Christmas Eve Eve, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day

Christmas was great this year. Ashlyn was much more excited this year and I think she really understood Christmas this year. She was very interested in the Christmas tree and when she saw Santa on tv or in the parade got very excited, but of course she didn't want to get too close to him though. So no picture with Santa this year.

The night before Christmas Eve my Grandma Betty came over and Jason made dinner for everyone, Jason's parents were also in town for 10 days during Christmas this year. Christmas Eve was spent at home just the three of us this year. Jason had the stomach flu and spent most of the day in bed and my parents were also sick and stayed in their bed all day. That night though Jason felt well enough for a car ride, so we went driving around, with my brother, looking at all the decorated houses around the neighborhood. Christmas morning was celebrated with all the grandparents and both uncles. Ashlyn had so many presents she didn't know what to do with herself. For Christmas Day we went to Uncle Ryan's and Aunt Maria's. The whole holiday was wonderful.

Christmas Trees, Disneyland, and Baking Cookies

Before Christmas we had lots of Christmas activities. We went Christmas tree shopping. Ashlyn loved running around looking at all the trees. Then that night we babysat Siena and decorated the Christmas tree. The next day we went to Disneyland for the Christmas parade, and Uncle Ryan, Aunt Maria, and Quinn joined us. Ashlyn loved looking at all the characters going by. Then it snowed and Ashlyn and her Daddy loved it. Before Christmas we all got together and made Christmas cookies at Auntie Dianes. We all had so much fun.

Disneyland

In the last month we have gone to Disneyland every week. Having a season pass has been very nice. We only go for about half a day but it's still tons of fun. The first time we went with my cousins Tracy, Sarah, and our god daughter Lacey Jane, and a bunch of other friends of Lacey and their mom's. Ashlyn was getting over that fever, so it took her a while to start having fun, but it was a great day. Then that Sunday Jason, Ashlyn and I went to take family pictures over at the Disneyland Hotel. So Afterwards, my cousins Joe and Melissa (Joe took the pictures) went in to ride Ashlyn's favorite ride, It's a Small World. The following week we meet Aunt Maria and Quinn for the afternoon. We even went to see Santa, who Ashlyn wanted nothing to do with. We are going to go see him again this weekend, so we'll see how Ashlyn does. And then yesterday we went with my best friends Danielle and Andrea and their kids Lacey, Mia, Kannon and Connor. We had so much fun and Ashlyn just loved seeing her friends and playing with them all day. I'm really glad we got our passing this year. It's so nice having it so close.

Thanksgiving 2007

It took me a while but I finally got our Thanksgiving pictures up. We went to my Aunt Georgann and Uncle Tom's house for Thanksgiving. We celebrated the day with my cousins. It was Siena's first Thanksgiving, and she slept through most of it. The day started off a little shaky. Ashlyn was suppose to wear a different outfit. I had bought a brown dress, in the spirit of Thanksgiving. But in the rush to get ready in time Ashlyn decided it would be fun to play in Daddy's bathroom drawer. Well Ashlyn found some of Daddy's scissors and as I'm putting on my makeup I see in the corner of my eye Ashlyn opening and closing a pair scissors. Luckily Ashlyn didn't cut herself but she did leave two big cut marks in her dress, luckily we had another dress I was going to take back. The rest of the day went very nice, dinner was great, and USC won so it was a great Thanksgiving.