The Ashworth Blog

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Horseback Riding Lessons

Our quality of life just went UP!

At the cost of only $10 per lesson!

On Theo and Oscar's favorite horse, Oreo.

Thanks for coming to watch, cousin Jaeda and Aunt Keeta.

Theo had his first horseback riding lesson yesterday. He was in heaven. I loved watching him focus and respond so well to his teacher, who is amazing by the way. She let Oscar hop on for a quick ride at the end.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Help!

My 3-year old is chewing holes through his shirts. Something has got to be bothering him. Has anyone gone through this before? The most effective thing so far has been making a spitting noise every time we see him chewing, which reminds him to spit out his shirt. But it's not working anymore. At first putting him in collared shirts that button up to his neck worked, but then he started lifting the bottom of his shirt and chewing there. I am throwing away 3-4 shirts a week. This has been going on for about a month now. I don't know what to do. We will consider and appreciate any tips you may have. Please, help!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Ashworth Family Reunion

Peter's grandma, Rachel Ashworth put on a fabulous family reunion in July. We had a wonderful time and plan on returning to Bear Lake more than once. Thank you, GG, for all you did so we could have this time together.

Everyone!

Peter's mom, dad, brothers (except Tim, Canda, Max, and Alex).

Bronwen, Eliza and Dave

Jane's kids

Rayanna and her dad

I wasn't emailed a pic of Sam, Ben, or Mark Pugh's family. If I am, I will include them!

Peter, like his Dad, is always appreciative of the beautiful scenery.

Lather up, it's time for a mud bath. I hear mud is great for exfoliating your skin.

Grandma Rachel, RayAnna and Paul enjoying the beach.

The kids enjoying their puddle.

Sherrie and her daughter, Adelaide.

Us.

Becky and Eliza became instant friends.

On the back deck, enjoying each other's company.

Grandma sharing a story from her earlier life.

Dave, Bronwen and their daughter, Eliza.

Bombs away!

Dave, looking cool.

Upside down Tom.

Jim/Grandpa

Peter

I think I was flipping here.

Beautiful Alison/Grandma.

Nice view, Oscar.

Peter takes any chance he can get to fly his kite.

Spencer and my boys adoring Adelaide.

Hey, Tom's getting a piggy back ride from the Yukon.

Roasting s'mores around the fire.

Uncle Spencer is awesome.

Theo and Oscar have the funnest time with Uncle Spencer.

Relaxing with Nato.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

A Happy Surprise

I went to a garage sale this weekend. It was on the street next to ours, so I was so excited to be able to ride my bike there! The boys hopped in the trailer and we were off at 7:53 am. I arrived at 7:57, the first one. Yes!

I got a ton of children's books 6 for $1, but the best find was an accident. The lady said it was a volleyball net, $3. On the 4-minute ride home, I had decided I was going to bring it to the family reunion coming up in two weeks. But it wasn't a volleyball net after all. It was this:

A happy surprise :)

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Nickel Auction Fun!

If you don't know what a nickel auction is, just watch this newsclip, then you'll get the idea: http://paulandtiff.blogspot.com/2009/04/nickel-auction.html

About a week and a half ago I hosted another neighborhood nickel auction. The entire week prior I went through all my closets so I could be ready to sell! And I made just over $20. I was pleased.

One of the hot-ticket items for sale was a hiking baby backpack.

Since I bought this skirt for $.01 at Old Navy and sold it for $1.55 at the Nickel Auction, I made a an amazing profit, ha ha!

You know what I spent my earnings on? A chocolate brown, leather coffee table/ottoman from the D.I. for $20. My favorite feature is the four storage receptacles. They've been put to good use holding movies, games, train tracks, and blankets for cuddling.