ashley has always had some pretty awesome style. loved coming across this old pic of her from fall of 2008.  she was almost 4.  this is suc...

this last weekend, was one to never forget. ashley turned 8. she was baptized the day after her birthday. (thanks dad for taking this p...

when lynn was preparing to be baptized, we started a couple of traditions .  one was to go out, just me and that almost 8 year-old girl, and...

while cleaning the c drive the other day, I found one file folder that read “mom’s”. that was vague and mysterious enough to have me wonder...

this kid was far more mellow about the whole “take my picture so I can get some pop rocks” bit. I had to remind her that I wanted to take ...

and please, when you read “soccer”, don’t read “sock-her”.  read it like adam sandler would say it: “sock-a playa”.  that’s just how we say ...

so lynnie-lou-hoo had a biography study that we worked on for the better part of february.  they cold choose pretty much anyone, and lynn ch...

I might just totally get it too. so we had a little cold floating around our house before thanksgiving.  it went from peyton, to me, to ash...

so we’ll just say that there has a lot been going on around these parts.  sure, sure, you have most likely been busy too.  whatever. but th...

here is my sweet ash: this time last night, she lost her first tooth. in this pic her cheeks are still slightly tear-stained and her eyes...

we just got back from a lovely and very fun-filled vacation. we did disneyland. it was awesome. I think everyone who lives in this house,...

ashley turned 7 today. I know. I thought I had made a deal with these kids. a deal that entailed their not growing up anymore, and I woul...

Summer, over, really? I don’t like the idea of this. So I am going to proclaim that it isn’t over, nope, not really.  Not yet. We still h...

today was a fun day. i had only two children for the bulk of the day instead of my usual three. so it was just me, the youngest, and the m...

Our little Ashley graduated from kindergarten. It’s quite bittersweet. She is learning so much, so fast.  It is fun to see, but sad that...

so ashley’s hand is “better”.  it is a great camouflage of bruise, not so puffy, and not broken.  (yay!!)  she can make a beautiful fist, wi...

I had a fantastic Mother’s Day yesterday. I didn’t know that one mom could get so many cards!!  I have to have the sweetest three girls eve...

I could easily throw myself into typing a rather lengthy list of reasons why nothing seems to be going on here (perhaps that would answer so...

I got my due punishment for taking Ashley to lunch at McDonald’s (or as I have so appropriately re-named them “Yak-Donald’s”) yesterday.  Yo...

Ashley has been planning for DAYS, what we would wear for our day together on Wednesday.  We have shirts that are similar, and she has wante...