Farm Country

About two weeks ago, we went with Grandma and the cousins to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. Ashlyn is still not a huge animal fan, but she enjoyed playing with the other kids.

Here she is with two of her cousins.


She liked these little buildings.


She was crawling all over the place, and ended up with filthy pants and coat!

The Little Copycat

On Thursday, Tiffany and I took the kids to Cabelas. They seemed to enjoy roaming around and checking everything out. At first, we thought we would never get them away from the giant fish tanks, but eventually they agreed to move on. Ashlyn, as many people know, is quite a little copycat. She copies Kyle constantly (which is funny to me, since he is younger). Luckily, he is a pretty good sport about it.

Kyle was playing in the tent, so of course Ashlyn had to get in.


Kyle had left the tent, so Ashlyn wanted out too.


I was trying really hard to get Ashlyn to sit on this dog by herself. She wouldn't even attempt it, until Kyle was on it. She is a wee bit afraid of animals -real or not.


She wanted off once Kyle was gone.


Kyle was happier on the dog all by himself.


It was an enjoyable little outing. Cabelas sure is an awesome store.

Back in Action

We've been a little out of it for the past few weeks. The hard drive on our computer broke, so we had to send it in to get replaced. It is now replaced and working well and we are keeping our fingers crossed that it won't give us any more problems (especially since it is no longer under warranty). So, I figured that it was about time that I posted some new pictures of sweet Ashlyn.

Here she is munching on some pizza:


It is impossible for me to keep socks on her feet or bows/clips in her hair!


She really likes the camera, and always wants to look at the screen after her picture is taken.

On A Lighter Note

Here are some pictures of our precious Ashlyn. We're so thankful to have her!

These are from Sunday. I think this may be one of the last times she can wear this jumper because she is getting too big. I just love it on her because it brings out her blue eyes (I guess you can't really tell from the picture).

Just the other day, Ashlyn fell asleep sitting up in bed. Precious. She must have been really tired.

My Car Accident

Yesterday around 10:30am, I was driving to the soccer fields near our local elementary school. I had Ashlyn with me, and I was planning on running on the trail surrounding the fields. When I was almost there, I got behind a white Chevrolet truck that was going about 15 mph. I slowed down and followed it into a round-a-bout. Just into the round-a-bout, the truck came to a complete stop, so I came to a complete stop (we were about half a car length apart). Then, I saw the truck's back-up lights come on and it slowly started to move toward me. There was nowhere I could move the car (curb on either side), and I didn't feel I had time to back up, so I just started honking. It was useless, the truck backed right into me!

We both got out of the car and the driver was older and grabbed a walker out of the truck bed. He apologized and walked with me to the front of the car to survey the damage. He suggested that we pull forward (out of the way) and he would get me his insurance information. We pulled out of the way, and I made several phone calls before calling the police. I had to get out of my car to find an address, and as I was returning, the passenger of the truck stepped out with a paper with hand-written insurance information. I informed him that an officer was on the way, so he withheld the paper and said the officer would give me the information. Because of this action, I assume that the truck driver had no intention of calling the police.

10 minutes later the officer arrived. He went to the truck first and took their information. When he came to my car for my information, he also asked for my side of the story. After I had told him, he informed me that the other driver claimed that I ran into him when he was at a complete stop! What! I couldn't believe the man would lie! Unfortunately, there were no witnesses to the accident, so it is basically his word against mine. As far as I know, the officer did not issue any citations, and we were both given eachother's insurance information.

I called my insurance company immediately to file a claim, and my insurance representative was calling the truck's insurance to file a claim with them. I hope, hope, hope that they will pay for the damages to our car. I have no idea what it will cost, but based on previous experience, it probably won't be cheap.These are some pictures of our wounded car:






So, what do you think? Any suggestions for what I should do at this point besides wait?

President Hinckley

President Hinckley passed away today at the age of 97. He has served as prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since 1995. I'm so thankful for his strong leadership, wonderful example, and inspired teachings. I know that he was called of God to lead His church here on earth and I am so grateful for his worthiness and humility. We love you President Hinckley and we will miss you.

The Aquarium

Thursday we went to the aquarium with Tiffany and Kyle. There were several tanks at the children's level and little steps up to the taller tanks. I thought the whole place was quite kid-friendly.

Ashlyn enjoyed sitting in the captain's seat of the motorboat. Unfortunately, I didn't catch a picture of her with her hands on the steering wheel.


They're staring at the clown fish.


This was one of my favorite tanks-the fish were big and bright and the coral was gorgeous too.