It's Santa!!!

At our ward christmas party, Teigen got to see Santa for the very first time. This is Teigen's expression most of the time, so he could have been happy.

My sister...

Today, I'm very emotional. I have a lot on my mind. The strongest emotion I have on my mind though, is my sister. I don't know what it's like to lose a child and hope I never do.

My sister is an amazing woman. She is so strong and can overcome anything. She's great at putting a smile on her face everyday even when she wants to cry. She's there for her family and puts them first. I know she's hurting on the inside and hope those around her are comforting her and doing anything they can to help her through this hard time.

Evan was such an amazing little boy and he has great parents-Angela and Jim. He lit up a room when he walked in with his big cheesy smile and bubbly personality. He always wanted to make people laugh.

I wish I could live closer to my sister so I could hug her everyday and do anything she needed me to, to make it easier for her. My sister is the best one in the whole world. I am so glad that we're not only family, but best friends. I love her so much and am so sorry for her loss. It hurts me to know that my sister is hurting and I can't take the pain away.

Thank you Angela for being such a great example for me. I love you!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Here's the front of our house today and you can see the snow. It's not very much, but it's still snow!

Here's the backyard

Here's the front looking from our front door

Memories of Thanksgiving.....

Ok, I know it's been a few weeks, but I don't think it's too late to put the pictures up from Thanksgiving. We had a great time.

Here's the 11 cousins in their matching monkey pj's

Teigen loves swinging

Teigen was so sleep deprived that he crashed out a minute after being on the swing.

Poor little guy.

The kids would throw sticky lizards on the ceiling, and make susu lift them up to get them down.

(We do Christmas at Thanksgiving since we're all together) The kids waiting to open presents. Apparently William is done waiting.

The cousins playing basketball with Uncle Rick

Daddy and Teigen

Teigen and Mommy

Teigen's first hair cut...

So, while we were in farmington,NM and all of Justin's side of the family were together for Thanksgiving, Amy gave Teigen his first hair cut! He did so well. He did squirm a lot though, and Daddy was done holding him down, as you can see... haha.

And then there were 3!!!!!

So, we have a new addition to the family. Her name is Sophie and she's a black lab. She's awesome! I'm very excited to have her. She's just about a year old with not a lot of training, so there's work there, but she's very quick. Very loving, and starved for attention because she was not getting any at her previous home. We are "looking forward" to breeding her with our friends chocolate lab in about a year and a half or so. It will definently be planned around, so that I won't have a newborn also at the same time, because I'll have my hands tied helping take care of a bunch of puppies for 15 weeks or so before we sell them. Justin's already very eager to train her to take quail hunting. He's already been working with her by using a quail scent dummy and throwing it and she'll bring it back to him. He also takes her running every night and she's getting better at staying with him, because she does get side-tracked easily. Chamaco loves her and spends all day playing together and Teigen has fun grabbing her tail and sucking the bell on her collar. We are all happy with our newest addition.

Halloween Party!!

Teigen was invited to a Halloween party at Sadie, Kaden, and Kaleb Wilson's house on friday night. We had a great time. Very cute costumes and cute halloween treats. There was also another pirate like Teigen, so I had to get a picture of the two of them. His name is Braxton and he's Teigen's friend. Braxton calls him "Te-go." It's really cute.

TEIGEN'S CRAWLING!!! (7 months old and a little)

On Sunday, 10-12-08, Teigen crawls for the first time...and hasn't missed an oppurtunity exploring the house. We are so excited and new it was coming quick! But now that he's mobile, I have to watch what he's getting into and where he's going. So far he's managed to find the cords behind the t.v., Chamaco's toys...and chews on them, Chamaco's food bowl and water bowl, and is already following Mommy around the house. I'll be in the kitchen and then all of a sudden I'll hear the little slaps his hands make when they get to the tile. He's turning into a mama's boy. It's so much fun to watch him though! I'm so proud of my little boy!

2008 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

We have this great look-out just right next to our house. You just have to walk up a little hill and you can see all of albuquerque. It's awesome. All the hot air balloons drift towards Rio Rancho where most of them land. It's a great spot. So, I had to wake up Teigen and we met up with Justin(he escaped from work for a half hour) and we saw a lot of balloons. You can see some shaped ones in the distance. We had to bundle up though....it's already starting to get very chilly in the mornings and nights here!

You can the famous darth vader balloon on the rightTeigen and Justin
Teigen and Me (You can see a panda balloon between us)
This was actually right above our house(I took this on my door step)
It landed across the street behind our neighbors house

Because I had to wake up Teigen earlier than normal that day(earlier-meaning just before 8-he usually wakes up 8:30 to 9), he passed out a few minutes after putting him in his play chair when we got back (Not a morning person).

~Ashley's thought of the day~

Keep the faith!

"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:31

Teigen....

Sometimes he'll wipe himself out playing. It'll get quiet all of a sudden and this is how I find Teigen. Poor little guy.

Teigen chewing on the bar stool leg. He actually wore off some of the stain where he chewed on. Following after Chamaco's(our pug) actions.
Teigen playing with Daddy. He loves his facial hair.
My boys!

My Boy!!

Messy face!

First cookie...Teigen loved it
Basketball boy
Mr. Blue eyes
My little pumpkin

Mini Me

Me and my friends little girl Karli

We showed up to church with matching outfits-not planned. How cute are we!

Butterfly Exhibit in Florida

The exhibit was beautiful and so peaceful!

Family Pic inside the Butterfly Exhibit

This butterfly stayed on Justin's head the entire time!
Teigen grabbing Landon's Face