All about Ashlyn

Ashlyn turned the big 6 years old and I have been such a space and forgot to post some pictures of her big day.... we went bowling and then we came back to the house and opened presents and ate cake and ice cream! She is becoming such a wonderful little girl... she is doing so well in school and she loves it! I am so proud of her, and lets not forget what a great big sister she is, Collin loves that sister of his!

Okay so Ashlyn had her school Christmas program last week and she was a beautiful rag doll... she was so cute she would go around the house and practice her little rag doll routine. I would post a clip of her little dance but it wont upload so here is a picture... isn't she just the cutes little rag doll you have ever seen! I am so very proud of what a great girl my Ashlyn is becoming she loves school and she is doing so good she is getting so smart and she loves doing her homework, lets not forget what a great big sister she is and a wonderful helper to me. Collin loves her so much and she love s him!

On another note.... I am totally bummed about not being able to go to my parents house for Christmas, we will miss everyone and we will miss Michealas' sealing to my big brother! We love you Micheala and we are so excited that you are officially a Thueson even though we have always thought of you as one of us..... now it is official! What a wonderful way to ring in the new year then to add a family member to us for time and all eternity we will be there in spirit!

Happy Holidays

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Camping at El Mirage

okay so now that we have our trailer we try and go camping with our friends at least once a month!

So all of you who really know me know that I have a phobia of letting my kids get dirty! Well my hubby is determined that our little dude will be just that a little dude playing in the dirt and running a muck. I am very proud of myself I let my 9 month old baby boy sit and play in the dirt... I was having anxiety the whole time but I did it and he had a blast, and I have the proof!

We had lots of fun.. I love being able to get out of town and spend quality time with my family and our friends.

Here are some more pictures of our camp site and of all of us riding... Ashlyn was a big girl this time and went on a ride with the big kids and adults on her quad!

The HUNT!

So my little princess went pheasant hunting with her dad, I wash a little shocked that she actually went, for as big of a girl as she is she can also hang with the boys.....um I don't know if that's good or bad for future dating life! There is my princess holding a dead bird yes I did say a dead bird! Chris said she loved the pretty colors and how soft they were.... ewe! I must not have taught her anything about cleanliness! Ashlyn loves spending time with her dad and she loves the outdoors so they are a match made in heaven. The big bear with her is from school, all the kids get a turn with bubba bear and it was her turn. I cant believe how fast this year has gone its already almost thanksgiving..... Chris and I were planing to go to Idaho but with his work schedule the roads and saving money for Christmas we have decided to stay home and celebrate with our friends who have become our family here in So Cal! Happy Thanksgiving to all..... I am so thankful for my hubby and my two wonderful kiddos and that I have such wonderful friends who I love and who make living away from my mom and dad and sisters and brothers easier. We have our trials but all in all Chris and I get through them together and have a great life! I hope to see my family real soon.!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I hope that everyone had a good Halloween. We at the Durham house sure did, and now we are glad its over... bring on the Holidays!!!

Well Collin is crawling, so we thought it was fitting to make him a spooky crawling spider! Too cute... we just put him in pj with spiders all over them! Ashlyn was princess jasmine, I think she has decided to be a different Disney princess each year until she has been each one of them at least once.

We went over to our wonderful friends the Parkers! We had pizza and let the kids play and then took them trick-or-treating, after that we went back to their house and just hung out it was low key... and fun.... just the way we like it!

A big thanks to the Parkers for having us over on Halloween! We did manage to make it to the trunk or treat for our at our church but we had another party to go to as well so we didn't get to stay long but Ashlyn want to be Cinderella for this party so here are the costumes they wore to the trunk or treat that night.

They also had a blast carving pumpkins! We had a good time this year lots of fun activities that we did with the kids.... Chris got to be a part of most everything weather he liked it or not... its kind of different with his new detective hours! We had a great month hope you all did as well.

lots to update!

So there have been lots of happenings here in the Durhams "Crazy Life" household!

First things first...... Ashlyn lost her first tooth! Oh my goodness my little girl is getting so big, I only thought that time was moving fast to get her to this point but now that she is in school time has managed to speed up! Ashlyn is such a great little girl, very head strong and independent, much like her mother! I know what you all are thinking cause I am thinking it as well..... we are in for some big trouble.... pay back is well you know not very nice.... well at least my parents well get a kick out of it! Ashlyn has also had to have four root canals... yes you read it right four root canals.... talk about a slacker mom huh. So my little princess has a mouth full of metal ;( I am so thankful that they are just her baby teeth I have a chance to pick up the slack and make sure she brushes her teeth and flosses right. Hopefully she wont have those silver teeth for long and she can start over with her adult WHITE teeth! So there you have it Ashlyn and her toothless smile and her tooth!

NEXT!

Last weekend we went out to the desert and camped with some new friends...... we are having so much fun with our new trailer.... I am declaring it a great purchase! I didn't get a lot of pictures because my camera went dead! We had a great time riding our quads and dirt bikes, and met some great new friends! We are going again in November. I will say that this last trip was absolutely cold.... I will pack better next month for the cold weather! Collin did pretty good... he loves being out doors. I did manage to get some cute ones of Colin and daddy. Here are all the pixs I have. This picture we took ourselves and it didn't work out too well but cute enough!

She got to do a lot of riding this trip, she is getting so good. Chris and I took turns taking her on trails! she would follow us on our bikes. Of course she likes to go with her daddy better he takes her on the fun ones... mommy takes her on the more safe rides!

I love this picture of my two dudes!

Too Cute!We were in a canyon area there were all kinds of rocks everywhere..... people go there to rock climb so my little Ashlyn and all the other kids found some cool caves and rocks to climb they were right behind our camp site.

and the trip wouldn't have been complete without our two dogs!Okay next!

Well we got home and it was turning out to be a very boring week.... when on Wednesday night Chris came home with a smashed thumb! He didn't want to go to the Doctor so he came home on Thursday evening with a very sore and swollen thumb........ well needles to say he and he alone fixed the problem. Chris heated up a needle and poked a hole... well three holes in his nail and let all the blood drain!

Well that's that for now everything has pretty much settled down for now.... Halloween pixs to come!

Laughing little dude

I love this little video clip.... I took it myself so its not that good but I couldn't resist. Collin loves his big sister she makes him laugh so hard. I really tried to get Ashlyn in the clip so you could see why he was laughing so hard but I couldn't hold the camera right, anyway Ashlyn is hiding behind a counter so that Collin can't see her and then jumping out and yelling boo at him Collin found this hilarious!

I cant believe that my little dude is already 7 and 1/2 months old.... it has gone by so fast, I don't know what I expected.... My little Chika is going to be 6 years old in December I blinked and she was a big girl!

We are all trucking along trying to make the best out of life.... nothing new but the whealther! yah we are finally getting some fall whealther! Happy Haloween to our friends and family.

Overdue

I know I know kindergarten started a while ago! Here are some pictures of my big girl on her first day of kindergarten. She was so brave, no tears no I'll miss you so much mommy, she was a little nervous but you would never know it unless you were looking for it. When I picked her up from her first day and we were walking to the car she said mommy mommy I can go back to kindergarten, there is no school bully! I laughed a little and said Ashlyn is that was you were nervous about, and she said yes but that she was over it because there was no bully! Oh the things our little ones come up with. So here is my kindergarten princess!

She made a fast friend!

She loves her teacher, Mrs. Walters.

The River!

I am super excited! This past month the Durham family decided to make a new purchase so that we can do what we love as a family! We bought a Toy Hauler... for those of you who don't know what that is its a Camping trailer but the back opens so that you can put your toys inside like dirt bikes and quads or sea dues and so on and so forth! Anyway for our first vacation camping trip we went with our good friends the Parker's to Parker Arizona to the River and camped and spent time on the Parker's boat! We had a blast!

We had so much fun and we loved hanging out with the Parker's. Ashlyn, Grace, and Ethan had so much fun playing together and Megan and I had a great time as well, and of Course our dudes loved hanging out relaxing and getting out of the office!

It was a nice way to end the summer season! Now we are planning an Ocatiou Trip to ride dirt bikes and quads!

Family Vacation

Okay so I know I said I would post pictures of my trip to Idaho and then I didn't ..... life is crazy, trying to get into a new routine with Ashlyn being in school! Well we are a good 2 weeks into school and we are starting to settle in with homework and playtime and then bedtime.

I just want to take a minute and just say that I love my family.... we are all in such different places in our lives but we love each other so much and we are there for one another and this makes me very happy, although I live far away and have a life here I know that I also have a place in the hearts of my family back home.

I enjoyed spending a week with my sister Megan and her family we had such a great time and she kept us busy with all sorts of fun things! I am so grateful for her and the way she loves me... I love you too girl!

They took us to Cherry Hill a water park with water slides and a lazy river! Ashlyn had so much fun with her cousins!

Oh how cute me and my sister Meggy

That was a fun week. We went from Meagon's house to my moms house in Twin Falls and met my sister Amber and her kids there and had a fun week with my mom and her.... meagon had to get back to her hubby. Amber and I had so much fun together... I miss living in the same house so that we can share cloths and do each others hair!

So we took our kids bowling and there was no one to take a picture of me and my sister but me so this is how it turned out.... our little ones were like what the heck, but we did it! Brook is so stick en cute! I am so lucky because not only do I have my sister Meagon but I have my sister amber as well I love her so much and am so glad that we are sisters! I love you girly! I have one other sister who is just as great.... she lives in Texas and I miss her and her kiddos I wish we saw each other more, thank heavens for blogs!

Here are some pictures of the kids bowling! Carter and Ashlyn were so cute and they played so well together!

I don't know if you noticed but my little Ashlyn likes posing for the camera each pix she is striking a pose.... oh what a drama queen.

I always have a wonderful time visiting my sisters and I love spending time with them and their kids, I also love spending time with my mom and dad they are such great parents and I love them so much.... I love getting to know them as an adult I feel so lucky to have them as teachers throughout my life, I can appreciate that now that I am grown and have my own kids!

I love seeing my parents with my kids its like the circle is complete we are one big happy family and I love it! I love my mother she one of the most selfless people I know, and I have always been a daddy's girl there is just something about him that owes me... he know just the right things to say he knows how I think a little scary sometimes but I am sure that comes in handy because I can be a little crazy at times. I love you all and thanks for loving my hubby and my kids, and making it such a great visit.... until the next time.... and yes this is a formal invitation to my family to come and visit me here in calil!

I love this video of my mom playing with Collin its so cute!