Ashton Family: May 2010

Natasha's Graduation

So Kairington and I went away for the weekend and it was a great trip...very fast though. We left Logan Saturday afternoon around 1:30 and drove down to Salt Lake to catch our flight. It took a little creative thinking to get a baby, a diaper bag, a carry on bag, a stroller and a baby car seat from the parking lot to the shuttle, but we made it, then it was even more tricky to get all of that through security, but we made it without any big issues and had about an hour to kill while we waited for flight. Kairington was the best baby, she didn't cry on the drive down to Salt lake, nor on the shuttle or at all at the air port...she just played with her toys and watched people. Then we got on our first flight to Denver and actually had an empty seat next to us, so I sat her down and turned on Einstein and she watched it half the flight and then the other half decided to take a nap. Then in Denver, we just had time to get off one plane and get onto the next one. This flight was full, but Kairington was once again a perfect child. I fed her some baby food while we waited to take off, then she played for a little bit and then fell asleep the rest of the flight. We got into Omaha about 9:45 or so and Tasha and Chris were waiting for us. We went to dads and chatted for a little bit and then we headed to bed. Kairington slept straight through the night and I had to wake her up to get ready for church. Then she sat quietly on Grandpa Wright's lap or Uncle Garth's lap the whole time at church. Then we were off to Tasha's graduation. It started at 1 and we thought it wouldn't go any longer than an hour and then we figured 1/2 an hour for pictures....WRONG! It didn't get over until almost 3, so we took some quick pictures and fought our way through the crowd and went home. We eat some dinner while Kairington slept for a couple of hours. Then Tasha wanted to show me her apartment, so we headed over there for most of the evening until it was bed time. Then I got Kairington to sleep, packed our bag and went to bed. Once again,Karington slept through the night and probably wasn't too excited to get woken up at 5 in the morning, but we had to catch our flight. She pretty much slept for both of our flights home and on the drive home, but was well rested and happy to see everyone at home. We got home just in time for me to get lunch for the kids while Mike went down and worked. All in all it was a great trip, wish it was a little longer, but could not have asked for a better 6 month old to travel with that is for sure. Thanks to my great husband for watching the other 2 kids and let me go to support my sister. I couldn't ask for a better husband...Love Ya Mike!!

Tasha & Mo Brown (They are besties)

Tasha made it!!

Tasha & I (The favorite sister!)

Tasha & Kairington

I think Tasha likes Kairington...just a little bit!

Tasha & Garth...I dont think she knew who to look at, Dad or I

Tasha & Chris

Tasha & Thayne

Tasha & Dad...he is done, all his kids are graduated!

What? You don't let your kid chew on cords!?!

Kairington is all smiles!

Kairington not sure about siting by herself

The thanks I get for leaving!

So my youngest sister, Tasha, just graduated from high school this past weekend. The plan has always been that I would just fly to Iowa for the weekend and Mike would stay with all the kids. I would get a great break and get to enjoy some time with my family and Mike would get to bond with the kids for the weekend. Well that all changed 2 days before I was suppose to leave. I decided that I would take Kairington with me for a couple of reasons. One is that I know I would miss her like crazy, two I though I would take the X factor out for Mike so he would be able to do things with the old 2 kids while I was gone ( and he did take them to the park, out for ice cream, and managed to make it through 3 hours of church by himself) and three because I thought I would surprise my family in Iowa and just show up with Kairington (plus heck why not bring her, she is free,right?) Well the day I was leaving, Saturday, Reighlyn woke up with a fever and very whinny. I thought, oh poor Mike on one hand and on the other I was like, good luck, see ya! I think he and I were glad I was taking Kairington since Reighlyn didn't feel to good. Well the report from home while I was gone was that the kids had fun and were pretty good, except Reighlyn complained that her ear hurt the whole weekend, but didn't want to miss out on anything. Well Mike said that Monday morning she woke up with dried liquid from her ear and acted like she felt a lot better. Monday afternoon when I got home, I checked her temp and it had gone down a bit and she was acting fine, but since I needed to take Kairington in to the Dr for a 6 month check up and shots I thought I would bring her along. Well everything went great with Kairington, she is in the 43% for weight and 78% for height and no sickness for her. Reighlyn on the other hand had broken her ear drum and needed to get some medication and ear drops. But at least the sickness stayed with her instead of making its way through the rest of the house. She is doing great now and should be healed completely in another week.

Spring is here...kind of!

So it seems as though spring is having a hard time coming to Logan for sure. We will have some way nice weather and then wake up the next day to snow. I think the kids are more confused than anything. Reighlyn is having a hard time understanding why she can wear a skirt to preschool one day without tights and then the next day she has to go to school in jeans and a winter coat. Lets hope since it is the end of May now, that all the snow is gone!! We have gone I think a week and half or so without any snow...cross your fingers!! The kids have been able to enjoy some days outside in spite of the snow we keep getting. Here are some pictures of them just enjoying being outside.

Reighlyn playing with the bucket and shovel

Reighlyn digging in the dirt

She is in to sucking on her bottom lip when she smiles

Kairington enjoying being outside

Keegan playing on the slide

They both love the sand box

Reighlyn & Keegan playing at the park in the sandbox

Easter 2010

So I know it is way past Easter, but I was just downloading pictures from the camera and saw all of the pictures and I thought I would post some of them since I never blogged about Easter. Easter was pretty low key this year. Thanks to GREAT Utah weather, we opted for an inside Easter egg hunt this year. Also since the kids are all still so young, I knew it wouldn't be a deal to them at all. So we just invited a couple of people over, Ariana and her 3 kids (Jonathan was working or sleeping...who knows) and Lauren and her 2 kids (Tim was working). While the Ana and Lauren kept the kids occupied, I went down and quickly hide a bunch of eggs just in the family room and then while they were looking downstairs I hide the rest up in the front room and dinning room. I think it took me maybe 10 minutes to hide them all and it took them 5 minutes to find them all. Oh well, they had fun. They we decided to color eggs, little kid style...NO EGG DYE!! We used crayons...I tell you what, it is the best idea I have ever had...no worries about little kids knocking over dye all over. It is so easy and quick to clean up. Last year we had stickers too,but I never got to the store to buy some this year. Then the adults sat and chatted while the kids ate WAY too much candy. Then that night I refilled the eggs for the next morning when the Easter bunny would come. The Easter Bunny hide the kid's baskets and gifts in the basement where they couldn't get to them until Mom and Dad were ready...hehe...what a sneaky bunny! They had the normal candy and little toys in their baskets. Reighlyn & Keegan both got stick horses that when you press behind the ear it makes horse sounds. They also got a basketball hoop to share for when it warms up outside. Kairington just got some little toys and a new bib. All in all it was a great Easter, especially since we were able to stay home and watch Conference on TV. Can't get any better than watching the prophet on Easter Sunday!