June

My mom, Callie, and I flew to Illinois in June for my Uncles wedding. All week we were decorating the church gym for the reception, making all the food for the reception, and pretty much we were really busy. But it was so nice to see everyone! And it was even better being there for my Uncle Jared's temple marriage! I'm so happy for him!

This isn't a very good picture, but from L-R: Grandma Ashley, Callie, Lauren, my mom, Dalynne, and Aubrey dipping the strawberries in chocolate for the reception.

Even though we were busy during the day getting everything ready for the weekend, the nights were SO MUCH FUN! Every night we would stay up late talking and laughing and DANCING! We were trying to help Uncle Jared come up with songs to play at the reception, but then we would run across a great fun song to dance to and we would all dance to it.

Also, one night we were trying to teach Uncle Jared how to slow dance and what he should do while dancing with Michelle (his wife now). There was a lot of laughing and some tender moments that I will never forget. I love getting together with this family.

Mr. and Mrs. Jared Ashley!

My cousin Aubrey and 2nd cousin Whitney.

My cousins son, Jaxtyn, surprisingly sat next to Callie, after a few days of not wanting anything to do with her. haha

Callie and I dancing.

Callie and Amol- Amol danced with Callie the whole time pretty much, way more than he danced with my cousin (his wife). haha sorry Lauren. :)

He LOVES my mom! :)

Me and Grandma Ashley.

Uncle Jared and I.

Zach graduated on June 13. Yay Zach! :)

Fathers Day!

He wanted a kiss but she just wanted to play with his lips. haha

May...yeah it's a bit late.

My Aunt Melissa is getting into Photography and wanted to take some pictures of Callie. I think she did an amazing job! Here are some of my favorites.

Callie makes these HUGE kissing lips all the time! I'm glad she got a picture of them!

Andrew turned 25 on May 31st!

We went to the Melting Pot the day before for his birthday dinner.

This is a steam behind Jim and Paula's house.

Andrew's 25th Birthday! And Jim and Paula's 38th Wedding Anniversary! Andrew wanted Key Lime Pie instead of cake. I'm going to brag a little- I made it and it was SO GOOD! :)

My family came also, and this is Callie with whip cream on her face after my dad kept squirting it in her mouth. haha she loved it!

New Blog Address

Hey everyone! Next week our blog address will be www.aaelmer.blogspot.com. We're letting you know now so you don't lose us! :) Keep in touch!

May and more cute pictures of Callie! :)

Sometimes I pull her in this- she LOVES it! haha

Mimi and Callie. Notice Callie's earrings? :) They're just clip-ons.

Mother's Day: Andrew and Callie brought me breakfast in bed and made me french toast with peanut butter, yumm!

Callie loves walking on dad's feet!

So cute.

I love it when she sits like this.

I caught her playing like this. :)

Callie and Grandpa.

So Callie doesn't like the feeling of grass. It seems like she's a little better in it if she's touching Andrew or I, for comfort maybe? You'll see her reaction to grass in the following pictures. :)

She fell and didn't want to touch the grass. haha

And we just left her there so she would possibly get use to it. But didn't. Don't you just love this face??! hahaha

Don't you love her bottom lip?! This was the longest she's ever stood up on her own- she is still not walking! But she stood up for like 5 minutes in this same spot because she didn't want to fall and touch the grass! So funny! And mean of us for just taking pictures and laughing. :)

Didn't want to touch the ground. :)

What a funny girl!

Update: I had her walk in the grass yesterday, after Jim mowed it, and she did fine. Still a little hesitant, but way better than earlier this week! :)

April

One day Callie kept holding the chap stick tube in her mouth like this, while she played. What a smart girl, to figure out a way to use both hands but still hold the chap stick. haha.

Us at the Rexburg temple.

Rexburg, Idaho Temple

Watching Asher for the last time! :( Callie kept trying to put his hood on. haha

Callie helping me pack.

Andrew's graduation! YAY!!!!!!

Andrew and his parents.

We left right after the graduation and MOVED TO SPOKANE! Thanks Jim and Paula for helping us load/unload everything, and for pulling the Uhaul! Oh and for letting us live with you to!!!!! :) And thanks Smith family for helping us unload everything also!

So sweet!

She loves kissing her baby!

Everyone in the car.

Following Jim and Paula and our Uhaul.

I love Callie's feet in this picture.

Andrew and Callie were taking pictures on the computer and this was one of them. haha!

One day last week we woke Callie up from her nap and went into town. This was the face she made for like 15 minutes. She looked so cute and so much older. It was pretty funny.

Callie's 1st Birthday!

Sorry this is so late. Enjoy! :)

(Video made my Andrew!) Thank you! :)

April Fools

This is my dad. He's a State Trooper. You wouldn't think he was by this picture, but he's definitely a fun and goofy dad. And he got me good on April Fools day. Here's the story:

Okay so I was getting ready to do the dishes when he called me. This is what he said, "So mom got a call from Tims mission presidents wife this morning. You know how he's had problems with his molars? Well he hasn't been able to get them looked at since our insurance doesn't cover him where he's at, and they're really bothering him right now. So the dentist finally decided to just look at them for him and I guess one is infected really bad. So anyways, his mission presidents wife called and said he will have to come home to get them fixed- I'm not sure what they'll do though, but it sounds pretty serious because she said he'll probably have to come home as early as Sunday." (By this point I'm crying a little!) Dad: "But I guess Tim is heart-broken because he has to come home early." I was quiet the whole time, crying, and dad finally noticed the silence, so he asked if I was still there.

I was quiet a little longer and said, "yeah" as I started bawling.

Then he said, "Ashley, are you crying?!"

Me- bawling loudly, "Yes."

Dad: "Why are you crying?"

Me- in my bawling voice, "Because I feel bad for Tim and that he has to come home early from his mission, when he's having such a great time there."

Dad: "Oh Ashley, APRIL FOOLS!"

Me: still bawling loudly.

Dad- laughing in a feeling bad kind of way, "You're not supposed to cry Ashley. I tried to come up with something that wouldn't make you cry. I was going to tell you that your mom was in the hospital or that I lost my job. I didn't want you to cry."

Me- still bawling.

Dad- kind of laughing, "I'm sorry Ashley."

In the background I kept hearing my mom saying, "Did you make her cry?!" Then my dad had me talk to her while he went and picked Brady up from school. My mom got on the phone and tried to calm me down, but I just couldn't stop, even though I thought it was kind of funny- well a good April Fools joke. He finally got me...not very easy for that to happen. :) But mom kept saying that the joke was on him because I cried and made him feel bad. haha He got me!