A Day in the Park!

It was spring break for Abram and he didn't have any jobs so we decided to go to the park and have a picnic! Abram called his dad and invited him along. The girls love having Papa to play with! We fed the duck then played on the swings!

Amalee likes the little kid swings because she doesn't feel like she is going to fall off when she is going high "fast" is what she calls it!

It's the same with Maggie. She likes going high but it's more fun for her if she is on the little swings!

This was Dallin's first time on the swings. I don't think he liked it too much. Every time it went back and forth he would grunt. I do love this picture of us together! I think he has the sweetest smile! It was such a great day!

We went to Superstition Farms on a field trip with Amalee's pre-school. My kids love it! I think this is the 3rd year we have gone. And it gets better every time! This year the pre-school the day before the field trip did tie-die shirts to wear to the farm. I think they turned out great and of course the kids had a blast doing it! It was so easy too. All you do is take permant marker and put dots on the shirt in any shape you want then put a cup under the shirt with a rubber band and use an eye dropper and rubbing alcohol to spread the ink!

This is my Mom ( preschool teacher) with my girls on the hay ride. They take us around the farm to see all of the milking cows and teach us how we get milk and how many gallons one cow gives every day. I think they said 8 gallons. A cow is also pregnant 9 months.

The farm has a petting zoo and the kids get to feed goats, a donkey, and a horse! This is Maggie feeding the horse a carrot. I am so surprise that she did this because she usually runs away from any animal that comes close to her.

Doesn't Amalee look like she is having so much fun? I don't think she really liked holding the chicken. But she did like to pet the chicken!

I just love Maggie's smile! And again I'm suprised that she got this close to the chicken. She only held it long enough for us to get the picture!

Dallin even got in on the fun and tried to pet a chick! This is also the chick that Amalee liked and now she wants us to get her a chick. Dallin really liked the chick he was smiling under his hand.

After we went on the hay ride and fed and pet the animals they gave us flavored mild and of couse the girls loved it! Then we went to a class and they taught us more about the cows.

We then had homemade icecream! It was so good!

Sea World!

I have been wanting to go to Sea World since before Amalee was born. My uncle just had his first baby and was blessing her so it was the perfect excuse to go to Cali for both! I thought that my girls would have a blast and they did have lots of fun but if you ask Amalee what her favorite part was. She will say "holding the star fish!" So here are just a couple of pics from our vacation. I want to go again but without our 3 kids so we can do more without worrying about the stroller and feeding Dallin. We got a year pass for the price of a 1 day pass so I know we will be going again!

They have little kid rides but of couse our girls are so short that we had to ride with them! Both Amalee and Maggie love Elmo so of course they loved the ride!

Abram with "a-moo"( how Maggie says Shamu) and the girls!

Me with my kids and a pretty penguin.

The girls playing at the park.

Amalee's favorite part! Holding the starfish!

Maggie holding the starfish!

Jump & Go

Dallin loves to move around and it makes it hard for me to hold him sometimes. So last night when we were at Michael's and Chelsea's house for dinner she let me borrow this jump and go. Thank you Chelsea! Here is a little video of his first time in it. Our kids are cursed with the short gene so at first he had fun until he hit his mouth on the front of it. Sorry Dallin:(

Dallin in his pink chair!

We bought this pink bumbo chair when Maggie was born and I'm cheap so I didn't want to go out and get another one! I think Dallin is adorable in it anyway! This was his first time in it and he loved it. I put it up on the counter because I needed some free hands so I could make the girls sandwiches and I thought Dallin would like to watch me and, so oila, he did like it! Oh and sorry about the messy kitchen.

He's actually smiling in spite of the color of the chair, or so says Abram.

He is such a handsome little boy even when he is sticking his tongue out!!! And don't you just love how his blue eyes match his jacket perfectly?
My little boy is growing up way too fast for me already:( I love the baby stage so much.

6 Year Anniversary!

Happy 6 Year Anniversary to us! can't believe all that has happened in this amount of time. It seems to be such a long time but I know that 6 years isn't really that long! I'm so happy to be married to my wonderful husband! He is such a wonderful person and he really does make me happy! We have of course had our hard times together but in the end those hard time have only made us stronger, helped us grow together, and love one another even more!

Hear are some pictures from our dating years til today!

This first picture is of us on a date to a corn maze. We had been dating for about 2 1/2 months!

This next picture is of Abram being creative! He doesn't really like dolls. He thinks their eyes are creepy. So, he decided to cut out little sun glassed for all of them. It turned out really cute!

So after dating for about 4 months we knew that either we needed to get married or break up. We actually broke up (long story if you want to know the details just ask) in the morning and then that same afternoon he proposed to me at a park! This was November 20th.

Abram wanted to wait til spring break to get married but I said "No, how about the beginning of February?" So of couse Feb. 8 2003 we got married in the Mesa Temple! It was raining when we got to the temple but it was beautiful we we came out of the temple!

After about 1 1/2 years later we had our "little peanut" Amalee! This is when to me we finally felt like a real family!

We like the 2 year space so in 2006 we had "Maggie" Magdalene. Abram said another girl I want my boy. But she is exactly what I wanted!

Dallin came 2 years later! But a month earlier then we wanted:( You see we wanted them to be 2 years apart but we also wanted our birthdays to go like this: Abram: July 14, Ashley: Aug 8, Amalee: Sept 10, Maggie: Oct. 5. So Dallin was sopost to be in Nov. But I counted wrong:( He is Oct 14!

We are so happy with our family and for our 6 wonderful years of marriage! Happy to be sealed in the temple.

25 Random Things

1. I've lived in AZ all my life.
2. I lived in only 2 houses before I got married.
3. I got married when I was 18.
4. Abram and I broke up in the morning and he proposed that afternoon.
5. I have 3 wonderful children (they drive me crazy sometimes!)
6. I have a very bad memory. I don't remember very much about my childhood.
7. I fell off a horse and blacked out.
8. I fractured my foot kicking a boy that wouldn't get off my trampoline.
9. It snowed in Mesa, AZ when I was little and I made a little snowman.
10. I love to dance.
11. I learned how to crochet after I had Amalee. I've made a blessing dress, about 6 newborn dresses, about 4 baby blankets. I love it.
12. I used to hate reading but I love to now. But I can't find the time too:(
13. I'm the middle child.
14. I knew I wanted to marry Abram when I was 14.
15. I wrote Abram on his mission but he threw away all my letters. He thought I was too young for him.
16. I want a large family. Abram is fine with just having one more. I think I will get my way!!!
17. Abram and I will be married for 6 years on Feb 8.
18. I gave birth to Dallin all natural ( no epidural) and will never have another epidural in my life. I'm proud that I can say that. I think the epidural gave me post pardum blues with both my girls.
19. I want to have another wedding day... it was so much fun!
20. I played soccer in High School.
21. I want to be a foods and chilld deveolpment teacher when my kids are all in school.
22. I took a swing dancing class at MCC with my dad after I had Amalee.
23. My favorite color is Yellow.
24. I want to do work in every temple.
25. I want to visit Portugal, Norway, Brazil, Nauvoo, and go on another cruise to Jamacia and Cozamel, Mexico.

I did this on my facebook page too. So I tag anyone who wants to do it. Just tell 25 random things about yourself!