Rain gutter Regatta

This past March, Jayden competed in a Rain-gutter Regatta with his fellow cub scout pack at church.  This was a whole new experience for the Asay family, whom specializes in pine wood derby car races.  We had no idea how to make a fast boat!  So about a week before the race, Jayden and Jarrad worked hard on the sail boat and did a great job.


It was definitely a learning experience for both Dad and Jayden.  As you can see in the pictures, they had actual rain gutters filled with water and you had to blow your boat down the gutter with a straw.  It doesn't seem to complicated, but you'd be surprised how easy it is to tip over your boat.  Jayden caught on toward the end and had a fun time.  We'll be better prepared next time!

Kylen as Justin Bieber at OneTrueMedia.com

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Our little Kylen has caught a bad case of Bieber Fever! It's no joke, I hear Justin Bieber songs ALL THE TIME! Since Jarrad and I have recentley gotten Iphones, Kylen got Jarrad's old ipod touch. He is constantly listening and performing Justin songs with it. And, I have to say, it is super cute to watch and who knows, maybe the kid will make us rich in the future! :-) He has memorized most of the songs and watches the Justin Bieber movie to learn some dance moves. It's pretty hilarious and secretly, I love it, because I'm a music junkie and it's fun to have a kid that enjoys it as much as me. I just wish he has a little more variety in his music tastes. It's amazing to me how each child can be so different. :)

No way I just turned 32.....

Because I swear I just had my 16th birthday a few years ago. :) So, on the 22nd I turned the big 32. And, when I woke up in the morning a had a few surprises waiting around the house for me.

Exhibit # 1

This is what was on the counter in the morning. This kids saw it first and yelled for me to come and see. :)
Exhibit #2
Jarrad knows I go out on the front porch for with the kids while we wait for the bus.

Exhibit #3

He also knows I take Ky to preschool, so i'd see this when I put the garage door down.

The boys kept finding the surprises and we're having so much fun showing me. Jarrad worked really hard on this while I was sleeping. It was so fun and made my day extra special. I think I'll keep him! This was something Jarrad did for me in college when we first started dating. He used side walk chalk and wrote Happy Birthday in front of my dorm in college and it was huge and probably took him a few hours. It was a reallygreat day for me. He also suprised me with a overnight trip to fort wayne this Friday, so I can get some new running shoes. He really set the bar high this year, don't think he'll be able to top it next year!

Thanks Jarrad, for all of my gifts and surprises!

Happy 6th Birthday Talan Drew!

On February 8th, Talan turned 6 years old! I'm truly amazed how fast time goes by. I can still remember so many details about him being born. He has grown up so much in the past 6 years and is now in Kindergarten! This year we were able to actually plan a fun birthday party for him and his friends from school. His actually birthday fell on a Wednesday, so I made carmel pie and Talan got to open presents from up and Grandma and Grandpa Lipply. He cleaned up as usual with a Lightning Mc Queen computer and book that projects 3d images on the wall. From us, he got a new bike and a Cars 2 video game and Reel Steel fighting game he can play with his brothers. He received a Razor spark scooter from Grandma and Grandpa Asay. After we opened presents we went to Hacienda for our birthday tradition. Talan got a sombrero and they sang Happy Birthday to him.

This was his Carmel pie on his actual birthday.

On Saturday, Talan has his first "big" birthday party at a place called "The Joy Jungle". It is like the McDonalds place place but twice the size! He and the kids loved it! A lot of aunts and uncles and cousins from Jarrad's family made it up too, which was so fun for him. He cleaned up with lots more toys, including $20 from cards, a remote control truck, Sorry game, Fin Mc Missle toy and a remote control car that does tricks. Needless to say, Talan had a great birthday. When we asked him if he had a good birthday he said, " NO, it wasn't good, it was awesome!" We love our T man and our so grateful to have him in our family.

Jarrad did a wonderful job on T's cake this year!

Kylen thinks everyone's birthday is his birthday too!

Notice Talan's sweaty hair? They were playing hard. :)

Can you tell he's had some cake?

Talan with Grandma and Grandpa Lipply

All of Talan's buddies.

Merry Christmas 2011

Kylen looking pretty excited.
Talan loves his Roush Mustang...big brother Jayden was a little jealous.

Jayden, however was pretty excited about his remote control helicopter.

Kylen and his loot on Christmas morning.

Talan still loves Lightning McQueen.

Jayman pretty excited about his Star Wars figure.

And, our pretty tree we put down stairs so the beast, aka-Doug wouldn't eat it.

Once again, we were blessed with a wonderful Christmas. Our kids received way too many toys and our home looked like Toys R Us. Needless to say, our kids were very happy. We took a lot of pictures and videos of them opening their gifts, but I just posted a few where they had great expressions on their faces. Jarrad spolied me with two kinds of perfume, lotion, clothes etc. Jarrad received car cleaning stuff, new running head phones and he's supposed to order something for his Caddy, but at this moment I cannot think of what it is called.

This Christmas we were lucky to get to have Jarrad home for 12 straight days and since I'm not coaching gymnastics this year we actually had time to just relax together as a family. It was definitely needed after all of Jarrad's insane work hours. We definitely hope that 2012 will be better for him.

Christmas programs 2011

Kylen is the one with the red and blue striped shirt
Here he is doing the hand motions with the poem. So cute!

Jayden being Nephi in the Christmas program put on by our church.

I think he makes a super cute Nephi. :)

Talan is a star, but this is the only picture I got of him before my battery died.

As always, the Christmas season flies by, and the next thing you know it's the middle of January! We had a nice Christmas season this year. Of course, what's Christmas without Christmas programs.

Kylen had a very cute program with his preschool class, where they recited a couple of Christmas poems. Watching little 3 year olds doing this is priceless. As most of you know, Kylen is very much a Mommy and Daddy's boy so I was worried he'd cry or not do anything at all. So, Jarrad and I were completely suprised when he did the poems and the motions. It was adorable.

Jayden and Talan were in a Christmas program at our church. Jayden was Nephi from The Book of Mormon and Talan was a star. They both did a great job, but I really upset when my camera battery died before Talan went up as the star. I have the worst luck sometimes. It was fun to watch and remember what Christmas is really about.

The first snow day of the school year...

Yesterday, it started out raining. A few hours later it was sleeting and then an hour later big, huge snowflakes falling....gotta love Indiana weather. Thankfully, the kids made it home safely from school and immediately headed outside to play in the snow. As much as I don't like snow, I had to admit that this particular snowfall was beautiful. It was perfect for making snowmen, since the snow was so wet. It continued to snow until we had about 8 inches. Luckily, we didn't lose power, but a lot of people did from the ice and heavy snow.

The downfall was they cancelled school today and Jayden missed his field trip to Amish Acres to see the Christmas Carol play. Also, I had 2 doctors appointments scheduled (of course this always happens to me) today,but Jarrad was kind enough to stay home and watch the kiddos. I have to admit it's nice to have all the kids home and getting to watch them enjoy playing in the snow. I remember how much I loved it as a kid. Of course, we may be in school till the middle of June at this rate.

Talan's snowman

The neighborhood looked so pretty.


Kylen helping with Jayden's snowman

Jayden and T having a blast.

This was my view from our living room...beautiful!

Kylen helping build the snowman.

Yay for snow days!