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Last Chance to leave me your email address... I am planning on making my blog private at the end of this week! 

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Family Reunion...

Yesterday Ty's family had a family reunion in Bunkerville, NV. We decided that we would go and check it out. We picked up his dad in the morning and headed south. We got there just in time. The weather was so nice and Ashlynn was loving the playground. It was neat to see how big that part of the family is. It was just the Hughes Family (Ty's mom's side), I learned a lot about them. I didn't know that is where they all grew up. I thought it was pretty neat.

They did an Easter egg hunt and for the kids, ate lunch, and did a raffle drawings for prizes. I haven't been to any family reunions for a while, so it was cool to see how everyone else does it! Here are a few pictures from the reunion. 

Ty and Ash looking at the YELLOW fire truck....

Ash swinging...  and waiting for the Easter Egg Hunt

What is inside??!!

Finding the eggs and showing them off!!

Kody and Grandpa

Cheese!!

Me and Ty

Ashlynn won this at the raffle ... she picked it and loves it!

Happy Birthday.... tooo.... ME!!

Happy 25th Birthday to ME!!

Wow! It is so crazy to have to post for yourself, but that is ok! I can't believe that I am 25!! Its so wierd. I am 1/4 of the way to 100!! ha! I had a really good birthday this year! I switched my work days so I could have my birthday off, at the request of Ty of course, so Wednesday night I took Ashlynn to my mom's house for her to watch while I worked. She decided she wanted to have a Grandma and Ashlynn sleepover so after I got of work I headed straight home. It was a nice slow drive for me, I wasnt in a hurry at all.. ha!

The next morning, birthday morning, I got to sleep in. Ty and Kody were so amazingly quiet. They usually arent so I was shocked when Ty came home at 1030 and I was still in bed!! Ya, like I said... it was amazing I was still asleep! That NEVER happens! I got up and lounged around, cuddled with my little Zues man. Ty called me at 1130 and said that he had the rest of the day off, told me to get up and shower and get ready to head to St George for the rest of the day. SCORE!

We stopped in Dammeron Valley on the way down to eat lunch at the Red Dog Cafe. It was actually really good. I was surprised. Ty got some coconut pie (his favorite) and said it was the best one that he had ever eaten. After lunch we headed to St George. We went to the mall to go shopping at Dillards, then bummed around for a while. We went to Kohls, I got a new purse!! I haven't have a new purse for over a year.... ya I was in need of one! We went to IFA... and I am very VERY PROUD to say that I now own my very OWN pair of COWBOY BOOTS!! They are so comfy! I love them! They are called FATBABYS and like I said, they are sooo comfy! I love wearing them everywhere! We also went to Star Nursery because I wanted to see how much the plants were going to be for me to plant.

Around 7, we met Curtis and Melinda at Made In Brazil. OH WOW! The food was so yummy!! It was a good place to go to dinner at! Thanks for coming with us guys! I am glad that we had friends with us! After dinner we went to see The Bounty Hunter. OMG! I laughed my butt off! If you ever have time to go and see that movie... do it! Also, Thank you MELINDA for the delicious cheese cake! No one had eaten any of it by the time I got home! Thank you again!

I think this has to be one of the best birthdays yet. I honestly cant remember the last time I went out on my birthday and actually got to spend it with my other half. Thanks babe for the great day! I am very thankful that you are so good to me! I love you!

Hannah Montana... really???!!

So Ashlynn now has an obsession with Hannah Montana. OMG! REALLY??!! It is the funniest thing in the world. Last week I stopped at Hollywood Video because they were having a going out of business sale and I bought the Hannah Montana Movie. Um ya, I think that we have watched that movie about once a day. Its so funny to watch her sit in the chair and watch and dance to Hannah Montana. So if you come to my house and see Hannah Montana on, dont be alarmed.... its just a 2 year old in LOVE with Hannah!!

In tune to the tv... watching Hannah

I got her to look away and say cheese ... only for a moment tho....

We went on a walk the other night, Ashlynn decided that she didnt want to be pushed in the stroller but that she wanted to push her baby doll in the doll stroller. It was the cutest thing in the world. I took a picture of her. She only wanted to push her for a little ways and then wanted me to carry it.. we walked to the post office and back... dont think we will do that again, but it was fun at the moment!!

Loving Spring Weather...

I think my title about says it all.....

I AM LOVING SPRING WEATHER

 The last 2 or 3 days has been so nice outside! We got to be outside last night, bbq chicken, and start working on the yard! I went back out this morning and started to pull some yucky ugly vine looking things around the outside of my house. I am  so excited to start planting flowers there and making the yard my own. Ty told me today that I have a good eye when it comes to making a yard pretty. Thanks babe, I get that from my mom and Grandma!!

Anyway, I will post the updates for all of those who care at HERE, so check it out if you want to!

Ty and I get to have date night tomorrow night! I am so stoked! He truly is so good to me. My birthday is a week from today, and he is going to take me out again! I cant remember the last time someone took me out for my birthday!! I will post what happens!

I want to give a HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to my mom Trudy, its her birthday today and I hope she has a good one! She deserves to get the best day ever for being such and awesome mom and grandma! We love you mom! 

Tomorrow is my brother Riley's birthday, Happy Birthday RI!!

Picture Quiz.....

To do this: enter your answer to the question in the Google search box and choose a picture from the first page as your answer.

1. What is your first name?
  

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What high school did you attend?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

6. Who is your favorite Disney princess?

7. What is your favorite drink?

8. What is your dream vacation?

9. What is your favorite dessert?

10. What do you want to be when you grow up?

11. What do you love most in life?

12. What is one word that describes you?

13. What do you dream about?








Anyone who wants to do this quiz you should.. its pretty fun to see what comes up!! 

Sick Again.... REALLY??!!

After being up every hour with Ashlynn last night, I took her temp this morning and it said 102.0. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!! It wasn't 2 weeks ago that we were doing the same thing. I was so mad! How can she keep getting sick over and over again. So I called the Doctor and luckily got her into see him. So we took a little road trip to St George. Well I could have called it, She has an EAR INFECTION! Serious??!! So she is now on another antibiotic and cough syrup. I am hoping she gets better and I can break her fever.

When we got home, her temp was 103. So I put her in the tub and gave her some medicine. This is the picture I took right after going to the store to get some more motrin, oh and princess fruit snacks..gotta put a smile on her face right??

Well, I'll keep everyone posted to how she is doing!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Childs!!

So today is my Grandpa Childs Birthday. It is so hard to think about him and know how much I miss him. He was always a wonderful grandpa and I couldn't have asked for anyone better than him to be my grandpa. I hope he is having a blast in heaven with Grandma for his birthday. It is crazy to think that 2 years ago today, on his birthday, I was suppose to have Ashlynn. Its just crazy to think that her due date was his birthday and I actually had her on Grandma Childs birthday. I know that it was meant to happen that way. I miss you Grandpa, I hope you are having a wondeeful birthday in heaven with your sweetheart! Know that we are thinking of you and miss you so much. I can't wait to see you again!! *kiss kiss*

Big Girl Ash!!

So yesterday was a milestone for Ashlynn. While she was in the bathtub, she started crying. I ran in there to see what was wrong, and she was pointing into the water. I wasn't quite sure what was going on, so I just started asking her questions. I asked if she needed to go potty. She nodded her head yes. So I got her out of the bathtub and dried her off from the waist down, sat her on the toliet, and low and behold.....

SHE WENT PEE PEE ON THE BIG POTTY!! 

YAY ASHLYNN! 

She was a little scared. She almost started to cry until I got all excited and had her give me a high five. Then she knew it was a good thing. I let her wipe her own bum, which is one thing she likes to do whether she goes or not. She was excited, got down and back in the tub she went!!

Well the day continued, she didn't think anything else of it. When I was getting her pajamas on her and changing her bum, she decided to run into the bathroom right after I took the diaper off. I followed her, wondering what she was doing. When I got in there she had climbed back up on the toilet. I sat there with her and all of a sudden she started to go pee again! I was so excited and she knew it! That was TWICE in ONE day!! At this rate we could be potty trained in no time!! She was excited again and gave me another high five, wiped and got down. She ran around the house pretty excited and screaming.

So needless to say, yesterday was a milestone. She is starting to see that going pee on the BIG POTTY is ok! I am so proud of you Ashlynn! Keep it up Princess!

New Blog for Ashlynn... and going Private

So I have decided to add a new blog only about Ashlynn. It is one that I can just post about what she is doing, saying, or even just pictures. This way my family can keep up on the activities of her. I have made it a private blog, so if you are my family and want access to it and I haven't invited you, let me know so I can add you.


I have also been thinking about this for a while and have finally decided to go private. Its kinda scary what info can be accessed on the internet about everyone. So if you would like to be able to read my blog, please leave me your address so I can add you. I plan on going private at least by the end of the month. Thanks for everyone understanding!!

Love ya all!!

Cute things....

I just have to make a post about my cute daughter. I know almost every post is about her, but she just does so many cute and fun things that I want to share with those who aren't around us all the time!

She came home from her dad's house on Sunday and I had a late birthday present from my Aunt Laurie for her. She opened it and was in LOVE!! My aunt made her a blanket for her baby doll. She also gave her a new baby doll. She carried that thing around for the whole night and ever since. Everytime she needed it wrapped up she would bring it to me to have it swaddled again! She loves to rock-a-bye the baby too. The best was the other day when she walked into the kitchen with her doll in her arms and told me to 'shhhh'. It was so cute! Here are a few pictures of her from the other day.... Thanks for new baby and her blanket Aunt Laurie! We love it!!

We were laying in my bed last night watching TV, I leaned over to Ashlynn and asked if she wanted to go for a ride in the truck and get some Ice Cream. Ty had said how he wanted to go for a drive so I thought it would be a good time to go and get some Ice Cream, which I was wanting sooo bad. So Ashlynn climbed off my bed and ran into her room to get some shoes yelling 'cream cream'. I think she was pretty excited. Well we got into the truck and Ty decided that he wanted to go see the new Milk Dairy in New Castle, we stopped to get Adam, Kori, and Sara to go with us, and we headed on our way.

I couldnt believe how HUGE that dairy is! It is probably double the size of the one that my dad use to work at. DAD, you would be jealous of this one... it is all INDOOR!! The cows are all housed inside of a barn - where you can drive down the center of it to feed them. When they walk them to the milking barn, its all indoor. The milking barn itself is double the length of Russells is. Its crazy!! Ashlynn loved looking at the cows! When we were on our way over there I told her we were going to go look at cows and she started to 'MOO'. It was so cute! She loves animals! Anyways, Dad, the next time you are down this way we will have to go over there, it is pretty neat!!

After checking out the new dairy, we headed back to Enterprise and stopped at Marvs for Ice Cream. We met Melinda and Curtis there too! Ashlynn was so excited to get her Ice Cream cone, I took at few pictures of her eating it. I just cant get enough of how fun she is!

Notice the 'Little Mermaid' shirt she is wearing... I got it at DI the other day for 1$. She loves that shirt and wants to wear it everywhere we go. She cried the other day when I put it in the washer... I need to find another one!

New Furniture!!

Ok so we got some new furniture I want to show everyone! Well, its not brand new but, its new to us! First of all, Ty's sister was getting rid of her king bed so we told her that we wanted it. Yesterday he and I took a little adventure to St George to get it. It is STINKING HEAVY!! I couldn't believe how heavy the bed frame was!! Its really pretty. Makes me feel like a queen in it! Here are a couple of pictures I took of it

It is pretty big for our 'little' master bed room. We are hoping to take out some of our cabinets in our bedroom sometime, so it will have to fit til then! Here is a closer picture of the headboard, its the same for the footboard just smaller! :)

Pretty NICE huh??!! I love it! Thanks Tiff! Another thing we got this week was an old sewing machine cabinet that my uncle had forever and when he moved, he didn't want to keep it. Its been sitting in my moms garage for a little while, ok ok its been there for a long while!! But anyways, I stopped at got it from her house the other day and brought it home.

Its pretty neat. Its very old and I felt like I was going to break it, but it held up and sits perfectly in my room. Another perk to having this desk is... It came with a sewing machine!! I am so excited to start sewing on it! I have to have some lessons first, but I think I can pick up the hang of it!! Thanks Uncle G for the sewing cabinet.

So those are just 2 of the things we got. I forgot to take a picture of the cabinet that Ashlynn got from my mom. It was given to my mom when she was a little girl, I think she was saying that it was built in 1974 by her grandpa. Well it was just sitting collecting dust so they decided to refinish it and give it to Ashlynn to put her dish set in. She got new dishes and pans for Christmas, so instead of buying her a kitchen, we did it this way. I will take pics of that and post them later! Its a really neat little cabinet!

Quote of the Day...

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.

~Cavett Robert

So I have had a not so good day today. I dont know what was wrong with me. I dont know if it was the fact that I got up to early or since Ashlynn was winey. All day today I was onry. I yelled at the dogs. I yelled at Ty. I yelled at Ashlynn. I was just in a yelling mood. I put myself on time out. It was kinda nice. As I sat here at work all night, I have been thinking at how childish I have acted all day. I came across this quote and thought that this should be somewhere I can seen it all time to read it. How true is this statement? I read it and thought, "try missing one?", that isn't what I want. I feel really bad about how I treated everyone at my house today. I am going to try to keep this quote where I can see it so I can work on my attitude everyday and have good days!

Ashlynn's Birthday Party

As I promised last night, here are some pictures from Ashlynn's Birthday Party we had on Sunday night. It was lots of fun. We had most of our family there with us. Ashlynn got lots of toys, especially baby dolls, which she loves! She also got an etch-a-sketch from us that she loves to play with. My mom gave her dress up stuff, and Grandma snow gave her bubble stuff. I cant wait til it warms up and she can go outside to play with them!


Here is a video of Ashlynn I took with my phone. She is so silly. When you go to take a picture of her she says "cheese" really big and squints her face, its quite funny. We were at Taco Bell and she was being goofy so I recorded it!! Its making it face the opposite way than the rest of the stuff and I cant figure out how to fix it... so sorry, but you will have to tilt your head to the side!!