Pictures!

Although Lorie's camera does not appear to be in working order, the memory card was unharmed, so here are some pictures from our Timpanogos Cave trip. Lorie took a lot more pictures of the gorgeous scenery, but I didn't think I should post them all! I am so thankful for the wonderful photographers in my life who capture such great images of Ashlyn. Thank you Lorie!

Timpanogos Cave

Today Ashlyn and I went to Timpanogos Cave with Tiffany, Kyle, and Lorie. The hike up was a mile and a half of pretty steep terrain, but we all thought the cave tour at the top was worth the effort. The insides of the cave were cooler than I expected (literally and figuratively), but holding Ashlyn in the infant carrier helped keep me warm. The kids were angels and I think we all enjoyed the trip. Lorie was taking a lot of cool pictures of the scenery, which I was going to post, but her camera got a little water-logged and may be broken! Hopefully not, but nonetheless, there are no current pictures from this adventure. The above photo was not taken by us, but shows "The Heart of Timpanogos" which is supposedly 5 1/2 feet tall and weighs over 4000 pounds. Crazy!

New Dress

Ashlyn wore this outfit from Grandma Cheney for the first time today. This isn't the greatest picture of it, but it was so adorable on her. The skirt was sewn in such a way that it flared out and looks so feminine and cute (check out pics from my "Nice Hat" post). In this photo Ashlyn is playing on the large bean bag in the family room while waiting to go to church. We've had 2:15 church since moving into this ward, but next week we will go at 11! We are so excited for the new time and also for a new building! They built a chapel directly across the street from our house and we will begin attending there September 9th! We feel lucky!

Nice Hat

After Brad had changed one of Ashlyn's diapers this evening, he put her diaper-covering underpants on his head. Of course, after seeing Dad do something, Ashlyn wanted to do it too. So, we put the underwear on her head. I think they made her feel like dancing. Too bad we don't have a picture of Dad wearing them!

Go Cougars!

The first BYU football game of the season is this Saturday! Yesterday, we tried Ashlyn's Cougar shirt on so that she could show her BYU pride. Go Cougars!

Little Scribbler

Ashlyn's newest thing is scribbling! She loves to have a pen or pencil and paper and leave her little mark all over it. The other day she was scribbling like crazy and I was trying to catch a picture of it. The camera, however, was a little distracting and she would look up whenever I brought it out. Maybe she is ready for her first coloring book . . .

Wearing Mommy's Shirt

Ashlyn seems to like playing with anything that has to do with Mom or Dad. I left a shirt lying around in the family room and she picked it up and walked around with it over her shoulders. Brad thought it would be funny to actually put on her, and it was so huge! She could barely walk without tripping, but she was thrilled!