Daddy's Teaching Me to RIDE!

Helping Daddy

It looks like our first major project on our new house will be a large covered patio.  Dustin is taking this on himself, as he did at our other house, however, this one will be much larger and more detailed.  I'm so thankful for a handy husband.  Ashton highly enjoys helping Daddy and that's what he did yesterday evening.  He helped hammer in the stakes and measure with the tape measure for the plans.  What a big helper!

I love how he gets together and "cheeses" for pictures.  In the last picture, we had to redo it, and he said, "Daddy, we have to cheese again!"  I've trained him well, haha!

Joy of Love {Day 20: When They're Home}

I'm skipping Day 19 for now... will come back to it.  When Daddy is at home, he spends as much time as he can with this little guy.  Wish I would have taken off his bib!

Joy of Love {Day 16: Together (Self-Portrait)}

Thank you to my wonderful sister for taking this photo!

2011 Family Photos

Any birthday party is a celebration with both sides of our family and of course and excuse for a photo opp!  Just wanted to post these pictures for everyone to download.  I love you all and thank you for coming on Saturday!

Joy of Love {Day 14: Wedding Ring/Jewelry}

Ice & Snow Days 2011

In my previous post, I mentioned that we only went outside to play in the snow one time.  The majority of the time was spent upstairs, playing and hanging out while Dustin worked out of his office.  The most exciting thing we managed to do was make some orange juice!  Luckily, Ashton liked stirring it up and finally drinking a nice cool glass, ahhh.  Brennan tried out the jumparoo and liked it ok, but had a hard time keeping his hands out of the seat.  I know it's a bit too soon for him to be in it, but he loves to hang in our arms, so I thought this might replicate the feeling.  Ashton also enjoyed watching Veggie Tales and singing to their theme song, as pictured in the last photo ;).

Snow Fun 2011

During our recent ice and snow storms we managed to get out of the house one time.  It began and ended with crying.  In the first picture, Ashton had just slipped and fallen in the snow.  During his sobbing he managed to get out, "I don't like the snow... it's slippery."  Aw, poor little thing.  We both wanted him to have a good experience, so Dustin came up with the idea to pull Ashton around in a large plastic tub (one of the many that we used in the move).  It was a HIT!  He had so much fun and kept saying, "WHOA WHOA WHOA!" as Dustin ran down our driveway and through our street.  There were a few other kiddos outdoors playing this day, too.  As I mentioned before, our outdoor playtime did also end with tears, when the plastic tub took to sharp of a turn and Ashton toppled out of it.  Maybe next year, when he's a bit more agile, and if it snows again, we can make it a fun experience with NO tears.  That's the goal!  Oh, and Brennan was out in it for two seconds, before I freaked out and put him in his swing inside.  We didn't really have any clothes that warm, except for a really cute hat from his Aunt Courtney (Ashton's hat is from Aunt Courtney, too!) and between Dustin pulling Ashton in the tub (I gave it a go once) and me taking photos, "poor" Brennan was left in the nice warm house, haha!

Joy of Love {Day 6: WHO they Love}

My husband loves our boxer, Maverick.  He was our first fur baby and has been a fun part of lives for the past 6 years. Our oldest son, Ashton loves letting Maverick give him slobbery, wet kisses...yum, haha!