Swimming Time!

Jayden jumping in the deep end


Jayden doing the stomach float.


Talan getting ready to go down the slide.



T coming out of the slide!

Every summer we sign the kids up for swimming lessons and they love every minute of it. Talan can't swim by himself yet, but he has no problem going all the way under in the water and he is starting to learn how to doggy paddle. His favorite thing beside the slide is jumping into the water.

Jayden has really come along in his swimming. He can swim by himself for a little bit. He jumps off in the deep end and swims back to the side. Is it good form? No. But he is really proud of himself and it puts me more at ease to know that if he fell in deep water he could get himself out. Yesterday, was the last day of swimming lessons, but we have all summer to swim in our community pool!!!! One of the many reasons I love summer!

Happy 7th Birthday, Jayden!!!

Wow! Time flies when you're not paying attention! On May 31st, we celebrated Jayden's 7th birthday. I'm still in denial that I have a seven year old. We celebrated his birthday at Southeastway Park with a couple of Jayden's good friends and family. It's a nice place to have it since our house isn't very big and it can get crowded very quick. Not to mention, the kids love getting to play on the playground. We had pizza and cake and then Jayden opened all of his great gifts.

Jayden wanted Jarrad to make him a motocycle cake this year and I think he did a great job considering he was suffering from some major jet lag. He got home from Japan the night before Jayden's party, so it definitely wasn't a restful weekend. I think Jayden had a great time. Happy Birthday, Jayden!!! We love you!

Soccer Time!!!

With their trophies.

Jayden and his coach. Jarrad was the assistant coach.
Jarrad coached Talan's team.
It's hard to see, but Jayden is the one in running form.


The boys had their last soccer game of the season yesterday. It was perfect soccer weather and the boys loved their new soccer trophy. Jayden improved a lot this season. He was a little timid at attacking the ball and hustling to it at first, but by the end of the season it looked like a whole new Jayden. He made two goals this season and did a really good job.

Talan also had a blast playing soccer this season. He technically wasn't old enough to play, but Jarrad and I talked to the staff and they let us put him in anyway. Talan's favorite thing in soccer was trying to elbow and shove people out of the way trying to get to the ball. We had to keep telling him to keep his elbows down, most of the parents would crack up. All in all, he did a really good job for barely being four! Needless to say, I'm really looking forward to having my Saturdays back!

Good season boys!

All Pro Dad

The boys! From the way T is standing, I don't think you could ever deny he is an Asay boy!

Go T!

Brotherly love

Go Jayden!

What Talan was born to do!

This past Friday, Jarrad took Jayden and Talan to an event called "All Pro-Dad." It was held at the Colt's practice facility along with all of the Colt's coaches. Jarrad heard an advertisement on the radio for it and knew he had to take the boys. Basically, it was just for dads and their kids to get a chance to bond and do fun football activities together. The boys had a blast doing the obstacles and running the football field. Jarrad ended up kicking a 25 yard field goal and came home with a $25 gift card to H.H. Gregg. When the boys came home they were talking non-stop about all the fun they had with daddy. I think it is an experience they'll remember for awhile. They have a great daddy and they love him to death!

Hot and Cold

My boys love the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel. Talan especially loves it and I would always hear him sing a song off of it called Hot and Cold, by Katy Perry. So, the other day when he was singing it I asked him if he wanted to hear the whole song on the computer, and of course he did. I found the video to the song on you tube and played it for him, not knowing how much I would regret doing this later.

As you can imagine, Talan and Ky both loved it and I have being playing Hot and Cold non-stop for the past three days! Ky is constantly going to the computer and saying "song" and will not stop until he sees the video and the music starts. Once it's over, he finds me and the cycle begins again. I finally got a little video of them dancing to it and it's really cute. Hopefully, this little phase will be over soon or atleast I can maybe get them listening to a new song! A Mom can dream, can't she?

Jayden's first toothfairy visit!

This evening after dinner, Jayden was playing with his loose tooth. I felt it and it was loose, but I didn't think it was quite ready to come out. I told him if he wanted to make it come out sooner, to go eat an apple. He did that, but complained that it was hurting his gums so I sent him to Jarrad to see what he thought. Jarrad poked and prodded and he agreed that it probably wasn't quite ready. However, Jayden had other plans and asked Daddy to get the pliers. And what do you know, Jarrad latched the pliers on his tooth, Jayden jerked and out popped the tooth without Jarrad even having to pull! Jayden is super excited since he'll be 7 in May and had yet to loose a tooth. He was the last one in his class that hadn't lost a tooth. Needless to say, he is a happy boy right now, while his mommy is a little sad that her oldest boy is growing up.

PS....the toothfairy is giving him a dollar, my toothfairy must have been poor she only gave me 50 cents.

Gulf Shores, AL Spring Break trip!

Jayden and Grandma Lipply

My three boys

Grandpa Lipply and Jayden

Jayden and Talan

Kylen wanting down

Daddy and Ky

The only family photo this vacation

Jayden's creation

Ky lovin the waves

Talan holding the kangaroo

For spring break this year we went to Gulf Shores, AL. It is located on the Gulf of Mexico right next to the Florida pan handle, it is literally 11 miles from the Florida state line and it is beautiful. The beaches are white and beautiful, the boys had a blast. We invited my parents to come along and split the cost of the condo, which made for more fun along with a much cheaper vacation.

The first day we got there it was really windy, but warm. The rest of the days were nice and in the low 70's, it was great. The boys enjoyed playing in the sand and collecting shells, we now have two bags of shells I have no idea what to do with. That's the best thing about a beach vacation, you don't have to spend a lot of money to entertain the kids, you have ocean and sand right there. Of course, Jayden said he second favorite thing on vacation was the hot tub, go figure.

We also went to the local zoo and got to hold a baby kangaroo that was 7 months old. It was the most adorable thing ever! He was super sweet and gave Jayden, Talan and me kisses. The zoo also had food you could buy and feed the animals, so we also got to feed donkeys, goats, sheep, llamas and deer.

Highlights from the trip:

• Holding the baby kangaroo


• Playing in the ocean with the boys


• Watching the boys play on the beach


• Eating at the Japanese restaurant where they cook the food in front of you


• The view from our condo

Things I'd like to forget:

• Listening to "The very best of Elmo" almost the entire 15 hour car ride home.


• Singing itsy bitsy spider over and over and over the last 3 hours in the car.


• The amount of McDonalds food that was consumed...barf!


• The traffic jam in Birmingham, AL that made a 12 hour car ride a 15 hour one on the way home.

Funniest Quotes on vacation:

• (Jayden) "Mom, the only reason you want me to go into the ocean is so a Jellyfish will sting me so you'll get to pee on me." (We had been joking with Jayden before we left, that if you get stung by a Jellyfish someone has to pee on you to help the sting, so when he said this it cracked me up.)




• (Talan) "I'm not bringing the sand to preschool because I'd spill it everywhere and then I'd be in that timeout chair forever!" ( That is how T responded when my mom asked if he'd take the sand we collected to show and tell at preschool)


• (Kylen) "Dada, poop, uck." (Self explanatory)



It was a really good trip and I loved getting to spend "fun" time with my family!