Happy New Year!!!

This year we decided to celebrate the New Year over in Boise with my sisters Aja and Jenna, and their families. We hadn't seen either of them since Labor Day weekend so we thought it was about time! On our drive over (which takes close to 5 hours), we could tell Ashlyn wasn't feeling well. We had gone through McDonald's drive through and got the kids chicken nuggets (which Ashlyn loves), but Ashlyn would not eat them. I threaten her that if she didn't eat, she was not going to be allowed to play with her cousin Baylee. (why do we as parents make empty threats? as if I was going to keep her from playing with her cousin.) Anyway, the threat worked because Ashlyn started eating. (bad idea) Shortly after, Ashlyn starts throwing up all over herself and her carseat!! EEWWW!! So we pull over at the next exit, to clean up, and I am just thinking to myself, "there goes our weekend!" So it is freezing cold outside, we strip Ashlyn out of her clothes, and Terry... yes Terry, cleans up all of the throwup. (I don't do well with throwup) We had only driven an hour and a half out of the 5 hours we had total, so I think to myself, "do we finish the drive and risk having her be sick the entire drive, and weekend, and possibly get everyone else sick, or do we turn around and go back home and take care of her in the comfort of our house?" Thankfully we decided to finish the drive to Boise. Come to find out, Ashlyn takes after her mom and gets car sick really easy! Her and Blake had been watching a Transformers cartoon movie in the backseat, and apparently all of the action and flashing lights while riding in the car made her sick. (or at least that is what we decided happened.) Needless to say, we made it to Boise without anymore sickness. We had an awesome time!! Jenna and Glenn got Guitar Hero World Tour for Christmas and we played that all weekend. It was alot of fun. I also got to see my cousin Shayne and his wife Heather (whom I had never met.) Ashlyn was happy to get to play with Baylee and Blake was just as happy to see his cousins Caitlyn, Caleb, and Jaedyn. And I wanted baby Joslyn for myself but she wanted nothing to do with me. :( Anyway, we had a great time and I can't wait til the next time I can hang out with my sisters. I miss them, they need to move to Idaho Falls!!!

And here's a picture of Ashlyn and Baylee playing in a box. Baylee has a million toys but this is what they played with the most. I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING ASHLYN FOR HER BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR!!!