Month of Grandpa Birthdays

What would you do if you woke up on your birthday and people told you, it's April 1st and there's snow outside! You'd think haha, April fools right! Well this morning that is exactly what Grandpa Ken woke to. Snow! It's April, where are all the spring flowers! Well, this is what we got here in Utah!

Snow on the Trees!

Ice hanging from the branches!

So we had some snow days and decided that we would need to get out and do some playing! But before long, the winter snows melted and we were left with beautiful April Flowers like these.

Grandpa Loveless had Ashby by his side the entire celebration from gifts and games to songs and blowin' out of the candles! Happy Birthday Grandpas!

HAPPY EASTER!

I'll post more Easter fun later!

Things that Grandmas and Nanas like best!

With few opportunities to spend time with Ashby's many, loving Grandmas, I thought the next best thing having their grand-baby is getting to see lots of cute pictures and videos. So to those of you who aren't feeling Grandmotherly....or auntish or of course the male version of either of these, then stop by later when I've a newer post up. Thanks Enjoy

Bubble Baths, A Costume Hat, and Smiles

One of Ashby's favorite thing to do with Daddy...be SIlly!

Yes, you did see pictures of this day, but I just love how sincerely she states how many shirts she is wearing!

RUNNING!!!

Ladies in Las Vegas

Tracy and I got in the car with her awesome selection for music, a rather well written "dating book" and Ashby and drove down to Vegas to have a nice weekend visit with Lolly, Ava and Brian. We had late night talks and movies. We worked out together, shopped and had a photo shoot! We decided that college friends can be fun even with a couple of toddlers. Ashby and Ava had lots of fun. And so did we!

Lolly helping to beautify our hair!

Each of us took a turn being "America's Top Model"

I think we all had a lot of fun.

We went down to Ceasar's Palace and had a nice lunch, didn't really gamble and tried catch some fun moments.

Beautiful day in Vegas

Ava and Ashby didn't miss a beat, they shopped together, played together, they even had fun in the tub!

Brain, thanks for sharing your girls this weekend, Happy Birthday too.

Jared and Stacy's Wedding

At the Ogden Temple




The Luncheon



Getting Ready



Cake Anyone?

A Great Day

Today Ryan and I drove up to be with my family as Stacy, my brother Jared's wife-to-be, goes to the Temple for the first time. We all had the opportunity to be reminded what matters most. And to me that is following our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and also loving and supporting our families.
We wanted a picture of all of us who came that day so we asked a friendly stranger for some help. I think it turned out nice. In the group pic from left to right you have my dad, Ryan, my mom, me, Jared (brother), Stacy (fiancee), Chris (room-mate), Emily and Stephen (Stacy's fam). The day wasn't sunny but it was nice.

Afterward we went to my parents house in Ogden for a nice casual lunch and fun. Overall, I'd say if one of the main goals of Temple is to draw families together then this day saw this mission accomplished!

Just because

Sometimes I think kids just can't help but to be soo cute! Here are some of Ashby's more recent moments.

A while ago, Nana sent us a few of these really cute bows. I always love how they look on Ashby. Ashby doesn't think they are an "all the time" look. So I click a pic or two when she wears them!

Music to her ears



Uncle "Pres"ton moved up to Utah last fall and it is definitely a highlight of her day when she sees him. She doesn't love him for his music in his iPod earphones, but she does love his music! She will

especially likes Dashboard

and Linkin Park!

Steppin' Up


Lately Ashby has realized that she wants to see or "wanna c" everything that happens in her world aka my day. This includes the eventful kitchen. So she has figured out that this stool is portable. She pushes it all around from cabinets to the counters, steps up on it and checks out the situation. She also likes to look for chips and treats. I love my sweet girl.

Girls and their Clothes

So it surprised me how quickly she has figured out how amazing clothing can be. She LOVES her shirts. I guess she hasn't figured out they are much more comfortable with less layers. I think she has like 10 shirts (8 of which she put on by herself!) in the picture with the the purple tip layer. Yeah...that's a lot of shirts!

What's UP!

My father-in-law forwarded this to me and it made me smile. You don't have to read it if you're feeling fed up! hehe

Our wonderful English language!

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP." If you are not confused after reading this you must really be messed "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list but when we waken in the morning, why do we wake UP. At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?

Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?

We call UP our friends, we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special, and this is confusing.

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP.

To be knowledgeable of the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the dictionary. In a desk size dictionary, UP takes UP almost 1/4th the page and> definitions add UP to about thirty.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't> rain for a while, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so I'll shut UP...