Grandpa and Uncle Brian visit

Grandpa and Uncle Brian came to visit for a few days over the New Year's weekend and we had a blast!  We ate at Old Spaghetti Factory when they got into town and then we spent the next few days playing with all Ashley's new toys and watching what of course. . .football! :)  They were very impressed with Ashley's cheering skills, dedication, and knowledge of the game!  We DO LOVE our football in this house! :)

Leaving dinner with Uncle Brian. . .it was freezing this night!

Opening presents from Lee!

Grandpa learning to cook on Ashley's stove!

New Years Eve. . .going out to watch Grandpa and Uncle Brian play with fireworks

Yea, sparklers

Awwwww :)

Too cute

Building and princess dolls. . .impressive boys! :)  

Christmas 2010

CHRISTMAS 2010

This was an incredible Christmas!  Ashley was at the perfect age, she enjoyed every gift as she opened it, we had batteries in everything and ready to be played with!  We were in no rush and that was good, because opening presents took from 9am - almost 8pm!  We ate and napped inbetween, but were mostly playing with all her super cool gifts!

Ashley got a lot of great gifts and again is at that fun age!  She got some great puzzles, books, learning toys, a new bigger/better kitchen with lots of automated gadgets, an awesome Fire truck from Grandpa with a working hose, an adorable vanity and girly things to go with it, a few tutu's and dress up clothes/shoes, a basketball hoop, and other awesome toys galore!  Santa was super this year and left some pretty cool gifts. . .

Quite a few pictures, so I broke them up into 2 sections, there really are some adorable pictures/moments from this Christmas . . .so enjoy! :)

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was great. . .we had an amazing church service with lots of GREAT music and then home for great food!  We lounged in our new PJ's and read some Christmas books before Ashley went to bed!  Then we had lots of cool toys to put together!  We had a few larger items this year and we wanted Ashley to be able to open things and see certain toys and be able to jump right in and play with them!

On our way to Christmas Eve service

Getting ready for bed. . .in her Christmas PJ's and the Christmas Story from Grandma for her Tag Jr.  

She loved it! :)  

Working on her kitchen. . . 

Yea, we're done. . .

Fire truck from Grandpa

Working hose with 1 gal reservoir you can put water in.  

Presents EVERYWHERE. . .Santa's too. . .we're ready for Christmas morning!  

Christmas Cookies

We had an absolute blast making Christmas cookies this year, because we had an awesome little helper! :) Ashley wasn't too sure of the whole play with the flour/dough situation from the beginning, but then we just set it in front of her, showed her how to do it, and she went CRAZY! She had a blast and didn't want to stop, but we ran out of dough! :( She had even more fun frosting and decorating the cookies!

What a memorable experience! :) Can't wait for next year!

My pretty girl

Super excited and ready to go

Hummmmm. . . I don't think so mama

Now I get it!

Cookie cutter time

Some cookie cutter pieces and then some "Ashley added" pieces of dough! :)  

Daddy's having fun too!  

Looking good

Frosting time

Ashley's 1st batch of Christmas cookies. . .and they were all edible! :)