Ashby Easter Egg Hunt

Lindsey #7

Lindsey went with a Hello Kitty theme again this year.   Since the last Hello Kitty party was in our old neighborhood she had a new batch of friends.  Only Ashlyn gets to have enjoy the repeat appearance of Hello Kitty.

They made Hello Kitty hats

They had their nails painted by Whitney & Makayla with Cassidy helping dry

They decorated mini cakes

They made bracelets

They went on a Find Hello Kitty treasure hunt

Lindsey with her flowers from Dad

Since my kids don't need any more stuff, we decided to do birthday's a little different this year.  For each of their birthday's they are getting a room makeover as their gift from us.  Lindsey really wanted a pink room.  You can't tell very well from this picture, but the walls are a light pink, with a hot pink and purple stripe up top.  The ceiling is now white instead of tan.  We added some wall stickers, new curtains and pillows for her window seat.  Grandma and Grandma Ashby gave her new Hello Kitty sheets.  It is very pink!

Lindsey's room before

Lindsey's new room

St. Patty's Day Dinner

My kids are under the impression that our food must be green on St. Patty's Day.  I didn't really plan ahead this year, but came up with a few things I could dye for the occasion.  We had green milk (a must) asparagus, green risotto, and green jello.

Starry Night for $1.50

Grant came home from preschool and informed me that I needed to give him lots of money for his painting. I laughed, but didn't give him any money. When dad got home he told him the same story - "Look at my picture Dad, you need to give me lots of money." So, Dad went to his change jar and grabbed a handful and asked "Is this lots of money?" Grant smiled big and accepted the money and gave Dad the painting. I am assuming that his teacher was complimenting him on his work and said he could get lots of money for it. She was right. He made $1.50.

This is the place

The girls are all studying ancestors and had differing projects that they had to do. We decided to take the kids up to "This is the Place State Park" and get some photos to use in their projects. It turns out that there is nothing open during the winter up there. We were able to go on a train ride around the park and walk to a few statues. We are going to have to go back in the summer when all of the houses are open. It looks like it will be a fun place for them to see.

Snow Time

Tamsen, Tosh & Live came and played in the snow with us. Tosh & Liv don't remember ever playing in the snow. It was a new experience for them. This was the first time we actually got enough snow to play in this winter. We had a lot of fun with them here. We finally got to use our snowman making kit that we got for Christmas from the Hopkinsons.

My Favorite Things

The girls all decided to enter the Inspirations Contest at school. The theme this year is "My Favorite Things."

Cassidy's Entry

Whitney's Entry

Lindsey's Entry

Gingerbread Houses

A lady that Aaron works with gave him 3 gingerbread houses for the kids. I grabbed another one at IKEA and we had a messy good time putting them together for family night.






I lost all my pictures from my camera, but we had a great time after Christmas destroying the houses.

Sports Camp

I signed Grant up for a 3 month Sports Camp at the Rec Center. Each month they were able to learn a new sport.

First up was T-Ball. Grant really enjoyed T-Ball. He is a lefty so this is our first experience trying to figure out how he plays sports. Sometimes when he ended up with a right handed glove he would catch the ball take the glove off and throw it with his left. Grant and Dad both got baseball mitts for Christmas. Hopefully they will be able to go out back and play catch sometimes.




Basketball was his least favorite sport. Maybe it was because the ball was half the size of him. It was really hard for him to be able to dribble a ball that is as big as he is.


This shot ended up hitting the rim and smacking him it the face. He really didn't like basketball after that.

Football was another favorite of his. His buddy Luke came to the month. Watching these little boys playing sports was so fun for me as a mom. We'll have to do it again.

Cassidy's Baptism

We are very proud of Cassidy and the choice she has made to be baptized. It was a special day for her and our family. We had planned a luncheon to be at our clubhouse, but it was such a snowy day that we decided to move the lunch to our house were we would have more room to spread out. All of our family was able to attend. Even Tom & Mine were in town from Denver and able to participate. The absence of my dad was really evident. These special moments make him not being here even harder. But I know that his spirit was there and that he is also very proud of his granddaughter.