Asher's Birthday!

Back in August my baby (and yes I still call him my baby) turned two! Sometimes I look at him at can't believe he is that big! We had a party just for family on his birthday. It was fun to see everyone who could make it. Thanks!

All the cousins playing before the party started

It didn't take them long to get out every toy in Asher's room

Asher LOVED it! I think this was his favorite part of the day

Present time

Asher kept trying to get the kids to leave and go back down to his room to play

This is his quite book G-ma James made him. But at this point he was pretty much done with helping with presents. He hadn't had a nap yet and was tired and grumpy

So he went to Dad, because no one would do what he wanted. And I had to open presents alone

Dad trying to show him one of his cool new presents

He finally came back over when I opened up this car, but he didn't stay long. He just took the car back to Dad to open it so he could play with it

Dad opening his car

Boise State jersey

He finally did sit with the other kids for the remainder of the present opening time

After I opened the last present I got a big hug from my birthday boy

Checking out his new gifts

Birthday Cake

He wasn't so sure about the candles

He didn't want them anywhere near him, which is weird because he normally is trying to get to my candles that  are burning

His cousins finally helped him out and blew out his candles for him

The birthday boy himself

His basketball and football cakes. I wish I would have put the laces on football in the center, and I would have redone it but I didn't have enough frosting to correct my mistake

Eating his cake

After everyone left we decided to go for a ride to try to get him to sleep, and Dad of course couldn't wait for him to try on his new Boise State jersey and hat. My little tailgater!

He was out cold before we even left our neighborhood

And of course Shanyce and Oso had to have some cake (without frosting) too. It was after all Shanyce's birthday too!

The Birthday Girl

Another of Asher's presents, even though he has had it since July. We still put a bow on it for the party. 

Thanks Mindy for taking pictures for us! It was really nice that both of us were able to participate and watch Asher instead of being stuck behind the camera! And there is pictures of both of us! Thanks again!

Birch Creek (Take 2)

In August we went to Birch Creek again. After the fiasco of last time we went, we weren't really sure that we wanted to go again. But we decided to go anyways, and I'm really glad we did. This time things went right and we had way more fun than the time before. We headed up on Thursday, and then Friday night Jason's parents and his sister and her hubby came up. Mindy and Colton only stayed until Saturday afternoon, because they had a reunion to go to. But we had lots of fun.

 Watching a movie while I make dinner the first night

 Look at that dirty face! He had lots of fun playing in the dirt
(Also notice the spot on his chin? We were out at my parent house, and Asher was running around their couch with our niece Sereniti. All of the sudden Sereniti came running in to us and he was on the floor crying. He had tripped over something, so I went in to see how he was and he was bleeding. We could never find anything anywhere around that he had hit, but he had a puncture on his chin that wasn't very wide but went all the way through. We could see his bone. But we still have no idea what did it!)

 Playing in the water. Dad was "too cool" to get in :)

 He would walk from where we were in last picture to this spot where he would get out and run back up to the other spot to get back in and do it again.

 He loved throwing rocks in the water, and using sticks to splash in the water

 Splashin'

 He made me go over to play in the dirt with him

 Then he took both of his hands and put them on his face, resulting in his "war paint"

 Doesn't everyone cross their feet when they play in the dirt? 

(He was copying me)

 Playing catch with G-ma

 Everyone who was there, minus the dogs.

 Saturday we took Jason's parents to Meadow Lake and had lunch. It was so cold up here though, especially with the wind. We didn't last long, but did get a picture with our little family before leaving

Beautiful sunset.

On a side note Jason and Colton went for a ride right after Mindy and Colton got there. Then during dinner, Colton comes back by himself saying Jason's bike broke down. He had to take our truck back to get him. Needless to say, Jason wasn't the happiest, and it took over a month for it to finally get fixed. But he's back up and running now, just in time for the snow! (He did get to go once before it got too cold, and they might try to go one more time!)