Christmas Cookie Time

What a better way to spend a snowy snowy Saturday than to bake cookies in our PJ's! Ashlyn liked rolling the dough in the sugar and of course sneaking chocolates!

Snow Snow & More Snow!!!

Our driveway in the afternoon after already clearing at least 6 inches of snow from it in the morning! Poor Shotzy didn't know what to do! Making a path...

Ashlyn loved the snow...she ran up and down the driveway as Daddy cleared it out.

Ashlyn had to pull Shotzy on the sled...she wouldn't sit on it and let us pull her!

Big Sister!!!

Yep, Ashlyn will be a big sister this spring! We are expecting #2 and are due May 23rd! She is already as excited as we are, but she also thinks that she has a baby in her belly too :)

Happy Halloween!

Trying on her costume before the "big day!" The gang trick-or-treating in Downtown Chippewa

My Minnie Mouse!

Fall Fun!

Kayla and Mya came to visit for the weekend and so we decided to take the kids to the pumpkin patch. There was so much for them to do and it was a beautiful day! Our cute little pumpkins!! Posing on the wagon

Ashlyn is almost 3 ft tall!

Corn maze...

LOVING the bouncy house!!!! They didn't want to leave...

Our New Home!!!

Our new home...

We are very excited to have closed on our new house recently and look forward to moving into it soon hopefully! We've started the moving process but it is sort of nice that we can take our time and do it little by little. Ashlyn seems to like it as well and knows where her new bedroom is and loves running around exploring all the new rooms. Everytime we go here and have to leave she says "bye bye new house!" It's cute :)

Gotta wear my shades!

It's been pretty sunny when we have gone home from daycare the last couple weeks, so we have to make sure to wear our sunglasses! Too bad we don't like to pose really well for pictures :)

Playing "Mommy"

Ashlyn loves pretending with her babies/stuffed animals and also mimicking what mom and dad do of course! Here is our little lady who buckled her "baby" into the carseat in the back and then climbed up to the front of the car to "drive" away!

Silly Hair Day!

Our silly girl is ready for "silly hair day" at daycare!

2nd Birthday Party Fun!

Ashlyn enjoyed her Elmo-themed birthday party this past weekend! So much so that she wouldn't take a nap and miss any of the excitement and therefore by the end of the day we had a really tired birthday girl! Frosting is the best! Liking her new Elmo toys!!! A fav in our house :)

Striking a pose with her new baby and stroller...silly girl!

Ashlyn turns 2!

Our baby girl turned 2 this past week! Well I guess she isn't so much a baby anymore....

We can't believe how fast time flies and how much our little girl has changed and grown up over the last two years. She has definately developed her own personality and we find ourselves laughing a lot at all of the crazy little things she does!

She went to the doctor this week as well for her two year checkup and come to find out she has gained 10 pounds over the last year and grown 5 inches, which puts her at 32 lbs (90th percentile) and 35 inches (75th percentile)! The doctor said she is perfect and we'd have to agree. Well most of the time anyway (minus the temper tantrums!). Hello terrible twos :)

Outside Fun!

This summer we have spent many nights playing outside! Ashlyn absolutely loves it outdoors and is a very happy little girl when she gets to run outside and play on her swingset or with her toys. Swinging and swinging and swinging...she swings so long that she almost falls asleep in there!

Helping mow the lawn...

Sleepy time...

A typical conversation we have with Ashlyn on many nights at about 8pm goes like this: Mommy: "Ashlyn it's time for bed." Ashlyn: "No no no!" Mommy: "But Ashlyn you look tired don't you want to go to bed?" Ashlyn: "No."

Then on one particular night two minutes later she is lying on the floor with her blanket and baby sleeping like this! She sure is something... :)

Summer Time!

Playing in the sand up at Uncle Darrin and Aunt Stacy's cabin over July 4th! Ashlyn and cousin Mya waiting patiently for a pontoon ride (what cuties!)

Red, white, & blue day at daycare...

Typical Ashlyn face...decided she waited long enough for her boat ride and wanted to go now :)

Recent pics...

Ashlyn actually sat still long enough for me to put pig tails in her hair this morning! Normally she doesn't like me fussing with her hair at all so I had to take advantage of the opportunity. Then of course she enjoyed posing for a few pics afterwards :)

Memorial Weekend!

We attended Colby's graduation Friday night to see Tyler, Lucas, and Elise graduate. We are proud of all of them for all of their accomplishments! Then we headed up north to enjoy the amazing weather at the lake!

Guys Fishing Trip to Round Lake

The guys headed over to Round Lake in Hayward for a little fishing a couple weeks ago. They had a great time and even caught a few fish (which always makes the outing even better!).

Cancun Vacation - 2010

We were so very lucky to get to go away for a little Mexican vacation last week and enjoyed the nice windy weather! It was fine it was windy since it was about 90 every day and only dropped to probably 80 at night. We had a lot of fun with a great group of friends!!!

The Group!

Mexico Adventures 2010!

We decided to head off of the resort one day in Mexico on our vacation and pursue a little adventure. I never thought I was afraid of heights until we climbed and climbed and climbed a 70 ft wooden tower which we eventually rappelled off of. A bit scary at first but was lots of fun! We also went on 3 ziplines over the jungle and snorkeled in an underground cave!