Dave and Diane

We wanted to add this to our blog on Ashley.
We are so thankful for the gift that we recieved ffrom you in September. We searched for a few years and went through alot and God led us together. You gave us the greatest gift that we could ever recieve.....Our Daughter.
In this joining we feel like we gained a great friendship also. We treasure her with all of our hearts. We are so happy to have a child to share this holiday with. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for the gift of Ashley.
God Bless hyou all and Merry Christmas.
Tammy and John

GOD'S ANGELS

We sadly watched these beautiful children waiting for thier forever families. A couple were waiting to go home with thier new parents. God chose to take them to heaven to be angels before their time. This Holiday season we are remebering them and are asking everyone to light a candle in their memory.

A tribute to Dasha 12-25-03 to 1-31-07


In some people's eyes,
you really weren't ours
In our eyes,
you were our child.

I am not the same
as before you. I
love you and think of you,
just as a mother would

If they could only see into my heart,
they would know
you are with us always

TO US YOU WILL ALWAYS EXIST

To us you will exist
in the flowers
in the trees
and all things
God has given us.

You are the warm caress of God's sun
An angel whispering in the wind
A heavenly summer shower
The colors in a rainbow

You are now safe in the Shepherd's arms
A halo upon your golden head
Butterflies dance about you
In fields of Daffodils
And skies of blue

Rest In Peace my love,
Mommy & Daddy


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ASHLEYS CONCERT

Tonight was Ashleys school Christmas concert. It was beautifully done. She had a great time as she loves to sing and she really does have a beautiful voice. She has been really trying her hardest in school this last week.

Candlelit Heart
A Christmas Poem by Mary E. Linton

Somewhere across the winter world tonight
You will be hearing chimes that fill the air;
Christmas extends its all-enfolding light
Across the distance...something we can share.

You will be singing, just the same as I,
These familiar songs we know so well,
And you will see these same stars in your sky
And wish upon that brightest one that fell.

I shall remember you and trim my tree,
One shining star upon the topmost bough;
I will hang wreaths of faith that all may see --
Tonight I glimpse beyond the hear and now.

And all the time that we must be apart
I keep a candle in my heart.

We have not been on here often as our wireless modem keeps shutting down. Ashley had a great time out in the snow.....boy was I cold! I hate winter. We are all ready for christmas and ashley is waiting for Santa to come. Ashley and me are making sugar cookies to leave for Santa. Ashley loved helping me decorate for the holiday and has been keeping me busy with Christmas crafts. I took her to the store the other day to get our cat Mo a stocking and a bunch of toys to fill it. She said Mo will be excited to get a stocking. Hope that everyone is having a great holiday.

SLEDDING

ASHLEYS FIRST SNOWMAN THIS YEAR

Wow it has been a long week here.
Diane and Tomas came for the week. We had a great week visiting.
Ashley had a bad day at school and we had to get that taken care of.
Snow dusting the other day but nothing amounting to anything.
Ashley is waiting for alot of snow so she can build a snowman. Dad will have to go build that with her as I hate winter. We are almost done Christmas shopping.
Ashley has a concert at school this month so we went and bought her a new dress for it. Can't wait to get pictures of her in in.

Here are more pictures from Ashley's birthday party. Had to reorder a usb cord for my camera to download them.

Got up this morning to see it snowing.
Sat and had a cup of coffee while I watched it.
Ashley slept in today and did not get up until 9:30
She is so happy to be spending time with her sister Diane.
She keeps asking when she can feel the baby.....too cute!
We are suppose to have snow, sleet and freezing rain this afternoon and tonight. If so there probably won't be school tomorrow.
Us girls were going to go shopping today but we are not going to go out in this weather.
We are gonna cheat and make cheeseburger hamburger helper for dinner tonight with garlic bread.
Ashley and Diane are making paper chains to hang in the hallway.
Hope that everyone is staying warm and having a great time preparing for Christmas.

Very cold out tonight. Ashley and me just got home from shopping. The stores were packed as I figured they would be. Got home and made a pot of coffee and go figure I forgot to grab sugar while we were out. So now the coffee was put on hold and we ran down the street to get some. Ashley has some italian christmas cookies and is finishing her hot chocolate. I figured a snack will be good as dinner is gonna be late tonight. John is in Sidney right now picking up Diane and Thomas. They should be back around 9 pm and then we are ordering pizza and wings. Ashley is excited and is bouncing like crazy tonight. It was instant love between her and her sister Diane.

It is a gloomy,cold, windy and wet morning here today.....the kind where you want to stay in pajamas and curl up for the day. Ashley is very excited as daddy is going to go pick up her sissy after work tomorrow night and bring her home and while they are gone me and Ashley are going shopping and out to eat. I am hopping to find a fake fur blanket while out tomorrow. Ashley loves mine. I saw some that were lilac tye diyed that she would love. Making cookies tonight. Love the smells of christmas. We have candles of cinnamon, ginger bread and sugar cookies burning through out the house. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Busy weekend out shopping. Ashley had a ball as she loves to shop. She had a great Thanksgiving break and went back to school this morning.
Alot of her new cousins spent time with her during the holiday and she had a great time.
She is excited about this Friday as her new older sister Diane is coming to stay for abit...... Diane is pregnant. We are all very excited. Ashley is already asking when we can buy baby stuff.LOL!

john is working today. Me and Ashley Are heading out to do Christmas shopping for him while he is not here. We bought a gingerbread house kit so we are going to do that this afternoon.

Did not write last night as we decided to rest. Oh what a day. We decided that we were not going to head out for the morning of black friday shopping. John had to work so Ashley and me hung out at home doing stuff. Debbie and the kids came over for a couple of hours to visit. When John got home he decided that we would go shopping. Some of the stores were still pretty busy. Toy sections were tore apart! We got alot of good deals. Santa is bring Ashley a new hot pink bike for Christmas. We also got barbies, bratz, clothing, craft kits, a jewelry armoire, decorations, movies, fake fur blankets, storage bowls, boots, games and more. Hope everyone else made it out of the store safely yesterday.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
This is a Thanksgiving that we have alot to be thankful for. First to having a daughter to share the holiday with this year. We are so thankful to have her in our life. We are thankful for all of our family, friends and for good health.
We Hope that everyone is having a great holiday and hope that everyone is eating lots of turkey.
John is out hunting for a couple of hours and we are now watching the parade on television.
the turkey is in the oven on low and everything is ready to fix.

Isn't she beautiful.....Our Ashley

Ashley eating a mango

Ashley has been working on the tree

Ashley helping Austin brush his teeth

Wow a couple more days until Turkey day. I have been baking and getting stuff ready. Ashley loves being in the kitchen with me. THe tree is decorated now and looks beautiful. I will try to get the pictures downloaded tomorrow. My sister in law Wendy is having a tough time right now so please keep her and her children in your prayers. I have her 2 daughters here for the night and she will pick them up in the morning for school. We had cheeseburgers for dinner tonight with mac and cheese and green beans. For snack they pigged out on cheese balls and hot chocolate with green and red marshmellows. It is almost 10 pm and they are all tucked in and sleeping. Took Ashley on a sweater shopping day today. She picked 6 sweaters to wear for the winter. We are going Saturday to buy her a new bike for Christmas. Thankfully we have a large shed to hide it in. LOL! Late last night I was talking to my sister and she lives 2 hours south of us and she had snow..... not just flurries but sticking to her car. Tomorrow and Wednesday is half days at school as there is parent teacher conferences. We have ours on Wednesday. No school Thursday or Friday. Ashley and me are going grocery shopping tomorrow and then Friday we are going to do more Christmas shopping.