Birthday Party Fun

Jacob was invited to a surprise birthday party for one of his classmates Alec. It was held at a gym in Syracuse. The boys all got to jump in the trampolines, run down the mats and jump into the foam pit at the end of the runway. The hit of the party was the harness/bungee cord bouncy thing. I will try to upload the videos from my phone. Wish me luck! I give up. I can't figure out why my pictures won't rotate correctly. I have literally spent 20 minutes trying to edit them. My brain is now mush. Here's the best I can do. I'll have to try the videos later. Gees!!!

A House Divided

As most of you know, the Asay house is a house divided. I am a BYU graduate and Marty is a Utah graduate. His heart lives for the Utes. He comes by this weakness honestly; his dad (the most wonderful father-in-law a girl could ask for) is a Crimson Club member. In fact, the entire Asay family is Utah through and through. Jacob takes after his dad. He loves the Utes. He has been fortunate enough to attend the football and basketball games with his grandpa Asay. What a thrill for him. Thank you Dave for creating such fond memories for my sweet boy Jacob. In salute to Jacob's Utah passion, I turned his room into the Utah fan's dream. Here is proof:

Because I have lived a righteous and worthy life, I have also been blessed with my little Benjamin. He is a "Go Cougars" fan. It's hard to hold fast to the iron rod. But my little four-year-old has decided to CTR (choose the right). He says that people who do not make good choices "choose the left." For example, Utah fans "choose the left" according to Ben. I rewarded Ben with his righteous decision to be a BYU fan and turned his room into the Cougar Den:

The Fat Head logos will be ordered as soon as I can afford them. But I have compensated by adding the cute Rocket Ship ceiling fan. 

I love my family. I love Marty, Jacob, and Ben. We are so blessed. I'll end this post with a picture of a picture of my darling little angels and a few pictures of Marty and Ben snuggling on the couch:

Merry Christmas

It's hard to believe that Christmas has already come and gone. All way too fast I might add. I love my family. I could just squeeze my kids. I love them that much. They are so much fun. What a delightful way to wake up Christmas morning. I just had a thought. The word "mas" means "more" in Spanish. What a neat way to define Christmas: "more Christ."

 I love Jacob's expressiveness. I love his eagerness. Ben was just as eager; it just didn't cross over into the pictures. No pics of Marty. He was the cameraman. Notice how he even got shots of Sarah in the background?

Ben's Preschool Christmas Program

Is Ben cute? Yes. Is he a pill when he's supposed to be cute and perform well at his preschool Christmas program? Yes. Do I love him anyway? You betcha!

 

Christmas Angels

I know two of the cutest Christmas Angels! We took the kids to the Ogden Christmas Village for family night. This was the third year we weathered the cold temps to let the kids run around, enjoying the sights. After chasing Ben around, we got the kiddos back into the warm car and went to Sandy's for some hot chocolate and hot fudge cake. What can I say? I am a sucker for my kids and proud of it!

 

We're Not In Kansas Anymore...

I thought I left the hurricane force winds behind when I moved from North Carolina. But no. I guess they followed me here. We had quite a few shingles get blown off the east side of our house. We also lost some soffits, fascia, and a tree. Our neighbor's trampoline blew through the fence. It was quite sad. It's crazy that the equivalent to category 2 hurricane force winds could exist here. It was like living through hurricane Hugo again. CRAZY!