Christmas Day 2009

Christmas morning we ended up waking Ashlyn up at around 7:30am. When she woke up and realized that Santa had been she was soon out of her bed and off to see what Santa had brought.

Here is Ashlyn holding her stocking (which I made).

Jarom holding his.

Ashlyn with her loot.

And Nathan with his.

Nathan didn't really care what was inside his presents he just wanted to eat the paper.

Ashlyn got so excited every time she opened a present.

For breakfast we had Tami Nales famous breakfast casserole.

Then we rushed over to my parents to open more presents and to have our first Christmas dinner. Here is Ashlyn and Courtney wearing their crowns they got from there Christmas crackers which is a English tradition.

Here is Nathan wanting to play Rock band with everyone else.

Then in the evening we went over to Jarom's parents to open more presents and to eat our second Christmas dinner. For some reason I forgot to take any pictures there, but we had a great time, and Ashlyn is already talking about next Christmas.

Christmas Eve

Christmas this year was so much fun! Ashlyn is at an age when she understands about Santa and presents, and decorating the house. She was so excited when I made pancakes shaped like stockings, and Christmas trees for Christmas eve breakfast.

We then got down to some holiday baking. Here Ashlyn is decorating her gingerbread men to be left for Santa Claus. I let her put on as many sprinkles as she wanted which she loved.

Christmas eve night we went over to Jarom's parents for dinner. After dinner the Christmas elves paid us a little visit and left Pajamas for everyone. Ashlyn was so excited to find the package on the doorstep.

And she loved her snowman pajamas.

Ashlyn and Nathan in their new pajamas.

I love this picture of the cousins. No one looks happy to be in this picture!

This is what we found after Santa had done his thing.

Ashlyns Birthday (Part 1)

This past December our little girl turned three. It feels like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital wondering what we were going to do with her now! The past three years have gone by so quick, but we are so blessed to be Ashlyn's parents.

Ashlyn a few months old.


Ashlyn age 1

Ashlyn age 2


Ashlyn age 3

For Ashlyn's birthday this year we took her to Disneyland, but because not all of our family and friends could go and celebrate with us there we had a little party the night before.

Ashlyn has got the present opening down.

The loot...

Getting ready to blow out her candle.

Ashlyn and her friends enjoying cake and ice-cream.

Disneyland pictures to follow!

Family Pictures

A big thank you to Crystal for taking our family pictures.

Halloween Part Two

For Halloween this year I made Halloween shaped pancakes for Ashlyn.

For Halloween this year Ashlyn wanted to be Fancy Nancy and Nathan was a Monkey. We went over to Jess and Todd's house and then went trick or treating with them and Luke.

Poor Nathan you couldn't even see his face.

Cute Ashlyn all fancy and ready to go.

Ashlyn, Nathan, and Luke before we headed out.