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February
brought us a lot of snow this year. The kids had one snow day with
no school and several delayed starts from the snow. They had a
lot of fun sledding down a hill near We celebrated Brooks' 1st birthday on the 12th of the month. It was fun to have the family all together to celebrate this event. Brooks enjoyed all the company and loved eating his cake. He loved all his presents especially the books. He loves reading books! Next
we had Valentine's Day. This year we enjoyed giving
the kids special Valentine's notes in their mailboxes the weeks
leading up to V-Day. Next
was Ashby's 7th Birthday on the 18th. We had a
fun dance party at our house for her. School ended up being cancelled
on her bday because of the snow. She was dissappointed she couldn't
bring the class her cupcakes, but on the upside she was able to
stay home, play in the snow, help decorate for the party, and go
on a spe Ashby's basketball season ended this month at the YMCA. She LOVES basketball and had so much fun. She scored quite a few baskets and was a good the little dribbler. She was one of the few kids out there that would dribble without traveling or double dribbling. It was fun watching her improve and enjoy each game. I think we definitely have a b-ball player in our family now. She is hooked! She even picked out a mini-hoop for her door to her room at Scheel's for one of her bday presents.
My sister Kristi and I are very excited to announce that we have started a Custom Digital Photo Card Business. We have some great custom cards for all occasions, Holidays, or invitations. customphotocards.blogspot.com
Ashby in her new bday outfit and shooting on her new basketball hoop in her room.
Dalton
is 4 years old. He
is a great little reader. Brooks
is 1 year old now! We are sure enjoying this little
guy. He had a fun Birthday. He loved having every A few things I would like to remember about Brooks at this age: -He loves
music! When he hears music he starts to dance by bobbing
up and down and waving his arms like crazy. He smiles so big and
claps his hands to the beat. In church or if we sing during FHE he
immediately stops and listens to us sing then starts waving his hands
like he is leading the music. -Brooks loves
books. Especially ones with touch and feel things or
flaps. He loves being read to by Mom, Dad, Ashby or Dalton. -Brooks
loves going down the slide in our house with Ashby or Dalton holding
him. He could do it again and again! - He
is a very happy and content baby. H
-Brooks is a great sleeper still and will go 12 hours straight. He loves his crib and does great with 2 or 3 naps a day. He still goes to bed early between 6-7pm. -Brooks
still adores his Daddy and gets so excited to see him come into
the room. Even the mention of the name Daddy gets a reaction
from Brooks. He likes to babble a lot and say a few words like mama,
dada, baba (for bottle), mmmm for more, da for duck. -He
loves crawling through and playing in tunnels. -Brooks
can cry really loud too when he gets upset or hurt (which isn't
very often).
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February
is always a crazy busy month for us. We celebrated
2 birthdays in our family along with many others in our extended
family. Then there is Valentine's Day, and oh yes we found
out we are having another sweet boy! It
will be so fun for the three boys to be so close. Ashby was
excited too for "another stinky brother!" lol.
Baby was healthy and well. We are truly blessed. 
our
house, building a snowman, and having snowball fights in the backyard!
Then
on Valentine's we put some extra presents and goodies in their
mailboxes for them to open that morning. The kids had so much fun
opening their mailboxes and reading all the love notes and seeing
their special presents. 
cial
outing with Dad (which included picking out her new pet fish!).
She had a great birthday!
Ryan
is still loving his new job thus far at NV
Energy as its Assistant General Counsel!!! It is already
less stress and less hours so everyone is happy.Ryan is
still enjoying his new calling in our ward as a High
Counselor. He recently was asked to conduct the dedication of the
new church that was built in Sun Valley. I was able to
attend as well as Ryan's parents (My Mom was able to watch the
kids for us . . thanks Mom!!). It was a beautiful dedication. The
building is gorgeous. What a blessing for the people in that area.
Ryan's assignment is still over the spanish branch in Sun Valley. He
is enjoying using his spanish from his mission he served in Chile Ryan
is still very much enjoying his Judgeship. It
continues to be a welcome change from the same old and even very
rewarding. 
I
have been keeping busy with the kids and all their activities.
Ryan and I decided to take a trip to Hawaii sans the
kids for our 10 year anniversary the end of March. Our
anniversary isn't actually
until
August, but with the baby being born in July we figured this was
a much better time to go! We are so excited!! My brother and his
sweet wife are going to watch the kids for us. We can't wait!!
I have been still voluntering in Ashby's class every other week,
which
Ashby
loves. I helped put together a Valentine's party for her
class. It was really fun and the kids had a great time.
I am still serving
as
1st
counselor
in
the Primary
Presidency. I love teaching the children in our ward.
Ashby is 7
years old now! I can't believe it! 7 sounds so old
but she is still our baby! She had a great birthday party with
the family. Ashby was thrilled to finally get a pet
fish! She
had a blast at her dance party and enjoyed having her day!
She still loves 1st
grade. She really enjoys
reading, writing, spelling math, computers and music. She
loves school and learning. She is excited to go everyday. We
have noticed she is a very talented writer. She
loves to write detailed stories in her journal at
school. Her teachers were very impressed by her stories and
copied pages of her journal to share with other 1st grade teachers
and classes. Her
teachers have reccommended her for the GATE program(for gifted
and talented learners). We are so grateful for a bright, sweet
child. Yay Ashby!! She is loving 
her
little dance class she goes to once a week. They
found out their performance in June is going to be Alice
in Wonderland! Ashby's class will be little rabbits.
The dance they are learning for it is the hussle. It is turning
out really
cute. Ashby is still our little bookworm; when it is quiet
around the house
Ashby
is
usually
curled up
reading one of her chapter books somewhere. We enjoy watching
Ashby's spirituality grow. She is very intuitive and sensitive
to the Spirit. It is neat to watch this quality in her continue
to grow. She loves reading the scriptures with
us as a family and loves going to church and learning the Gospel
with her friends.
The
stories he is reading during his reading lessons are at a solid
2nd grade reading level. Not too shabby for
a 4 year old! He has a good memory and we have
been working on the 30 sight words for Kindergarten. He knows
them all now. He loves going to preschool 2 days a week. He
is so happy and excited when I pick him up. We have been having
several playdates with preschool buddies. Dalton LOVES friends
and cousins. He is still obsessed with anything Star
Wars and loves playing the Wii. Dalton
contiues to love his CTR 4 class at church and
is learning a lot. He loves to read the scriptures with us as
a family and is really interested in all the stories. He is quick
to remember things we have read together. He really loves having
and playing with friends. He misses Ashby at school but is enjoying
time with me and Brooks. Dalton is a great big brother.
He will get me a diaper when I need one, hold Brooks, and is
very gentle and loving towards him. It is really cute to watch
him. He is getting pretty good at writing his name. He
also likes drawing pictures of people. I love when they
start to do that it is so cute. He is pretty proud of himself
for memorizing our phone number and will call
it with Daddy's cell phone. He thinks that is really hilarious!!
Some of the things Dalton says are so funny.
He is really into how old he will be when Ashby is 12, 14, 20,
40 etc. He asks me daily these types of questions.
one
sing Happy Birthday to him, eating his cake (face first), and
opening
his presents. Brooks loves people! He loves having all the
family around him. He loves to smile and laugh. Often he will
just laugh and chuckle to himself while he is walking around
the house.
e is fun to be around and we
love seeing him smile. He loves
to wave and smile at people.
