Our December Doings...

Is it just me, or did December go by a lot faster than any other month this last year?? It was a crazy month for us, but it was also full of good memories, good company, and lots of fun!

Ashton was mesmerized by the tree.

Can you believe how much it snowed in St. George??

Ashton's super awesome gift to us this year was going from this,

to actually walking on his own (and being able to stand up and start walking)

within just 2 weeks!! More pictures/video on that to come... 

Yay for new toys!

 
 The Esplins always get together every Christmas Eve for a fondue night (gotta love home-grown beef fondue!).

We went shooting the day after Christmas with my family

and a couple of my cousins. So fun! 

Ashton got cowboy boots for Christmas!!

He obviously wasn't too thrilled about them...

We also got together with the Esplins for some family pictures,

complete with all of our dogs! Look at that sweet face. 

Yay for the Christmas season (which, by the way, was over waayy too fast)! I hope yours was just as eventful and great as ours! p.s. Christmas Day will follow in another post...there were just way too many pictures!!

More stuffing, please!

Thanksgiving found the 3 of us abandoned as both of our families left St. George to be with other loved ones.  Luckily, my grandparents, sister McKenzie, aunt KK and her husband, Bryan, were also left all alone this year.  So we outcasts gathered together for a delicious dinner. :-) We had turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, rolls, Grandma's to-die-for sweet potatoes, the oh-so-important green bean casserole, pies, and, Ashton's favorite--stuffing!  Ashton's first food love was stuffing, and he's still kind of obsessed with it...

  

 This is how Ashton plays "peek-a-boo"

 More stuffing, please!

  

After dinner, we hurried home to take a quick walk before Ashton took his I-ate-too-much-and-now-I'm-really-tired nap.  It was beautiful with all of the vibrant colors!

  

Let him eat cake!

A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated Ashton's 1st birthday! The weather was perfect, the company was great, and Ashton was happy and, miraculously, smiling for the camera! Thanks so so much to all who came and shared that special milestone with us, and a big thanks to my mom, aunt LaDawn, and friend Emily who helped me put this party together--and to our good family friend, Timber, for taking all of these fabulous pictures! I definitely couldn't have done all of this by myself! (Forgive the millions of pictures...Timber just took too many cute ones and I couldn't choose!)

Happy birthday, Ashton! You are SO loved!!! (And so, so, ridiculously cute!)