Happy 14th Birthday Ashley!

Ashley went & turned 14! Everybody loves Ash, even the Biebes wanted to wish her Happy Birthday:


He even dedicated a song for her:



Our Ashley was born on a beautiful Friday morning, September 27th, 1996. She is the 3rd girl in our family. She is full of spontaneous delight! She's a go-getter & nothing is impossible for her when she sets her mind to it. She loves to read & has always been several grade levels ahead in reading.

Ashley was so excited to start pre-k & learning. That 1st week of pre-k she came home & asked us, "when am I going to start reading & doing math?" It was so dang cute!

When Ashley was little she rescued her little sister, Faith, who she saw fall in our pool. Ashley is very dependable & reliable. She's a great friend. She's a great debater & can run circles around Ryan & me sometimes. She loves to give talks in church. She loves animals, plays the violin, enjoys gymnastics.

We are so grateful to have this special girl in our family!!!

Just Dance!

The youth of our stake, ages 14 to 18, put on a Multi-Cultural dance festival Saturday night. It was awesome!!! Each ward preformed dances from different countries around the world such as, Cuba, Italy, Samoa, etc.

Our ward's country was the USA. I loved our dances! You can tell all the effort that was put into this both by the youth & their leaders. We did the Virgina Reel, Charleston, the Twist/Hand Jive, Electric Slide & had a special appearance by Michael Jackson! Watch for Sara in the 1950's number with the twist & hand jive. She looked so cute in her poodle skirt & pink ladies jacket! (I should have taken a pic of the back of her jacket). All the girls were adorable! I do have to say that our ward had the best costumes!


Great job to Sara & all the youth in our ward & stake! Thanks to all the leaders, as well, for all their work on this fabulous event!

Domestic Goddess Internship

So I moved up a little in my Domestic Goddess internship! My lovely neighbor, Laura Krummenacher & I canned some chicken in my pressure canner. It was a first for both of us. Once we got going, we were surprised at how easy it actually was to do. Why did I ever wait 5 yrs to use that canner?! Thanks to Laura because if it wasn't for her I might have gone another 5 yrs!