So I was finally able to get pictures of Ashlynn in her cupboard. She wanted the camera so I didn't get very many and she was reaching for the camera in one of the pictures.

So I made curtains for my kitchen and I made this thing for Ashlynn's bench. I thought that they turned out cute, but I don't know. Here are the pictures. Tell me what you think.

These are just a few pictures of ashlynn. She decicec she wanted to sit in Rudy's bowl.

Update on Ashlynn

Ashlynn is getting so big. She has been walking for a few months and she loves it. She also says a lot of words. She says no, yes, bye, hi, daddy, baby, sit, rudy (our dog), JJ (that is what she calls my sister Jenna), she trys to to say tickle. I think that is all the words she is saying.

She also loves to read. I have always read to her but she has never been very interested in the books, but the last couple of days she has loved it. She brings me books all the time to have me read them to her and when Bryan gets home from work that is one of the first things she does. She finds a book for Bryan to read and brings it to him. On sunday Bryan was talking on the phone to his dad and was fliping threw the pages and not reading the book for ashlynn so she got mad and started to hit him with the book. She really does love to read.

I have cleared a cupboard in the kitchen for Ashlynn to help her stay out of the other ones. She does a good job of staying out of the other cupboards and it is really cute to see her climb into her cupboard. She loves to sit in there and put her toys in it. I will try to get pictures up of her in there.

Update on us

Well we have been very busy the past couple of months. Bryan has been working in Dubois, Wy for about 2 months, and we also have been doing a lot of construction on our house. We have finished putting up the siding but problable wont be able to paint until next summer because it is getting to cold. We have put in all new windows and are putting in a woodstove. We hope to have the woodstove done by the weekend. Next week we will be starting to refinish our wood floors. I also have been busy painting things for Ashlynn's room and also painting the game\tv room.

We are excited that Bryan's parents and grandparents will be here in a couple of weeks. My parents are also coming up for a couple of days so it will be a lot of fun. Bryan is really excited about his hunting trip. Bryan has been really busy so it will be a fun brake for us to have his family here and for him to be doing something he enjoys.

Anniversary!

So today is are second anniversary. We weren't able to do much because Bryan is working in Dubois so I drove up to see him and am staying with him while he is working in Dubois. So we went out to dinner and there is really anything else to do here because it is a small town so we got dessert and went back to the hotel. For our anniversary we got a picture frame that does the slide show of the pictures.

Ashlynn's Birthday

Ashlynn's first birthday was on the 8th. I will put pictures up soon of her cake and her opening presents. Thanks for all the presents she got from everyone.
Ashlynn's got from us a new outfit, blocks, magnet numbers, and a doll
Grandpa and Grandma strasser she got a new pair of pants and two shirts that were really cute
Shorty and Papa she got a couple of new toys that Ashlynn loves
Vanessa and Rob got her a cute new skirt and shirt
Aleta and Joe she got new clips for her hair (that Ashlynn will only keep in for a little while her hair is still a little to fine to keep them in for long times)
From a coeworker of Bryans she got a kick ball.
David and kimber a gift card to target
Her cousins drew pictures for her that she loved to look at.
Ashlynn loves all of her new toys and cloths.


Ashlynns Birthday cupcakes

The 4th of july was busy at my parents house. Everyone has able to come up and visit. We went to a parade and made a cupcake flag that turned out really cute. Ashlynn was really tired at the parade so she did not enjoy it at all. My brother-in-law had to carry her around in a backpack to calm her down. Bryan went fishing that day so it wasn't there for the parade.

The other day the girls got together to make necklaces and bracelets. Ashlynn likes to chew on her bracelet. I posted a couple of pictures of her new bracelet (hopefully she will stop chewing on it).

Fishing Day 2...

Back out to the reservoir and another limit of fish but this time they ran smaller except for this 20" brown and kokane.

Fishing Day 1...

Bryan went fishing with my Dad and caught a bunch of beautiful fish. Rainbows, browns, cuts, and kokane all 18+ inches. Fontenelle Reservoir Wyoming.

Hot Summer Days

We finally have nice weather in Rexburg, so we decided to buy Ashlynn a swimming pool. She didn't like it as much as I thought she would. The first day we put it up She only sat in one place and didn't move around much. When I was in the pool with her she tried to crawl on top of me to get out of the water. The next day she liked it a lot better. The water was warmer for her and she had some fun playing with her toys in the pool. We also took her to a play in the water at Porter Park. She really didn't like it because there were older kids and it wasn't very warm. We got a couple of pictures and took her out and had a picnic in the park.

4th of July

We are at my patents house for the 4th of July, and they actually had there celebrations this weekend. Ashlynn wasn't really excited about the parade but she seemed to enjoy the fireworks. These are pictures at the parade and of her watching fireworks.

We went fishing on Thursday with Bryan's cousin, Matthew, to Aldous lake. It was really cold and there was still a lot of snow on the ground. Bryan had to push Ashlynn's stroller in a mile and a half.

Ashlynn has been getting into everything and is being very active. The other day I put Ashlynn in her walker (which of course she hates to be in because it ties her down) so I could take care of some things in the other room. When I came back a few seconds latter she was no longer in her walker but was sitting on the kitchen floor. I was completely shocked. I have no idea how she did it, she only had a little red mark on her head.

Fun in the Sun

The weather hasn't been to good lately but yesterday it was very nice so we had a bar-b-que at the park. All of the Strasser cousins came and my parents and brother and sister. Ashlynn enjoys being outside and we took her to feed the ducks while we were at the park. She didn't get very excited about it like I thought she would, but that's okay.
So we just played a couple of games after we ate lunch. We played soccer and ultimate Frisbee. I believe my team won both games.

A New Home

We have finally got a blog up and running. I started one earlier but I didn't remember any of the information.

We have been busy the past few weeks moving into our house, we went up this past weekend and wanted to do some work on the siding but it rained the entire time so we didn't get much done. We love our new house and are excited to get moved in and to be living in Wyoming.

Ashlynn is getting so big. She has eight teeth already and is crawling, climbing, and getting into anything and everything. She has learned how to make kissing noises, fish faces, and to wave bye (we are still working on teaching her to wave bye she likes to copy what we do, but she doesn't wave goodbye every time). Ashlynn has also been standing without holding on to something for a few seconds at a time but she gets nervous after a little while and decides to sit down.

I hope to get some pictures posted soon so you can see pictures of Ashlynn and our new house.