21 months

Chloe is 21 months old now. She is our drama queen/diva. She is all girl, and loves everything girly. She loves to dance to music, sing songs, play dress up, play with babies, color, make messes, put make up on, wear shoes, get her hair fixed and of course have her nails painted. Chloe is so much fun, and I love having a little girl. She is such a sassy pants, and tells you no all the time. More times then tells you yes. Chloe loves any tv show or cartoon besides Mickey Mouse these days. Which is a bummer for Ian. So we have to take turns with what we watch. I guess she has watched Mickey for too long. lol. Chloe is getting really good at putting puzzles together and coloring. She loves to draw circles. She is also starting to tell me when she has a poopy diaper. I hope once she turns two we can start potty training her. I think she will be ready by then. Chloe loves playing with her cousins, and especially loves playing with Paige and Easton. They just have a blast together, and it's so fun to listen to them jabber with each other. Chloe is of course still Ian's little shadow, and has to do everything he does. She hates when she gets left out of doing therapy when he gets to.Chloe loves to point at things and have you tell her what they are. The other day we were getting ready to leave my parents house. I got Chloe all ready to go, and started getting Ian ready. Once I got Ian ready my sister called me to the back room. She said that Chloe was hiding behind Mom's bed saying mama shhh shhh. She did not want to leave. Silly girl. Everything you eat is called cheese and everything you drink is a baba to Chloe.

Words Chloe says: oh no, please, more, book, hat, hair, head, cheese, baba, pop, go, swing, mama, dada, Ian, No, yes, snack, puppy, kitty, cow, horse, gmama, papa,juice,apple, nana, ho ho ho, Jesus, Paige, Britt, East, bow, me, poo, bath, ninight, uh ha, mama shhh shh and so much more that we don't quite understand :)

We sure do love our Chloe girl, and can't believe how big she is getting. We hope you know that your Heavenly Father loves you Chloe, and we do too. You are so special to us beautiful girl.

Jared & Renee's Wedding

Jared & Renee are finally married. Matthew had to work the day after Christmas just until noon. We got a hotel to go and spend the night before the wedding. Matthew and I hadn't been to the temple for a endowment session for a while, so we thought we would spend the night and do so. I dropped the kids off at my parent's to stay the night Friday morning. Then I headed up to the church in Burlington to help with reception prep for an hour. Then I jumped in the car and headed to Lovell to pick Matthew up. We then headed to Billings. When we got there we helped Micheal & Emily set up tables for the luncheon on Saturday. We then did a little shopping, checked into our hotel, and made it to the 5 pm session at the temple. It was so great to go to the temple and have some time to ourselves. After our session we met up with Michael & Emily and Stahle for dinner at Johnny Carino's. It was delish and we enjoyed talking. We then hit up Kohl's and did some shopping before returning to our hotel for the night. The next morning we ate a yummy breakfast at the hotel, and headed to the temple. The sealing was a beautiful sealing, and I was so glad we were able to be there. I am so happy for Jared & Renee. That night we enjoyed a fun reception in Burlington. It was beautifully decorated and lots of yummy food. They also had a fun photo booth that we had fun with. Chloe & Paige had so much fun dancing the night away too. :) We are so exited to have Renee in our family now. We wish them all the luck and blessings in the world in their marriage. Congrats you two!

Merry Christmas 2014

We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! We hope that you remember to think of our Savior at this time of year. Christ is the reason for the season.

Christmas 2014

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so nice to be able to be in our own home for Christmas. For the past 6 years we have traveled from either Laramie or Pullman to spend Christmas in Wyoming. We all slept in until a little after 8. Ian wasn't so sure about the whole opening presents at first. By the end he was a little more awake and loved ripping the paper off. Chloe was so excited about everything she got. She had to wear everything she opened as well. Such a diva. The kids got a chalk board and hammock swing from Santa. They got plenty of clothes from Matthew and I. Matthew and I both got each other a 55 inch Smart TV. Matthew also surprised me with new Husky mats for the Tahoe. I am so excited for them. I got Matthew a new pair of jeans and Carhart zip up sweatshirt.

After we opened up all our presents, we headed to Stan & Jan's in our pjs to Skype with Jacob. While we were Skyping there I was able to Skype on my phone with my brother Jake as well. My parents just Skyped me and turned the Ipad so I could see and hear him. It was sure great to see and hear from both our missionary brothers. After Skyping we opened up presents there. The kids loved their toys from Grandma & Grandpa. Matthew got a gift card to Red Wings Boots, and I got a gift card to Kohl's. We are excited to go spend them when we got up to Jared's wedding. After opening presents we headed home to shower and get dressed, oh and make a salad. We enjoyed a super yummy prime rib Christmas lunch at the Asay's. We hung out there for a while until it was time to drive to my parents. We had Christmas dinner at 3 there. The sister missionaries came as well. It was fun to talk with them. We read the Christmas day story out of my mom's book of stories, had dessert, then the sister missionaries left. We then opened presents from my parents. We were all super spoiled. My mom made us a family calendar and a book full of Christmas stories of our own. I am excited for next year, so we can read them. We had a very enjoyable Christmas. We are so happy we got to spend it with so much family. Christmas day is crazy with all the traveling around to see everyone, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Hope you all had a great Christmas as well.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was full of lots of fun. Matthew had to work until about 12:30, and had the rest of the day and Christmas day off. Around 1 we had our traditional Gnocchi's at the Asay's. Jan makes all the gnocchi's from scratch, and we all help roll & cook them. We really enjoy doing this every year. It's fun that they have done it for so many years.
Christmas eve night we had a party at our house with my family. My mom, dad, grandma, Brandy, Mark, Easton and Bethany attended. We all dressed in ugly sweaters. Brandy even had cute Cindy Lou Who hair. We also played a fun white Elephant game. We all ended up with great gifts. :) It was so fun to start this tradition up. I am already thinking of great gifts for next year.
We enjoyed lots of yummy party food, and my mom made her famous homemade hot chocolate. We read the Christmas story in my parents book full of Christmas stories. We always read the Traveler on Christmas Eve. We then read the story of Christ's birth in the bible. It was a great way to end our Christmas eve party.
Once the party was over we let Ian & Chloe open their Christmas jammies. Then we sent them to bed, so Santa could come and set all their presents out. Oh and we totally forgot to set cookies and milk out. Next year, I guess.

Sledding

Yesterday, we went down to my parents place and went sledding with Brandy, Mark & Easton. We drove up to my family's feed lot to sled. We hooked a old car hood onto the Ranger and headed out to the hay field. The hay field didn't have as much snow as other places, but we had a blast. I remember doing this as a little kid, and so glad that we took our kids to do it. Ian could of sledded all day. Chloe I think was just cold, and didn't enjoy it as much. We had a blast though!