December 2013

Hey Y'all!!

In December Ashleigh decided to try her hand at playing Tennis. We signed her up for 6 lessons, but she was sick for part of the time so she only ended up going to 3 lessons. She did pretty well, but she said she isn't interested in doing tennis again. 

Preston was really bored at her lessons, so I let him play on the Ipad - here he is listening to an interactive bible story. 

A good thing to remember

Nick had his yearly review at work and it was VERY positive. We're SO proud of him and all his hard work

Christmas time! Yay! 

If I can ever get my pictures from my phone to the computer, I'll add all the rest of my pictures to this blog. Stay tuned. :-)

October/November 2013

Hey Y'all!

I have a bunch of pictures on my phone that I've been trying to send to my email so I could post the pictures on here, but they won't email for some reason, so I only have a few pictures to post.

Ash and  I got our nails done together. I love the color she chose for herself. Its totally an "Ashleigh" color. 

November 5, 2013, Ash turned 11 and she invited 2 of her friends to Golden Skate with her. They skated and did a game of laser tag. They had a fun time and we really enjoyed getting to know some of her new Felida School friends. 

Ashleigh, Ava, Jaycee

Before school Preston and I dropped off a large cupcake, a disposable camera, and a card on her desk at school. 

I made her a rainbow birthday cake. It turned out much better than I had anticipated. Ash it was sooo yummy. the frosting especially. 

This is the very first chapter book that Preston read/finished. He loved the book and I'm so proud of what a great reader he is. 

On November 18th, Nick and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. Ashleigh made us Roast for dinner and she and Preston served us. 

Enjoying some "fast food" - 1/2 a watermelon while I waited for Ash to get out of school. 

Ashleigh decided to try her hand at playing Volleyball. She had practice twice a week after school and then had a skilleree against the other elementary schools in the area. She really loved playing volleyball and their school took 2nd place. Very impressive. 

~ Random picture time ~

Nick turned 35 on November 28th and the kids decorated the house with some pictures and letters to him. So sweet. 

Preston pretending he's a statue. 

I haven't made Lemon Meringue Pies in a very long time, so I decided to make them and teach Ash. She did a really good job and they were delish! 

Ash got a new puppy. Since we can't have the real thing, this is our new pet. 

Psh, I wish Nick and I looked like this. haha

Ashleigh won this walkie talkies (that didn't work) from her school because all the 5th graders sold the most PayBack Books in the whole school. 

Nick and Preston had some "man time" and put together this shelf unit that we got from Ikea. Preston did most of the work. It was a really good bonding time for them. 

Date night! 

Workout time. 

Preston over the years. 

Left to right

Age 3, Age 6, Age 7

Silly picture time with my little loves. 

See the rainbow? I literally drove through the end of it. I almost thought I'd see a leprechaun. Ha.