HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brooke, Chelsea, Marrianne

Chelsea, Marrianne and Brooke celebrated Sunday with family after church.
John barbequed for this special birthday celebration...mmmmm delicious! I think Brooke had more whip cream than she did ice cream.

Crazy kids!

E-mail and Build-A-Bear Fun

Each time I sit down to the computer I can hear that little voice "e-mail, nanna, e-mail". Ashley would climb up on my lap and then say "JibJab". E-mail means to look at each and every one of your blogs every day. She knows several of her cousins names. She loved the pictures of Becki on the "horse". When we went to Build-A-Bear the computer was very familiar to her.

Her baby doll needing a diaper change.
They do love their "Build A Bears"....Ashley & Annika seems to like MONKEY

Christa, Ben-jamin, Jenna and Christopher like bears best.

Ashlyn and Steven are next....then come the twins & Gavin.

SPECIAL VISITORS for Kate's Special Day

She was so good Sunday as her daddy gave her a name and a very sweet blessing. She wore the same dress as Ashley did and their pictures look so much alike. Kate very seldom cries, but when she does...she really lets it out.


GG, Aunt Ilene, Uncle Duane and Aunt Dale came for the weekend arriving Friday afternoon and staying through Monday morning. We had a great time and appreciate so much there driving up to be with the family on this special weekend.


After church, dinner and naps we headed up a high hill to see all of New Haven. Ashley thought this was the temple because it was so high up, but her daddy taught her a new word "monument". It was a beautiful drive and scene when we got to the top.

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

Diaper Changing ...... A family affair!



Kate's first bath...together with her big sister
Tuesday is PLAY-DAY with several in their ward.
Ashley learning to drive
Books are one of her favorites. One night she had her "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" book out we had brought her and she started singing....sang the whole song by herself for the first time. Way cute! I think she has just about every Dora Book...which is her favorite.

Silly Grandpa

One of Ashley's favorite things to do with pop-pop is to play hide and seek. He would hide in the tunnel, behind curtains, around the corner, in closets....."Where is pop-pop???" and she would run around until she would find him. Then she would hide from him.
There he is....
Where is Ashley?
Another day we went to a different beach where there were more shells and very pretty rocks. Pop-pop taught her to throw rocks in the water [remember doing that with Mikal] and to swim around holding his hands.

And he still makes the best salsa!

Second Week of Fun

It didn't take long for Ashley to bond with her Nanna and Pop-pop...it will definitely be hard to leave and have threatened to put Ashley in our carry on suitcase, but her folks say NO-WAY! and sure little Kate would miss her big sister. Ashley loves to hold her new little sister and kiss her including her hands and feet...and sing her songs.

This is one of my favorite beaches with a large park and lighthouse that is even used today.

Grandpa and Ashley enjoy clapping hands, whether at the beach, park, or eating at the table. Reminds me of another little girl...Marylyn...only with a bucket on her head instead of a hat.



Kate's first trip to the ocean
Ashley has no fear and loves playing with daddy in the water. She also liked walking the beach with grandpa and grandma looking for shells and rocks.

And of course I had to get a "Sharon" T-shirt

38 1/2 feet tall, one foot for every year of the Prophet Joseph Smith's life. One of the largest solid pieces of polished granite in the world. It took 33 days to move the granite 5 1/2 miles using oxen and 22 horses. The shaft weighs 40 tons, the base weighs 60 tons. Dedicated December 23, 1905

BEN & JERRY'S hmmmmmm good tastin'

Since Ruth and Kate are doing so well, we decided to take a road trip.