January has brought us snow & more snow. The kids love it, but those of us that shovel are hoping for more sunny days. We had a fun New Year's. Stef's family including all the kids(except Dalton...he's way too much to handle at a nice sit down dinner!) had dinner at the Vista Grille a yummy steak house. After dinner everyone went home to put the kids to bed and we hosted games and ice-cream crepes at our house (our specialty). It was a lot of fun to visit with just the adults without all the kids running around. On another note, our computer's hard drive completely crashed. Luckily we backed up most of the important files a couple of months ago. Still, we did lose a lot of files! Just an important reminder to everyone to back up your files often...you just never know!

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 last Sunday 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 is 3 years old & will be turning 4 the 18th of this month. She cannot wait for her birthday & her Princess party. She started going to Sunbeams in Primary at the beginning of January. She loves it! She sings all the songs & her 2nd week in she gave the opening prayer in the Chapel all by herself. It was so cute. Her preschool is over for the year so she will be missing her friends and teacher. But Stefani is starting a co-op preschool with a couple other moms so Ashby can continue to go to school. Ashby is reading & spelling words. She thinks it is very cool that she can actually read the words in her books by herself now. She still loves coloring, decorating, & making crafts & cards for people. She will sit and color at the table for hours for her "quiet time". It is very nice for mom. Ashby loves trying to figure out how to spell & write her friends & family's names.

Dalton is 1 year old(18 months). He started going to Nursery in church this month. So far he has stayed all by himself. We hope this trend continues. 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.