Happy Mother's Day!

I have the best mom in the whole world and so today I just wanted to write about her for a few minutes and put up a few fun pictures of us.

I love my mom because she is a Godly woman, she prays for all of her children, has instilled in us that Jesus is the way the truth and the life and seeks to know God more. 

I also love my mom because she is my best friend. We have so much fun together, we can have serious talks, laugh cry together. 

My mom has truly taught me so much and I am just thankful for all of that, I would not the woman I am today without her advice and love and am truly so grateful to God for giving her to me as my mom. I really hope that when I do have kids I will be as incredible as she is!

Happy Mothers Day, Momma!! :-D

patience..

I'm currently waiting on Facebook to upload 50 photos but it is taking forever! UGH!! Must be only 3 photos can be uploaded at once, so dumb!

Or maybe I need to go to bed, since it is now after midnight. But since there arent that many photos to go I will tough it out and get them uploaded.

So whats new in the world of Ashleigh..

I got to see Wicked last night! I loved it!!

There are now 2 animals at the farm, with 8 more to be arriving soon. :-) So much fun!!

And thats all for right now as I am TIRED!!

Buenos Noches!

P90X and snow in Apil

Oh yeah!!
 we are now on day 20 of P90 and it really has been fun! I know that that probably seems strange but I have been loving it. Well I really don't love getting up early, but the fact that I been feeling so well has been fabulous!

I feel so much better since we have been working out and actually feel a little bit skinnier. My jeans were not as tight today so that makes me happy! So....heres to hoping that I'll keep feeling great :-)

Ok, so seriously I was driving home from my moms last night after watching 3 episodes of Vampire Diaries(my mom and I's guilty pleasure when no boys are around, hehe) and it was as though I was back in January and was driving through a blizzard.  It was April 19th. Something about that is just not right, gross!! Michigan, please collect your memos and realize that it is supposed to be spring!!


In another note, I got a hair cut on Thursday! I'm loving it! :-) I got about 4 and 1/2 inches cut off and my hair has decided that it can now curl properly. Hooray! I even got purple in it too! Its really quite fun.

We have a showing on our house tomorrow!! Which is exciting, maybe the people will like it and buy it!!

Oh one last thing, I now only need $500 for my mission trip to Peru. God is so good!! So I'm praying that I will get all that I need!

Ok, I'm done I'm really tired and should go to bed but I know that wont actually happen for at least another 30 minutes.

Blood

Yesterday I tried to be good and give blood. I have given blood twice before and yesterday I didnt get to! UGH! I actually really enjoy knowing that I can help someone simply by giving of my blood and its healthy to do as well.

So first of all, there were lots of different nurses working yesterday and they were not very nice, so strike one.

I went back to get my temperature taken and it was 99.3 which it has to below 99.5 in order to give blood. (so that made me nervous) And the really ornery nurse asked me if I was feeling well, I actually felt great despite having sore legs from working out that morning. A womans body temperature fluctuates throughout the month.  oh well, clearly I know more than that nurse. Strike two - Don't ask me if I'm feeling alright, if I didnt feel well I would not be donating blood.

Then she proceeded to give me a nice little pin prick to get my hemoglobin....and as she does this, she squeezes my finger  at least 5 times to get some blood finally the sixth time must have been the charm as she finally put the slide in the machine. It took way to long so I knew something was up. It beeped and said LL which I guess meant that my hemoglobin was to low. Really? Maybe if you had told me to warm up my fingers a little or taken one of the first drops of blood, I  could already be done but of course not. So she proceeds to tell me that I can try the other hand, so I say sure why not. I get poked yet again by a different but still hostile looking nurse, and this time my hemoglobin is 12.2 but it has to be 12.5 in order to donate. Strike three - Please act a little bit sympathetic toward me, you are a nurse after all and I am trying to do something good. 

Its just super annoying to me that I could not give blood yesterday, I wasn't even anemic. My hemoglobin was well within normal range but it has to be at 12.5 in order to give blood. Seeing as it was at 12.2, I wish I could have at least been able to do decide if I wanted to give blood, but no the mean nurses and  The Red Cross get to make those decisions for me. UGH!!

Ok my ranting is done. Better luck next time! 

One year anniversary!!

So crazy that as of yesterday we have been married for a year!!! :-)

We went out to dinner at the beacon club, where we went after we got married last year. So that was fun and quite delicious. I've been eating gluten free for awhile now but last night I decided to eat what I wanted and did I ever! We got some three cheese soufflé with tasty garlic crostini's and then I got a skittles martini. And then before main course I had a broccoli salad, also delightful. I then got kalamazoo pasta which had mushrooms and asparagus in it in a white sauce which had some kind of wine in it, it was so flavorful! I don't regret eating badly at all! :-) then of course I needed dessert and I got an ice cream drink, a snickers, it had baileys and Kahlua in it and something else. So so tasty!! Below there will be some pictures of the afore mentioned food.

And I'm excited for Easter tomorrow!
I was reading my bible tonight of all 4 gospel accounts of the resurrection and it was just an awesome reminder of how faithful our God is. :-)

Tonight I made French silk pie and Rice Krispie treats which I made pink for Easter dinner tomorrow.

So happy Easter fellow readers! May you have a truly blessed Easter holiday! He is risen!!

failure to post

So sorry blog, its been a long time.

I always have great intentions of writing and then life happens or Jared is using the computer to watch TV(which happens quite often).

So whats new now that it's March?
*well today is Jared's birthday:-) He's getting old and turned 25 today.
*I had a birthday in January and turned 27! And I may or not have freaked out a little bit! whoa! How did that happen so fast?
*we went on a cruise in January, which was really fun and we did get stranded on the ship! How terrible would that have been? Our cruise was quite enjoyable and we had super great weather and I got a tan in January(said tan has currently disappeared tho). We even went swimming with stingrays which I just LOVED!!!!! I will definitely do that again! Maybe not a cruise again, because I like solid ground and like staying in one place. I would also choose a different cruise line, Royal Caribbean would be preferable.
*we got a new dog January 1st! His name is Dieter and we just LOVE him. I still really my sweet Edo boy:( But Dieter has fit right in and he and Zeena really LOVE each other, its nice that they now have each other to play with.
*I finally took care of all my Christmas stuff.
*youth group has been really great lately! We have a great youth pastor who just loves the kids and it helps that he and his wife are becoming fast friends with Jared and I! Yay!!
*recently I got to have a girls weekend with my mom and twins, as Jared and my stepdad were both gone at the same time! It was so much fun!! Lots of ice cream was consumed and my mom and I watched lots of Vampire Diaries!
*In less than a month, it will be our 1 year anniversary! Seriously? Time flies! :-)
*we have been studying the book of James at church and it has been awesome!
*I've been doing my best to eat gluten free for the past few weeks and have since had way less headaches!! I love that!!
*On April 1st(my moms birthday) we are going to start P90X again! Yikes, it is gonna suck but all the pain will be worth it! And we have already decided that once we are done we are at least going to work  out 4 times a week, no taking a break and not doing it for 2 years! I've become a bit of a fatty!
*I only have a few more mission trip payments for Peru! I'm very excited to go! God really changed my heart and I just know its going to be an amazing trip for everyone going!
*I am still trying to read through Harry Potter. I am currently reading book 5 "the order of the phoenix". I just need to get through it!
*Mariah won a short story contest that one of friends from high school was doing. Here is the link if you would like to read her story :-) Its quite good. www.mariahhammond.wordpress.com
*I got a pair of prescription sunglasses and think they are pretty great! Its so nice to be able to see and not have squint all the time since I have them! And I got new glasses too, they are pretty fun as well and are orange. Pretty appropriate since orange is my favorite color!

Well currently I am going to try to upload some cruise pictures to Facebook. But I'm gonna do my best to write more often especially since I can update from my phone!

Merry Christmas!!!

A very Merry Christmas to you all!!

Today has been a most wonderful day even though I am now at work. We are currently watching Christmas Vacation which I love :-D

Yesterday we celebrated at my Moms house which was very fun.then we went to the candlelight Christmas Eve service, which I always love even when I get burning wax on my hand over and over. Today we went to my Dad's and then Jared went to his parents and I went back to my Moms for some dinner and on to work. This weekend, we have two more Christmas events and then next week its the New Year! How did that happen so quick?

I got some really fun stuff for Christmas. Really cute sock monkey PJ's, sock monkey key chains, sock monkey key covers. If you notice a theme, there is one. I just love me some sock monkeys! :-)  I got a really fun scarf from my Grandma. I got a Barnes and Noble giftcard from my brother and a Starbucks gift card, I think my family knows what I like! My Grandma Karren got Jared and I new sonicare toothbrushes, which is super nice! I'm gonna have fresh clean teeth!And I even got an orange knife. Jared and I did stockings for each other and I got some super cute snowmen stuff made by one of his friends moms. They are so cute! I'll take some pictures and put them on here!

Today I am just feeling blessed, God has blessed us so much and on this day that we celebrate his birth and then ulitmately his death on the cross, for us! Its just incredible. I have so much to be thankful for, so much more than just the gifts I have received from Christmas.

Thank you Jesus:-)

This is just a super cute photo, someday I'll do this on Christmas!

Wedding ornaments from my Momma! Love these! <3>

Todays tasty ham! :-)

I'm a pretty big fan of our Christmas tree! :-)

Christmas Eve Service. (also my hand that is being burned by hot wax)

Love this! :-D

And just a little self portrait while driving to work. Why yes I am a dork, haha!