Amanda

Here is a story of a girl who moved to the USof A all the way from Germany.  This girl had a boyfriend who also lived in Germany, but moved to the USof A to learn a new a language and then move to the Ukraine for two years.  This girl was sad and wanted to send some pictures of herself so he wouldn't forget her.  Here are those pictures..........

Does this pose look familiar?? It's Ainsley inspired.

Happy Dance

Somewhere Ainsley has learned about Happy Dance.  Today I did something she was proud of (shutting the gate to our backyard so deer can't get in-random)and then she said "good job mommy, Happy Dance!" she did a short little dance and then struck a pose.  It was so funny I ran to get my camera and she gladly re-enacted her poses

This girl is so funny, she keeps us all laughing. I wish I could just freeze time with her and keep her this age forever.

Cache and I spent our anniversary in Jackson Hole, WY. A few weeks late due to Cache being in Beijing on our actual anniversary.  I have to admit I was a little wary about Jackson, I have never been there and it just didn't seem fun in my mind. Well, it was fun and super relaxing.  We hiked to taggart lake, we drove through the Teton national park, ate lunch at a beautiful lodge, searched for bear (didn't find any), and slept-in without any interruptions.  Sleep without any interruptions for 2 nights is complete heaven.

Oxbow Bend-Jackson Hole, WY

The colors were so pretty and I really would love to take a trip up there every fall. The first day we were there it was a little cold and we walked through a few snow flurries.  It was also so cloudy we couldn't see the tetons and I was bummed because we had just driven 5 1/2 hours and I wanted to see the mountains!  The next day waas BEAUTIFUL The air was cool, but not too cool, perfect for sweaters (my favorite), and the tetons peeked out of the clouds.  They are just as gorgeous as they are on TV (as seen in modern family the week before :)).

Taggart Lake

Our own Ollivander

Our friends told Asher that Hogwarts was real and he will get a post delivered to him by an Owl on his 11th birthday asking him to attend wizard school and he totally believes it. So until he gets his official wand from Hogwarts he decided to whittle himself a makeshift one and also one for a few of the neighborhood kids.  

A few of the wands.  

Since this picture was taken these wands have been stained and a handle has been added. 

Poor Asher was devastated when Cache and I told him the we were muggles and there was a small chance that he was a real wizard.  But he is thinking positively and well, I guess we'll find out if he is Hogwarts bound in about 5 years.

Asher's first day

It's been long in the waiting, but Asher finally started Kindergarten.  He was so excited to sit in class and learn (sounds fun doesn't it). 

  A tradition for the kindergartners at our school is to decorate a gingerbread man in way that he wouldn't be recognized as a gingerbread man.  Asher wanted a lego Ninjago as his.  It was a fun project for us to work on together. I drew it all on paper and he did all the cutting.  He did pretty good didn't he?

 We were bored waiting for carpool so, I asked to him to jump in the air while I took his pictures.  He reminds me of a leprechaun.

Good luck in K-grade little Man!!

4th Grade

Eden is entering 4th grade!! Which is so crazy to me, I remember 4th grade. It wasn't that long ago (wink). I had Mrs. Nissin at C.H. Taylor Elementary in Ogden. I remember learning cursive. I remember thinking John M. was cute. I remember the new girl Mariesa. I remember long division. I remember thinking I was so close to being an adult (wink, wink).

Eden thinks she is an adult, she is learning cursive and long division, she is the new girl (in a round about way), and as much as she denies it I am sure there is, or will be a boy that she is going to think is cute.

Welcome to 4th Eden!

I am so glad I get to be the mom of this sweet girl.

12x12 August

I am falling behind, I realize it.  But to be honest it is not entirely my fault.  Our computer died, like really died,gave up the ghost.  We had to call to Dell and get it fixed, now it is breathing on it's own again and I can attempt to catch up on this silly little blog.  So to begin........a 12x12, several weeks late.

1. Monkey Quest.........one of Asher's favorites.
2. Breakfast. Poor kids, they eat cereal just about every morning.  I am not even nice enough to buy the fun cereal.  Honey Nut Cheerios, Special K with red Berries, and Frosted mini wheat's.........that's all we ever have.
3. Pinterest.........enough said.
4. I helped pick up my friends car from the repair man, that is a weird story in itself, but glad I could help.
5. "let me out of the car mom!" -Ainsley
6. Work, work, work.  I love have Cache working form home.
7. coming home from Grandma's house.  There is always a surprise to bring home from her house.
8. Ainsley taking a nap with her dolls (she arranged them like this)
9. Banana........our go to snack.
10-12. I guess I got lazy and didn't take my camera on mine and Cache's date night.  Imagine pictures of The movie theater, a screen shot of "The Help", and me enjoying a crepe.