happy (belated) valentine's day

Happy Valentine's Day! I know it was over a week ago, but we were gone and had very limited computer access, so I'm catching up on blogging!
We had a great Valentine's weekend. We got to spend Valentine's Day dinner with Kate, John, my parents, Joel & Maggie (Pops & Gram as Asher knows them), and Kate's parents, Art & Breda. We were in Albuquerque and Kate and her parents showed us such a great time! They are AWESOME hosts.
Sunday night, Ryan and I went and had dinner at "The Melting Pot" while Pops & Gram kept Asher. It's so nice to have a date night with JUST my husband. The whole fondue experience was fabulous.
On Monday, Ryan, my Dad and I skiied in Santa Fe while Gram and Asher hung out going to the park, playing peek-a-boo and patty-cake and napping. After a great day of skiing, Ryan and I went and each had a massage at a nice spa recommended by Kate and her Mom! It was fantastic. If I had planned better then we wouldn't have been late because of getting lost and would have been able to enjoy a full hour massage. Oops! Thirty minutes was great!
We hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

Yummy Valentine's Goody Basket from Ryan's Mom


Playing with one of John's V-Day Balloons
(the "ooo" face is his new favorite)


Opening his card from Uncle Matt & Aunt Abi


Reading his card to Dada


Ryan & Emily skiing
(notice there is no snow in the valley--it was 63 degrees F at the bottom of the mountain, 23 degrees F at the top)


Asher hanging out with Gram & Pops
(he is a complete ham in front of the camera now)


Asher and Gram

u-g-l-y...

...we ain't got no alibi, we ugly, yea, yea! Last Saturday we went to an Ugly Sweater Party hosted by some friends from work. It was pretty funny seeing all the fugliness that people were able to find. We were all happy to support our local charity shops. It's amazing some of the apparel that people put their time and effort into making...yikes! Here are some of the winners of the night...

Yikes! Scary, hairy clown!(1st Place)

Popping Buttons (2nd Place)

We thought our's were pretty bad till we got there

Ooww! Hot Mamas!

Asher even had an ugly sweater

training for 2012

Asher loves Baby Gymnastics. As a matter of fact, he's training for the 2012 Olympics to be held right here in London. Thanks Uncle Brian and Aunt Kathy for the Jumperoo!

the fluffy white stuff

The view out of Asher's window

We bought Asher a snowsuit to wear while we were on holiday in Germany for Christmas and he never wore it. I thought that he wasn't going to ever get to wear it because he would be too big for it by the time it snowed again, but I was wrong! Yea! We got about 7 or so inches of snow today and it was awesome! Everything looked so pretty. He was able to go "play" in it. As you can see, the snowsuit makes him more like a Michelin-Snowman who can't move very easily. He did enjoy chewing on the mittens so that was pretty exciting for him! He laughed and didn't seem to mind sitting in the snow. Maybe next year he'll make snowballs and throw them at Jordan or Dada!

The Happy Snow Baby