Weapon of Mass Destruction Jan. 20, 2011

Who knew that a little girl could be soooo messy? She has a talent. This is after two bites of a cookie. She somehow got it all over her pants and socks as well.


The next pictures are all in one day. She unraveled a roll of toilet paper while I was changing the laundry. I decided to take pictures of all of her messes today because it's so unbelievable.


She emptied the wipes while I let Taggert out.


My Dad's cliff notes collection. Good thing he wasn't home.


Video tapes fiasco. Where was I during all this you ask? Well first of all I had the flu and was just grateful she was entertaining herself. Second, she does all this in two seconds or less. Sometimes the destruction occurs just while I am in the bathroom. P.S. This was not all of her messes today, just all I felt like documenting.

Hyde Park Home

Nelson and I went to see the progress of our home in Hyde Park last Tuesday. This is actually a picture Nelson took a few weeks ago. It now has a covering around it.


This was last Tuesday. This is the back of our house.


This is the view from the back of the house.
There were deer tracks everywhere. Yeah for Nelson!


This is the east side of our house. We are the first house on the next street to face south. So our neighbor's backyard faces the side of our house.

This is it now. It was a muddy mess. I don't know how the workers stand working in such cold weather. Kudos to them. This is where I will put all my flamingos and garden gnomes.

This is in front of our house. There will eventually be houses across from us. Behind those houses will be an elementary school.

This is the west side of our house. That road will open up someday. There is a canal along there as well although you can't see it in this picture.

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.

Hollyween 2010

So I bought a wig from Nelson's coworker to add to my Halloween collection. She used to sell wigs professionally and wanted to get rid of them. My pleasure! I always am looking for a good "mom" wig. As soon as I tried on the wigs she had, it scared Evy and she started bawling. Well little did I know that this wig was similar to the top hat Frosty the Snowman wears. Whenever you put it on, awesomeness occurs.


I went to lunch with my friends on Halloween. We each tried on the wig and watched ourselves transform into goddesses. This is Kim.


Stephanie

Maggie really rocked the duckbill in the back.

Jessica.

Vienna was probably my favorite. She looked like a doll from the 1980s.

Evy

Mindy AKA her mom Barbara.

Molly

Later that night, Matt and his family came over. Zach was Harry Potter.

Kate was a bee.

Evy was an angel.

Well, Steve couldn't resist the wig's magic either. Happy Halloween!