Rockets Game

Last Sunday the weather was beautiful! We decided to take full advantage of it and go to a baseball game. It was opening weekend for the Rockies, so we headed up to Denver for the afternoon. We had a great time! Ashlyn really enjoyed the game. She just loved taking in all of the sights and sounds of a real baseball game. She loves clapping and yelling, so that was by far her favorite part. She also enjoyed eating nachos and ice cream. She was so cute because she kept cheering "Let's go Rockets." Joey and I were laughing so hard! She also said "Let's go Nuggets." She is definitely a sports girl! We couldn't have asked for better weather or a better time.

Ashlyn's grandparents also bought her a new "bike". My parents brought it over Friday night and that girl went crazy on it! She had a blast!!! She was racing up and down the street testing it out. I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so we can go on more bike rides.


Waiting for the game to start

Cheering for the Rockies

We had to get her Cracker Jacks for the game.

Eating her Cracker Jacks

Coors Field is such a nice stadium.

Oops!

Ashlyn's face is too funny!

A family picture

Riding her new bike having a blast!!!

She just loves that thing.

Easter Day

Easter day was another great day for Ashlyn. She woke up bright and early to see what the Easter bunny had brought her. Since her baskets didn't hold much at all, she ended up getting 3 baskets! The big present she got was a Pillow Pet. She has been wanting one for a long time.

The Easter bunny left Ashlyn a trail of eggs from her room to her baskets. Ashlyn acted like a pro picking up eggs as fast as she could. She had a great time looking for them. She must have set a world record! The funniest part was when we told her there were more eggs downstairs. She said "Gee, I'm tired." She was ready to eat some candy! She wanted to eat candy all morning!

Ashlyn played with her new toys for a while after her egg hunt. At that point, we were all tired from all of the excitement. Ashlyn took a nice, long nap with her new Pillow Pet. Later that afternoon, we went over to my Grandma's house for Easter lunch. The Easter bunny left eggs for Ashlyn over there too!!! She found all of those eggs pretty quick as well. We ate a wonderful Easter lunch. My Grandma did an AMAZING job cooking! We all left there very satisfied and full!

We went home and decided to go on a walk to burn off some of that food. It was a really pleasant afternoon. We went on a very long walk around the neighborhood. It was a perfect end to our Easter weekend.

This weekend is another busy one. We are going to a Rockies game on Sunday since the weather is supposed to be so nice. I am excited for Ashlyn to experience her first professional sporting event!


That Easter bunny sure spoils Ashlyn.

The trail of eggs leading to the goods.

And she was off!!!

Her first look at what the Easter bunny left her.

Yum a chocolate bunny.

Of course she quickly unwrapped it and ate the ears.

Finding eggs

Look at all of those eggs!

Playing with her new toys.

Taking a nap with her new friend.

Realizing she had more eggs to find.

Picking up eggs

I wanted to get a good picture of her adorable Easter dress. She is still refusing to stand still for any kind of picture.

A quick family photo

Playing the organ at my Grandma's house. She loves playing it. I can't wait to start her in piano lessons. I am thinking of picking it up again with her.

All ready for her walk.

Easter Eve

Easter "Eve" was such a fun filled day for us. I wanted to have a day full of Easter fun. We started bright and early by dying eggs. This is the first year that Ashlyn has gotten to dye eggs. She had a great time. She still was a little confused, but she did like helping. She liked putting the eggs in the different cups. She even got to decorate eggs with princess stickers. It was a great experience dying eggs with her.

That afternoon, we decided to go to an Easter egg hunt. My Mom had read about one near my Grandma's house. We decided to give it a try. We got there and there weren't many kids. We had to stand around and wait quite a while. After waiting, they announced that all kids 4 and under would go first. Ashlyn had fun looking for the eggs. The only problem was, lots of kids showed up. The 4 year-olds were pretty fast and grabbing all of the eggs. Ashlyn only ended up with 3 eggs. I don't know that we would go to that Easter egg hunt again, but Ashlyn did seem to have fun.

When we got home, we decided it was time to make cupcakes. Ashlyn LOVES cooking! We have started making it a holiday tradition to make cupcakes for each holiday. Ashlyn has a blast helping and decorating. We each eat one, and then we send the rest to work with Joey. Ashlyn really did a good job of stirring and helping. She loved sprinkling the sprinkles.

After the cupcakes, it was time to paint! I bought Ashlyn a little wooden cross to paint. We got out all of the paint and she went to town on the cross. She had a good time. She does a lot of painting and crafts at school and she really enjoys it.

We topped of the night by going out to dinner with Gram, Uncle Steven, and Daddy. It was a great day and Ashlyn had so much fun!


Dying the eggs

Getting ready to put an egg in

She was a little confused at first

She had so much fun!

She got the hang of it very quickly.

Some of the finished eggs

Waiting patiently for the egg hunt

She just wanted to go hunt for eggs!

I thought this picture was cute. This is her "cheese" face.

On the hunt for eggs

She found one!

She found another one!

Helping with the cupcakess

She loves baking

Doing a great job of stirring the batter

She has the cooking gene!!!

The cross before

Putting paint on

She loves playing with paint

The finished product. We attempted bright, Easter colors. Once she started painting, they all got combined and it turned this color.