Visit with Grandmother Schroeder

And here he is putting the hat on Aunt Michelle. He was quite proud of himself.
Asher doesn't necessarily like to wear hats but he is fascinated with putting them on other people. here he is putting Grannie's hat on grandmother.
Graham eating the icing off of a gingerbread house that Michelle brought for the kids to assemble. it was quite messy but they had fun.
the vacuum had a piece that could be detached and turned on. Asher had an infatuation with it but it still scared him. He wanted it turned on just not with him touching it! Grandmother was helping him turn it back on again.
he loved this vacuum. he played with it almost the entire time we were at Aunt Pat's.
I am not cooperating for that picture!

I was so glad that Grandmother Schroeder agreed to come to Dallas for a visit while we were in town. it was great to see her and I know sitting in the car for a few hours is not as easy on her any more but we were super grateful to see her and my cousins. Thanks Michelle.

Asher hanging out with his cousin Ryleigh

Ryleigh was very excited to have Asher over to her house when we arrived in Dallas. She had fun sharing her toys with him (for the most part) and Asher was enamoured with his older cousin. Ben & Tiffany were gracious enough to make us a fantastic dinner and they have a beautiful home with a park within their subdivision which is awesome!

More pictures of Brayden Parker

Here are some more pictures of the proud big sister and a beautiful baby boy!

Daddy's Shoes

All kids love putting on their parents shoes! It is one of Asher's favorite past times these last few weeks.

I am woefully behind on posting any blogs so I am going to bombard you will a lot of information that I have neglected to post in the past 6 weeks. the holidays have me seriously behind and since you can print these off into books now - I plan on doing this on a yearly basis so we can have the stories to pass on to Asher posted here.

Welcome Brayden Parker!!

Here is big sis Ryleigh with her baby brother, Brayden, born 12/21/09 at 4:59 PM. Way to go Ben & Tiffany. I can't wait to hold him and give him kisses too.

couple pictures of my boys

Dead Celebrity

Matt was told to dress up at work like a dead celebrity -so he chose Andy Warhol since he is from Pittsburgh. He found somewhere online to turn Asher's picture into a Warhol like painting which he ironed on the back of his shirt. - As luck would have it, he ended up having to meet with someone running for governor in PA that day that was in there office. You think he took him seriously?

Halloween at the Curry's

Here you can see the chair and a glimpse of the ice chest. It was a very nice evening for PA this Halloween. Fall has been glorious here this year.

This year (like last year) Matt decided the adults also needed treats for Halloween. However, unlike last year and forcing the weary adults to climb the hill (steps) to our house, he moved his treats closer to the street for both the kids and adults. here are a few pictures from his setup for the evening. You will notice he had the pumpkins and such. I also included a few pictures of Asher & I starting out to hit a few houses. He was more interested in chasing the bigger kids than anything else, of course.

more dance video

Pink Floyd was on in the background. He is working on trying to jump a little but hasn't quite figured out how to get those feet off the ground.

This is a little video to a song that goes - with my foot I tap, tap, tap and with my hands I clap, clap, clap - round and round again. He normally does the foot tap, clapping and round and round but you know they never perform on queue. You get to see a little at the beginning.