Happy Birthday Tammy

Just wanted to wish my cute sister in law Tammy a Happy Birthday... :) Some of my faves about her...

1- She is so kind to everyone..
2- She is a great mom to her kids.
3- She is a hard worker, and does a great job, at her job.. (she works at our Dr.s office, and is awesome with our kids, unless she is giving them shots, then they are not so happy with her :)..
4- She has a very big heart; would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it..
5- Tammy & I were friends long before I met Troy, love it that we still are..
6- Love raising our kids together, and that my kids love their cousins.. Can't wait to meet her new baby boy this spring.. :)
7- Her naturally curly hair, I guess this is where Courtnee gets it from.. What I wouldn't do for a little bit of natural curl..
8- Her love for her family.. :)
9- Love all of the fun times we had before and after kids, and the many more fun times to come...
10- Love that she will always be my friend, (she knows too much ;)...

Have a Happy Birthday Tammy, thanks for being a part of our lives.. Love ya.. :)

Scrapbooking for Epilepsy

We all know how much I love to scrapbook, so when Casey and her sweet sisters invited me to an all day Scrapbook Crop to help raise money for Epilepsy, I was more than thrilled.. It was a lot of fun, and raised money for an excellent cause.. Despite the cheesy (and I do mean REALLY bad) music, it was a fun day. However the music contributed to a few great laughs... There were games, raffles, page contests, a few classes and just scrapping all day.. When we signed up I wasn't really sure what I would do for 12 hours straight and figured we would stay for about 6 hours. But we had the best time and stayed busy all day, time flew by... SO fun... Casey ("Cassie") won a fun gift basket, and her sister won some paper.. All in all a fun day of R&R.. Thanks girls for the invite and the fabulous day... :)

Ashley, Joey & Casey



"Cassie" & her gift basket

365 (Week 4)

Week four already, here's to another week in the life of us...

Day 20- 1/20/2009 Our new president...New beginnings, new times..



Day 21- 1/21/2009 Nothing makes me more happy than hugs and kisses from my kiddies..



Day 22- 1/22/2009 Craisins.. Who knew these little treats were so tasty? Love these things.. :)



Day 23- 1/23/2009 Wii fit = Mii Fat... :) We have all enjoyed this thing. It is quite a workout, but fun at the same time.. ;)



Day 24- 1/24/2009 Everyone at our house seems to have major issues putting their shoes away; but not anymore... Our very own Bob the Builder has built us a shoe rack that TOTALLY rocks... No more shoe issues at our house... Thanks honey, love it... :)



Day 25- 1/25/2009 My Colie Wolie... Need I say more?



Day 26- 1/26/2009 Cole went out to help Troy shovel and was playing in the snow and had no idea until now (OK I am a bad mom) that if you rolled a ball of snow in snow you get a bigger snowball... He was fascinated.. ;) So Troy helped him make this teeny tiny snowman.. He was so proud of it he must have showed it to me 10 times.. Too cute..

So Cute...

Have to share a something so sweet that happened to me today... My five year old and I were playing a game, when he paused for a second looked up at me and said..."Mom, you really are smarter than a fifth grader..." It was the best, it totally made my whole day. The fact that he thinks I am so smart, is just awesome...(SMILES) It was so sincere and heart felt too... This is the child that when I am at my wits end with him and ready to wring his cute little neck says something like this, and totally melts my heart... Man I love that kid... :)

365 (Week 3)

Is anyone just bored to tears with my pictures yet?? I hope not.. :) Here we are already done with week 3, Holy Crap where did that week go? Since Troy was gone for half of it, its all kind of a blur to me.. (Kinda happens when stress and chaos takes over).. :) Here is my week three...

Day 13- 1/13/2009 I belong to this card group with an amazing group of ladies, and every other month we get together and exchange cards, visit, laugh and of course eat... Tonight was our card group and of course so much fun.. Here are the darling cards we got tonight.



Day 14- 1/14/2009 Made some chocolate chip cookies for Troy to take on his trip, minus the chips for him.. :)



Day 15- 1/15/2009 Troy has been trying to convert all of our home videos to DVDs and in the process we have been watching all of them.. Its so much fun to watch them but makes me somewhat sad, they were so little and so sweet and they seem so grown up now.. Love catching a glimpse into the past..



Day 16- 1/16/2009 After the day I had this speaks for itself.. :)



Day 17- 1/17/2009 Stockton had a basketball game today, got a glimpse of him in action (he is in white).. It's so much fun watching them play.



I took the kids to a birthday party and Grizzbee from the Utah Grizzlies showed up, the kids had fun playing with him.. :)



Day 18- 1/18/2009 This is one piece of technology I have come to love, my cell phone.. I have become quite fond of texting (OK I am addicted :).. It's a great way to talk to friends, family and easier to talk to Troy at his job... Just love it!!!



Day 19- 1/19/2009 Tonight my mom and I took Courtnee to see Mall Cop and out to dinner.. It was so much fun and something we don't get to do very much.. Loved hanging with them.. Fun times :)

365 (Week 2)

Wow I actually made it through week 2.. WOO HOO!!! Nothing extreme, but for sure some fun things!!!

Day 6- 1/6/2009 After a long day my sweet hubby comes home with these for me, he is the BEST!!! Thanks honey you made my day...


Casey came over and we had dinner, and then I helped her burn (some) Cd's for primary.. Notice the tiny stack we had done, and the huge one left.. Fun night of burning Cd's, and watching Biggest Loser.. :)



Day 7- 1/7/2009 Could they get any sweeter?? (probably not, they are sleeping you know..;)



Day 8- 1/8/2009 These are my most favorite cherry chocolates in the world... Thank goodness these "evil" chocolates are gone... :) LOVE THEM!!!



Day 9- 1/9/2009 Troy and I took Courtnee to dinner and then to see Body Worlds.. It was the last weekend it was in town, and despite all of the people, it was truly amazing... Totally mind blowing, and very interesting.. It was a fun night to just spend with her.

Think they kinda look alike?? She is his little mini me...


Body Worlds, so fun...


Day 10- 1/10/2009 Tonight we went to our friends house and had dinner and played some games.. The kids were playing NBA 09, not sure the girls had fun playing it but the boys sure did.. Good times.. :)



Day 11- 1/11/2009 Don't know who is more tired in this picture Jaden or me.. He was sure being silly and pulling some cheesers faces..



Day 12- 1/12/2009 Don't these boys look so handsome on their way to the Jazz game?? :)

Loves his Grandma...

No words can really capture the love a little boy has for his grandma, like a picture can... Just happy I had the camera at arms length to capture this sweet moment.. (PS. I sure love her too)