HOPES AND DREAMS

Well about a week ago I finally finished my tote bag that I have been working on for a while. A special thanks to Sam and Tyler for helping push me along to finish it. For Tyler for getting sick with the flu ha, and Sam for lending me the material and showing me how.

You guys are going to think I am crazy but I have been having dreams lately about sewing projects like sewing curtains and pillows, blankets, clothes, etc. It is like God is trying to tell me something, ha, I know right? I am really cool if I am having dreams about sewing ha. Well, tell me what you think about my tote, and if you guys have any ideas about what else I should sew that is relatively easy considering I am no pro....well just let me know.

THE END AND THE BEGINNING

So the end of a long dragging semester is at an end for Tyler and I, hoorah! And my favorite holidays are upon us. Tyler and I are going to be spending Thanksgiving with my in-laws and Christmas with my family yeah! I haven't been home for Christmas in 2 years, that seems like a lifetime to me. It is going to be a pain traveling home to Texas for our first time with tiny Ashlyn. She can't even sit through sacrament meeting I don't know how she is expected to be able to sit on my lap for a 3 hour plane ride. Oh well, its all for the greater good right?

Tyler just finished registering for the spring semester and he is going to have to take 18 credits this coming semester, errrr, I am not looking forward to not being able to see my husband come January. He is graduating in the summer so he is loading on the classes. I am so stoked that he is graduating soon yippie!

Who knows what we will do after that, hopefully move out Logan though!

HALLOWEEN

So all I have to say is Ashlyn was so cute for Halloween, my little black cat! We went trick-o-treating in the morning at all the businesses on Main Street with some friends, it was so fun! Ashlyn was soooo shy, she wouldn't even grab any candy from any of the people at the stores, ha, I don't blame her though, some of those people handing out costumes were pretty scary! Then we ran some errands, you know get some diapers, Lysol (still cleaning up Tyler sickness), and what not. Then we went to my friends Halloween party, it was way fun. Tyler had to work Halloween night but I am glad he was able to make it to the party a little bit later. I made Ashlyn fit into a 3-6 month costume, sad, I just really didn't want to spend any money on a costume that she would only wear once. I was the mama black cat, and Tyler went out on his own and dressed up as "Jemaine" off of the "Flight of the Conchords" it was great! I like how I bought tons of candy for trick-o-treating and no one came, what is up with that, apartments deserve trick-o-treaters too ha!

FALSE ALARM!!!!

Hello, hello everyone sorry that I am such a slacker but better late than sorry, right? This past week has been crazy. Tyler got sick on Tuesday with what we thought was the Swine Flu, so scary he had all the symptoms without the title. Thanks to our friends, Ashlyn and I were able to stay with them for a few days so we wouldn't catch the flu. Ashlyn gets sick so easy and we didn't want to take any chances. Thank goodness he is feeling better!

ASHLYN'S 1st BIRTHDAY

Tyler and I had been trying to plan the most perfect birthday party for our little girl ever since she was born ha! We finally decided to have Ashlyn's birthday party at our apartment complex's clubhouse, we had around 30 people come, it was so much fun. Tyler's parents and brother were able to come up from South Jordan. My sister was able to come up from Saratoga Springs, and my brother and his family from Heber City. We also invited my Uncle and his family and some friends. Tyler and I stayed up the whole night prior, baking Ashlyn's Baby Einstein Caterpillar Cake so they would be cooled and ready to ice the next day. We had so much fun decorating the cake and getting ready for her birthday. She was so cute, every time she opened a present she would oooohhh and aaaahhhh! She had the best reactions! I can't believe she is already one, time flies by it seems like just yesterday I found out I was prego!

ASHLYN'S 1 YEAR PICS

Sorry guys I know I haven't written in a long long time, I have been super busy with a 12 month old child. She is constantly in to everything, and she constantly is needing all of my attention. I can't wash a single dish without her pulling on my leg and screaming. I have determined what she is trying to say is..."mother get down here and play with me, or at least take me up there...I can't see what your seeing from way down here!" Ha, I am funny. Anyways, Ashlyn turned 1 on September 25 and that morning we decided to go get her pictures taken. She was in a good mood when we got there, but as soon as we got back there and she saw the lights and the camera she started to cry. She is such a sensitive soul! So needless to say we barely got any good pictures. We only got one of her smiling. So frustrating! It was just me and Ashlyn that morning, Tyler had a work meeting so I had to try to calm her down all by myself, poor me I know ha. Nevertheless, I do think we got a few good ones though.

COLORADO-CALIFORNIA TRIP* 10 MONTHS OLD

Well, Tyler, Ashlyn, and I just got back from a 2 week vacation, we had so much fun! The first week we went to Colorado where I had a family reunion in the mountains of Pagosa Springs We stayed in cabins in the woods, roasted marshmallows, played games, stuffed our faces, and so much more. I miss my family so much, I was so happy to get to see them. I love and miss yall already.

























































The second week we went to California. We stayed in condos right on the beach with Tyler's family. I even learned how to get up on my knees on the boogie board while riding on the waves. I am so excited to be home though, we drove a total of 36 hours, uhhh. I am very relieved to be home. It was so much fun though!