She made it through surgery.

My sweet baby had to have "dental reconstruction" done at Primary Children's hospital yesterday. It was an outpatient surgery

They let the kids ride around in little wagons. They gave her some medicine that made her drowsy so she couldn't really walk.

What a trooper, she did so well. After it was all over with she kept telling us that her finger hurt. Then she would point to her whole arm. She was referring to the IV that was in her hand.

Everyone at the hospital were great, the nurses and the doctors. But I have a love/hate relationship with that place. It holds some good memories and a lot of bad ones. My nephew was up there for 3 months before passing away, and my little boy was up there for 3 days after he was born. It tends to give me some anxiety when I know I have to go up there. I am sure a lot of you can relate :)

Boy meets Girl TAG!

This is all about my sweet heart...hope I remember it right. It has been over 12 years so my memory might be a bit fuzzy.

This tag is called "How I meet___."

1. Where did you meet?
He was in my ward up at Ricks College.

2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met?
He was bearing his testimony...I thought wow, he is a very spiritual guy. OK lets be honest, I was totally scouting out all of the guys in my ward and who I would really like to date, he was #1 on the list.

3. Do you remember what he was wearing?
Yep, black church pants and a sweater cardigan. It was black and til colored.

4. Where was the first time you kissed this person?
He kissed me first. I had asked him to a dance and to make a long story short we got in a frosting fight. I had chocolate frosting all over my face, he pinned me down and then made his move.

5. Where did you go for your first date?
We made home made pizza with my roommates and their dates (ours was in the shape of lips...) then we went to a haunted house and then to a dance.

6. How long did you know this person before you were a couple?
I would say about 1 month? maybe shorter.

7. How did he ask you out?
He didn't, I asked him out first.

8. Has this person ever purposed to you?
Yes, at the Loft restaurant up in Idaho. It was so beautiful, a log cabin style restaurant, very romantic. I guess it is now a BBQ Bar and Grill. It kind of makes me a little sad to hear that :(

9. Do you and this person have kids together?
Yes, 4 kids that just grow up way too fast!

10. Have you ever broken the law with this person?
Does speeding count? Then yes, on our honeymoon :)

11. When was the first time you realized you liked this person?
When I saw him at my apartment and he couldn't remember my name, but he knew my roommates name. I needed to make sure he knew who I was and never forgot it.

12. Do you get along with his family?
Yes, but I have only met his 3 brothers 1 time. They live far far away.

13. Do you trust this person?
Kind of a dumb question---um YES!

14. Do you see him as your partner in the future?
Only for eternity and beyond.

15. What is the best gift he gave you?
Always being a worthy priesthood holder.

16. What is one thing he does that gets on your nerves?
He can be a bit of a perfectionist. I just want to get things done, who cares if it is perfect, he does.

17. Where do you see each other 15 years from now?
We should have a few grand kids by then, and a son serving a mission.

18. What causes the most arguments?
Not sure, it just varies. But we never go to bed mad, so they usually don't last long.

19. How long have you been together?
We have been married for 12 1/2 years.

20. Are you married?
If not, we sure have a lot of explaining to do.

What do I say?

This is the Ashby clan in their Halloween glory. Paige says to me earlier that day, (mind you she is 9 1/2 years old)" What if I decided NOT to go trick-or-treating? " Next she will be asking to hang out with her friends instead of going with the family. I informed her that trick-or-treating was a privilege and she didn't have to go, but when she gets older she won't be allowed to go, because it is for little kids only. About 1/2 hour later she had decided she really wanted to go. Yep they are growing up way too fast!

She isn't a baby any more.

Kambree had her first official hair cut this past week. She has had her bangs cut before but not the rest.

She held really still. In fact I think she was scared.

We did a cute A line bob.

She really likes it and wants to show it off to everyone. She sure seems grown up!

A day with Grandma and Grandpa.

We spent the day with my mom and her husband up in Mountain Green. They took us out to lunch and then to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. The kids had a great time. Too bad I forgot a stroller!!! After wards we went back to Grandmas house and played. They love this tradition of spending a day at Grandma and Grandpas house when they are off track.

Pocatello Marthon.

Did you notice that I have on the same outfit that I wore in the Deseret News marathon? That is because I only have 1 official running outfit. Most of the time I run in my sweats, but this makes me look like a "REAL" runner. This is my good friend Holly, she ran the race with me. Or rather she started the race with me. She got to the finish line about 5 minutes before me. But it was still great knowing that I wasn't doing this alone.

Shawn, my sister, my brother, my mother and her husband, and all of our children were the greatest cheering squad. They made posters and signs and cheered for me all along the race route. After I passed them they would get back in the van and go another 1 mile down the road and cheer again, then went another mile and cheered again. It was wonderful! It just shows that if you have a good support system you can accomplish anything.

Don't those look like Gold medals? My kids are convinced that I won the race. I did get 6th out of 20 in my age group. Actually those are participation medals, but who cares, they still look cool. My 2 goals this race were to be under 1 hour for the 10K and to not walk, to run the entire time. Well I missed my first goal by 1 minute and 51 seconds, so sad. But I didn't walk at all. The real reason I didn't walk was because I didn't want to disappoint my family. They knew what my goals were and every time I saw them cheering for me I knew I didn't want to let them down by seeing me walk.

So if anyone wants to run next year let me know and maybe we can start the race together:) They did give away some fun stuff, better then the Salt Lake race. You got a duffel bag, a microfiber t-shirt, a bag of potatoes, and bunch of coupons for stuff around Pocatello.

I did it!

Look at that home grown goodness! Yes I actually got out the pressure cooker. My mother-in-law gave it to me when they moved 9 years ago, this is the first time I have used it. I must admit it was a little scary to use. And then we couldn't get the lid off when they were done cooking. I truly thought I was going to have to throw the whole thing away with the green beans still inside. And in 30 years when the pressure finally released someone would find this treasure of canned green beans. They took a lot of effort to make so you will have to be pretty special to be allowed to eat them, seeings how it took 2 hours to make 4 pints.