Adventures of an Orange Sock and a Blue Prince. An introduction to my family, our lives, and random mutterings. Thursday, February 4, 2010. Wow its been a long time. A quick update on our lives. Bella is turning three on Friday. She is so excited about her birthday she keeps singing the happy birthday song to herself and talking about the pinata she is going to have. How does a three year old know about pinatas you may ask? Thursday, September 24, 2009. Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Sunday, March 13, 2011. Wednesday, September 15, 2010. I think that Washington, DC which is replete with monuments, should be a model for me individually to memorialize what is elevating and ennobling in my life. Therefore, I will call my internal mo.

Lanie, Gwen, Willa, Paula, and James. Thursday, September 10, 2015. Willa is now 16 months old! How did this happen? .

Saturday, October 5, 2013. Apples, apples everywhere! The courtland apples were HUGE, larger than grapefruit size. When you cut into them they were a bright white and very juicy. I was impressed with pretty much every aspect of my first apple orchard experience. This post is a little late, but hey, better late than never right? I think we all had a fun time. It will be lots of fun to go back next year with the boys! Wednesday, August 7, 2013. The girl in the b.

Brian, Dejah, Elliott and Trevor. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Trevor has been close to crawling for the past month. He is getting really good at rolling, twisting and scooting, but crawling has been just too hard. He has twisted and stretched and grunted and shrieked trying to reach our kitty Daisy. He fell a few times, but got back up and kept crawling until he got his prize. It must be in the Ashton genes to love Fresca because here is a photo of Elliott at exactly the same age with a Fresca too.

Sunday, July 04, 2010. We made it to Arkansas! Yes, it continued the whole trip. The kids immediately wanted to go swimming. We went on a beautiful boat ride that night, found a great swimming spot and watched an amazing sunset. The dogs are in heaven here.

Dan, Molly, Maizie and Jemma. Saturday, December 8, 2012. I will always remember looking across Jemma as she was seizing to see Dan gently holding her hand and looking so calm. He told me that he was freaking out on the inside but always knew she would be okay. I really married an amazing man! They had to wrap her head to keep the electrodes on for the EEG. Jemma making me laugh! .

Monday, December 6, 2010. Nothing says Christmas like seeing the lights on Temple Square, but taking the family to see the lights is always an event. We went tonight for Family Home Evening. Check out this once in a lifetime picture I got of the twins running past some lit trees. Dave and Ashton on YouTube.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Baby steps, right? Links to this post. Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

Book reviews, my thoughts about life, economics, politics, or creative writing, and updates on my life. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Which approach is more effective? .