My View

The beautiful view of Mt. Hood that I get to look at every morning! Can't deny it is beautiful here!

Bridgeport Village

In front of the BIG Christmas tree!

A train ride around the shops

Another visit to Santa...can you ever have enough? I couldn't use my flash, so it came out blurry.

Decorating the tree

As soon as we got home from California, the girls couldn't wait to decorate the house and the tree.

Taking turns putting the star on top of the tree.

They put every single ornament on all by themselves

Holding their ornaments with their pictures on them.

I decided the tree doesn't need to look perfect to me. I left every ornament exactly where they put them because it looks perfect to them!

Trip Home for Thanksgiving

We decided to go home for Thanksgiving this year instead of Christmas. It seems like everyone is sooo busy at Christmas, so we thought we'd try Thanksgiving. Well it was our favorite trip home yet! We got to stay at Philly & Jessi's house with Baby Emma and let me just say...I loved getting to see her every morning! Emma on the other hand LOVED seeing Uncle Darrick and Jordyn in the morning.

Jordyn loved to feed Emma her bottle. When Jessi tried to feed her all she wanted to do was look at Jordyn. So Jordyn was happy to feed her!

Jordyn would say "I'm Mad, I'm mad" and look away and Emma thought it was very funny. Jordyn didn't have to do much though, Emma thought she was pretty funny. Jordyn even made Emma laugh so hard the morning we were flying home, that poor Emma threw up her breakfast!

She laughs with her whole body. She tightens her legs up! So cute!!

We went to Sea World with the girls!

They love to see the Clidesdales (is that even how you spell it??)

Darrick's parents met us there. Papa & Jordyn are in the back and Darrick is in front of them.

Ash didn't want to get her new outfit wet, so she stayed with Onna & I.

Feeding the Sealions

Onna & Ashlyn watching the Sea Lion & Otter show

This fish was very funny looking

We spent Thanksgiving at Darrick's sister's house. We had a great time. The girls enjoyed playing with their cousins!

Ash, Emma, and Jordy watching T.V. together! How cute is that?    

We thought maybe Jordyn could distract Emma from the fact that she was on Santa's lap, but that didn't happen. As soon as Jessi put her down, she was crying. Even a sucker didn't help. She was so upset and shaking! I hope next year will be better! She is still adorable, even screaming.

End of Soccer Season Pizza Party

Jordyn just finished her first season of outdoor soccer. She absolutely loved it! We loved going to watch her games, so exciting for all of us!

She was so excited to get her first trophy! She put it on her shelf in her room. She's very proud of it!
We are so proud of her. She improved so much this year. She's more aggressive and goes after the ball. She made a lot of goals, which she's very proud of. She would warm up before games by running up and down our stairs. She was convinced that was why she could outrun everyone. We can't wait to see what other sport she wants to play or to watch her play soccer again!

Here is a video of what her Coach had to say about her...

American Girl Bitty Baby

Ashlyn got another present in the mail and she hasn't put it down since. Her Onna & Papa and Darrick's sister Natalie and Mickey and her cousins got her an American Girl Bitty Baby with matching jammies and backpack/carrier & different outfits. She went to her room after opening it and didn't come out for over 30 minutes. She fed her and changed her and mothered her.

She loves that she came with her own "beep" (blanket) because Ash has her "beep" and every baby needs one.
Matching

Baby Sadie (she named her) wrapped up in her beep going for a walk with her dog on the leash.

Sadie came with a baby book to record all her "firsts" in. Ashlyn thinks it a storybook for her. She read her a bedtime story last night and this was Jordyn reading them both a story this morning. Ashlyn slept with her in her bed too. Like I said, she hasn't been away from her since she opened her up. Even took her with us to take Jordy to school. I have a feeling she'll be going a lot of places with us. Maybe Murphy and Max will babysit for her sometimes!!

Ashlyn's 4th Birthday!

We are used to a big family birthday party, but with no family here we still wanted to make it a very special day for Ashlyn. We started with a best friends make-over at a kids salon. Good thing Ashlyn picked Jordy as her best friend to take. They were so excited!

Ashlyn is so shy. She didn't talk for the first 30 minutes or so.
She didn't want to smile at all. Doesn't she look like she's having fun getting her hair done with hot chocolate and all!
You can always count on Jordyn to do the talking!
Jordyn's hair...
They LOVED having pink, purple, and blue in their hair.

Ashlyn's hair

Picking out colors for their nails

A little pre-soak

Jordy's nails

Ash is finally ready to drink her "hot" now "cold" chocolate

My beautiful girls after their make-over

After Ashlyn opened all of her presents, she went to the other room and quietly sat their for over 15 minutes applying all of her chapsticks. The only thing she wanted for her birthday was double sided chapstick(see video below). Which is what she's holding in this picture.

Frosting her cupcakes

Funfetti cupcakes with Funfetti frosting...just happens to be my favorite too!

Jordyn helping to frost the cupcakes even though she hates frosting. We left 2 unfrosted for her. This child is crazy! Ashlyn and I make up for her dislike for frosting!

The only thing left to do was to get her ears pierced! Jordy got hers done when she turned four, so that's what Ashlyn wanted to do too!

I was shocked she was actually going through with it. She is so reserved and not a risk taker at all. Quite the opposite of my Jordy!!

One, two, three...

Trying to be brave...

But it hurts...

A sucker helps to make everything better!

Happy as soon as she sees them in the mirror!

Wearing the new jammies that Meme sent

So proud! She said the best part of her birthday was getting her ears pierced!!

Finally cupcake time!!

Happy Birthday Ashlyn, you truly are a blessing to Mommy and Daddy. You make us laugh everyday with the cute way you talk and things you say. You are our princess! We love you more than words can express!!