when it gets closer!

spencer is still working hard the days hes in moscow. he sacrifices so much for us! adyson and i are truly greatful! we love to have him home for those couple days a week though! spencer is also hard at work at watching and catching up on his favorite tv shows, i would list them....but there are literally over 20 shows! hes a movie/tv show freak! but we still love him!

well halloween is coming up and you better believe that my family is going to dress up!! spencer is prince charming, adyson is cinderella and me....i think the fairy godmother?? lol cant decide on what to be from cinderella. tomorrow is the traditional trip to the pumpkin patch (one of very many traditions)! adysons first time!!! we are very excited! we are going to the one thats right outside tri cities... i think its called country mercantile. anyway, we are VERY excited to go pick out pumpkins!!!!

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its halloween season...yes its only sept 16th...but you cant walk into walmart without seeing all the displays of candy, costumes and decorations. halloween is kinda a big deal in my family. now is the time we start planning our costumes (well besides crystal shes been thinking about it since the days after halloween of last year), start picking out what we are going to carve on our pumpkins at the annual carving party, find out were we put the decorations from last year....... but for me with the deciding part....its so hard!!!

i cant think of anything i want to do. this year is adysons 1st halloween and i want to do a family theme, but everything people have said so far just doesnt sound like fun. dont get me wrong they are great ideas,but it just doesnt have that excitement factor. so people....i need ideas!!! please give me anything and as many ideas as you have! ask your friends! give me ideas! i need them!

time for an update

i know its been a little while but hey, i've moved states! anyway, we(adyson and i) are safe and sound in good ole moses lake. spencer left today for moscow, id to work for his dad and hes doing pretty good as well. its hard to be away from him but its only for a couple of days and then hes back with us for a couple of days. its a crazy life we have going for us right now, but its not forever!!!

heres adyson standing up in her crib. did it all by herself.....

well all i'm doing right now is just getting the room together that adyson and i are in (my old room at my parents house). its cramped quarters, but it will do. all we have to do is sleep in it!

well about adyson....she still is only army crawling, she is too lazy to experiment anything else! i hate to say it, but shes just like her mommy when it comes to that! she has however started to pull herself up and stand next to just about EVERYTHING!!! its kinda scary! not everything is stable for her. she currently loves to use her cousin kaleis rocking chair! dah! makes me nervous that shes going to lose her grip and knock herself out on the chair! shes also a little daredevil!!! my parents house has stairs, and she just bolts right for them when she sees them. she doesnt care that she would fall down about 13 steps! she also likes to head for

the end of the bed when shes up on one. oh adyson got a little baby doll....she LOVES it. she gives it kisses all the time....and then she bangs it on the floor.....we're still working on the "be soft" stuff....oh and she is currently in love with cherrios thanks to auntie laska! lol! she loves them and would eat a whole bag if i let her! she also has 3 teeth coming in all at once! all on the top, the two front ones and a side one. fun stuff for me!!!!

um thats about it. kinda random i know! sorry!!! but thats how i am! : )

ps...i also got a hair cut! i have bangs! ya know the ones that are swept to the side....i thought i would go for a change! doesnt look that different! sorry the pic doesnt really show it, and i kinda looked dazed and adyson looks like shes going to attack...i'll get a better one soon! with all 3 of us in it!!!!! lol dont have many of those!

catching up/ NEWS

well a lot is going on in our life and its been hard for me to find time.....ok i'm liar, i've just been putting off posting a new blog because it usually takes forever to upload pics....anyway a lot has been going on for us....

first off we went to the madison county fair last week. so.....all of you Grant County Fair lovers, this is NOT the fair for you!!! it was one of the smallest fairs i have been to...EVER.....and i've been to the one in othello....anyway, it was a very modest fair, it had a couple dessert booths and a couple of groups selling hotdogs and hamburgers, but thats about it. oh there were some rides there too. the best part about the fair was that it was FREE!! oh and the other best part.... adyson got her very first face painting! she sat so still! it even has glitter on it!

and she pet her very first fair animal, a cute little donkey!

well thats about all we have done and i guess i cant drag this out any longer i bet everyone is wondering our news......well......we are moving back home to moses lake!!! sort of.... we are subletting our apt out to a nice couple from provo from sept to dec. were leaving all of our stuff here and just "moving" back for the fall semester. spencer is off track and his job with the school will be ending soon. Darrell (spencers dad) owns the Sears store in moscow id and spencer will be working there, while adyson and i live with my parents. we are so excited to be home for all holidays and not have to drive home for all of them. and adyson and i get to celebrate our birthdays with everyone! it will be adysons 1st bday!! we just made the deal with the couple a day or two ago and nextweekend we will be moving back to moses lake. one week to get everything packed and ready to go for the new couple! the day is set for aug 29th! they will be using our dishes, couches, bed and such, we're just moving all of our important stuff into adysons room. we are every excited to be saving money (550 a month for rent!) and earning money at the same time, and to be with family! kinda nervous, but very excited!

reunion!

so i dont have the greatest pics, my mom is waiting to get pics from everyone and then is going to send me a cd later, so i'll post better ones later.

well this past week (6th,7th,8th) was the Rodeback Reunion in Longview, Wa!! SOOOOO much fun! the first night we just kinda hung out, has great food, a little karaoke, tye dyed some shirts and had a pinata(earlier that day a couple of my cousins and i decorated the pinata)! the next day we had brunch at the church (well we had to, theres a LOT of us) and after that we ate we headed to raineer to play in the pool!!! towards the end of the time we all got together and put those foam mats all in a row and had people run accross and try and make a basket in a hoop they had! so much fun, i'm not a big fan of swimming but it was so fun! even my grandparents got in! my grandma had a cute swimsuit on! (i love my grandparents!) the last day (saturday) we headed to the beach! kinda cold, but fun, besides adyson freaking out and not wanting to sleep even though she was way tired! but my uncle shawn took her for a ride on the beach and she fell right to sleep in his arms. hes a lifesaver! anyway, we had a good fried chicken lunch and took a family pic on the beach in our tye dye....my fams shirts kinda turned all pink. lol but it was fun!

thats the high lights of the reunion! so much more happened and so much fun with all the family! i love them all and we SO dont get together as much as we should!

kalei hitting the pinata

fam at the pool! we're lining up foam mats to run on!

LONGBEACH

Rodeback fam.....57 of the 73 people in the family! (i think 73 i could have missed one or two people...sorry!)

PS!!!!!!!!!! 2 years ago yesterday(aug 11th), spencer and i started dating!!! best decision i ever made! i love you spencer!!!!

i'm still alive

no people i have not fallen off the face of the earth, i have just been gone on vacation!!! the rodeback reunion was this past weekend and it was SOOOOOO much fun!!! i dont have the pictures uploaded and i really dont have time to write a huge blog, so just letting all of my worried readers that i am still alive! i will post the about the reunion later!

i miss...

i miss adydson being little..........

she was so small

and quiet

and innocent

but now shes so much fun to play with

and happy (smiley)

and crazy

and cute!

i miss it, but i wouldnt change it : )