A Rain drop!

Madi is in the first grade. At school they have been learning about nature. So all the first grade classes put on a little singing program about the things that they had learned. Madi was a rain drop, and got to do a rain drop dance. She helped me make her little costume, and did a very good job dancing and singing. She loves school, her teacher and her friends. (She even had the stomach flu this day but went to school anyway because she didn't want to miss out! you can tell she looks kinda pale in the pictures! It is funny to me how kids can feel so crappy but still want to run and play!)

Madi with her friend. A rain drop and a cloud, so cute!




Doing the raindrop dance!

Helloooooo La La La!!

Hi everyone! We are still alive, I have been horrible about blogging these last few months. So I just posted a bunch of pictures to give a quick update. I did it backwards though so if you want to go in order just scroll down to the bottom of the post! Tons of stuff has happened! I graduated from nursing school!!!! Hurray!! My Aunt Pam and family moved. Camille got married! We got to hang out with all of the family! The Cardinals lost the superbowl, and there was a lot of little things in between! I need to keep up on this. I am hoping to be better now that school is done but we'll see. N-E-way, Love ya!


Aunt Pam and her family moved to Idaho! So Meghan had to have me color her hair. It didn't turn out to bad! But we miss you Burbie family!!


Chad's sister Camille got married in January! She and Rob are such a cute couple. It was so fun to see all of the family too!


Congratulations Camille and Rob!! We are so excited for you!


This is a picture I took of the Temple with my new camera Chad gave me for Christmas! It turned out really nice!


Me and Chad at the Temple for Cami's wedding!


Those are SODAS that Lando brought not Booze, but they look cool all iced down in the sink!!


This was our awesome Super Bowl party! Everyone brought their own meat and a side dish, and we got to use our new grill! The Cards lost, but it was a really exciting game! And we had a ton of yummy food!

Chad went to the NFC Championship game with his brother-in-law Zach! The Cardinals won! Yeah!




I graduated from Nursing School Dec. 11th 2008! Yea!! These are some of my buds from school! Congrats guys!




Me and Chad after graduation! Thanks for all of the love and support babe! I love ya!!

Oh Christmas Tree!

We got our Christmas Tree! I was so excited because this is our first "big tree." All of our other trees, were pretty small. This will be our first Christmas in our new house and I am grateful for higher ceilings and more space!

Fun with the Hurds and Bethany!

A few days before Thanksgiving Rachelle, Scott, baby Tenley and Bethany came to visit us. It was so fun to see them. Tenley is soooo cute, she has chubby cheeks (perfect for smooching) and smiles a lot. Madi came over one night while they were here and she loved Tenley. She really liked her chubby cheeks. While she was playing with her she came up to me and whispered in my ear "um Ashley do you think if we lay her down on her back that her cheeks will go back like this?" Then she put her hands on her own cheeks and pulled them back towards her ears! It was so funny! It was nice to get to see Beth too. She just got home from her mission and we were glad to get a chance to see her and hear her fun missionary stories! We went out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant, and I had to remind Scott to order a Bean Burro, not a Bean Burrito! (ha ha, long story!) Later Camille and Rob came over to our house, along with Trevor, Jana, Landon and Dalin. We played the Wii, and Farkle. (our favorite dice game) The next morning we went out and shot clay pigeons, and then went to eat at R&R. It was so fun to see you guys, thanks for coming!! Luv Ya!


Rachelle, Scott, and Tenley


Bethany, Scott, and Chad the clay pigeon thrower!


Farkle!


Me, Madi, and Tenley!

A better late than never, TWILIGHT freak!!

Ok so I know that this is a little late, and that most everyone who liked the Twilight books has seen the movie and has their own thoughts on it, but I have been busy with my last few weeks of nursing school and didn't have time to comment before, so here are my thoughts on the movie! (better late than never!) I LOVED it!!!!! The day that Twilight opened I had to work and I was really worried that I wouldn't get in line early enough, (that is what happened to me when LOTR came out) So my good Hubby Chad went and got in line for me! It was so funny because when I finally got there Chad was standing with about four other guys who were saving spots for their girlfriends or wives! We had to stand in line for a few hours, but it was fun because we had our friends there and my sister Meghan and her boyfriend too. We ate pizza and drank soda, and talked to all the other crazy twilight fans! I thought that the movie was Awesome, and I think that it followed the book well. I think that I liked it more because I didn't have really high expectations of it. I thought that all of the characters were cast really well, and I thought that the baseball scene was cool! Of course there were a few cheesy parts but I didn't think that they were nearly as cheesy the second time I saw it! Ha Ha! Chad liked it ok, but he won't be seeing it again. Thanks babe for going with me and for standing in line, I had a blast! Funny story, Meghan and I went to see the movie again and right during one of the lovey scenes a girl behind us started throwing up into her popcorn bag!! I felt really bad for her but it was funny timing. I think she was embarrassed because she sat there for a really long time after she was done throwing up, just holding her popcorn bag on her lap. I would have been running for the door!

Madi and Chad cleaned and rearranged the garage the other day so we can finally park our cars in it!!

Halloween Fun!

Madi loves Ariel, and that is who she wanted to be for Halloween. We found this Ariel tail that I wore one year when I was little, it had a little bra that went with it, but we looked through all of the dress up boxes and could not find it. So I had to improvise. I found a little girl sports bra at wal-mart, some shiny material and sequends, and it didn't turn out too bad! When we put it on Madi said "Um, Ashley this makes me look like I have....B's" at first I didn't know what she was talking about so I asked "What are B's?" She looked at me like 'Duh' and pointed to her chest! He He it was so funny!


At school Madi got to have a little parade in her Halloween costume with her classmates then they got a party. She got tons of candy at the school carnival and going trick or treating. It was so fun!