Visiting ASH

The 9th was Aislinn's birthday, so a bunch of us went up to visit her site. And it is HERS. As you can see by these pictures, it is crazy beautiful amazing what her parents have done for her.

It was a little chillier than we thought so Cooper got a little snuggle from Grandma.

As you can see in the first picture, there was still some snow around her headstone, but like always, Steve to the rescue! He had a shovel and cleared it all out so everyone could see ALL of it. This heart is actually a mailbox (pretty cool huh?) where we can leave her things. Savannah colors pictures and writes notes for her.

Getting warm in the car.

I found these hearts at the dollar store the day before we went up and I had to get them! I wanted to go back and get some for us (just now remembering that!) but I forgot.
I asked Savannah what kind of flowers we should get to take up to her and she said Orange. So the day before I went on a hunt for orange flowers. Not the easiest to find. I found orange and yellow. We left her some pink hearts, flowers, a birthday balloon and a cherry cupcake.

Everyone who was there.


We sang Happy Birthday too!

Well, it wouldn't be a trip if WE didn't get stuck in the snow! Once again, Steve to the rescue! He was able to pull us out with their truck, thank goodness. One more reason why I hate our car and just want something BIG that won't get stuck in the snow!

We came back to our place afterward to spend time as a family and enjoyed some sloppy joes and cupcakes.

Ladies Night Out

Last night all the Cherry sisters and Momma B went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. I went there a couple years ago when we were in Hawaii, but probably didn't enjoy the food as much because I was so concerned about the prices. Holy Cow! Anyway, knowing the prices now made it a little easier. I enjoyed a wonderful steak and shrimp. Yeah, I ate shrimp. And it was delicious. I'm not much of a steak person either but it was fabulous. MMMMM.....We all enjoyed lots of different sides and delicious desserts. Creme Brule, Bread Pudding and Chocolate Explosion to be exact. Oh and of course the tiny little Cheesecakes that came with a lot of our meals. Yeah, we were definitely full by the end of the night. It was great to chat and spend time with everyone. Much needed for all of us I think.

I wasn't incredibly happy though while driving home in snow through the mountains....I rarely drive, really. And let alone in snow. But, I made it home after an hour and a half of driving and shared some steak and dessert with the hub.

We toasted to Aislinn last night as well. It was the one year mark of her passing, so it was really nice to all be together as we were last year. We miss you A.

I'm currently setting up my new iPod shuffle. Following the very easy directions so that I do it all right. haha. I'm excited to pick out some music! Am I going to get addicted to this? Holla.

Happy New Year

We spent New Years at home, like most years. I kind of hate this holiday; it's always retarded. We ended up watching "Going the Distance", which was pretty funny and by the time it was over, it was past midnight. We chugged down some "sparkling cider" and went to bed. Whoop de doo. We did take lots of silly pictures, as you can see, before the kids went to bed though.


You're probably wondering why in one of theses pictures, my face looks like it does. Well, my daughter looks all cute, right? Well, two seconds earlier she burped in my face and it was very unpleasant, right as I was snapping the picture. BURPED! Oh my gosh it was nasty and so my face is too. I normally wouldn't post such a horrendous picture, but I felt you might need to know the pain my nostrils were in.

We have many New Years resolutions like always, and I hope we can stick to them. Things like: Savannah not watching so much tv and doing more "school" type activities, eating out less, exercising regularly and getting organized around the house. Oh, and I want to be more "girlie". Not that I'm tomboy-ish at all, but I feel like their are plenty of "girlie" things that I haven't done for myself in a long time. So, I painted my nails on New Years Eve. With really sparkly pink polish that I just bought. When was the last time I did that? I want to wear perfume more. Not body spray. And wear my jewelry and lipstick or gloss. Things like that. Kind of funny, I know, but when I'm walking around in my sweatpants feeling grungy, maybe I can look down at some painted finger nails and feel "girlie". And like always, I'd love to fit in my cute jeans. Cuz I love my old jeans, not really the current ones. We should be moving the elliptical machine upstairs and out of the basement tonight so that we'll use it more. It's too damn cold in the basement to work out.

Well, I hope everyone had a good New Years and will be able to start 2011 off great! I know I hope this year starts off better, because pretty much the first half of 2010 was crappy.

Cheers!

Checkin' it out

So, Carter's Dad and wife Carol recently were given a new home by one of her sons. Yes, given. It's a pretty crazy story, but I won't go into all those details. Anyway, we went over to have a after Thanksgiving/pre Christmas get together with them a few weeks ago. The house is amazing and the kids totally loved it. They had a fun playroom with toys for all the kids and dress up clothes, which as you can see, Savannah took advantage of.

Here's Cooper before we left, at our house.

At the new house.

Yeah, she knows she's cool. Can you tell?

I am not a fan of the cold, but....

I kind of love it when he has to wear this coat.

Thanksgiving Festivities

This year we really wanted to host Thanksgiving. We'd never done a turkey before and that was the main thing we were worried about. Well, coincidentally, I happened to buy one that didn't require a lot of work. The giblets and all the junk was already taken out. Sweeet. It cooked itself and even finished earlier than expected. Everything came together pretty nicely. We had our meal with my family and then later in the day went over to Larissa and Jake's house to spend time with the Cherry family and 8 pies.

It was actually a pretty relaxing day, which I hadn't really expected. That's probably why I don't have many pictures either cause I was chillin. I know I ate way too much pie, but you gotta try it all right?

I'm super excited for Christmas and hosting again.