Back To School

Once again it is that time of year where the weather gets cooler, the days shorter and the kids go back to school. This is a pretty exciting event in our family this year as both Nicholas and Andrew are in school now.


Nicholas started 2nd grade at Parkside Elementary on August 21st. Sporting his really cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle backpack and new clothes he got from Grandma Foutz as a birthday present, Nicholas is attending Mrs. Gabrielsson's class. With a tent for a reading center in the classroom and a couple of guinea pigs, Fudge and Hot Fudge, as class pets, second grade is going to be way fun. Hopefully lots of learning will be involved as well.


With just a little apprehension of the unknown, Andrew began his first day of Kindergarten on August 30th. Mrs. Gardner once again has an Ashton boy in her class. With his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle backpack and tennis shoes, Andrew has thoroughly enjoyed his first couple of days at school. He is so excited for all of the fun field trips, recess and new friends he will experience this year.

Mom has mixed feelings about all of this of course. It's hard to see her baby growing up so fast, but is going to enjoy these few hours every Thursday and Friday morning to get a few things done without interruption. We'll keep all of you updated on all the happenings throughout the year at Parkside Elementary.

Our trip to San Antonio, Texas

Our family recently had the opportunity to visit Grandma and Grandpa Ashton in San Antonio,Texas. We left on July 25 and returned on August 3. We had an enjoyable, relaxing time. Our flight out was very uneventful. Our return flight was ok, the plane in Denver was delayed an hour making the late evening return even later, but we managed to survive. The weather was very hot, 95 degrees with at least 60% humidity, YUCK. But that did not stop us from having fun and enjoying some of the fun things to do in San Antonio. As most of you know I do not have a digital camera so the pictures I am posting are courtesy of Grandpa Ashton.

We all got together to make yummy chocolate chip cookies





On the boat for the San Antonio River tour.

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We took a small hike at a park not too far from where G&G live. Andrew likes to call it the walking park. The picture of the metal bug is the directional marker for the trail. The bench the boys are sitting on is one that was made for an eagle scout project.






Here we are visiting a museum. The gentleman in the cowboy hat was teaching the children about life on the cattle drives, specifically how the meals were prepared out of a chuck box. The day we were at the museum San Antonio's finest were there posing with the kids. The boys then had fun in the hands on "Tree House" area.

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Nicholas was able to celebrate birthday #7






The San Antonio Temple