Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas finally

I know it is late, but it is still December. We had a great Christmas! Three actually. My mom's Christmas Eve, our house Christmas day, and Dodd's mom's the day after! My sisters Teresa and Emily did cute blogs of their Christmas decorations... since they live so far I thought it was a great idea so we could see their things. So here is mine.

I only know a few songs on the piano and don't play much... but it is a great place to display Christmas decorations. Hope this doesn't offend you Emily! Kelsey loves baby Jesus and tries to swipe them all. The puzzle nativity is Jake's favorite, he does it at least 5 times a day.


Yes even the piano bench gets a nativity.

Growing up we didn't have a fireplace in our home, so we would pin our stocking to the couch for Santa. We do have a fireplace in our home now, but it is in the other room and I still like hanging them from the couch. I also have the most awesome tree this year.... it spins!! Thanks Tammy. I smile every time I see it!


This is our Santa dog. Brooke and I found the suit at the dollar store. Poor dog... so humiliating.
I can't leave out Dodd's contribution.... the lights. Cars always slow down to check out our house. Nice job Hun.


Oh... have to have one family photo.

Well there you go... Christmas at the Stolworthy's.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

How we entertain Micah

Monday, December 8, 2008

Brooke is 7



My baby is seven. She is getting so big! She is the sweetest girl. She is always very helpful and an awesome big sister. She does great in school and is learning to read so well! Brooke is always so good, we are so lucky to have her!
She wanted a Shamu birthday party, probably from
our recent trips to Sea World. I hit the dollar store and got really lucky finding these blow up killer whales. We had an obstacle course which the kids had to do while "riding" on their whales. Then they took them home as a party favor. I made her cake and sculpted little whales out of fondant. The party turned out nice and Brooke loved it.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Air Force One

No Ashby holiday get together is complete without crashing /I mean flying an RC airplane. This is Dodd's plane he got for Christmas last year. The first flight wasn't so great = he crashed it. The next day we tried again at the park by our house, and it flew great = he didn't crash it. Watch for Kelsey's duck and cover on the second one, too funny!