Okay so we are finally adding a new blog. This is our last couple of weeks in pictures. Daddy has gone bird hunting. This was the duck he got one day and the girls were so excited they were right in the middle of it with him. Watching every detail up close and personal.
They were pretty cute one day all dressed up. Ashtyn loves to dress up so she got a dress on and then she told me that Hailey wanted to dress up too. So they both were.
This is one of our dinners.
Not usually what we take pictures of, but this particular night we had too. Ashtyn has always been our good eater. Which I am sooooooo sooooo thankful for because now it is really helping Hailey who is a pickier eater. She especially turns her nose up to vegetables. Loves fruit which is great but not so excited about her veggies. So this night we were having broccoli. Probably like the hundredth time Hailey has been offered this particular vegetable and she was watching everyone else eat it especially her big sis who she loves to copy and she took a bite.
And then it was another bite and she kept eating. Sometimes she has taken a bite and then spit it out but not this time. She was eating broccoli and loving it.
Sam and I looked at each other in shock......big eyes, big open mouths, thinking are we dreaming?????? Thinking don't say anything pretend everything is normal and this has happened a million times. But I couldn't help it so I grabbed the camera and started talking pics and saying good job Hailey. Yeah! Thank you for sending me my good eater first so that she can set a good example for my pickier eater. Then here is a picture of Ashtyn. One day I was sooo tired and Hailey was sleeping and I really wanted Ashtyn to take a nap but she wasn't really interested so I turned on a movie for her and told her if she needed mommy to wake me up. Well, when I finally woke up it was quiet and I couldn't find Ashtyn. The TV was off and I looked in the living room and nothing. Then I looked in my room thinking maybe she brought in her blanky to lay down by me. Nope. So I went to her room thinking I remember hearing her shut her door while I was in dreamland. So I open her door and I don't see any sign of her. She isn't in her bed her room is clean and I can't find her. I started to panic thinking where in the world could she be. Both doors were locked so she didn't leave and then I noticed her closet door. It was closed and I thought please be in there. So I opened it up and there she was. And she didn't wake up so I ran and grabbed the camera to get some cute shots.
Later after she came out I found out why she was in there. Of course she had to tell me because there was evidence all over her. She had got in the closet to hide from me because she had done a no no. She has one of those dry erase books to practice writing and she decided to write on her. Oh boy, it was on her face, her hands, her feet. I know this is what kids do. It is just something they are curious about and have to try. I thought it was going to be like permanent marker but it washed off pretty easy with just soap and water. Thank goodness. Also is the excitement the girls had putting up the tree. They got to pick out an ornament to put on the tree....
Ashtyn picked strawberry shortcake and Hailey who loves bears picked out a care bear. Pretty cute. They were very excited to get it up and put their ornaments on the tree. Our first good snow was exciting too. Ashtyn is in love with the snow. Hailey isn't so sure, but Ashtyn loves to stomp through it and make trails and make snow angels and of course eat it.
We love the excitement and the feelings that come at this time of the year. First to have Thanksgiving that stirs our hearts as we think about all the things we are so thankful for and then those feelings carry over to Christmas when we can think so much about those we love and trying to find others to serve and help and most important to think of our Savior, born so long ago in a little stable on a cold night. We are loving it. The music, the decorations, the advents, the wrapping and excitement of presents. We love it!!
They were pretty cute one day all dressed up. Ashtyn loves to dress up so she got a dress on and then she told me that Hailey wanted to dress up too. So they both were.
This is one of our dinners. 
Not usually what we take pictures of, but this particular night we had too. Ashtyn has always been our good eater. Which I am sooooooo sooooo thankful for because now it is really helping Hailey who is a pickier eater. She especially turns her nose up to vegetables. Loves fruit which is great but not so excited about her veggies. So this night we were having broccoli. Probably like the hundredth time Hailey has been offered this particular vegetable and she was watching everyone else eat it especially her big sis who she loves to copy and she took a bite.
And then it was another bite and she kept eating. Sometimes she has taken a bite and then spit it out but not this time. She was eating broccoli and loving it. 
Sam and I looked at each other in shock......big eyes, big open mouths, thinking are we dreaming?????? Thinking don't say anything pretend everything is normal and this has happened a million times. But I couldn't help it so I grabbed the camera and started talking pics and saying good job Hailey. Yeah! Thank you for sending me my good eater first so that she can set a good example for my pickier eater. Then here is a picture of Ashtyn. One day I was sooo tired and Hailey was sleeping and I really wanted Ashtyn to take a nap but she wasn't really interested so I turned on a movie for her and told her if she needed mommy to wake me up. Well, when I finally woke up it was quiet and I couldn't find Ashtyn. The TV was off and I looked in the living room and nothing. Then I looked in my room thinking maybe she brought in her blanky to lay down by me. Nope. So I went to her room thinking I remember hearing her shut her door while I was in dreamland. So I open her door and I don't see any sign of her. She isn't in her bed her room is clean and I can't find her. I started to panic thinking where in the world could she be. Both doors were locked so she didn't leave and then I noticed her closet door. It was closed and I thought please be in there. So I opened it up and there she was. And she didn't wake up so I ran and grabbed the camera to get some cute shots.
Later after she came out I found out why she was in there. Of course she had to tell me because there was evidence all over her. She had got in the closet to hide from me because she had done a no no. She has one of those dry erase books to practice writing and she decided to write on her. Oh boy, it was on her face, her hands, her feet. I know this is what kids do. It is just something they are curious about and have to try. I thought it was going to be like permanent marker but it washed off pretty easy with just soap and water. Thank goodness. Also is the excitement the girls had putting up the tree. They got to pick out an ornament to put on the tree....
Ashtyn picked strawberry shortcake and Hailey who loves bears picked out a care bear. Pretty cute. They were very excited to get it up and put their ornaments on the tree. Our first good snow was exciting too. Ashtyn is in love with the snow. Hailey isn't so sure, but Ashtyn loves to stomp through it and make trails and make snow angels and of course eat it. 
We love the excitement and the feelings that come at this time of the year. First to have Thanksgiving that stirs our hearts as we think about all the things we are so thankful for and then those feelings carry over to Christmas when we can think so much about those we love and trying to find others to serve and help and most important to think of our Savior, born so long ago in a little stable on a cold night. We are loving it. The music, the decorations, the advents, the wrapping and excitement of presents. We love it!!
