Everyone Needs Blessings....

Andra was saying the blessing all by herself. She said the usual "thankful for this day, thankful for mommy and daddy and andra and drisan, thankful for our friends. PLEASE BLESS JESUS. in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." It was cute, but reminded me that no matter how good life seems to be going, or who you are, we all need blessings from our Heavenly Father and that all good comes from Him. The End.

Christmas....finally

We hope everyone had a great Christmas. I know this is late, but oh well.

Here are a few pics from Christmas (I'll try not to put up TOO many).

We had a GREAT time at our house Christmas Day & got to hang out with Uncle Mike & Aunt Sue (and their kids & families) & our good friend, Candy. Then we set out on the crazy roads the morning of the 26th. We got to Boise (after 10 hours!), and hung out with Jeremy's fam the next morning. We ate Papa John's biscuits 'n gravy (I only eat his....they're SO good!!!), and opened presents. Then we braved a big storm, and after 7 more hours on the road, made it to Rigby.

We stayed at my parents' house, along with my sis Melanie & her fam. I think EVERYONE was sick, or got sick, at some point of the "vacation". hahahahha! Oh well...we had a great time & I still would have gone if I knew beforehand.

Here are the most of the "girl cousins" layin' down for "quiet time" after.......

playin' in the snow with my sis, Susan

the girls all got dressed-up with the stuff Grandma & Grandpa gave them

We got to see some fun relatives/friends who used to live over here. (Miss you guys!) They were havin' too much fun & didn't want to sit long enough for a good pic.

Drisan was SO excited with all the toys he could put in his mouth! YUM!!!

Andra loved hanging up the stockings. Christmas morning she woke up to see they were gone! She was bummed 'til we pointed out that maybe Santa moved them downstairs!

We're starting a new tradition....we open one family gift Christmas Eve (most likely a Christmas book that we get to read that night.) This year we read "The Night Before Christmas".

(sorry the pics were "out of chronological order". i'm still learning this stuff.)

It Was Nothing

The other night I asked Andra to keep Drisan happy while I made dinner (Jeremy wasn't home yet). So, she started playing "chase" with him....her running back and forth between her bedroom & the front room. She'd also dive into a tent that we have in the front room, and Drisan would start chasing her one direction to the other...even crawling into the tent with her. It was very cute, and I was very happy they were happy entertaining each other. So at dinner, I said, "Andra, thank you for playing with Drisan & keeping him happy while I made dinner."
She responded, "It was nothing!"
I laughed, because I'd never heard her say that before....and we don't say that. It was funny. She has continued saying it when I tell her thank you for "helping" Daddy put up child-proofing gates, going potty on the toilet, etc.
Where do kids come up with these things?!?

It's a bird...It's a plane.....It's..it's...the ASTONS!!!!!!!!!!

Well, well, well....Look who's FINALLY started a blog! I guess since my little brothers are comin' home from their missions this month, I'll fill that "email-writing-to-them-time" with blogging. haha. I'm hoping you'll have as much fun reading our blog as I'm hoping I'll have keepin' up with it. Jeremy seems excited to put his 2 cents in sometimes, too! YAY!!! But for now, I'm off to explore how all this blogging works, & to find a pic or 2 to put up. Thanks for your patience as we get this put together.