November 2012

We celebrated my 33rd birthday, which is a national Hollyday, this year. Nelson took the kids and I to breakfast at Kneaders. That night Nelson took me to the temple and to dinner. It was snowing and so pretty. It was a nice date night.

The next night we had family and friends over for Winston and I's birthday party. We had soup and breadsticks. Nelson had to work unfortunately, so he missed the party. My Grandma Mac brought me this huge cinnamon roll from Angie's restaurant. Bless her.

 

Sarah made me this amazing cheesecake since I don't do cake. I was nice enough to share FYI.

Winston wasn't too keen on his cake.

Grandma Mac, Maggie, Winston, Simone and Maddi.

 

Maggie, Holly, Coleman, Kim

Casey, Ray, Grandma Mac, Holly and Coleman

 

My Dad sent me this amazing text this year. A little early, at 9:14pm this year. He did buy me a cute sweatshirt a week earlier and came to see me so he's off the hook.

 

As for Thanksgiving, I worked all day. Boo. Hiss. Nelson had the day off so he took the kids to have Thanksgiving with his family. They went to South Jordan and ate at his sister Connie's. You can always tell by Evy's hair and clothes that I am working. Ha ha. It sure is a bummer to work holidays and be away from your kids.

Halloweenie 2012

We went to Gardner Village (Daybreak Mom central) with my sister, mom and Kate. Maggie and I felt like we had to wear knee high boots and a big chunky scarf in order to enter. Evy wouldn't sit near the witch.

Holly, Maggie, Evy

Kate and Evy

We went to Sarah and Travis's house to carve pumpkins. Nelson did this little beauty.

I apologize to Coleman for squishing the crap out of him in this picture.

Nelson dressed up for work on Halloween. I guess lab nerds can have fun. He was a NFL replacement referee.

Evy getting ready for Halloween. I love little girls in curlers.

I made Evy put on my mom wig over her curlers. I thought the curlers were a great touch, don't you? A Halloween cannot go by without my mom wig.

I made Coleman give it a try as well.

Ready to go trick-or-treating, or as Evy says, "trick-or-freating."

She is obsessed with princesses, especially Snow White. I would have loved it if she wanted to be Elvira or something.

Evy and Coleman. We went trick-or-treating to Logan Nursing Home first. They give Evy tons of candy. Everyone kept asking if Coleman wanted some candy. I was like, um no thanks. Maybe a giant tootsie roll would be perfect or a jolly rancher.

We then went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Then we hopped on our neighbor's 4 wheeler and went to some houses in our ward that live east of us. This is our neighbor Cameron. He wanted to be a blue cat, so a blue cat he was.

Almost forgot, we went to the annual Pumpkin Walk in North Logan. We went during the day which was much less crowded. We came straight from their doctor appointment where they got their flu shots. What troopers. It didn't even phase them. It poured for the next two days right after we went. Glad we went when we did.

I also made owl cupcakes for Nelson's work potluck. I am not this creative. I just look at Pinterest for ideas. Bless you, Pinterest.

Ashworth Halloween Party 2012

Crystal put together a Halloween party for the Ashworths. We had dinner and games at Nelson's parents' clubhouse. Evy kept saying how scared she was of clowns before Gene got dressed so he tried to take it easy. I told them the only clowns these days are creepy so Evy doesn't know any different.

Camille and Coleman. What a cute little man I have. Camille and I were talking about how we had to "unsexy" our costumes because every girl costume is nasty.

Dan and Ben. "I'm Warrio, Ima gonna win!"

Evy wanted to be Snow White of course. She did her own lipstick. I don't claim that.

Connie and Coleman.

Linley, Sawyer, Ben, Paige and Evy making ghosts.

Dan playing Halloween Bingo with the kids.

The adults played "minute to win it" games. This is Amanda competing against Chase to get the cookie in her mouth using only her head. She won BTW.

Nelson wanted to play this one just so he could have a cookie.

Connie and Brett trying to blow the balls into the next containers. Brett won this one.

Gene and Karlene having to fish pennies out of pantyhose. This was hilarious P.S.

I hope you enjoy my hideousness. I wore the mom wig of course. I am a firm believer that you should be hideous or scary for Halloween. Kids not included. They can be cute.

Evy turns 3! Sept. 8, 2012

Evy has been talking about her birthday for at least a month. She has been pointing out "princess party cakes" at the store and talking about seeing her cousins come. Then the day before, I asked her who's birthday was the next day. She kept saying it was Kate's birthday and Kate's cake. Hopefully she finally figured it out. I didn't have the skills to make a princess cake. Maybe next year. I blame Kim for this. She is the cake maker. Karlene and Gene were camping in Hyrum. They brought Evy some presents and we went out to lunch.

Evy loves "M & N's"

We had our nearby family over for a BBQ and some friends joined us for cake and ice cream. We had a lot of leftover ice cream and I have been enjoying it a little too much.

Grandma Marian, Brian and Cameron (our neighbors), Nelson, Ray and Jack.

Cameron, Evy and Vera.

Evy's Great-Grandma Marian and Grandma Elena

Evy got an Ariel doll, a princess camping chair, baby bassinet, a bow that shoots marshmallows, bubbles, nail polish, movies, a magic wand, puzzle, play-doh, princess jammies, etc.

Evy and Maddi blowing bubbles.

 

The marshmallow bow was a hit. Peyton, Nelson and Jack.

Vera, Elena, Maddi, Cameron and Evy.

Evy singing to and babying Ariel.

This is that morning when we were frosting her cake. This is a lovely look for her. Happy birthday Evy!