The Ashley Christmas Tree

We went Monday and got our Christmas tree from Hambricks - everyone was excited! Kaden found sticks when we got there and that kept him entertained the entire time! I found the PERFECT tree the minute we started looking, but no one else wanted the Charlie Brown Tree - just kidding. It did look pitiful and I felt sorry for it!! Seriously, we found our perfect tree rather quickly (good thing, too, because it was chilly!) and Clint went to work cutting it down for us. We decorated it the next night and it turned out beautifully! The only problem is keeping Kaden out of it. He likes to touch the lights and thinks he needs to take the ornaments off of them b/c they are balls - one of his favorite things. I also put a little tree up in his room - it's blue & orange, Auburn colors. And the girls have a small tree in their room that they decorated themselves - gorgeous! We are all getting in the Christmas spirit around the Ashley house! Enjoy the pictures!

Thanksgiving Visit with the Glas Family

We had the privilige to visit with the Glas family over Thanksgiving weekend. Marsha and I have been friends since 5th grade and the four of us went to high school together. Jason & Marsha have three beautiful children and it was such a pleasure to visit with them. Marsha is an excellent photographer and honored me by taking some pictures of our family. They turned out so good! Here are a few pictures from our visit ...

Thanksgiving Day

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of food and quality time with our families. Silly me forgot to take pictures until we were leaving "Uncle" Robby & "Aunt" Barbara's so I had to snap a few of the only people who were left - us and the Dashers! Then I completely forgot at the Schools dinner, so we only have a few of the actual Thanksgiving Day! Enjoy them anyway ...

Clint & Will

Grace, Aunt Barbara & Delaney

Grace, Kaden, Delaney & Abby

Uncle Robby

Catch Up!

Well I have been slack on my blog and thought I'd play a little catch up ...


Grace finished her first season of soccer a couple weeks ago. She really enjoyed playing and we're looking forward to next season. Clint is threatening to coach, so ... If so I feel sorry for Grace b/c I know what it's like to play for your Daddy!! LOL


Abby didn't play soccer or cheer this year, she just likes playing at the ball park with her friends. She is doing really well in school - she loves it, thank goodness. She continues to be as creative and energetic as always.


Kaden is continuing to grow - I have lost my baby, he is now a little boy. He talks alot but we only understand a few basics - ma ma, da da, gace, bee(abby), dog, and his favorite is to scream at the top of his lungs if he doesn't get his way. He says thank you when you give him something (at least we think that's what he says) but every time it sounds a little different. He has now entered his climbing phase and he is fearless - can you say uh-oh?!


We are all really enjoying going to Cornerstone. Grace has been talking to us about being baptized (she accepted Jesus in December 2005) and we prayed with Abby yesterday and she accepted Jesus. It's really a blessing to us to have children that know and understand this at such a young age. The neat part is they were both 6 years old when we prayed and it was around the same time for each of them. We will talk with our Pastor about having them both baptized soon. Kaden is finally staying in the nursery and making little friends which I think is great - Clint and I actually get to enjoy the entire service now without wrestling a small bear!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these pics and I'll try not to take so long to post some more.

Fall Fun

We have had several fun social events over the last month. First of all, our church home group had a dinner the week of Halloween and the kids all dressed up. We had lots of good food and fun. Here are a few pictures of the kids all dressed up.

Then we had a Hallelujah Night at the church - they had games, food, trunk or treat and the kids dressed up. Grace was a 50s girl and Abby was a kitty. In this picture, she had wiped her nose off in protest. That's my little drama queen. Kaden was a pumpkin - he's not really old enough to enjoy the whole dress up. Next year will be fun though.

Yesterday was Youth Day at church. The youth of the church led the entire service - they sang on the praise & worship team, the girls were in a dance with a group of other kids (I didn't take pictures) and gave testimonies. Afterwards, we had our family picnic with lots of great food and fun. The kids participated in a Fear Factor type game - it was really gross, so I'll spare you the details. Below are some pics of the kids at church during the Fear Factor - complete with slime, worms and push ups!

Rebels Soccer

Grace played soccer for the first time this year. It was actually really fun and by the end of the season she had made some really great progress. As a matter of fact, the second to last game of the season that we won - she made the winning goal. She was very proud - and so were we. Here are some pictures of the season ...