Last Day of Preschool!

Can't you tell how happy she is...then she gives you a fake smile...
We are so proud of our sweet ashlyn girl!

Ashlyn started preschool last August...and it was a little trying in the beginning getting her to go. Buy as the year progressed she grew to love it more and more. Probably because she had four great teachers!!! Here is a picture of her the first day of school, and now the last day of school (which happened to be their water party) Ashlyn still has another year of preschool before she starts kindergarten...but when they tested her the other day they said they were so proud of her and that she knew all of her alphabet by recognition and her numbers and that it surprised them because she is usually so quiet.

School's Out for SUMMER!

Zach is right in front of the podium in the red polo! He was so nervous to go up there when they called his name!
Trying to lift the big parachute in the crazy desert wind was insane
writing their star words with chalk
movie time with a popsicle
bubbles everywhere
potato sack races
duck pond
bean bag toss
shaving the balloon with a plastic knife.
Zach DID NOT want to be in that chair...he was so mad they told him he had to do it!
And this is right after the teacher came and took a pin to the balloon on top of his head...he didn't like getting wet!
CONGRATS our KINDERGARTEN GRADUATE!!!! WE LOVE YOU!
I don't know if I am more excited or if Zach is more excited that school is out for the summer. It has been a VERY long year. Zach has improved so much in his writing and reading and we are very proud of him. He also has a very artistic mind. He loves to draw and make things which we love watching him develop...I can't believe that we now have a 1st grader on our hands...Here is a picture of Zach at the Honor Roll assembly last night and pictures from the last day of school.

We Are in Trouble Now

Ashlyn was TEACHING Mady how to climb in and out of her crib yesterday...YIKES that's all I need! It was pretty funny though watching Ashlyn climb in then say go Mady your turn...Mady's little leg barely even swings up over the side.

Ashlyn's Single Ladies Party

Ashlyn is a fun loving girl that beats to her own drum...she doesn't do a party because that's what all of her friends did...She picks what she wants to do months in advance and plans that whole time what she wants it to be like. This year she decided she wanted a chipette's birthday party and that she wanted the invitations to say "All the Single Ladies" like they sing on the movie. It was pretty difficult to plan since NO ONE carries anything that is alvin and the chipmunks or the chipettes. I had to rely on friends who had one or two of the chipette figurines that mcdonald's sold in happy meals a while back! We started by just using the colors that the girls wear in the movie, bright pink, bright purple, and bright green. It turned out really cute. She wanted to play Pin the bow on Brittney, so her VERY talented Uncle Jon drew this really cute picture on poster board and Ashlyn LOVED it! Then we got a pinata in the same colors...

We had hot dogs for lunch because Ashlyn loves hotdogs...then we had a kareoke party. Ashlyn loves the older girls at church and always wants to sit with them and hang out with them...so what better way to have a kareoke party then to have those cute girls dress up like the chipettes and start by singing all the single ladies...I wish I would have gotten a picture of the little girls faces as they just sat there in awe of the older girls watching them...so cute! Here are some pictures from the party.

We love our cute Ashlyn girl....

Ashlyn loved all of her gifts....her favorites were the SOCKS (she LOVES socks) and her new polka dotted swim suit!!!! (I don't know what she loves more, socks or polka dots...) And this is why we love this cute girl!!!!

My Sweet Ashlyn

The one bad thing about going to digital cameras and having your stuff all in storage is that I don't have many pictures right now of Ashlyn except for the ones taken in the last 18 months, but we LOVE this girl so much...Here are some random fun pictures of her and you can totally see all of her personalities that we LOVE so much!!!!!This girl has a style all her own...mom tries to let her explore it...its hard for mommy though!
Her first ballet recital...it was freezing cold outside, her bracelet fell off in the performance, and she just kept dancing! We were so proud of her.
Ashly and Mady killing time at the Dr. office.
Waiting for daddy to park the car down at the beach!
Ashlyn is definitely a climber and her arm strength is amazing!!!
First day of preschool





My sweet little girl Ashlyn is 4 years old today. WOW to think about where we were at in our lives while I was pregnant with her...We started in West Valley, UT then a few months into the pregnancy moved in with Wil's parents because Wil got his job he has now with the railroad, then a week before I had this sweet girl we moved to our own place in Visalia....WE loved our ward and all of our friends there! Ashlyn was having a hard time wanting to stay for 40 weeks...at about 34 wks I started having complications that kept me in the hospital for several days at a time. We got her to 37 weeks exactly and it was time to induce. I remember driving up to the hospital in the early morning...so excited to finally see my little girl. My mom was there to entertain Zach. We got to the hospital at 6:00am and Ashlyn was born at 3:30p.m. For a few weeks before her delivery I kept telling the Dr. that something wasn't right and she needed to be born. They finally did it after I made the Dr. sign a paper stating that he would take her on this specific day. Our doctor said well you are only a 5 so I am going to go back across the st. to my office and I'll be back in a couple of hours. About 20 minutes later I told Wil that I needed the nurse. She called the Dr. to tell him to come back to the hospital it was time...they said that he was in his car driving back over and the light was out so he was stuck behind about 40 cars at this now 4 way stop...I remember saying this baby is coming out whether he is here or not....he walked in and literally caught the baby. When Ashlyn was delivered the Dr. Said it was a good thing we took her when we did...your placenta was about dead and had holes all over...I was thinking I tried to tell you! We are so blessed that she was born so healthy and she is such a fun spirited girl that we love very much. Happy Birthday to my sweet Ashlyn girl!