Happy 100th

Can you believe it!! And just in time for the new year!!

In celebration of our 100th post...

Y'all get to pick your favorite post and vote in your comment. I'll calculate the totals with my mathematical talents and announce the winner in an NEW up and coming post. And for all of you who haven't read the winning post can read it, and for all of you who have get the honor of rereading it!!! (Cause I know y'all love it.)

Babe

The gal we call babe is my silly, cute, and strong willed little Ashlyn. I love this girl, she is a little party waiting to happen. But she has also "turned 2." There are moments she drives me C-R-A-Z-Y!!! Our arguments are mostly the normal terrible two stuff except for the clothes! She is terribly picky, only wants to wear either her jammies or one of her two favorite outfits. She changes her clothes at least 5 times a day and I can never even begin to guess what she will want to wear. So if you have any words of wisdom for me, please let me know!! I am a little desperate.

This is a picture of Ashlyn's fairy wings that she got from a Chick-fa-A party night. They were having a buy one get one free meal night along with a clown who painted faces and tied balloons. She never wanted to take them off.
Lately I have been loving her "pirate face." She will try to close just one eye and say "arggggggggg." Very cute! I could go on and on about all the wonderful things that come out of her mouth and about every little thing she does it so cute. But there is not enough room here for all of it. But I do want to put all her clothes in a pile and have a bon fire!!!!!

We love Nini and Poger

A bonus to moving around the country at least gets Connor's parents out to see us on a regularly basis. We are glad we can help them see more sites around the country. We love when they get to come see us because it feels like a vacation at home!

Connor and I finally got to go to the Temple TOGETHER. Rog and Co got to go as well. We traveled over to Durham to see Duke and UNC as well as the Life and Science museum. We also had the entire I-MAX theatre to ourselves for a showing of Madagascar 2.
(Duke's Cathedral)

My favorite part was watching the kids with their Nini and Poger. They truly love them so much and didn't want to do anything unless they were there with us. They fought over who got to sit next to them, or ON them!! We want them to know how much we truly love them!!!

Polar Bear Pose

I have been enjoying my weekly tennis class since we have been here in Raleigh. A gal in my ward found us a great coach who has played in Wimbledon. Connor has been a great coach in the past, however, my lessons were few and far between (both getting away at the same time was a feat.) It has been nice to play consistently and with other ladies in the ward/area so that I don't get too frustrated. Connor was sceptical about my ability to improve in a large class- but we went and played once together and he was VERY impressed. At least now I might be able to somewhat play with him before I get too old to stand on my own feet!

I also love having some time away with the girls. My coach has a thick Jamaican accent and all those once familiar tennis terms sometimes get confusing. It is now starting to get cold and we play at night so we have called ourselves the Polar bear pose. Our coach runs us around the court well so we can stay warm.

Thank DC

We met our awesome friends from Cleveland, the Ellsworth's, in Herndon, VA for Thanksgiving. Because of $ and time we had to skip out on the Thompson gathering in Utah this year. But boy did the Ellsworth's deliver!! We had a great time at Kristin's parents house in VA. It was almost half way between us (shorter on our end, he he he.) The kids were all very entertained (and not by us) because they each have their bestest friend ever in this great family, and I do believe Corbin fell in love with Kaitlyn at first sight!

Kristin's mom is the next best thing to Martha Stewart, so you can only imagine what Thanksgiving dinner was like (with my addition of Sweet potato casserole and a layered jello- a king family fav.) And to top it all off we had a shmorgishboard of pies to choose from, that lasted all weekend long! So are the pie eaters next to their choice of pie- chocolate, cherry, lemon, pumpkin, bannana cream and cheese cake!


The day after we caught the tail end of a near by parade (just enough) and headed out to see some sites in DC. It was perfect and the kids had so much fun sharing it with their friends. We saw the Lincoln memorial, Washington monument, the Vietnam Veterans memorial, Korean War Veterans memorial and finally Rainbow pool (WW2 Memorial.) So here we are in front of all the states we have ever lived in! Sad isn't it????

We played games and laughed while the kids played forever. We also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, Connor's story telling skills, custard and Five Guys burgers, and all making friendship bracelets that matched!!!

We were sad to leave, but I guess it is always good to end on a good note! We just hope there will be a next time!!!

Thank you, you guys!!!