Camping!

So I was invited on a camping trip last weekend! A group of people went to the rim (about 2 hours out of Phoenix). It was a lot of fun, but Travis had to leave early to get the camp to set up and I couldn't go with him because I was still at work, so I had Jon come with me so I wouldn't have to drive up there all by myself (yay for cool little brothers!)

Jon and me on the Rim.

That's about as close to the rim Travis would get. :}

Travis and me on the rim

Oh yeah! I live on the edge!

Banana boat -  we made these on Saturday night. They tasted great, but maybe needed to be cooked a little more. You basically slice open a banana (without peeling it) and you stuff it with peanut butter, marshmallows, M&Ms, nuts, etc. wrap it in tinfoil and cook it on the fire. Yummy!

(Hurley and Max)

Travis brought Hurley and another girl brought her dog (Max) and they were like peas and carrots! So cute - we also observed Hurley's unique appetite for tree bark and dirt. It was all fun and games until he had an explosion in his crate later that night...poor puppy.

I brought my dad's quads up and we had a lot of fun riding those around. I'm not a huge camper, but this was a fun trip!

Kisses,

Ashley

August

Here are some more pictures from Charla's birthday dinner:

The whole group!

Some weird girl, Charla and me - Gavin thinks he's being cute sticking his tongue out and that girl is just creepy...

Dave, me, Charla, some girl...

me and Charla

I know it doesn't look like it, but we are actually on a saddle from the restaurant, it's a part of their 'birthday' celebration thingy...

Man if I wasn't so freakin' tall I could've just stood up normal! But maybe I should've any ways, because I look awkward in this picture.

July

I got some pictures from Charla that we took back in July...so here they are:

Yes, I like sushi, and here's proof! Me and Boyce

Smile for the camera!

After sushi we all went back to Charla's house and played the card game 'golf'

I wasn't ready!

Shaun, me, and Ryan

Another day later in the month we made a Pizookie with Ryan and his friend Shaun.

The pizookie was fabulous!! and these were the pictures from July!

Kisses,

Ashley

Games and Toes

I went to a baseball game with Jody and Anthony Gross, and their little girl Francis. The D-Backs won, which is typical when Becca or I go to a game without each other.

In other news, I hurt my big toe on the right foot a couple of nights ago when I went to a dance with Charla. It was dark, I was wearing flip-flops, and I wasn't paying attention - bad combination. Any ways, I ran into a guy and stubbed my toe on his shoe. But of course I continued to dance and jump around all night. Then for church today I shoved my toe into a pair of high heels so I could look cute (pain is beauty) and now my toe is all discolored and it's kind of freaking me out a little bit. But I will see how it goes. It only hurts when I walk on it, touch it, or try to move it. Other than that It's just fine.

Old Picture

I found this picture from when I was in Young Womens...I don't remember what we were doing, but it was obviously something fun! Probably something to do with modesty/fashion.

Yay for organizing emails! I get to find little treasures like this picture! (I am counting cleaning out my inbox as something 'industrious' for my virtue of the month) :} 

Kisses,

Ashley

Updates

I was moved to a different team at work, specializing with graduate students only, so a couple of weeks ago I went bowling with my team one last time for our 'team-build'

Dave, me, and Chad 

(it bothers me that this picture is off center with all the other ones!)

Kellisa (new to the team) and me

Erin and me

I took my shoes off and Olivia instantly starts to put them on her feet. I need to pay close attention to the things I do and say - she seems to think I'm pretty cool and I don't want Amy to get mad at me if I teach her the wrong thing!

She loves my shoes :}

Bye for now!

Kisses,

Ashley

Meet Bleeker

Hello world

he is so sweet -  I got him from a couple in Phoenix, AZ. They have been breeding their mama and papa standards for 9 years. He has a small belly-button hernia and the vet said it was genetic. My vet says he can fix it while Bleeker is under for his *snip-snip* and I called the breeders and they said they would reimburse me the cost of the correction.

Beautiful puppy!! (Charlie Brown Christmas tree in the back ground)

D.O.G. and Bleeker - mind you Bleeker is only 14-weeks in this picture, he's gonna get huge!

Me and Charla

As of late I have been spending a lot of my time hanging out with Charla and her friends. So here are some pictures and narratives of my life:

Happy Birthday

This was at Charla's birthday dinner - we went to Texas Road House (which currently reads: as Road House...someone needs to change the light bulbs...)

Night Out on the Town

Me and Charla are wearing the same shirt - just difference colors :} Before this picture was taken I went shopping with Charla and she let me borrow her shirt - I think we pretty much know we're dorks, but this is the outward symptoms of our dorkiness.

Me and Dave

Ralphie May

Charla's really good friend Dave (AKA: The Bodyguard) got us all tickets to go see Ralphie May. So in this picture there's me, Dave (in the back) and Boyce

Charla, me, and Boyce

Me and Charla

In other news of my life, I recently got a baby standard poodle (thanks to Travis and his azcentral.com suggestion!) Bleeker (my new pup) was only 14-weeks when I got him, but he was already potty trained (for the most part) and has the sweetest temperament. He's gonna be all white - so now I have two white fluffy fur balls (pictures are coming shortly!).

D.O.G. is actually handling Bleeker very well! He hasn't once looked at me like "I hate you." which I think is a good sign, because with Oscar he gave me that look at least twice a day! Speaking of D.O.G. he lost what little manhood he had on Thursday morning...poor guy, but he's recovering very well. Thank you for all the letters and kind words, he really appreciates them...

And I'm going to leave you with a question Jason asked me when I told him I was going to get another boy standard poodle: "Why do you insist on getting the male versions of the most frilliest dogs out there? Why not just a girl?"

The world may never know...

Kisses,

Ashley