Oops...forgot this cute one of Ellie on the rocks.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
We found ourselves lucky enough to have taken a trip to a place called City of Rocks. It's in southern Idaho, just a couple of hours away from our house. It was literally a climber's playground, and we had the greatest time hanging out, hiking around, bouldering a bit, and only freaking out about half of the time as we thought Henry was going to kill himself! Overall it was a great campout and the kids can't wait to go back. For Matt and I, our goal is to be able to do it with a rope. :) Loving it!
What should we call these little rascals? The Three Musketeers? Or maybe...
"The Good,"
"The Bad,"
...and "The Annie."
That is one handsome man!
Henry's new love of nature. :)
Matt brought the tripod, and he fun figuring out the timer. Can you spot Lizzy sneaking behind us?
Silly picture, but check out the backdrop!
Cute and cozy.
Campsite 11. We couldn't have asked for a better setup. Completely surrounded by massive boulders, we had our own private enclosure where the kids could play around, and Lizzy had space to run without harassing other campers.
On the drive to and from City of Rocks were these amazing hawks all over the place! Thanks to Matt for this incredible photo.
The after party!
Someone doesn't want to get wet. :(
Just can't resist a chance to pull out the suit.
"The family that plays together, stays together!"
What should we call these little rascals? The Three Musketeers? Or maybe...
"The Good,"
"The Bad,"
...and "The Annie."
That is one handsome man!
Henry's new love of nature. :)
Matt brought the tripod, and he fun figuring out the timer. Can you spot Lizzy sneaking behind us?
Silly picture, but check out the backdrop!
Cute and cozy.
Campsite 11. We couldn't have asked for a better setup. Completely surrounded by massive boulders, we had our own private enclosure where the kids could play around, and Lizzy had space to run without harassing other campers.
On the drive to and from City of Rocks were these amazing hawks all over the place! Thanks to Matt for this incredible photo.
The after party!
Someone doesn't want to get wet. :(
Just can't resist a chance to pull out the suit.
"The family that plays together, stays together!"
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wolf Mountain in March...can anyone spot the mud?
Skiing at Wolf Mountain this year has been a fun family adventure. Okay, so maybe "fun" isn't always accurate, but mostly, it's been a good time! I had to laugh when Henry peed his pants sitting on the lift one afternoon...sound familiar Garrett? This particular day was one of those beautiful spring skiing bluebird type of days. Notice that nobody is wearing a coat!
Best wreck of the day!
Doesn't get much sweeter than this!
Best wreck of the day!
Doesn't get much sweeter than this!
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Canyonlands...The White Rim
Our trip to the white rim in Canyonlands National Park was an awesome adventure for the Ashtons. Believe it or not, it was the first time we've taken the kids camping beyond our own backyard. And, crazily enough, we chose to do it on a night with below freezing temperatures!!! We survived, and had a most excellent time! Just below, Ellie and I are waving...we love it here!
Ellie in front of Corona arch
Love that boy! 
Matt and Anniekate hiking through Canyonlands
AnnieKate singing in the truck!
You can do it Ellie!
Biking on top of the world!
Doth my eyes deceive me...
Puddle jumping
Ellie in front of Corona arch
Love that boy! 
Matt and Anniekate hiking through Canyonlands
AnnieKate singing in the truck!
You can do it Ellie!
Biking on top of the world!
Doth my eyes deceive me...
Puddle jumping
Friday, November 13, 2009
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Happy Thanksgiving!
First I have to apologize because we have several cute pictures from our Thanksgiving festivities, but I'm experiencing technical difficulties getting them to the web.
We've had a great couple of weeks. Over Thanksgiving we were lucky enough to get Spencer and Melissa Ashton and their two beautiful children, Ben (2 yrs) and McKenzie (3 mo), for a couple days at our place. They were the lucky benefactors of our first Thanksgiving cookout - bless their souls for eating it! Just kidding, it wasn't that bad.
Ellie absolutely loved having a little playmate in the house and got along great with Ben, and loved to fuss over McKenzie. It was a little tense that first hour when they arrived and she realized she had to share everything, but she relaxed and found that sharing the blocks to throw all around the kitchen was rather fun and exciting and she and Ben fast became friends. Matt and Spence just had to throw each other around the house to ease the initial tension so they could relax and have fun...(kidding). I had a great time getting to know all of them and wish they lived closer!
We had a pretty lazy turkey day and pretty much just hung out around the house and slowly got fatter. We tried to go to the park, so we bundled up and headed out, but after about five minutes the adults were pretty much turned off by the shivering wind, and started to wimp out on the fun. The kids didn't seem to mind it much, so we stretched the park time to maybe 10 minutes, took a few pictures, and went back home to the great indoors. Aren't we loads of fun! That night after dinner we ventured out to a local bowling alley neighboring the "hood." We had a great time, especially Ellie! She couldn't get enough, it was great! She actually ended up bowling a 21! The cutest thing was when she would totally gutter it and come running back, "Mommy, I'm so excited, I was so close!" Such a happy spirit! Ben bowled a few and McKenzie was just chillin on the table. Matt and I took the first round, but after that Spence and Melissa pretty much destroyed us, so we're looking forward to a rematch! Friday we went to COSI, a children's science museum, and spent a few hours there, and that was fun for everyone. Then the trip was over and everyone is now back home. It was wonderful to have such a nice break!
The week before we were so lucky to have Grandma Annie out for a few days to play with us, spoil us, and just love us! It was a great treat for everyone. It was pretty well a spur of the moment plan, and I didn't tell Ellie she was coming until we were almost to the airport to pick up Mom. She was so excited! Ellie had been missing Grandma Annie a couple weeks earlier which resulted in Mom coming out, lucky us, and needless to say Ellie was thrilled! (as was I). I put Ellie's hair is sponge curlers the night before to get her all dolled up for her "surprise" to go pick up Mom, and I have to say she was queen of the curls! Everyone wants to just eat her up she's so cute!...and she knows it.
Sorry again about the lack of pictures, I have some really cute ones, hopefully I can get it worked out. And Matt says thank you so much mamma clegg for the coat, he wears it everyday. We love you all and hope you had a great holiday, and we will be seeing you soon!
We've had a great couple of weeks. Over Thanksgiving we were lucky enough to get Spencer and Melissa Ashton and their two beautiful children, Ben (2 yrs) and McKenzie (3 mo), for a couple days at our place. They were the lucky benefactors of our first Thanksgiving cookout - bless their souls for eating it! Just kidding, it wasn't that bad.
Ellie absolutely loved having a little playmate in the house and got along great with Ben, and loved to fuss over McKenzie. It was a little tense that first hour when they arrived and she realized she had to share everything, but she relaxed and found that sharing the blocks to throw all around the kitchen was rather fun and exciting and she and Ben fast became friends. Matt and Spence just had to throw each other around the house to ease the initial tension so they could relax and have fun...(kidding). I had a great time getting to know all of them and wish they lived closer!
We had a pretty lazy turkey day and pretty much just hung out around the house and slowly got fatter. We tried to go to the park, so we bundled up and headed out, but after about five minutes the adults were pretty much turned off by the shivering wind, and started to wimp out on the fun. The kids didn't seem to mind it much, so we stretched the park time to maybe 10 minutes, took a few pictures, and went back home to the great indoors. Aren't we loads of fun! That night after dinner we ventured out to a local bowling alley neighboring the "hood." We had a great time, especially Ellie! She couldn't get enough, it was great! She actually ended up bowling a 21! The cutest thing was when she would totally gutter it and come running back, "Mommy, I'm so excited, I was so close!" Such a happy spirit! Ben bowled a few and McKenzie was just chillin on the table. Matt and I took the first round, but after that Spence and Melissa pretty much destroyed us, so we're looking forward to a rematch! Friday we went to COSI, a children's science museum, and spent a few hours there, and that was fun for everyone. Then the trip was over and everyone is now back home. It was wonderful to have such a nice break!
The week before we were so lucky to have Grandma Annie out for a few days to play with us, spoil us, and just love us! It was a great treat for everyone. It was pretty well a spur of the moment plan, and I didn't tell Ellie she was coming until we were almost to the airport to pick up Mom. She was so excited! Ellie had been missing Grandma Annie a couple weeks earlier which resulted in Mom coming out, lucky us, and needless to say Ellie was thrilled! (as was I). I put Ellie's hair is sponge curlers the night before to get her all dolled up for her "surprise" to go pick up Mom, and I have to say she was queen of the curls! Everyone wants to just eat her up she's so cute!...and she knows it.
Sorry again about the lack of pictures, I have some really cute ones, hopefully I can get it worked out. And Matt says thank you so much mamma clegg for the coat, he wears it everyday. We love you all and hope you had a great holiday, and we will be seeing you soon!
Saturday, November 13, 2004
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