I Love My Girl

I was in the mood to take some pictures so I picked on my beautiful daughter to be my subject. She is such a good sport. I just love this girl.


This is a dress my dad bought her so of course I had to get a picture of her wearing it. Unfortunately my camera battery died so I only got a couple.

Just Hangin Out

We have literally just been hanging out this summer which has been nice and frustrating at the same time. We would like to move on to AZ which was the plan but it has taken a little longer than we thought to make it there. Meanwhile, we are enjoying family and friends and having fun.

Here is Asher with cousin Grace. Don't be fooled. It may appear that Ash is using a football tackle on her but in fact it was the other way around. She was giving him cute hugs and kisses which is why I got the camera in the first place but then it just turned into a little brawl.

This is the result of asking Lily to smile for a picture.

And this is the result of asking her to try again. She has been LOVING all the constant play with cousins and new friends.

Jake's messy snow-cone face. Every night he says in his prayers..." please bless that I can have a snow-cone."

Oh and he got a new haircut thanks to my brother Dave.

Awww!

Asher's new stance. He is so close to crawling. I can't wait.

He also has learned to sit on his own.

This is his "can I be done?" face.

Some Funday Pictures

I got bored today and busted out the camera. I haven't done that in a while here are the results:
Kissy lips!
Hot chick.
Tired guy.
Stoned.
Nightmare?
Full of joy.
Handsome, tall stranger.
Love this pic.
FHA. Future Heartbreaker of America.
HELLO!

All Tuckered Out

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Both Eyes Open

Obvisouly I'm struggling with things to blog about but yes, Asher's eyes have FINALLY cleared up so no surgery nessesary. YAY! He is getting so big. I've started him on solids and so far he loves it. I'm hoping that means he's going to be an excelent eater because heaven knows I could use one of those.

The Past 6 Weeks

The past 6 weeks have been a little crazy. First off Jacob graduated(and the crowd goes wild). His parents came out to see the event and help us move the next day. It was an exciting and emotional time. Afterward we took a three day venture across the country and are now hanging out with family and old friends. Our plan was to move to our new place mid July but now it looks as if we will be here till September.

During our three day travel we stopped for a day to hang out with Jacob's sister and her family. It was about half way through our journey so it was a perfect time to take a break from our travels and have some fun. We went to the zoo.

The gorillas are always the main attraction for us.

This is a picture of a mommy gorilla snuggling with her baby. (my face is hidden in this pic. Can you see it?) It is just my reflection in the glass.

Petting some goats.

Adorable little baby goats in a water dish.

I have no idea what this is or why I even put it here.

Random pic: I love that my kids love to wear hats.

A couple weeks ago we went to a dinosaur park with another one of Jacob's sisters. Jake was in heaven.

Another random pic: Jake loves this swing at my parents house and even if nobody is pushing him he will still sit in it forever. One day he sat in it so long that he fell asleep.

And of course there's our little Ash man. I feel bad that we don't have many pictures of him. It seems he was born at a chaotic time and I have yet to do a real photo session with him.(besides the cute pics my sister took when he was a few weeks old) Here he is almost 5 months old. He can now roll over front to back and back to front. He talks jibberish a lot and can grab things in his hands. He loves any attention he can get and is obssessed with the TV.(not that I make him watch it but if it is on then he will do anything in his power to stare at it) The tear ducted in his right eye finally cleared up but his left eye still struggles pretty badly. I really hope he doesn't have to have surgery on it. As you can see he doesn't open that eye all the way and it usually looks pretty sore. Other than that he is happy and healthy and adorable.

Still alive...

I thought I'd just post real fast to let everyone know we're still alive. Right now, we're in the middle of a horrendous transition between Ohio and Arizona. Currently, we're living with Kat's mom and dad. Because of some unforeseen problems, we'll be living here until September, and hopefully no later.

Kat is doing well. She's not pregnant. She seems to be enjoying the time spent with family.

I'm doing well, too. I'm working on some writing projects and planning to publish my second book by the year's end.

Jake and Lily have a slight flu, but it's not slowing them down.

Asher is less grumpy and getting more mobile. He smiles a lot more than he used to and makes lots of noises.

Next week we'll be in Park City with my family, learning to scuba dive and just enjoying everyone's presence. We're all excited about that. I'll try to get Kat to do a proper update soon.