Rocky and Lori Ann came to visit!

Rocky's parents came to visit for a week! We did a lot of fun things while they were here and Ashlyn got to hang out with her grandparents!


Grandma Lori Ann and Ashlyn.


Here we are at Famous Daves, I had never been there before but it was so good! I think I am addicted now!


We got Ashlyn a new swimsuit, it looks so dang cute on here! It does have a little top but we didn't have it with us, I will have to post a picture of her with it on. I know you are checking out Ashlyn's thighs, they are my most favorite!


Ashyln has a small head so even the smallest hats are too big for her.


I love this face:)


Here we all are at Garcias. Josh, Priscila, Maizey and Isabella came with us! I'm sad Josh is taking the picture so he is not in it.


Grandpa Rocky feeding Ashlyn at Garcias. Right when he handed her back to me she thru up her whole feeding on me! He was so relieved that he gave her back when he did:)

Aunt Cristy came to visit!

My sister came and stayed with us for four days. She is in the masters program at Southern Utah University so she is really busy and we don't get to see each other enough. We mostly just hung out at my house and made nightly runs to Sonic to get ice cream!:-) Cristy is really crafty so she helped me get started on some little projects that I have for Ashlyn and she gave me some good ideas of how to put a simple scrapbook together. Good thing for talented family members!

Back to the Redneck Hick days!

Rocky and I grew up in a small town and we have some pretty crazy car stories. Well today I felt like I was back in those days! When I went to work the battery was dead in our truck so I had to get the battery pack out and jump the truck. So in my nice bank clothes I am outside with the hood up trying to figure out how to jump the battery. I had to do this a total of four times today then when I got home there was a tow sticker on our blazer (we have a 1978 blazer that was Rocky's first car but it doesn't run right now so it is just parked at our apartment complex and every now and then they like to tow it away) The sticker said that it was going to be towed the next morning. So when Rocky got home from work he replaced the battery in the truck so we could tow the blazer with the truck into another parking lot that way when the tow guy comes the blazer is no where to be found and it doesn't get towed. Sounds fun right?

Here is Rocky duck taping the towstrap to the hitch on the truck!

I always try to get Rocky to call a guy friend to help with this but he always talks me into it. Here is me towing the big heavy blazer with the tiny two wheel drive truck with my baby in the passenger seat! This is small town stuff! Last time we did this I was seven months pregnant! That would have been a good picture!

Our Trip to St. Louis

Three times a year Rocky and I go to a leadership conference for business, this time it was in St. Louis. I have never been east of Colorado so this was exciting, except for that it snowed and was really cold! Those who know me know that not one bit of me likes cold but snow is pretty and the trip was fun! :)

Here we are in the Edward Jones dome, my mom brought Ashlyn to us on the break! It doesn't show in this picture but this is a huge stadium and all these seats were full there was a ton of people there! Rocky and I have alot of fun at these conferences, we have alot of friends there and it is a very positive environment! Doesn't Rocky look good in a suit! That is something a lot of you haven't seen:) Ha!

This was the first one since we had Ashlyn so my mom came with us and had some much needed Grandma time with her in the hotel room while we were in the conference. That helped us alot cuz there was no way I was going without Ashlyn.:) We don't sleep much during these weekends so it was a bit of a challenge getting up with a baby during the four hours of sleep I would have normally gotten but sleep is over-rated anyway right! lol

I wish I payed more attention to historical facts sometimes. This arch is pretty cool, but when we got home someone asked me what the arch represented and all I could say was, "something to do with the Lewis and Clark expedition I think, it's called Gateway arch or something like that." I just walked through the entire museum and that is all I could think of, what a dork! :)

This is the tiny little pod that we rode in to get to the top of the arch. They look cramped in there already now imagine me and some other guy that they put with us (he was a bigger guy too) in the pod also. Holy Chlosterphobia! (I have no idea if I spelled that right:))

This is cute! Rocky and Ashlyn looking out the window at the city from the top of the arch. I wonder what babies think sometimes, she really does look like she understands but she is probably thinking: 650 feet above ground means nothing to me:)

The view of downtown St. Louis from the top of the arch. For all of our pilot friends, definitely IFR conditions!

The flight attendants on our flight were so awesome! They gave Ashlyn this certificate for her first flight!


Naked baby on the plane! Ashlyn pooped and it went out the diaper and all over her clothes, perfect timing!

Ashlyn and I waiting to get off the airplane in St. Louis. Notice the blizzard like conditions out the window-this is the only jacket I brought for me and Rocky forgot his at the house. Luckily we brought plenty of warm clothes for Ashlyn or we would have a frozen baby.

Oh to be able to sleep anywhere:) Everyone got a kick out of this on the plane!

My hubby and baby sleeping on the plane. :)

Gabriel Dale

Vanessa had her baby today at 12:08 am! She was not due until April so her baby was 6 1/2 weeks early! He weighed 4lbs 3oz and was 16 inches long, he is tiny but his lungs are developed so he doesn't have to be on a respirator! He will be in the hospital for about a month. Vanessa and Gabe are both doing really well! I am so excited to meet him! I can't imagine having a baby so small, my baby was over double the weight of her baby.:) Congratulations Vanessa and Kaleb!

This is the only picture I have so far, it was taken with a camera phone. Hopefully I will get some more pics soon!