Christmas 2010

For Christmas this year we slept at my parents' house. Evy had been ornery for a couple days. Not sure if she was teething or what. She was out of it either way.


My dad had one of my presents specially gift wrapped! How marvelous!


Nelson tried to get Evy to open up packages but she doesn't quite get it yet.

Evy got a couple baby dolls, her own mini-computer, a movie and a push toy.

Evy tried egg nog for the first time. Nelson will mix it with sprite and then down the whole thing right before bed. Sick.

Too bad Santa didn't bring her a personality this Christmas eh?

Later that night we had dinner at Darren and Camille's house with Nelson's parents then visited Crystal's family. Happy Hollydays!

Ashworth Christmas Party Dec.19, 2010

We had our Ashworth family Christmas party at Nelson's sister Connie's house this year. This is Evy in her Christmas tutu.


We told the story of Christ's birth.


Paige and Linley always entertain us.

Amanda, Sara and Hailey.

Evy

We did my favorite karaoke. Nelson, Pete, Sara and Connie.

Paige, Connie, Amanda, Hailey.

Hailey, Ben and Paige.

Nelson's Iowa whitetail deer hunt Dec.9-15, 2010

Nelson went on a whitetail deer hunt in Iowa. He stayed at a farmhouse by himself that was built in 1920. He has been wanting to do this for sometime because there are only mule deer in Utah and I guess there is a difference between the two. This is a picture of some Canadian geese Nelson enjoyed. No he didn't shoot them.


Nelson shot a doe and a buck. I hope they didn't have babies together that are searching for their mommy and daddy. Nelson said it was about 8 degrees outside with the wind chill making it feel like 15 below. (I'd rather go somewhere tropical myself). He sat in a blind all day by himself and froze. For fun!


This is the proud buck. He brought the antlers home and a few back straps of meat. The rest of the meat he donated to the Amish that lived nearby. It's a nine-point buck. This will be our third mounted buck and maybe fourth set of antlers that get to adorn my walls. His friend Tyler is practicing taxidermy and is going to mount it for him. Nelson loved his trip but is enjoying the warm, cozy fire.

Thanksgiving 2010

This year we had Thanksgiving with Nelson's family at his sister Cheryl's house in Lehi. This is Amanda getting cozy with Toby.


Karlene, Grandma Shirley (Nelson's step-grandma Ashworth) and Connie.


The Ashworths introduced me to sweet potatoes several years back. I will be forever grateful to them for this.


Linley, Sara, Paige and Ben.

Holly and Evy

My grandma Marian and my step-grandpa Ray came to sleep at my parents' house that night.

My mom made another turkey a couple days later. She usually does this so we can have leftovers. I found my dad eating his in bed. That's right folks, in his bed. Who would do this? Only Steve. Look at the struggle to cut his meat. It gets worse; he later came down for pumpkin pie. He grabbed a slice with a napkin and also took it upstairs to eat in bed.