2008

Has it seriously been a year since this picture was taken??? I can't believe how fast it's went by! What a year it's been though! The year started out a little rocky, but definitely turned out to be great! We are so excited to be welcoming a baby girl into our family. (And no, just so everyone knows, we haven't decided on a name yet. :) Chandler is VERY picky) We've had such a good year that I just wanted to post pictures from all the fun stuff that we've done. The top picture was taken exactly one year ago to the day. We were on a cruise in the Western Carribean. And yes, while you were all freezing here, it was 98 degrees in Haiti. Ahhh man. I wish I were there right now.....

We went to Bryce Canyon in March. As you can tell, it was pretty chilly but we had a lot of fun.
We went on a hot air balloon ride in June. It was a lot of fun, but also kinda scary!

We took a trip out to San Fran. It was so AMAZING out there. I loved it! I told Chan that we should just move there, but the whole grocery store thing seems to be standing in our way! :(

And of course, we found out about our baby girl!

I just hope that 2009 is just as good if not better than 2008 has been!

Christmas 2008

Christmas was great again this year! Chandler and I had a lot of fun hanging out with family. I also got my Kathy Van Zeeland bag, which I LOVE! I'm so excited!

Chandler also bought me Paris Hilton's 'Fairydust' perfume, levis, and earrings. I had a GREAT Christmas!

Jojo was so sweet to help us!

I was SO excited because my mom and dad gave us a HUGE stainless steel mixing bowl! I've been wanting one forever so I can make carmel popcorn and now I have one! YAY!

The sweetest husband ever!

Christmas Tag

Tagged..
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Gift bags cause I can't wrap! I'm getting better though!

2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial. It's easier!

3. When do you put your tree up? The weekend after Thanksgiving.

4. When do you take your tree down? A couple of days after Christmas.

5. Do you like eggnog? I've never had it.

6. Favorite gift recieved? I've had lots but in the past couple of years probably my digital camera that Chan gave me. I've gotten TONS of use out of it!

7. Hardest person to buy for? Chandler's mom and dad and my dad.

8. Easiest person to buy for? Probably my mom. She's fun to buy for! :)

9. Do you have a nativity scene? No. I don't really have a big enough place to put it.

10. Mail or E-mail christmas cards? Mail them.

11. Worst Christmas present ever recieved? Don't know.

12. Favorite/worst Christmas movie? The old school christmas shows. Santa comes to town and rudolph.

13. When do you start shopping? Sometimes in October or earlier if I find a good deal!

14. Have you ever recycled a gift? Only for white elephant gifts!

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas time? Prime rib!

16. Lights on tree? White.

17. Favorite Christmas song? Rockin around the Christmas tree.

18. Travel on Christmas or stay at home? Stay home.

19. Can you name all of santa's reindeer? yep! :)

20. Angel on top of tree or star? A ribbion on the one tree and a big snowflake on the other.

21. Open presents on Christmas eve? No.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? I have to agree with Starli, the crowded stores and TOO many people! I mostly shop online! It's better that way!

23. Favorite ornament? Anything that sparkles!

24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? Prime rib. I LOVE prime rib. It's my favorite if ya can't tell!

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Kathy Van Zeeland bag to take to the hospital with me.

26. Tag: Anyone who is bored and wants to do this!

The room transformation

So Chandler and I have been getting everything ready to paint the nursery. I went and bought the paint yesterday so that we could start as soon as he got home this afternoon. This is the before shot:

During:

And this is the after:

It is really bright but we like it! We just hope that the baby does to!

The Ultrasound

Well we went in this morning to have the big ultrasound. After measuring the babies legs, arms, head, etc., we found out that we are having a little GIRL! We are SO excited! I've already ordered the bedding!

Other than that, nothing too exciting, just day to day stuff. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

The BIG ultrasound...

We went to the Dr on Wednesday and everything looks good! The heartbeat was at 150 beats per minute so Dr. Judy still thinks that it's a girl. The good news is that we get to find out what it is on Monday! We are super excited! I will update after we got home to let everyone what we find out!

Tuesday Tell All -- Last Book I read

I decided to do a TTA today since I haven't done one in forever! I have to think about this but I think the last book was probably the last book in the Twilight series. I liked the whole series a lot, but let's be honest, those last few books kinda drug on. They built up this whole event where they were going to fight the Volturi and then they just settle it and go their separate ways!?!?! O K. Like I said before, I really liked the books, but I was more than a little bit let down by the ending. :(

Pictures of the baby stuff!

I told you that I was going to put up pictures, and here they are, FINALLY! These are some pictures of the stroller and carseat that we bought:

I have also been learning how to make baby blankets. Unfortunately, the cat has been trying to learn how with me!

I finally got to buy something!

So yesterday Chandler broke down and let me finally buy something for the baby! Okay, so I have been buying material for blankets for weeks now, but I don't consider that getting to buy stuff! We went and bought the stroller and the carseat! I haven't gotten any pictures of it up yet because my camera battery is dead, but I will get it charged and get some pictures tonight. Chandler has been very admiment about not buying things too early, but we found the EXACT stuff that I wanted and he really liked it to so I convinced him to go get it with me! :) We had a great time last night. Went shopping, went to Pepperbelly's for dinner (my absolute FAVORITE food of all time) and then came home and watched 'The Strangers'. Seriously, if you want a movie that is more of a 'terror' film, rent this one because it's AWESOME! It's not really gory, just scary!

Oh, and something else that I forgot to mention. Chandler and I went to the Dr.'s on the 15th and finally got to hear the heartbeat! It was really fast and the Dr. Judy said that if he had to guess what the baby was off of the heartbeat, he would say girl! We have our next appointment on Novemeber 19 and we will schedule the ultrasound then. So hopefully we will know what this baby is before Thanksgiving! He also put my due date back to April 21. That's another thing that we are going to find out for sure of at the ultrasound. I have moved from the 9th to the 10th to the 21st back to the 10th back to the 21st. So I guess we're in for 2 suprises!!

Well, that's all for us! Like I said, I'll hopefully have pictures of our super cute new travel system up by tonight! And hopefully there won't be a cat in it! (eye rolls)

It's the most wonderful time of the year....

So this morning I woke up and I don't honestly think that I've ever been quite that disappointed. The sun was shining and that just put me in a bad mood. I have been hearing on the t.v. that there is suppose to be a storm front moving in and it is going to bring snow. I've thought that it was going to snow for the past 2 days, so each morning that I have woke up, I have been VERY much upset. Well, the weather didn't disappoint this afternoon. At about 5:00, the sky clouded up and to my great suprise, it started to snow. :)

I just had to put up a post of the first day that it snows! I AM SO HAPPY! This is definitely MY favorite time of year! I'm so glad that the days of 100 degree weather has since past and now is a time for coats, hot chocolate, and my favorite thing of all, SNOW! I even wrote on the back window of my car to commemorate this special occasion. ;) I had only been at the grocery store for about 30 minutes and this was how much snow had fallen in that short amount of time on my car!

I was so excited! I even took this picture of me out my front door with the snow falling in the background!

This is a picture of our front yard. I couldn't even see down the street it was snowing so hard! It was great! So even after waking up this morning disappointed, the day turned out very well! Tonight Chandler wants to take his jeep out to see how his new tires do in the mud, so we will see how that goes! Hopefully tomorrow I don't have pictures of us trying to get the jeep unstuck!!

Correction

Just had to make a correction to my last post. I said that the due date was April 21, but the date has been changed to April 10. It was originally the 10th but the ultrasound dated me at the 21st, so I assumed we would be going off of that date. The doctor confirmed that we would be going off the previous one so that is great! I'm almost 14 weeks instead of just being at 11 1/2! Yay! That might not seem like a lot to you, but it is to me!

Life Change....

So we are expecting a pretty big change in our life. We are going to have a baby! We are very excited, but a little apprehensive too. We miscarried in March of this year, so the past couple of months have been a little scary for us, but we had an ultrasound yesterday and we got to see the baby. It is healthy and measuring 10 1/2 weeks with a heart rate of 142 beats per minute. We are due on April 21 so we will have a spring baby! So much fun!

Chandler or Ashley??

What is his name? Chandler
How long have you been married? 2 1/2 years
How long did you date? We dated for a year and a half before we got engaged and then were engaged for 4 1/2 months after that.
Who eats more? He does.
Who said "I love you first"? He did
Who is smarter? He is. He can tell you pretty much anything about, well, ANYTHING! :)
Whose temper is worse? Mine for sure. I get upset pretty easily.
Who does the laundry? I usually do.
Who does the dishes? The dishwasher! We both load it though!
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do.
Who pays the bills? He does. I just write out the checks if he needs me to because he doesn't like my girly princess checks!
Who cooks dinner? I do. I enjoy it.
Who drives when you are together? He does. I always tease him and ask him why he always gets to drive my car!
Who is more stubborn? Me. How come I have all the bad personality traits in this relationship??
Whose parents do you see the most? Probably his because we work with them.
Who proposed?He did. If he wouldn't have done it then, I was pretty sure I was going to have to take matters into my own hands and propose to him! I was more than ready!
Who has more friends? I do.
Who has more siblings? We have the same amount. We both have 2 sisters!
Who wears the pants in the family? Depends on the day, but I think that I do!
Who is taller? He is, but only by about 1/2 an inch.
Who sings better? Neither one of us can really sing.
Who is first to admit it when they are wrong? He does because I am never wrong so I don't have to admit it!! ;)
Any Special message for Hubby? I love you baby!

Random Summer Stuff

I just wanted to post some pictures that I have taken over the last little while. I decided that I better put some on since I haven't posted any since July! These are just some random things that we have been doing over the summer....

Chandler's Jeep by Accord Lakes. I thought that it looked pretty neat with the storm clouds in the background.

Me above Sufco mine. The wind was blowing pretty good if you can't tell by looking at my hair!

Chandler by the new Barrett's truck. He and his dad are pretty proud of it.

Brinley cheering at the 24th of July pararde in Redmond.

My cute new hair! :)

Our flowers did so well this year! I don't know what Chandler did with them this year, but they are out of control! Last year in this same spot we couldn't get ANYTHING to grow! I'm so proud! ;)

Tag.... You're it!

Tag...
20 Years Ago. . .

1. I was 1 1/2 years old.

2. I think I was riding my horse by then!

3. I really don't remember much.

10 Years Ago...

1. I was 11 years old and in 5th grade.

2. I had just gotten bucked off my horse and cracked a vertebrae (sp?) in my back

3. I was in Mrs. Dobish's class and thought I was all that.

5 Years Ago...

1. I was just starting my Junior year in high school.

2. I had just started working at Barrett's!

3. I was on the drill team. Not something that I necessarily LIKE to remember, but oh well!

4. I was best friends with Kaylee and Nicki and we would go to Maverick everyday for lunch and drag main. Awwwww. The good old days!

3 Years Ago...

1. I had just graduated from High School.

2. Chandler and I had been dating for about a year and a half and were just about to get engaged.

3. I was STILL working at Barrett's. Sigh....

4. I was very much enjoying life being out of High School finally.

1 Year Ago...

1. We were planning a cruise to the Carribean.

2. I had quit my job at Therapy and started working at Barrett's again. I think it's just one of those places that you can't get away from! I swear!

3. I was actually sick with crypto about this time last year. I think that it lasted almost a whole month and I seriously thought that I was going to die.

So far this year I...

1. Went on a cruise in January.

2. Went to San Francisco for the very first time and LOVED it.

3. Am STILL working at Barrett's. Very long SIGH.....

Yesterday I...

1. Worked most of the day.

2. Got my car back from the mechanic.

3. Had a rootbeer freeze from the Hot Spot. It was SO good.

4. Did some laundry.

Today I...

1. Got to hang out with Chandler because it was his day off!!

2. Did more laundry.

3. Ate at the Hot Spot. I think I have an addiction.... :)

Tomorrow I will...

1. Go with my mom to Provo.

2. Hopefully shop lots!

3. Take my car to the Benz Dealership to get fixed.

4. Eat dinner at Jim & Bonnie's house.

In the next year I will....

1. Probably STILL be working at Barrett's. :)

2. Maybe go on a fun vacation somewhere. Nothing will be as fun as the Carribean cruise, but we will give it a try.

3. Maybe have a baby.

I tag: Hailey, Brinley, Amber, and anyone else who wants to do it!

One Answer Quiz

This is just something I found on an old post of the TTA. Just something for fun!

Answer the following with only one word.
1. Where is your cell phone? .................... nightstand
2. Your significant other?.......................AWESOME!
3. Your hair?.................................... Spiked
4. Your mother? .................................Wonderful
5. Your father?..................................Dedicated
6. Your favorite thing?......................... Chandler
7. Your dream last night?........................ Horrifying
8. Your favorite drink........................... Pepsi
9. Your dream/goal?.............................. Happiness
10. The room you're in?.......................... Bedroom
11. Your children?..................................... None
12. Your fear?................................... Dying
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years........... Happy
14. Where were you last night?................... Home
15. What you're not?............................. Lazy
16. Muffins...................................... Chocolate
17. One of your wish list items?................. Ferrari
18. Where you grew up?........................... Aurora
19. What you read last........................Eclipse
20. What are you wearing?........................Pajamas
21. Your TV?.....................................BIG
22. Your pets?................................... Kitties
23. Your computer? .............................. Laptop
24. Your life?................................... Good
25. Your mood?................................... undecided
26. Missing someone?............................. yes
27. Your car?.................................... Mercedes
28. Something you're not wearing?................ necklace
29. Favorite Store?.............................. Aeropostale
30. Your summer?................................. LONG
31. Like someone?................................ YES!!!
32. Your favorite color?......................... Pink
33. Last time you laughed........................ Today
34. Last time you cried?......................... Yesterday

Blog Maintenance

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am updating some things on my page so it may look a little messed up for a while! Just bare with me. I'm learning lots of new stuff on my Corel Photoshop and I'm trying to incorporate it into this, but it's so hard! Thanks K'Brina and Britney for your help! I am trying to make a new header and it's just such a pain! So like I said, my blog may look like a construction zone for a while, but I hope to have things back to normal soon! Hopefully bigger and better than ever!!!

Tuesday Tell All

The topic this week in Summer Blockbusters. I haven't saw a lot of movies this summer, but one that definitely stands out is the new Batman movie 'The Dark Knight'. It was SO good. I thought that it was just pumped up because of all the publicity surrounding Heath Ledger's death, but that was definitely not the case!! It was a great movie and all the actors did an awesome job. At the first of the summer I did see 'Vantage Point' and that was a really good movie too! A totally different take on a movie!

I finally got to read it!

So I finally finished the first book in this series. It was a very good book. The only thing that I find interesting is that there are women of all ages reading this, and it's about an 18 year old girl in high school! That just amazes me I guess. But I do really like the book. I ordered the second one and it should be here by Wednesday so I will start that one as soon as it gets here. The only other peeve that I really had about the book is that it was a VERY 'easy read' book. Almost TOO easy if you ask me. Not that I think that it should have been written on the same level as Shakespear or something, but I think that it could have had a little more depth to it. All in all though, a good book.

Finally! Some pics of San Fran!

I finally got some pictures uploaded to my computer! These are some pictures of our recent trip to San Francisco:

This is me at the aquarium at Fisherman's Wharf. I loved the pink colors of the coral!

This is me feeding the geese at Angel Island. (Shh! Don't tell anyone!) This was a gorgeous little island just a few minutes away from the island of Alcatraz .

This is Chan at Alcatraz. It was a really amazing place!

Pictures SOON

I finally got my new computer so I will be able to get some new pics on very soon hopefully! The only struggle is going to be that I have to learn how to use it!! I have tons of pictures still from the 4th of July and we also went to San Francisco last week and I have a lot of great pictures from there too! We had a great time. The weather was WONDERFUL! I don't think that it ever got above 70 degrees which is just perfect if ya ask me!! We wore jackets the whole time and I dreaded coming home to 110 degree heat!! I tried talking Chan into starting a San Fran branch of Barrett's, but he didn't think that was too great of an idea. :( But I will write more about the trip when I get the pictures up.

Just a note

I just had to post something on my page because it's been like, forever. I don't have any pictures on this computer yet. I got a new laptop the other day and it's freaking retarded so I have a new one on the way. This one works when it wants to but I can't get my pictures or anything on it. (Nor would I want to because who knows where they would end up!!) I have lots of pictures from the 4th and then just some pictures that I took of my car (of course!!) I might be able to put them up tomorrow if I get a chance. I never get to get on the other computer because Chan is always hogging it so I have to do it before he gets home at night!! So yeah, this is just an update on what's new with me!

Hot Air Balloon Ride

On Saturday June 21, Chandler and I got the opportunity to go on a hot air balloon ride. It was AMAZING! We got in the basket and the balloonist (balloon driver as I liked to call him) started the burners and told the other 'balloon driver' to walk with us toward the middle of the field. We began moving and the next thing I knew we were like 30 feet in the air! It was so great! I was really scared at first because I really thought that it would be like flying in an airplane or something, but it is SO much different! The wind took us all the way to Axtel. It was a great ride and I would definitely do it again!

I love my hubby!

I just have to say how much I love Chandler! He is so cute and I have just been thinking about him a lot today. He's such a wonderful husband I don't know what I would do without him. He's so talented and so thoughtful. He is so dedicated to his job and also the fire department. He loves being a fireman and helping out the community. I love him so much and appreciate all that he does for me. He provides such a good life for me and is seriously the best husband that I could have ever asked for! I LOVE YOU CHANDLER!

Just about enough!

Seriously. I'm tired of this. Tired of feeling sick and tired. Colds are for December. Not June. This is the first blog that I've posted and all I'm going to do is complain about being sick. And this weather. Are you kidding me!?!?! I know I will probably be stoned for this, but I HATE THE SUMMER. Mainly the heat. I just can't wait until it's 30 degrees outside and 3 feet of snow on the ground. That is my perfect season! But I do have some things that are good! I've been having so much fun with Chandler lately. Things are just going so great and I just can't imagine not being married to him. I love him so much.