June

Josh took Aspyn for a bike ride after she begged him. He took her for a ride around our parking lot for a little bit and then around the block once. She loved every minute of it!

Even though this next picture is blurry you can see how much she liked it.

We went to go and see Jon and Emily up in Idaho Falls. We let all the kids sleep in one room which they thought was so much fun. Not a whole lot of sleeping went on but when they finally did go to sleep this is how we found Aspyn and Ben.

Too cute!

The many faces of Aspyn!!

Last night we attempted to do a photo shot with Aspyn. We went up to the Logan Temple where we have been wanting to get pictures taken for awhile. The results as you can see are probably typical for a 2 year old. We only got about 5 pictures where she is smiling (or somewhat smiling). The rest are just fun to look at. Enjoy!!

Birthdays!!

I have been meaning to post these for awhile but we have had people come and visit and going to see family and so I keep forgetting. May is the month of birthdays at our house. Aspyn turned 2 a couple of weeks ago and she had a great birthday. Lots of fun presents and a fun birthday party, what more good a 2 year old want. Here are some pictures of the big day!The big 2 year old in her birthday outfit. I can't believe she is 2 already!!

Her birthday present right before she saw them.

She loves the baby accessories. It came with a stroller, a car carrier that turns into a high chair and swing, little bed carrier, and diaper bag with food and dishes. She LOVES it!!

New clothes of course, she tried to see if anything was exciting was underneath it all.

And play-dough, so much fun!!

Feeding her baby in the high chair.

Her birthday cake!

I also made cupcake cones, they were a hit and so easy to make.

Here she is while we were singing to her. Whenever she gets nervous she puts her hand in her mouth.

Finally getting the candles blown out. She got one out by herself but Daddy had to help with the other one.

Here she with her friend Clarie using the cool gift that Clarie gave to her.

My birthday is a few days after Aspyn and I turned the big 25! Josh got me a new camera that I wanted and I had a great birthday. Here is me blowing out the candles on my cheesecake (not a big fan cake).

A family shot (thanks to Cecilee)!

I think that Aspyn thought we were singing to her again and was a little confused when I blew out the candles, too funny.

Graduation (kind of) and an early birthday!!

Josh technically graduated this past weekend. He wasn't able to walk to get his master's because his thesis isn't quite finished and he didn't want to walk to get his bachelor's so we didn't go to any graduations. But I made him put on my old cap and gown and take pictures anyway!! I am so proud of him for all he has done, he has been working really hard the last few months and still is and it will all be worth it once he is done! (Just have to keep reminding ourselves that)

Here he is with Aspyn, she really wanted to be in the pictures.

A family shot done on self timer, which Aspyn thought was super cool!

Josh's parents decided to come up and celebrate "graduation" with us by taking us out to lunch. They also brought up Aspyn's birthday present which we decided to let her open while they were here. She was in heaven that the big present was for her. It's almost as tall as she is!!

Trying to figure out how to get the paper off of it.

It's a broom!! She got a cleaning set with broom and dust pan, a mop with two different heads, scrub bush with two different heads, a spray bottle, and gloves! She is in heaven, she loves to help me clean and it was always so hard because she wouldn't let me mop or let me help her mop, she had to do it by herself. So now she has her own stuff to help me clean.

Trying out the mop to see how it works. She was really shy in this picture but I can't tell you how much she has played with it all since Friday when she got it.

Trying out the gloves, you think they could have made kid size gloves to put in there but they are real gloves that fit me. But she loves them anyway.

Easter!!

Here are a couple of pictures from our Easter weekend. We dyed Easter eggs on Saturday night. On Sunday Aspyn woke up to an Easter basket but since we have 9:00 church and have to be there early she really didn't get much time to look at it so when she got home she had lots of fun (mostly eating the chocolate). Josh had hid some eggs around the living room and kitchen and she had fun finding those and putting them in her basket with the rest.With Daddy while dying eggs. She loved seeing the eggs coming out a different color then they went in. And she loves Deviled Eggs, a new favorite food.

Aspyn with her Easter Basket. She put it around her neck by herself, I think she thought it was a very pretty necklace.

A good shot of her in her Easter Dress. She loves to pose for pictures, as long as you only take one and then let her have the camera. She does have a very cute cheese face though.

Baby Animal Days!!

Last Saturday we went to Baby Animal Days at the American West Heritage Center here in Logan. They have it every spring and they let you hold and pet all the baby animals. They also give pony rides and have all sorts of activities. Aspyn is a big fan of animals and she LOVED being able to see, hold, and pet all of them. We took a lot of pictures and since they are all so cute I just decided to make it into a slide show. Enjoy!

Walking in Heels!!

I really don't own too many shoes with heels but yesterday I had worn some to a fireside I had to play at and when I got home I just took them off in the living room. Aspyn saw them and decided she really liked them. She put them on and walked around in them, not once did she fall and she was in the for at least 20 minutes. She is a natural in heels. I had to take a picture of it but in the process she was trying to walk to me to get the camera so I didn't get a very good shot of her but you get the idea.

And the Winner is ...

Okay, not that we really based our decision off the poll, but just in case you were wondering Princeton, New Jersey won 7-6. But on to the real decision, we had decided to move to . . . wait for it . . .

Princeton, New Jersey!!

Josh will be attending Princeton University where he will be working on getting his PhD in Civil Engineering (Hydrology for anyone that really cares). Schools starts on September 17th (our 5th anniversary, again for anyone that cares) so we will most likely be moving the last week in August. So, if anyone knows anyone in the Princeton area, we are looking for an apartment so send them our way please.

Spring Break!!

We had a great and extra long Spring Break. Most of it consisted of Josh looking at graduate schools (**See Previous Post**) but it was still really fun. It started out the Thursday before spring break officially started with Josh flying out to Illinois to check out University of Illinois. Aspyn and I went down to see my parents who just got home from their mission and spent our time with them. Josh got back from Illinois then flew out to Seattle the next day to check out University of Washington. He got back and rested a day then we all flew out to Philadelphia and spent a few days with my sister who lives in Delaware. Josh was able to drive up to New Jersey one of those days to check out Princeton. We had a lot of fun but I also forgot to take our camera. So, here are a few pictures that we took from our cell phones, hopefully they are not too bad (there are a lot of them too, sorry).

Here are a couple of shots that Josh took at University of Washington

These next few are ones he took at Princeton (really cool, old buildings)

Here are some from Aspyn and my trip to Philadelphia

The Liberty Bell

Aspyn and I in front of the Liberty Bell

Aspyn in front of the Betsy Ross House

Independence Hall

The Signing Room

The table where the Declaration of Independence was signed

Where should we move??

We have decided to see where all of you think we should move. We have narrowed it down to two places: Princeton, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington. Both have their ups and downs and we are pretty sure where we think we are going but would like to see what everyone else thinks. There is a poll on the side and I will leave it open until Tuesday and then we will most likely be posting our decision soon after that.

First Haircut!! (Finally)

Aspyn finally got a haircut!! Not that she had much too cut off but the front was getting in her eyes and the back really needed to be evened out. So we finally did it. She wasn't too thrilled with the idea so we finally just put a towel down in the living room and put in her favorite movie (Winnie the Pooh). She was content after that to just sit and let me cut.


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Proof!!

Here is our proof that Aspyn tries to say Obama. When I saw that he was going to be talking to Congress last week I knew it was my chance to get it on video because he would be on the TV long then just a few seconds. So here is what we got. (At the end she realized I had the camera and decided to say cheese for me, it's pretty cute)

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We then made cookies and while we waited for them to bake this is how Aspyn watched the speech. Every time they would clap she would start clapping and cheering.

I think we may have a political junkie on our hands (that didn't come from me)!!