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Ashley dressed-up Samantha, complete with hair and makeup. Does it get any cuter then that?

Ashley

Ashley turned 7 on January 25th! She is a very fun girl. We never know what she is going to do or say! She gets straight E's in school and loves to read and write stories. She loves makeup and music and doing her nails and her hair or anyone else's! She is all girl and we love her! Here are some pictures from her life.

Final Page count 2008

  My final page count for 2008

Drumroll please...

56 books for a total of...

21,340 pages!!!

This does not include subscriptions to Parents magazine, the Ensign, and The Reader's Digest which I read cover to cover almost every month.  It was fun to keep track of my pages this year and I am surprised at the number!  Its something I love to do and I've had lots of practice! I don't have much time to read with three kids running around. And I don't stay up late- I need my sleep! This year Michael wants me to keep track of the amount of money I spend on books each year also. But I think I will forget to do that. ;)

It was a "Merry" Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas. We are thankful for friends, family, faith, and all of the things in life that we get to enjoy. We are very blessed.

Christmas outfits

An early Christmas present

A couple weeks ago I gave the kids an early Christmas present. A kitten! Her name is Sophie. Samantha tortured her for the first day and I thought I would have to give her away- Samantha, not the cat. :) But she has calmed down a little bit and believe it or not, the cat loves her. Ashley and Taylor were SO excited to get a cat and have been great with her.