Merry Christmas!

Christmas Performance

Alice's first dance performance.  She was really excited and a little nervous.  We weren't sure if she would freeze up on stage, but to our amazement she shined!!!  We are so proud of her!  She takes dance with 4 other friends but unfortunately we don't have a picture of all of them.  She has loved dance so much.

What a cute little puppy dog.

Grandma and Grandpa Calton came to watch and were so proud of her.  She was a little hungary and sad after her.

She was so excited to see Santa she could hardly contain her excitement!

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Alice placed every single candy on this gingerbread, she wouldn't let me help.  She just told me where to put the frosting.  She was very particular about what and where she wanted things.  Then she wouldn't let me take her picture with it!

Snow Buddies

Need your driveway shoveled, we are for hire!

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Preschool Performance

Alice did AMAZING!  She was one of the loudest singers and got really into it all!

Happy Birthday Cole!

Happy Birthday Cole!

Big 2 year old!

He recently had a birthday and got a Cars Geo Trax set.

 Trying to blow out candles!

And a Movie night watching Cars 2, eating popcorn, his favorite snack!

We love you little buddy.  You bring so much happiness and joy to our family!

Thanks for being such a sweet heart!

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Gutting the pumpkin!

Alice thought it was so fun yet so yucky!

Alice in Dad's infamous wig!

Alice was THRILLED that I was Snow White too!  She thought is was so cool!

Can't blame her!

About to head out Trick or Treating!

With our friends the Jolley's kids.

Make A Wish does something really fun for every holiday and invites Make A Wish kids and their families for the next 5 years after a Make A Wish experience.  It's been 4 years since we went to Disney World with Ash.  We've been getting invitations for holiday events, but have never gone.  But for some reason this year I decided Alice is old enough to enjoy this and it would be fun to show them Ashley's star!  So we went.  I haven't been back since Ashley's Make A Wish party in Feb. of 08, except one time to quickly grab a cook book.  So I knew it would be hard, but what I didn't expect, and I don't know why this didn't cross my mind, was seeing current wish kids fighting their sweet little hearts out.  And seeing there supportive loving families all around them.  I had tears in my eyes before I even walked through the doors!  It killed me!  I wish no one else ever had to go through anything like what we did.

So needless to say, as fun as my kids had, I don't know if my heart can handle going back any time soon!

 Batman  was there so that was way cool!  Wish Cole was looking!

Ashley''s Star is in this group of clear stars!  This big display is on the ceiling of the Make A Wish building.  Each star represents each Wish kid.  Ashley and Paul etched some little pictures in hers.

Fall Leaves

Little Cottonwood Canyon

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Playing in the backyard a couple days ago!

Happy Birthday Ash!

Happy 9th Birthday to Ash!!!

We love you & miss you like crazy!

This same week 8 years ago, we were here in Carlsbad, over Ashley's 1st Birthday, here are some picture from that trip!

2003

Sea World 

Today's Celebrations!

 Our niece Jessica brought 2 of these little cakes over.

They were so YUMMY!

 The birthday cake we got for her!

 John & Jessica celebrated with us! 

I can't even begin to tell you how much Alice and Cole LOVE LOVE LOVE them.

They live in Carlsbad so we have had so much fun hanging out with them this week!

We headed to the cemetery on our way out of town, and took some fun things so her headstone would look cute, then went again the Sunday after we got back, my sister was there too with her family so we were able to get a family picture.

Some cute pictures of Ash!