So a lot has happened in the last couple of months! Washington is growing on me and we've had a lot of fun together as a family. I've gotten involved in a few things and kind of have a tentative schedule every week.
Jared is doing really well with his new job. He's teaching AP Calculus, AP Physics, Algebra I & II, and getting ready to start coaching here in the next couple weeks. He's really excited for the season and so am I. We've started taking walks together every night as a family (including Captain Underpants) and it's been so nice to have that wind-down time as a family. It's so easy to get caught up in all the little things we have to do.
Monday: Stay home and play. Usually go out and pick berries.
Tuesday: Play group with a lady in Darrington who is becoming one of my close friends. Her husband is the JV Basketball coach so Jared and he already know each other.
Wednesday: Play group in Arlington (30 miles away) with some ladies in my ward. It's been fun getting to know them and talk about couponing!
Thursday: Stay home and play again:) Berry picking!
Friday: Library story time. So fun!
Haha, not the most exciting schedule but I really like it! It's not too much but just right because usually every other week I have a meeting for the Parenting Committee I'm on for Darrington. We plan Family Nights for Darrington once a month and we're also putting on the Homecoming Parade and Carnival this month. I have to go to trainings and everything, super busy! I'm also the Relief Society Activities Coordinator for my ward. So basically I'm in charge of every activity I attend :) I really like being involved though in Darrington. Even though all the girls at the high school drool over Jared, they know they don't even come close to matching me up ;)
One more thing, I have become completely obsessed with watching Project Runway! I also love watching America's Next Top Model. For all those who know me, this probably comes as a shock that I'm addicted to a TV show but probably not too shocked with the shows I'm addicted to :) Haha. Jared likes NCIS and I watch those with him sometimes. Totally random, yes, but we've never had any Cable or Satellite since we've been married so it's kind of fun!
Ashlyn and Marley are getting HUGE! Ashlyn is getting really good at speaking sentences and communicating what she wants. She has named her stuffed giraffe "Applesauce" (I don't know if I already blogged that) and takes him just about anywhere. Last night when we were trying to find him, I said, "Ashlyn, where is Applesauce?" and she said, "I don't know!" (As she throws her arms up in the air, then exclaims, "Oh, he pooping." Then just looked at me with her big blue eyes. Haha, it was hilarious. Anytime anyone has to go to the bathroom in the downstairs bathroom, doesn't matter who, she'll go pound on the door and yell, " (Name), pooping? Pooping (name)?" We've thought about starting to potty train her but I am just not ready for that commitment yet :)
Marley is growing like a weed! She weighs about 16.5 pounds and loves any type of food I give her. She loves to smile and has recently started making this Chewbacca sound in her throat when she's just laying there playing, so cute! She can sit up pretty well by herself but I still put the Bobby behind her. She loves to look at things upside down and LOVES it when I dance with her. And she still has to be swaddled to go to sleep! Oh my heckfrey, I don't know how we're going to break her of that because when an arm comes out, she screams and screams until we re-wrap her! Ahhhh! Haha, and I thought breaking Ashlyn of the Binki was going to be hard......
I went on a cruise to Mexico! For a whole week! Without Jared! Or Ashlyn! Or Marley! Haha, it was hard to be away from them for that long, but it was soooooooooooooooo fun! I went with my sister Sammy, my cousin Heidi, and a long-time family friend Mauri. Oh my gosh, I totally recomment doing this ladies, your husbands will worship the ground you walk on when you get home from leaving them with 2 kids for a week:) My mom came up and watched the girls while I was gone and so I got to spend some time with her when I got back. I went zip-lining, hiking, swimming, tanning, and I even learned how to surf! And I read like 2 whole books :) Best time ever. Oh yes, our stateroom, you could stand in the middle and touch both walls with your arms. Haha, so small and bunkbeds! Loved it.
We went over to the Sherrill's house in our ward (Basically Jared's grandparents) and saw their chickens, Ashlyn loved them and Ralph loved carrying Ashlyn. Too cute!
Going to the first Darrington Loggers Home football game of the season! I painted Ashlyn's face and put her hair in pig tails with school ribbons, so cute! Marley is wearing the green and I'm wearing the gold :) Oh, and yes, that is Jared's Letterman's jacket....he was pretty proud....haha.
So Marley doesn't ever watch TV but one day I was just so tired of carrying her around while I was wiping off the kitchen counters so I put her down on the floor while Ashlyn was watching her one hour of TV for the day, which happened to be Elmo this day. Marley watched it for like 5 minutes! I was so happy!
Piggy back on Daddy!
Ashlyn still does this in the high chair, even when she's not pouting. This pouting was because we wouldn't let her have ice cream until she swallowed the bite of potato soup in her mouth:)
