Random Phone Pics

Cousins making homemade ice cream

This girl & her Elsa Cereal!

Uncle Jake sent us great Williamsburg t-shirts before he was transferred. He loved Williamsburg.

They love giant bubble baths. We might of got carried away with the bubbles.

 

Ian had so many ear infections in January. He fell asleep at school one day.

These two melt my heart. Best friends!

Ian made friends with Louie the goat!

Chloe has the best bed hair

 

I was able to attend a Autism conference in Casper. I had he opportunity to meet Temple Grandin as well. 

We have baby goats

We have been busy with our goats lately. We have had 8 baby goats that have been born in the last few weeks. We lost 2 so far, but we still have 6 cute little babies. The kids have loved playing and holding the new babies.

This is Tootsie ( Sophie helped us name her) we tried to nurse her back to better health, but she didn't make it :(

Bowling party

Before Brandy & Mark left we decided to go bowling together. Mom had to work, but Dad & Bethany made it over too. Mark, Brandy, kids and Bethany came over earlier in the day to hang out. We had lunch together, played some wii and checked out all the animals on the Asay farm.

 

After we warmed up a bit. We got ready to go bowling and have some pizza. We had a blast bowling. Matthew made a deal with Bethany if Ian and him had a higher score then her bowling she would have to eat a whole box of raisins, because she hates them.  Well she lost, so we headed to the dollar store after bowling and got her a box of raisins. It was pretty funny watching her eat them. 

 

New Years Eve

The night before New Years Eve we had a party at our house with my family and Jared & Renee came as well. My aunt Mandy & her girls stopped by to eat, but had to get back to Billings. My grandma, Mom, Bethany , Brandy and Mark came. My dad couldn't make it because he had to have a colonoscopy the next day, poor guy.
We had loads of food, played the wii and played a great game of with white elephant gifts. We ended up with a giant fly swatter and duck dynasty chh ch chia. Also some random peoples left their white elephant gifts hidden around my house. Little stinks! Don't worry they will get back to you soon. :)

 

The next night we partied with the Asay's. We ate lots of food, the kids played hard and we played a few card games. We headed home around 10:30 and put the kids to bed. Matthew and I stayed up until midnight and had a glass of sparkling cider and of course a midnight kiss.
The only got two pictures from our actual New Years Eve partying though. Kind of lame, but I was having too much fun I guess to take pictures.

Christmas Day

The kids didn't get up until about 7:30. Chloe was the first one up. She ran into our room, and said,"Wake up, it's Christmas!" I told her she had to stay in our bed until we got Ian up. Ian was pretty easy to wake up, but was pretty out of it while we opened up presents. Santa left all sorts of great gifts for us all. Ian got a giant bean bag, Chloe got a Barbie with a horse that actually walked and each one of our stockings were full of treats.
Santa left a note for Ian & Chloe. Chloe was really surprised to see that he drank all the pop and ate the cookies.

 

 

After we got done opening presents we got breakfast ready. Matthew's parents and brother Jacob came over to eat with us. They brought presents for us all to open as well.
Once we got all ready we headed over to Asay's for a little bit to see the family that was there before heading to my parents for Christmas lunch.
We got to my parents, and I helped out getting the rest of the lunch ready. We had a great lunch full or amazing food. After we had stuffed our faces, it was almost time for my brother to call.
I was so great to get to skype with him and she how happy he is serving his mission.

While Jake was still skyping with us, my mom had Matthew and I and the kids open up our gifts from them. We also had my mom open up her gift from all of us. We got her a vacumn. She was super excited because she needed a new one bad. We all went in on a large framed picture of Christ for my dad. Now he has something to hang on his bare walls in his bishop office at church.

 My mom got Chloe a kitten for Christmas. She loves it too. She named it Boots, and loves to go out and play with her kitty!

 

The kids were pooped after a long day of opening presents and eating lots of food. After we left my parents we rushed back to the Asay's. Michael and his family were only there for a little while, and we wanted to be able to see them. We stayed and played cards for a while as well.  We had a wonderful Christmas and hope that you all did as well. 

We are especially thankful today for our Savior and for his perfect example for us to follow!