Been hanging around

I've been having lots of fun while on Sabbatical, here I am with Jon, Mom and Dad at In-N-Out... I love a fresh delicious hamburger, anytime!
Shelby and Dave

Baby Shower!

And make sure to check out more pics on Shelby's blog!

Soon to be Grandma's! (again!)
Delicious foods... Shelby practically did everything all by herself, she rocks!

Two of the funniest people I know...
Court got some really really cute stuff!

Sandi, Alyse, Maverick and Carol- we had so much fun with Alyse who flew out special for the shower!

The cutest boy I've seen in a long time... (excluding Connor of course!)

What I'll miss about NYC

My work friends! Anna, Mark, Isaac and JohnEspecially these two... Mark and Isaac!
Alicia, Becky and BRENDA!
Mark, Whitney, Ash and Rachel
April and Jeff
Kimmie Jones

And so many more! miss you all!

Christmas time is here!

Here I am with my new best friend...

Courtney fluffing branches for the tree assembly!
The red "2" ornament, signifying the 2 train in NYC! Isn't Courtney's pregnant belly cute?!
Dad (bkgd), Shelby and Mom!
The tree is beautiful! Stella likes ornaments too.

It SNOWED in Granite Bay!

Weird, right? It was GREAT!

Diploma

I am a college graduate! Here's the proof...Yay me!

Elf

Christmas time is here! This time of year is so cheerful and festive, I just love every minute of it. And then tonight Jon says to me, "Ashley, you look like an elf."

(Will Ferrell cracks me up)

Sure, it's Christmas, and yeah I'm in the holiday spirit, but who on earth wants to look like one of Santa's elves? I said to Jon, "You think I look like an Elf??" and Jon says matter of factly,

"Yeah, you do!.... just like from Lord of the Rings!"

(Arwen is one bad-a elf)

Offense never turned so quickly into compliment! I suddenly remembered my hair was straight. He didn't think I looked like a short silly Santa elf, he thought I looked like a beautiful Arwen elf! Talk about rad!

Now here's a Q... if I wear my hair straight more often, does that mean I get one of these? If so, I'm down.