Jason and Ashley Glover: 1/1/12

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

More Pinterest

Homemade chalkboards for labeling Avery's baskets

Spruce up the kitchen soap and lotion

Monkey bread: Disclaimer-This was my second attempt and I learned the first time to flip it out of the pan shortly after taking it out of the oven or you will end up eating it out of the pan. Just FYI!

Still need work, but I made two cloth flowers.

Verse of the Week

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

-Ephesians 1:3

This verse caught my eye because I consider myself a very blessed woman. I have the privilege to worship my God, a wonderful family, a healthy little girl, and a husband who loves me unconditionally. These are things that make us blessed not the materialistic things.

Time with Daddy

Time with daddy is precious and when we are all three together as a family we make the most of it. With Jason working and traveling so much, we have grown to appreciate our time together so much more. You never realize how much you take for granted until you are apart and if anyone can do it, we are the perfect pair. We had our fair share of long distance while dating and we made it through solid as a rock. Once again we find ourselves apart, but stronger than ever. Jason makes sure Avery knows he loves her and does everything when he is home; bath time, putting her to bed, picks her up early to go to the park, and keeps her home from "school" to have daddy-daughter days. I love that she has Jason as her daddy because he is such a good leader of our family and role model for her to look up to. I will say this, I have a new found respect for single parents and I tip my hat to those who parent alone. I could not imagine my life without Jason and the parenting he does when comes home. I am very lucky to have him. In the last month we have many family outings and I wanted to post my two favorite. A few weeks ago, we had a couple of beautiful days with great weather. We took advantage of it and spent the afternoon at the Arboretum; one of my favorite places. The sound of Avery being chased by Jason was music to my ears. I got to lay back and soak up the sun literally. That sounds funny to say in January, but it was so nice. I could do that everyday!

Daddy made us lunch

Just chillin

Avery found the water!

Such a big girl!

This past weekend Avery and I drove to McAlister, Oklahoma and spent the day with Jason. It was a jeans, sweatshirt, and teeny shoes kind of day. We hiked up to Robbers Cave, Avery in tow, and had a wonderful day. The weather was chilly but we soon warmed up after climbing to the top. We really enjoyed being outside and doing something different. Avery loved it! She kept saying "walk" meaning she wanted down. There were a few places she could walk, but other than that she had to be carried due to the drop-offs. This was a really neat place!

I took some pretty cool pictures, well cool to a science person, while there.

Daddy and Avery in the cave where the bandits hid out!

And with Mommy!

Man-made stairs up the side of the rock.

Beautiful view

Fault line

Family pic!

And this is how we took the picture. Propped up on pine needles on auto set! Now that is what I call creative!

The get skinny stairs in between two rocks. We came to the conclusion that every time we saw that red dot mark, that meant the trail was advanced. Not advisable for those travelling with toddlers!

Loving the brisk air and dirty jeans!

Crazy rock formations

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Verse of the Week

Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

(Ephesians 5:15-17)

I am giving myself a challenge, on top of everything else. I want to post a verse each week. This is very important to me though, so it may be Thursday before I get it up, but it will be posted.

Right now I am facing a heavy heart with trying to decide to continue to work or take a few years off to be with my sweet baby girl and work on my master's. I know that in three to four years this opportunity will be the past with Avery starting school, so I am handing all my uncertainties over to God and I pray the answers will come to me. I am thankful for my supportive husband and will do my best to not stress or worry over these decisions. I will do my best to live every day to it's fullest. I posted on my facebook tonight the highlight of my day:

My sweet baby asked to see the stars before getting in the bath. So for about ten minutes we laid in the floor of her room, lights out, and her turtle on that projects the stars and moon. I love the little things! I am blessed beyond measure to be her momma!

These are the things that are important.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Obsession

So I have found myself obsessed with........Pinterest. I love this website. Not only do I pin a million things a day, I have started some projects! I wanted to post a few...........

Lemon cake delight! Made with lemon cake mix, 20 oz of 7-Up, and topped with Lite Whip Cream.

I made these bows for two of our frames. Love them!

Organized my scarves

Made homemade pizza rolls! Jason liked them so much I have already made them again!

Thank you Pinterest for keeping me busy. I have to do lists for projects coming out of my ears.

Happy New Year's 2012

Avery and I rang in the New Year with my cousin Jennifer, her husband Blake, and his sister's and their families! Jason had to work so I was pretty bummed that he was not with us. However we had fun visiting and had an excellent dinner. Lindsay and Charles, Blake's sister and brother-in-law have a little girl, Emory, who is three months older than Avery and the girls had a blast playing together! We were so thankful to have family and friends to celebrate another year with! We got to see daddy for the first time this year on January 4, 2012!

Girls playing outside with Avery's "computers"

Too cute

Tired little girl

And it is now time to go home!

Happy New Year 2012

Happy 20 Month Birthday

Happy 20 Month Birthday Sweet Girl

Well again I find myself battling to get your 20 month post written. Partly due to recovering from Christmas and the other part due to not wanting to be this close to your 2nd Birthday. How can those words come out of my mouth. You are growing like a weed both in height, your word recognition, and your understanding. You are independent and very head strong. This month you decided that you no longer liked high-chairs. Great! That was my first thought. However, you have successfully sat in booster seats and when you are at home you sit at your little table your cousin Tucker gave you. If I had a song that represented you each month, the song for this month would be I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T by Webbie. Your vocabulary now includes: I wuv you mommy/daddy/who ever else, out (referring to get out of the car), jump (on your new trampoline), walk (no longer want to be carried), NO (I despise this word and despite the fact that I know this is a stage, I still cringe when you say this), up (referring to what you want mommy and daddy to do if we are sitting down), Peasssss mommy, Peasssssss daddy (you know how to work the system, in your sweet little voice, you say this all the time), "tissue" (this is your version of Thank you. LOVE IT!), Jesus, stars, moon, jacket, hat, and at this point I am drawing a blank. You understand pretty much everything I say and at this age you are like a sponge; you soak up everything you hear and see. You play babies, you cook (we have had many tea parties, cloth donuts, and you serve up a great sample of Scentsy (I gave her my old samples and she now uses it at her kitchen!)), and you love all your Little People stuff you got for Christmas.

You love shoes and you always check to see if you have a bow in your hair! You recognize all your articles of clothing and your eyes, ears, hair, hands, feet, belly button, nose, mouth, tongue, arm, and leg. You love your sissy (Maddie) and you give great hugs and kisses! You are a great little helper when it comes to cleaning up, putting things away, taking sissy her food bowl (which you love to do this!), and carrying things in from the car! You love to tulor (color), sing, and be outside. You got to go back to Sea World this month and loved looking at all the Christmas lights. I just knew you would go into depression when the Christmas lights and trees came down, but you have not asked about them yet. The pure joy you had for Christmas decorations was awesome! You love to wear to mommy's perfume, lip gloss, and lotion. I have already planned out your 2nd Birthday and it is going to be you all the way.........Minnie!

We love you sweet baby girl!