It's Fall!

This is what we came home to. Isn't it beautiful?

Bumbo

Sorry I've been such a bad blogger it's been a crazy week. I had my jewelry party last Friday and it went really well, but it was a lot of work. But it paid off with $400.00 in sales, five parties, and a catalog show, so business is booming! Ainsley got a gift certificate for Baby's R Us (thank you Aunt Yvonne) so we went and got her this little chair called a Bumbo chair. It's the cutest thing! She found her feet this week and so she sits in the chair and tries so hard to get them. She's an angel, I can't wait for you all to meet her, you're going to love her. She's so smiley.

Picture Day

Well today was picture day for Prestin, we were really excited about this cute little milestone in his life. Definitely more exciting for us than Prestin. So last night we went through the picture packages and chose the one we wanted very carefully, went through his closet to pick the perfect outfit for this special event, and he even got a new hair cut. This morning I got him up bright and early so that he would look his best, made sure he brushed his teeth, and told him to get a jacket because it was chilly outside. We were all set, I took him to school, told him I loved him, and to smile for the camera. I couldn't wait until he got home to tell me all about it. When he came home I eagerly asked him how the pictures went, if he smiled and so on. He said he did and then informed me that it was cold walking to the gym to get his picture taken so he wore his jacket. What!, I said. But you took it off for the picture right? Nope, he said, I zipped it all the way up and the camera lady said it looked nice. All my excitement immediately turned to disappointment, but then I just had to laugh. Hopefully there will be retakes, but if not all of you will just know that it must have been a cold day here in Washington. Then a little later in the day Tatum asked if she could color, a few minutes later I heard arguing and screaming(of course coming from Avery). I went to see what was going on and found both of them covered in purple marker, thank goodness it was washable. They had been dueling it out, each taking a swipe at the other, I have no idea what the fight was about but it was serious. As I was telling this story to Ash we both started laughing at how that must have looked with them only a foot a way taking jabs at each other with purple marker. We're definitely making some funny memories here.

Just another day

So it's been a pretty average week in the life of the Farley's. I had to take Tatum to the doctor today because yesterday she swallowed a piece from one of her games. I have no idea why! It was a little plastic chip that she uses for her bingo game, no bigger than a nickel and very thin. It wasn't really anything to worry about, it was more for precaution. They took an x-ray and couldn't see anything, the doctor said it would pass fine. He said that he has seen open safety pins pass through a child's system just fine, can you imagine! So anyways just another day, the weather has been really nice, it's funny because the temperature in the morning is between 45 and 50 degrees, and you just need a long sleeve shirt and maybe a sweatshirt. But back home in the desert when it's that temperature I remember freezing my tookus off(and by the way I have no idea if that's how you spell that). So anyways in spite of a missing bingo chip all is well!

Unibrows and Crushes

Hey everyone, I know it's been a couple of days since I've written. I hope everyone is well! We miss you all a ton and hope this blog has been fun for everyone to visit. Thanks for the comments from some of you about the blog, it's the only way I know if anyone's reading it. We were thinking we would be coming home in October but that is looking pretty slim, since Ash has had a couple of guys leave Dreyer's. One guy quit which was a huge blessing and the other guy went on to pursue a career in which he has a degree in. So Ash will have to cover for them until he gets someone hired for their positions. Hopefully it won't be too long. So we are sorry that we won't be able to see you for a while. I'm also sorry that I won't be able to have some good Mexican food, they just don't have very good Mexican restaurants up here. I could make Mexican food better than some of these places and that's not saying much. Let's just say thank goodness Ash loves me for me and not my cooking. And I'm sorry I won't be able to see Tyler play football. We miss you Tyler!!!! So anyways, I've started my jewelry business up again, I'm having a party in a few weeks here at our house to get things going so please pray that everything goes well and that I get off to a good start. The kids are doing well, but Tatum had an accident the other day. She tripped over the dog and hit her forehead on the window sill right between the eyes. Poor thing, she looks like she has a unibrow, but she is one tough cookie I'll give her that. The picture doesn't do it justice, it's turned a deep red since I took this picture and it looks like one continuous eyebrow. It all happened in slow motion for me and she hit it so hard I thought for sure she was knocked out, but she got up a little teary eyed and basically shrugged it off. I know it had to hurt from the looks of it and she has a pretty nasty bump, which is still kind of tender to the touch, but she is doing just fine. She has always been a tough kid even when she was a baby and I'd take her to get her immunizations, she never cried. It always made those appointments a lot easier on mom that's for sure. And Prestin is doing really well in school, he loves it a lot. We think he might have a crush on a little girl named Theresita. You can see her in the first entry I wrote, she's the girl standing behind him in line on his first day of school. Everyday he comes home saying something about her. Like today I asked him if Theresita spoke English or Spanish, he said she spoke English, but he really liked it when she spoke Spanish. And he made it a point to tell me she had new earrings on today and that he liked them. They sit next to each other at their little table, so it could be that he just notices things, but it's so funny the way he get's when he talks about her. He always has the biggest smile on his face and his ears turn a little red. So that's pretty much what's going on in the life of the Farley's. Hopefully we'll get a little more exciting this week.

Sweetie pies

When we found out we were moving to Washington one of the things I was really excited about was having a garden, especially since everything grows so easily out here. Well I got my wish on Mother's Day, Ash and the kids took me to Home Depot to pick out a ton of new plants. I was really excited and now I have something beautiful I can see right out my kitchen window. There isn't a picture of my garden because there are a lot of weeds in it right now, so once I pull those I'll let you see it. But anyways I grew these sweetpeas from seeds and planted some in my garden and in this planter we have out back. Tatum wanted to help me plant them so I would dig the holes and she would put them in and pack the dirt around them. We would watch them get bigger and bigger and finally she looked out one day and saw that they had blooms on them. She came running up to me with the biggest smile and said that our sweetie pies had flowers on them. Isn't it funny what kids say sometimes? So this is Tatum with the sweetie pies she planted. Isn't she beautiful? She is getting so mature I have to remember that she's only four sometimes. She's definitely mommy's little helper and such a worry wart. She asks me if I locked the front and back doors when we leave and she's always making sure that everyone's safe. If one of the younger ones strays just a little she's after them like a mama bear after her cubs. She's funny but she's my little sweetie pie.

Avery's Birthday and The Company Picnic

So it's been a busy couple of days, yesterday was Avery's birthday and I can't believe she's three already. I made cupcakes and the girls decorated them, they turned out pretty cute and were tasty to boot! I know, I know I'm a nerd but I couldn't resist. But as you can see Madi liked them a lot. So after cupcakes we went to Target to let her pick out some presents, because the girl was loaded. By the way thanks to everyone who sent gifts, cards, and money that was very generous of you all. Today was the Dreyer's company picnic, they always do such a nice job hosting these picnics for the employees and their families. Back home they always did them at water parks, but here they had it on a huge soccer field and had a bunch of those blow up bouncy things with tons of games to play. We definitely weren't bored. The kids had a blast! By the way Avery bought this outfit with her birthday money. Madi was running around the whole soccer field and loving her new found freedom. She was really cute today, and as you can see my big kid was having a lot of fun as well. Here's some pics of Ainsley for those of you who haven't gotten to see her yet. And sorry for the huge space between the title and the post. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it, it seems the more pictures I add the larger the space is. And I've been messing around with some new backgrounds, tell me if you like this one or the the polka dots. You can leave your comment at the bottom of this post where it says comments, just click on the word. Well gotta get to bed we have church tomorrow.