Bear Lake

A few weekends ago (over the 8-10th) we were able to spend a fun and relaxing winter getaway up in Bear Lake with my family.  Nate's parents let us stay at their cabin and we had a wonderful time.  My dad wasn't able to make it because of his busy tax season at work, but the rest of us were there and we had so much fun.  The first thing we did when we got there was head to the big sledding hill.  Asher did not like the sledding!  

He eventually warmed up to the idea of being out there with us and had fun playing in the snow with his cousin Stella.  

Marcus of course came up with the great idea to pile everyone onto the sleds and try to push each other off.  The boys all enjoyed that quite a bit.  My one run with each nephew nearly killed me.  

My mom watched the babies on Saturday so that the rest of us could all go skiing.  It was the most beautiful, sunny, gorgeous day and I loved skiing with Marcus, my siblings and racing my nephews down the ski hill.

Asher of course was in heaven with his cousins, aunts and uncles and granny.  

Thanks Katie and Nate for hosting such a fabulous weekend!

Ears

Poor little Asher has had a struggle with ear infections this winter.  He's had three in the last three months, two of them being double ear infections.  He is always pleasant and rarely even complains, but pretty much constantly is tugging at his ears. I am hoping that he has now recovered from the last one this year!

  

A Quick Before and After

i've only been planning to freshen up my tv stand for a few years now...and finally came up with my plan and bought the gold paint six months ago..but i did it. i am pleasantly surprised with the results, and also learned i would probably die if i ever tried to chevron anything bigger than a tiny tv stand drawer.

please excuse the blurry after photo...not sure what was going on there.  

Tierra + Nate

My sister Tierra had a beautiful wedding last Saturday (the 9th) and everything turned out so great.  We are so happy for her and her husband Nate, and little Ryan. Nate was baptized back in October and we all can see how perfect he is for Tierra.  They are a perfect little family and we are excited for them to start this part of their lives.   

Tierra was absolutely stunning and was just glowing all day long.  She got married in the cutest little pioneer church which turned out to be perfect.  

Lola was the all time cutest little flower girl.

They had gorgeous appetizers after at the Grand Ballroom in Bountiful and then the cute babies joined us for the reception.  Look at Stella's amazing smile!

And since I forgot my camera, these are all of the pictures I got on my  phone.  Click here to see the GORGEOUS pictures her photographer got, like these two:

In the words of my cute teenage cousin, Ally, 'her fairy tale finally came true.'  I couldn't agree more.

Happy Valentines Day!

The holiday of love is fun when you're married and have a baby. Hope you all have a good one!

Thanks to my friend Nancy for setting up these cute pictures!

Time and Snow Days

I don't know how almost a month went by without a blog post.  I kept wanting to sit down and write, but every time I did the words wouldn't come.  It kinda seems like this happens every year around this time, I have lots on my mind but nothing at the same time.

Today I am so sad for a friend who is going through something so hard I can't even imagine.  And it seems that as I get older, I am reminded more and more that life sometimes is just hard.  Harder than it seems like it should be, and hard for so many of the people I love so much.   And while life is sometimes hard, even sometimes harder than we can imagine getting through, today I am reminded that life is also beautiful.  The simple things are so beautiful, and I feel so blessed to enjoy the simple things.

These pictures are older, from several weeks ago when we got a big snow storm.  It was incredible to me to go outside with Asher and watch him discover the snow for really the first time.  He was confused and amazed, excited and even frustrated.  I could see his mix of emotions as he explored and tried to figure out what all of this snow was.  It was so cute and so beautiful.

18 Months

How is my baby one and a half years old?!? 

Time continues to fly by and it is so hard to believe.  At 18 months Asher is the sweetest little thing in the world and I am lucky to be his mama.

Weight: 23 pound 8 ounces (20 percentile)

Height: 31 1/4 inches (25 percentile)

Head: 18.9 inches (65 percentile)

Asher is one content little boy.  He loves to read books, play and explore.  He is so good and so happy doing his own thing.  He is not a complaining kind of kid - he had two horrible ear infections at his appointment but I didn't even know because he still has been so content and sweet.  I thought he's just had a few colds. 

-He says his own name (Ay-yah) and pats his chest whenever he is talking about himself. It is just about the cutest thing ever.

-He is not a climber at all.  He doesn't even know how to climb up onto low couches or chairs.

-He loves all animals and loves to make the animal sounds.  He still loves his fish.

-He has learned to say "iPad" and asks for it just about every morning.  He loves watching Baby Einstein.
-He has crazy hair no matter what I do to it.  

-I think his favorite person in the whole world is his cousin Lola.  He can say her name and he is pretty much obsessed with her.  Nothing makes him happier than when they get to hang out.
-He is getting more attached to his both me and Marcus.  He loves to hold my hand and he likes to drag me around with him and always asks for me or Marcus while we're gone.
-He is getting a bit more possessive about his toys and sharing is hard!


We love our little Asher-man.