Ashley's Baby Blessing

Ashley's Baby Blessing

Sunday February 5, 2012

I am finally getting around to posting pictures from Ashley's blessing.  Since we lost all our pictures, I am so thankful Erin had taken some, so we could remember this special day!

 I wish I had a picture with Ashley and Grandma together, because she is the one who made her beautiful dress and blanket.

 Nauni and Ashley

 3 generations of girls

 Papa Jones and Nauni

 The FAM:)

It was a wonderful day.  After the blessing, we came to our house for a brunch.  We had breakfast casseroles, cinnamon rolls, yogurt parfait, muffins, juice, and hot chocolate.   We had all our Utah family there from both sides, even though I don't have pictures to show it:)
Ashley is so loved and it was a special day.  She stayed awake for the party and did not want to miss a thing.    

Ashley is such a calm and pleasant baby.  She is so alert and just loves to observe her new world around her.

Don't Make the Same Mistake!

I am just sick!  Our external hard drive crashed recently and we lost EVERYTHING!!  Well, not everything, but it seems like it.  The last time we backed it up was on Dec. 3rd, so we lost all our pictures, videos, journals, etc. from then on until the beginning of April.  It is just so disheartening, especially when Ashley changed so much within those first few months.  Luckily we have been able to scrounge up a few pictures from blogs, e-mails, and pictures my sister took, so it could have been worse, but I just wanted to remind you all to:

 TAKE THE FEW EXTRA MINUTES TODAY AND BACK UP ALL YOUR FILES:)    

Easter Events

Happy Easter!

I wasn't able to find Easter clothes for the boys this year, which I was sad about, but Ashley sure was fun:) 

I didn't get a picture of all the kids together either, so here is what we got! 

Easter Egg Hunt

Hmmm... How am I going to get those:)

Easter Dinner at Nauni and Papa Jones'

Nauni had it decorated so cute and dinner was delicious

Easter Party at Nauni and Papa Jones'

Nauni put on a party for the kids while all the men were at Priesthood.  It was so fun.  Our kids are spoiled that is for sure!

More PIZZA Please!!

Ready for the Hunt

Decorating Cookies

Ashley figuring it all out... If I could only fit this in my mouth:)

Decorating Easter Eggs

Ashley must have been tuckered out with all the festivities.  She fell asleep on Papa Jones with him standing up.

Dying Eggs at Home

Joy School Easter Party!

We got to do it at our house.

Bunny Hop

Adam guessed the closest number of eggs in the jar.  I promise I didn't tell him!

We are always so spoiled around the Holidays!  It is such a fun time of life with the kids right now.  I love it!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 We had our usual green dinner.  Green shamrock pancakes, green eggs, green juice, green jello, and bacon (not going to color that though:)

 The kids loved it!

We attempted to make little leprechaun traps, but didn't get to finish them, so alas, that little leprechaun still snuck into our house and played some tricks!  Our toilet bowl was once again GREEN!

The Next Shaun White

Who knew that Adam could snowboard??

David was gone snowboarding, so I took the kids out to sled.  The next thing I knew, Adam was cruising down the hill!  I couldn't believe it.  It was fun to see him do it and be so proud of himself.  We had thought about taking him this year to learn, but decided to wait until next year... I guess he showed us!

The next day, David came out and enjoyed the snow with us!  The kids could have done this all day long. 

Adam and David are like two peas in a pod.  They sure have a lot of fun together.  

 Looking like a pro.  Brandon had to have his try at it as well!

February Snow

We have had such a mild winter, so although we didn't get quite as much snow, in February, we tried to take advantage with what we did have.  We went to another park trying to find more snow.  It wasn't a lot, but it worked.

 Ashley even got a ride this time:)

 Beautiful Mountains!

January Snow

 We actually got to make a snowman and do some snow angels.