February just
flew by and here we are in March already. We
had a fun Valentine's Day. We had a bunch of Ashby's
friends over for a Valentine's Party. The girls had
so much fun. We baked and decorated sugar cookies, made Valentine's
necklaces, and made homemade Valentine's Day cards. It was a
blast.
Then
we had Ashby's 4th Birthday Party at our house
with the whole family. Ashby wanted to do a Disney Princess
Party. Ashby loved the princess theme and had a great
time helping us decorate the house before the
guests arrived. We ate pizza, cake & ice-cream,
did a pinata, and opened presents. Ashby had a fun day. She loved
seeing
all
her Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, & Cousins. Ashby is already
saying she can't wait until her 5th birthday! Oh dear!
Ryan had
his formal review at his law firm. He received
very high marks from all the partners.
He is still busy and works very hard. Ryan is still serving as
the Elder's Quorum President in our ward. Ryan
found out he passed the Utah Bar! Yeah for Ryan!
We are not moving to Utah..but are excited that he can defend a
big client in Utah for his Firm now(also passing the Utah bar has
reciprocity in 5 other states).
Stefani
is keeping busy with the kids. She received a new
calling recently as 2nd Counselor in the Primary. She
is excited to be in Primary with Ashby & also to get back
to her love for teaching kids! Stef also just started designing another website for
a heating & air conditioning firm in
Houston Texas. Her portfolio is slowly growing. Stef's
latest obsession is digital scrapbooking(click
here to view scrapbook gallery). No messy scrapbooking
supplies all over the house anymore (Ryan is thrilled!)
Ashby just
turned 4
years old! She
is really progressing in her
reading and is really starting to enjoy reading by herself now.
Lately she has been really into helping
Mom out
with any special
cleaning jobs around the house. She loves to
clean the wood floors & wash the mirrors. She does a pretty
good job
too. Just recently Ashby & Dalton have begun really
playing well together for long
periods of time. It has been fun to see.
It is great to see they have eachother as friends to play with.
Ashby is such a cute big sister to Dalton. She
is always willing to help him and get him what he needs when
he is upset.
Dalton
is 1 year old(19 months).
He is still going to nursery by himself. It
has been great. He has started to share pretty good with
Ashby and clap his hands after he shares a toy with her. It
is really cute. He
is so proud of himself.He is still
a handful! If he's not into something he shouldn't be; he
is climbing on anything he can. Dalton is very sweet
though and quite the little snuggle bug. He
loves to be held. Dalton has a new found love
for Dora the Explorer. He loves to watch her for his
movie time and say, "Map" & "Backpack" while
he watches. It is really funny to watch him dance like
crazy when the theme song to Dora comes on.
