Kids say the darndest things!

I love kids. I work with them and I get to teach them on sundays! Primary is the best place to be, I love it. The kids teach me so much. So today my sharing time was about Jesus and the good things he did and we were talking about the miracles he performed. I had the kids look at pictures depicting a story of Jesus and then tell the story to everyone. These two twins had the story of the 10 lepers. They came up to the front and one of them started, "There were 10 cheetahs with a disease that made their skin fall off and Jesus healed them but only one cheetah thanked him." haha. Awesome. I think the funniest part is that he was picturing cats with their skin falling off and Jesus healing them. It definitely made my day.

Meet Ruby!

Meet RUBY!

This is our new puppy, Ruby! We got her today after church! She's a 5 month old Border Terrier. We love her already! We've been looking into dogs and different dog breeds lately and this was our favorite one. It's the perfect mixture of what Tim and I both like in dogs. So playful and great with kids, nice and small, doesn't shed and hypoallergenic! They are super expensive to get as a puppy, but we found Ruby on Kijiji for 300 already potty and kennel trained, and can already sit and fetch! It was the perfect situation for us. We're saving a thousand dollars and she came with all her shots done. The people who bought her initially say she's great with kids, and she's really obedient. They had to sell her because they're splitting up and needed to great rid of her asap, hence the sweet deal. She came with food, a kennel, some treats and a leash so we are literally good to go! She's still a crazy little puppy and gets really excited. She loves everyone and loves to play! Also, we have yet to hear her bark (I'm lovin that part) it's soo nice! I don't love yappy dogs...

I do love dogs, but really Tim was the one pushing it. He loves her!

Sooo cute!

"Let me go guys...I wanna play!!"

Chillin out. She needs her puppy sleep!

Well, there ya have it! She really wants to meet all of you so hopefully she gets to soon!

Cakes, Picnics and Father's Day

Soooo....here's what's been going down...

The last few months have been wonderful! We've been enjoying the nice (sometimes rainy) weather and keeping very busy with work. I've finished my school board job and am excited to start working at the YMCA doing Day Camps with kids! I'm getting paid to play with kids all day.... The only rule they told us was lose a kid...lose your job...so I hope not to misplace anyone's child. Tim is still busy working at Weiss Johnson Sheet Metal. He really enjoys it except for when metal or wood falls on his face...ouch! A few weeks ago he had a pretty rough time, he got injured every day! He came home one day and said "Ash, I'm scared to go to work tomorrow, what's gonna happen?" haha poor guy. Luckily he hasn't been badly injured...and I keep telling him to wear safety goggles but he's too tough for them I guess...

This is the first summer being together that we actually have time to enjoy the nice weather! We are loving every minute of it. We also no longer have ANY channels on our TV, so we're outside doing things a lot! We went on a picnic last week and it was beautiful outside...We used this awesome picnic set we got from my Aunt for our wedding. It was awesome!

Here are some pictures...

Tim and his friends Jon and Dieter climbing a tree...

Soaking up the sun.

It's so green here since we've had so much rain! It's sure is nice when the sun comes out though!

Really bright....

We love eachother...I know it's gross. Deal with it.

I've also been busy making cakes lately. I'm making my brother's wedding cake and so I've been practicing different things and recipes! I'm excited but also nervous about it. These are a few of the projects I've worked on. I've got lots to learn but it sure is fun doing it!

This cake I made for the primary president in our ward who had a brain aneurysm a few weeks ago and had a really bad head ache for over a week! I thought I'd pixie her a cake to her and family as well as try a new recipe. I'm good at killing two birds with one stone like that. :) I was trying to figure out what to write on top of it, and this is what Tim and I came up with. I love dry humor...

This was the practice cake for the wedding...kinda lopsided but I'm working on it...

Another fun cake I made for Katie's (my brother's fiance) shower.

Cupcakes!! With little bride and grooms on them! (I bought those)

This was a cake my sisters and I made for our dad! It has all of his favorite things on it! That includes the Eiffel Tower (France), Ellie (his dog), basketball, popcorn, nachos (with salsa included), running, black licorice and... a tie cause he's a dad? haha. It was so much fun making it with them!

We were most proud of the popcorn we made out of fondant that looked like real popcorn! I also had this edible yellow powder that looked like butter that we added. Maybe we had a little too much time on our hands but it was hilarious and my dad loved it!

So HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all you dad's out there!

I LOVE my goofy Dad!

1 year celebration

So Mr Whidden and I have been married for 1 year already! Tim surprised me with a weekend trip to Calgary that was so much fun!

So glad Spring has arrived. The sun shinning on the Calgary Tower.

We also decided to go to Drumheller cause I have never been. The museum was amazing and we had a blast there!

Tim next to the Super-Croc. Glad those things are extinct.

There were dinosaurs everywhere!

Tim kept his distance so he didn't charge...luckily..

This was my reaction to Drumheller...

Waiting for our prime rib while watching the hockey game...of course.

Nothing like Denny's for breakfast!!

Going for a stroll downtown Calgary

Our hotel was pretty spiffy.

APRIL 11, 2009! Best day ever...

Another Easter Wedding

This Easter there was another Whidden Wedding! It was tons of fun to see the family again!

This is my favorite moment...when the bride and groom first come out of the temple, glowing! They looked pretty awesome, i'd say. I love Kim's face in this one!

Me hanging out with my buddy, Bauer.

So i've recently started experimenting with cake decorating...This was a cake I made for my friend Tarilyn. Tim loves helping me with the cakes. We love doing projects together.

Happy Easter!

March Madness!

So March has been a great and busy month! Tim has been keeping busy working 3 jobs and school has kept me busy too. He's installing sheet metal in new houses and then selling awesome rainbow vacuums that are legit amazing. He's also installing security systems every now and then too! No matter how tired he is at the end of the day he's always positive and works so hard. Jon has been staying at our house and actually made a bedroom out of our closet. Yup. We do have a big closet/storage room that he made into his bedroom. haha, he seems to like it though. He has a queen size mattress in there! Spring has started in Edmonton but continues to taunt me. It's much warmer on average but then snows again...and then gets warmer, and then I get my hopes up, but alas I live in Edmonton...and you just never know how long winter will continue...(good thing we won't live here forever) I am so thankful for sunshine and am sooo looking forward to summer!! But for now, I should just my eye focused on Spring...I also am really greatful for hard things that make us stronger. There were some tough things we faced a while ago, and it was hard, but we are only stronger because of it. I am glad that spring follows the winter.