Josh, Jenn, Ashton, and Emmy…

My sister’s best friend, Brittany, has been teaching EngRish in Japan for the past year.  Every once in a while, Brittany will send Cari a box full of candy.  Cari is VERY generous and shares her treasures with anyone who is brave enough to try them (I am not one of them).  These treats have provided many nights of Fear Factor-type entertainment and hilarity.  Here are just a few pictures….

That’s right…EVERY BURGER CANDY.  They LOOKED cute….

What did they taste like, you might wonder?  I have no idea, but Cari could tell you…

Here are some tiny ice cream cones.  Also very cute.  Japan KNOWS how to make things cute, that’s for sure.

And who would have thought to make candy that looks like TREE STUMPS?  Once again, very cute.  I did try a tree stump and it was actually yummy!

Josh and I finally decided to DO something with our bedroom, the last room of the house that had not been touched by paint or decor.  Josh had this vision brewing in his mind for a couple years but it just wasn’t a priority.  For the past six months, we had been furniture-sitting my brother’s bedroom set.  When he sold it and our room returned to its original state, the plainness and ghetto-ness was shocking and that was what made Josh’s vision a reality.  So for the first two weeks of February, our room was declared a national disaster area.

Ashton was such a great helper….

Yes, that Woody costume is permanently splattered, even though he was always so careful.  What a cutie.

Ashton loves helping his dad with any kind of manly chore.

Josh had to work all day, of course, so when he finally got a chance to work on the room, it was usually 8 or 9 PM!  We were drilling, sawing, hammering and using a nail gun until midnight or even later sometimes.  We are THE WORST neighbors.  Here is our measly peace offering and petition for forgiveness….

And here is our finished bedroom.  I LOVE IT!  We still need furniture and pictures, but it is a billion times better than it was!!!!

Yeah, so, I’ve had this song stuck in my head today, so????  Who can name the musical…..????

“Oh, the barnyard is busy in a regular tizzy,
And the obvious reason is because of the season
Ma Nature’s lyrical, with her yearly miracle
Spring, Spring, Spring.”

Last week we went to the park for the first time this year!  The park that is across the street, a one-minute walk from our house, almost like walking into our own backyard…which we barely started using again, also.  Woooo hooooo!

(Ashton’s bike totally shrunk during the winter!  What the..?!?!)

Josh was soooo wiped out and it would have been the perfect opportunity to take a nap, but he came with us, being the unstoppable family man that he is.  I LOVE HIM!  I don’t know why I thought we’d be the only ones out.  The park was swarming with kids.  I love our neighborhood!

Ashton and his pal planning their assault strategy

We made it through another winter!!!!  I LOVE SPRING!!!

We have a little, tiny, ONE POUND announcement to make….

We had our ultrasound a week ago and the baby looks fine and my due date is July 26th.  I know this is mean to do to all of you, but Josh and I did NOT find out whether we’re having a boy or a girl.  I know!  WHY!?!?!?  It took so much brain power and stress and last minute pressure from the hospital as we were leaving to come up with 1 boy name that we liked and 1 girl name that we KIND OF liked (Ashton and Emmy).  That’s all we’ve got…we’re completely out of names.  Oh well, we’ll see what we can muster for baby #3.  We are so excited, though!!!  Ashton is sooooo completely excited to hold this baby and always asks when it will be coming out of my tummy and HOW it will be coming out….uuuummmm…”Go ask Dad”.

The other day I said,”Ashton, my tummy is going to get THIS BIG!” (you can imagine my arms showing my eventual hugeness)

Ashton very sadly replied,”Noooo, I don’t want that to happen.  Then I can’t hug you anymore.”

Ahhhhhh.  What a sweetie.

Emmy is going to be such a cute big sister.  I can’t wait for that.  She is just so sweet and soft and helpful with her new cousin, McKynlee.

I thought we could spice things up with a little friendly competition. We want everyone to guess what the baby’s sex is and leave it in the comments. While I’m recovering in the hospital Josh will buy everyone who guesses right a BEAN BURRITO!!!!

Jason and Caroline invited us to Lake Tahoe again this year.  It was such a fun vacation, as always.

Highlights:

relaxing,

tubing in the backyard,

eating too much delicious food,

Wii Tournaments,

jacuzzi,

Josh snowboarding,

Ashton went to ski school (Parents were NOT allowed to be there so I don’t have any pictures.  It’s probably better that way.  All I know is that a kid clobbered Ash with a snowball and he didn’t have a good time.  He had nightmares for about a week afterwards.  He would be screaming in his sleep “No!  I don’t want to go down again!”  Great.)

Jeff’s Gallon Challenge,

Shopping with Shelley,

S’mores…and some more S’mores,

Dance Dance Revolution with Caroline

Thank you sooooo much, Turners!!!!

(Jason put together a sweet video if you want to check out more of the fun!)