Celebrations

And now, I must have redemption. I made Soph dress up for a "first day of school" picture on the second week, first day of school. I swear, I really don't know sometimes. . . Caleb also started preschool this week with a group of moms and kids from the ward. He wouldn't pose on his real first day so this'll have to do. Everyone is happy and glad to be back into a somewhat normal life.



Secondly, we celebrated 8 years of marriage on the 16th! It was great to have a husband home to celebrate it with. He surprised me and took me to "The Roof" restaurant in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I made the mistake of wearing a girdle to help slim me down for our special date then I was surprised by a wonderful buffet dinner. I was so sad! After only one plate I was bursting at the seams. I've got to convince him to take me another time when I'm only wearing sweats so I can get my money's worth! It was such a nice evening and full of surprises.

Then, the next day my good friend Young, stopped by to visit over night. It was so fun to play games--she is almost as competitive as me when it comes to winning card games. It was great to have you and miss you!

Catch Up

I thought I'd just periodically post some of my photos from this summer--just because I'm sure you are all just dying to see them:) Here's one of my greater accomplishments of the summer besides sitting on my mom's couch and letting her do all of my laundry all summer. Some habits are oh, so easy to settle back into:) First picture is before our 13.1 mile run and here's after

Noone has ever told me that I just glisten--it's a full on sweat! Way to rock the house Ash girl. Coming from LA and running up to 7,000 feet. We were awesome!

So, Sophie has started 2nd grade and in all of our getting settled I didn't take one picture of my school girl. On Monday, I'm going to make her dress exactly the same and try one more time. I swear I'm losing my mind.

HE'S BACK

We got him back! It was a much anticipated event and we are so happy to have Ryan home. He had a great tour and with his coming home we had to leave Idaho. It was a bitter-sweet reunion for sure. We stayed for a few days to enjoy that perfect weather and our family there. We went swimming, hiking, played in the river, went to Jackson, etc. We had a great week just being together. Now, it's back to the grindstone. We pulled in late last night to our second home--Ryan's parents. We attended Soph's back to school night tonight, got Caleb enrolled in preschool, and took over the house, again. Ready or not, here we go. I am so thankful that I could be with my family over the summer--if there was any way for us to stay in ID--oh, I wish. It was so fun to read the memories from those of you who posted--I've been pretty teary-eyed the last few weeks.