I am thankful...

That today marks 2 months since Ashlyn's last breathing episode (or should I say not breathing). I hope that this trend continues. I totally believe in the power of prayer and know the miracles that come from them... like my little girl whose face is staring at me as I type this.
Okay, enough of this sappy crap... BRING ON THE GRUBBAGE!!!

Disclaimer: I know that I should post about other things that I am thankful for like my husband, our families, my bestest friends and my closest friends, and my true friends, and my good friends, and my just friends and my blog friends and the friends who just stalk my blog but don't comment... but i don't want to. right now. or later. or tomorrow and friday i will be shopping, so maybe next year for all you others.

hilarious times 2

hilarious!

This video is so stinkin funny... it is right up there with the "summit ward talent show". ENJOY!!

Twilight night

So last night me, Cathy & her mom Sandy, my sis Raelyn and her friends Katie & Angelee & her daughters Jaycee and Shaylee (spelling?) all went to the midnight showing of Twilight. It was so fun to spend time out with "girls". Now I love to be with Ashlyn, but I love a girl's night out. I was/am not a Twi-hard like most of you but I will give props to the movie. It actually followed the book for the most part and I was happy I went. I didn't like Edward at first, but he grew on me and his eyes are B-E-A-utiful! And then it showed Emmett... yes he is quite dee-lish himself. And then my favorite... James. I heart him. In the first scene when he appears... oh baby, I was all for it. I could've licked him! Anyway, so I guess I will finish the next book and probably go see it when it comes out also.



p.s. on January 9th a new movie with Kate Hudson comes out and OMH, it looks so funny. Me and Cathy have a date for it and we are accepting more apps from people to come with us... It will be great fun!!!

4 months later...

Ashlyn is 4 months old today... time flies when you are in love with your little one. I look at her and I am amazed at how big she is getting, but yet she is still little. We went to the doctor on Monday because she has had some goo coming out of her left eye. Dr. N said that it is a clogged tear duct. Poor little girl, if it's not one problem, it's another (just like her mommy). She also weighed in at 12.1 lbs and will find out her height on Friday when she gets her shots. Anyway, she hasn't acted sick at all so it must not bother her. She is still the happiest girl ever. Another accomplishment is that is has almost been 2 months since her last "episode". She had it at Laurie's wedding shower on September 26th... prayers have truly been answered.
Some highlights of the last 4 months are:
#1: She responds so well to voices. She just smiles. She especially knows her "PA" (my dad) and just glows when he talks to her, it is too cute.
#2: She laughs. It is so dang cute to hear her laugh.
#3: She talks so much. When she wakes up in the night, or in the morning she just sits and talks like "Mommy get me outta here, I am HUNGRY"
#4: She is always moving. When she has her tubbies she is wild. It takes everything my mom has to hold her. (I can't bath her yet, which makes me sad, but my hands are so weak that I am afraid I will drop her)... at least I have got some on video
#5: She has started with a tooth. It hasn't broken through at all, but you can feel the little lump in the right side of her mouth. It is so exciting.
#6: She still don't have a bald spot! HALLELUJAH!!!! Thanks to my sister's thinking, we made these little things that go under her head wherever she lays and they totally work! Thanks SIS!
#7: She loves the color RED! She truly was meant to be named after her Grandma Don-Don who LOVES red. She will find something red and just stare at it for hours. It is too cute.
#8: She can sit on her own for 5-6 seconds. It is so fun to watch her.
#9: She absolutely HATES tummy time. Dr. N said to have her on her tummy for at least 15 minutes a day. She lasts, at most 5 minutes and then she wails.
#10: She recognizes Jesus' face. It is so sweet to see the peaceful look she has on her face when she finds his picture and then she gets the biggest smile on her face.
#11: She is such a happy baby. The only time that she cries is if I don't get her bottle to her fast enough. And she starts to fuss when she gets out of the tub. She loves her tubbies.

Ash- we love you so much. We are so proud to be your parents.

ENJOY some CUTE pics!

Grocery Smarts Class

Hey everyone... this is short notice, but since I haven't had any RSVP's from my family (eh hmm Steph and Aunt Kami) then I am extending our invite to the Grocery Smarts Class at our house this Tuesday night. Here is our "official" invite... but I need RSVP's by Sunday (Monday the latest!) Please send an email if you would like to join! bobby-bop@hotmail.com


Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to invite friends and family to our house on Tuesday Nov. 18th at 6:30 pm. We are having a Grocery Smarts Class. We went to this class back in October and we couldn't believe how much money there is out there to save, especially this time of year. You don't have to buy anything, just come and learn about the smartsource and redplum ads in the Sunday paper. There is also a free website that gives you a weekly list of items that are on sale for the best deal which includes online coupons as well. The idea is to get enough coupons for each person living in your household. So this is how you do it. Come to the class and sign up for additional news papers to be delivered to your door. We bought two additonal papers (Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune) Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays only. It was $40 for 10 weeks, but then we got a $20 gift card to Albertson's. So what she is really selling is newspapers, which you don't have to buy. So if you are interested in saving some money, just come to the class and just listen to what you can do with just the internet. We promise it will be worth it! Listed below is our first savings at Albertson's just by using a few online coupons and my preferred card.

1st Trip = We paid $47 and saved $46

2nd Trip = We paid $109 and saved $147

We saved this much just by using the online best buys list. Please RSVP by Nov. 14th.

Call us if you have any questions.This isn't just for the women, we know guys like to save money also.

The Creager's/ Cox's

Ashlyn's Blessing Day 09/07

So I am a little late with this post, I know, but the day we blessed Ashlyn was so hectic. We had so much family over afterwards and so many people wanted to see and hold Ashlyn so we didn't get many pictures taken. And in the ones that did get taken, she started fussing because she was so hungry. Anyway, so yesterday after church, we put Ashlyn back in her blessing dress and took some pictures. She has gotten so big since her blessing day because her dress was huge on her and now it fits her pretty good. Oh well, I don't care that I am late taking them. We did at least get a couple from that day, I am just glad to have more of her in the dress. I instantly fell in love with it when I saw it.

Family Home Evening @ Energy Solutions Arena

Family Home Evening: METALLICA CONCERT!! I could do more FHM's if they are like that.

This blog was suppose to be titled "My ode to Mike", but FHM is funnier to me.
So yesterday I am watching Cher on ELLEN and I was really into it, when the house phone rang around 4:30 and I knocked it off the night stand. I was holding Ashlyn who was sleeping so I couldn't get down on the floor to find it. Next thing I heard someone talking on the answering machine, but just thought that it was those stupid phone calls saying "please vote for mister panzy" (Rob Bishop) So a few minutes later I come down into the kitchen and look at the caller I.D. on the kitchen phone and it said Michael Mathews... I thought what the heck? So then I push the button to listen to the message and it says "This is Michael Mathews... yada yada yada... and I have some tickets for Robyn and Kevin to the METALLICA concert if they can get a babysitter." The message was alot longer than that but you get the picture. I would have loved to have seen the look on my face at that moment. I hollered up to Raelyn to ask if she could watch Ashlyn and she bust down the stairs thinking that something was wrong. I am trying to spit out the words that I just heard but I was SO EXCITED!! I finally got out the words "METALLICA concert" and she said that she hated me. Anyway, so I call Mike back and he said that the ARMY had some free tickets and he had 14 of them. I told him definitely that I would go... DREAM COME TRUE!!! So the thoughts in my head are #1: I have no time to get ready, #2: I can FINALLY meet ARI, even though it is at a concert where we couldn't talk and get to know each other, and #3: Is this a dream? So as I come back to reality while talking to Mike he said that his wife wasn't going to be going, so I was sad... but only for a few minutes. Sorry Ari, I was going to METALLICA and couldn't be sad for too long. He said that he would be at Crown Burger at 6:00 and that we can get free parking if we eat there. Let me remind you, it is after 4:30 and I hadn't even showered for the day and Kevin was at work. Anyway so I call Kevin and tell him to drive like the wind to get home because we are going to METALLICA! He didn't really believe it either. So I hurry and jump in the shower, Kevin gets home just before 5:00 and we were on the road at 5:35. No one better ever tell me that I take too long to get ready, and I looked amazing in the end. So we arrive at Crown Burger and meet Mike and his group of guys that he brought and we get the tickets, eat and book it over to E.S.A. because I wanted a shirt. So we stand in line and get our shirts and then off to find our seats. We weren't sitting next to anyone that we knew so after the second act we went and found Mike and crew and sat with them. It was the BEST concert ever... next to Garth Brooks. He is still my favorite. My favorite part of the entire night was "Nothing Else Matters" and "Enter Sandman". I was really wishing that they would have played The Unforgiven or Unforgiven 2 but since I didn't have a say... They played for 2 hours... excuse me, 2 AMAZING hours. I was so glad that it was in the round because no one had a bad seat. And thanks to the zoom on my camera, it looks as if we are sitting pretty close.
Anyway, the night was awesome. I will never forget it. And I owe Mike BIG time. I am so glad that we have stayed friends all these years. Ari, I told Mike that we have to meet in SLC some night and dinner is on us. So there, now it is in writing and I can't back out. Anyway, thanks again Mike... and the ARMY!! We truly enjoyed ourselves, even being as sick as I was when it started, and I am paying for it more today.
Mike, if you EVER get FREE tickets to PINK or ROB ZOMBIE... I better be FIRST ON YOUR LIST!!! But I want good tickets to those, so see what the ARMY can do!!! wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

ENJOY THE PICTURES!!!














Kevin, Me & Mike