The many faces of Ashley....

While Daddy and Danielle are outside playing in the snow, I get to play with Ashley.  She's growing so fast and is starting to make LOTS of silly faces.....Enjoy!

"I'm worried, Mommy!"

"Hm. Interesting."

"Ok, now THAT'S cool!" (my personal favorite)

Enter the Snow Shovel

Danielle was very concerned that she did not have her own snow shovel.  So we decided to encourage this sentiment by getting her a Danielle sized shovel and letting her help Daddy shovel the driveway....

She had so much fun being a big helper!

....and even Bob had trouble getting anything done because she was too cute to watch!

First trip into the snow this year....

When we got a bunch of beautiful snow, Danielle got to get all bundled up and go out to enjoy it!

Posing for Mommy....

....entering the winter wonderland!!

Making tracks through the yard....

Look at my snowflakes, Mom!!!

Beautiful Snow!!!

We had a storm a few weeks back and the next morning, this is what we woke up to see!

The sky was so bright blue and the snow was so thick and pretty that it HAD to be documented.

I LOVE DAYS LIKE THIS!!!!

So we thought we'd share it with you.....

Decorating the Christmas Tree!

Decorating the tree is ALWAYS a lot of fun, not to mention a big job!  This year we decided to have two trees -- we needed the extra room for the girls' ornaments!!

Danielle decorating her and Ashley's tree.....

...and helping Mommy and Daddy to unpack all the ornaments....

And Daddy always makes a good ladder....

Ashley enjoyed looking at the lights!

Right before Thanksgiving.....

So the weekend before Thanksgiving (yes, I know my blog is not in order here), Marc and Sonja stopped by with the kids on the way out to Marc's sisters place.  We got to have wild and crazy cousin fun and slumber parties for a few days....

Uncle Bobby got to entertain them all with the guitar...

We attempted a 'nice' picture....

....discovered that wasn't working so we just went for silly....

Eli had so much fun playing with Ashley!

....and of course, there were plenty of pile-ons with lots of camera flashes going off all over the place.....Much fun had by all!!

Thanksgiving....in North Carolina!!

For Thanksgiving we loaded up our two little cutie pies in the van and headed out for a quick (14 hours, including traffic) drive down to see some our family.  We hadn't seen them since last year, so it was LOTS of fun catching up and each cousin got to introduce a new member of their family!!  Heather and Steve welcomed Wyatt (3 months old), Katie and Bill welcomed Harper (6 months old), and we got to show off Ashley (10 months old).  Garrett and Danielle had a blast playing together and got to work on sharing trains with each other.

Here's Harper and Ashley playing together.  Harper learned how to sit up all by herself while we were there!!

....and I got to have fun making funny faces at Wyatt -- and even got a few smiles back from him!

Here's Danielle and Garrett looking at a Thomas the Train book together....

The beautiful cook with her turkey -- YUM!

....Steve is just the master carver.....he even makes it look easy.....

The table is loaded and we're just starting to sit down.....

Uncle Danny and Bob even managed to get out for a few rounds of golf over the long weekend!

Gretchen got in some extra cuddle times.....

....and Ashley made some silly faces....

All in all, a WONDERFUL trip!!!!