Day 11 in Ashland

And of course, on our last day in Ashland we managed to take a trip to a horse riding stable. :-) Madeline and the twins were very happy!

Merry Christmas!!!

The girls were SO excited Christmas morning... I really wish I would have woken up early and had my video camera ready so I could have recorded their excitement. They were so incredibly giddy and cute!!!


Grandma, Maddie and I playing a little game of Mouse trap.

After the kids went to bed the grown ups stayed up for a little poker fun!



And the day after Christmas! It snowed!
We also went ice skating today. More pics to come. I need to download them off my phone first. :-)

Day 8 in Ashland- Christmas Eve!

The girls all pitched in and we made three different kind of cookies for Santa. :-) His favorite ones are the dark chocolate kind. Yum!




The remarks after tasking Lithia water is quite comical:
Chris: "It's interesting, actually, it's pretty good!"
Theresa: "It smells like rotten eggs and tastes even worse!"
Maddie: "It tastes like sparkling water."
Lucy: "It's too spicy!"
Ava: "yuck!"
Grandma Elaine: "It's not my favorite."
Grandpa Fred: "No comment."

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us. We were supposed to go ice skating, but the rink was closed due to weather... it was too warm! Instead we walked around Lithia park... Even Grandma climbed the play structure!! GOOOOO GRANDMA!!!







My husband is sooooooo handsome!!!






Walking around in downtown Ashland is a great experience. All the stores participate in decorating with lights, the town looks great! There is mistletoe placed around the town...perfect for steeling kisses with Chris. ;-)
And of course, cookies for Santa!

Day 7 in Ashland

We took a trip to Mt. Ashland today. It only took us about 20 minutes to get the snow! We had a great time playing in the snow. Even Bailey had fun!