Asher who?

Well, Asher has been quite busy playing at home and having fun at preschool. He is a great big brother and a big helper too. Following are some pictures of Asher the last month or so playing and exploring his many pretend roles.

Daddy's big helper, Painter Asher, finishing the living room walls:

After craft time and painting, Asher decides to be a writer and paint his name:

Writer Asher perfecting his name:

Scientist Asher investigating fruit previously frozen in a block of ice:

Drawing his observations in his journal:

"Card shark" Asher busy with Go Fish...

Asher busy building a cave for his dinosaurs:

"Worker" Asher (PJ day at daycare) constructing a big building for the people:

Conductor Asher:

Another day... Asher conducting again... "all aboard!"

Firefighter Asher responded to an emergency to capture a Valentine's Day card eating dragon:

Firefighter Asher again, scheming with Pirate Katelyn:

Policeman Asher on the scene:

Dr. Asher has upgraded lately to Surgeon Asher:

Pastor Asher playing his guitar and singing:

Astronaut Asher ready to get in his rocket and go to a planet out in space:

Chef Asher ready to cook up something good in his kitchen:

Farmer Asher (unfortunately his farmer overalls and flannel were dirty this day) playing with his horses (from Grandpa when he was a boy!).

Ezra at 9 months

Well, Ezra is growing up fast. He loves to pull himself up to standing and has been practicing walking by cruising between furniture. Ezra keeps busy playing, but he now prefers to explore the toys the big kids play with. Here are some pictures from January...

Out Visiting

Mom, Holly, Katelyn, Asher, & I went out visiting after Christmas.

It was nice to see Erica again. The kids chatted a bit and then entertained themselves with the organ, singing, and dancing while we continued chatting. They also enjoyed looking around the farm, despite the cold weather.



Then we ventured on to see their Great Grandma Gleason. It was a real treat for them to have her play the piano for them. She sang "I remember the day you were born" to Katelyn and Asher and then "Guess I'll Go Eat Worms."

Christmas with the Whites

Glad to be able to get together with Chris, Kerri, Zach, & Ben. Here are a few pictures of everyone from our Christmas celebration.










Thanks to Chris & Kerri for getting presents for the kids. I know they were a big hit!

Glad to have visitors!

Busy day today. Seems I don't leave the house much with doing daycare in our home, but the holidays bring guests... we are so happy when people stop by to see us!

Over the holidays we had a nice visit with Nelda, and with Bob and Carol. So much family so close, we need to try harder in 2010 to get out and visit.

The Perkins family stopped by today. It was nice to see Mark, Emily, Braeden, and Lucia. Of course, the visit was too short. Didn't even get a picture of them. :(

So glad to have Kendra and her girls staying with us for a couple of days. Here are a few Christmas pictures of Brittany and Carolina:



Don couldn't come as he is currently stationed in Iraq. But, here is a picture of Kendra and Don when they were in Vegas:


Kendra asked me to post a few more picture of the kids so the family could see how the girls have grown and see some highlights from their visit (sledding and seeing Maureen and Peg)...