Christmas Time...

Here are some late photos of our lit up home! It was fun to put Christmas lights up on our first home! The beautiful star Matt's parents gave us add the perfect touch!! There are also a few of our living room. I realize it's not quite dark outside, but I always forget to take pictures when it gets dark! You get the idea. :)

It's easy to give directions to our house now. Just follow the star.

I know, it's not the same with the sun blaring through the window.

You can't really tell from the picture, but there are only decorations on the upper half of the tree. Thanks to Audrey.

My attempt at using dollar store garland for decorating. I think it makes the mirror look like Oscar the Grouch.

Here is our electronic Christmas card. Although, you probably got one in an email.
Merry Christmas!!

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Playing catch up...

It seems I often get months behind on my blogging, and then I post a bunch all at once. So...here is just that! These are some random pictures of us...well...Audrey Jo.

A sneak peak at our family Christmas card.

Standing up, it's hard for Audrey to find her "rooster."

Caught in the act

She loves to wear mommy's apron and help in the kitchen.
I think we'd better get her a smaller one.

Our cutie pie!

Audrey's New Favorite Things

Audrey has discovered many new things. Mainly little spots for her to sit. Almost like she's in "her own little corner." It's hilarious.
She managed to get passed the barricade behind the t.v. where the vcr and cords are. I went to promptly remove her, and realized that she was...just...sitting there! I discretely watched her for quite awhile, and she would just sit there talking and looking around!
Another favorite place is the pantry. I have a box of jarred peaches on the floor and she enjoys using them as her seat, or step to reach the higher shelves. sigh. She was playing in there one day while I was getting dinner together. After a bit, I glanced over to make sure all was well. Apparently, I had a bag of apples left that I had forgotten about...like months old. She was deliciously enjoying one. Oh, Audrey Jo.
Her most recent favorite place is the couch. Sounds boring, right? Well, she has been pushing up the couch cushions, taking her blanket and books and just sitting there. She really doesn't even need books. She just loves the fact that she can get up there, and then just sits, soaking in the moment. She is such a fun, little girl!

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving at home, due to the heavy snow fall. It turned out to be very pleasant. Matt and I had fun cooking together in the kitchen. :)

Audrey at her finest....

We love our little Audrey Jo. She is such a character!! We LOVE her personality. :)

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Vaya con Dios, Elder Casperson!!

Well. Little bro, Bradina entered the MTC on Wednesday, Aug. 18th. He'll be heading to Brazil. We went to hear him speak this last weekend, and then I stayed a few extra days to see him off at the Twin Falls airport. He is a stud and will be a great missionary. He will do an awesome job.
Suerte, Elder Casperson!

The night he was set apart.

At the airport.

Airport.

At the airport with his favorite sister.

With his favorite niece, unfortunately she doesn't reciprocate the sentiment. ;)

Visiting Grandpa Bingham's grave

Awww, we'll miss you Braden!!

The many adventures of Audrey...

I've gotten some insanely cute pictures of our sweet Audrey Jo the past few days, so I had to dedicate a post to her. There are a number of "before" and "after" shots.

I know, I'm so mean. But I stuck that hat on her, and she kept it on. She never does!! Then she crawled in the kitchen and saw her bottle and broke down. It just cracked me up.

Audrey waving from behind her prison wall.

Who knew that peaches were the thing to keep a hairdo?

Before...

After.

After, after.
She then proceeded to lick her fingers. It's frosting, fyi.

"Wheeere's Audrey?"

"There she is!"

Two years down...eternity to go!!

We celebrated our TWO year anniversary on August 7th!! We couldn't believe two years have gone by already. And yet, we both feel like we have known each other so much longer! We couldn't be happier. Matt and I were truly made for each other! I love him so much!!

On Saturday, we went to Swan Valley to spend the afternoon and have a picnic. We found a beautiful little spot along the Snake River. It was cool and windy, but so enjoyable! It was a great day.

Heading out

The river

A quaint pasture with a fence

River again...

Fence again.

Blue Angels Air Show

Here in Idaho, the 24th of July is not celebrated like it is in Utah. And Matt and I miss that. But we actually had a very fun and patriotic 24th! The Blue Angels came to town and did a fantastic air show. They are 6 navy jets that do a fun show. They had a sort of fair on the runway of the airport and had all sorts of old planes and stuff. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

A plane named after our little Audrey Jo.

4 of the angels.

No, they did not collide. :)

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Well. We planted our first garden...and it's growing!! We are perfectly thrilled! Almost everything we planted is doing wonderfully. We planted corn, tomatoes, beans, jalapenos, squash, green onions, potatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and cantaloupe. Our watermelon and spinach didn't survive the cold spells. So, we are hoping we don't get and early frost!! And actually, these pictures are from last week. Our corn and tomatoes are even higher!

Uno mas....

So, I may be going overboard on "getting caught up." I'm on a roll, so I just keep posting! Back in April, Matt had a conference down in Salt Lake. So, while he attended his conference all day, my bestest friend, Melanie, came with her two boys to the hotel to swim, and then we lunched at her place. Will and Porter are two awesome dudes. :)
We then met up with Uncle Braden and bowled, and had some Creamery ice cream. Mmmm.

Cuteness. Is this a foreshadow of things to come? ;)

Since this picture, Audrey has started crawling. Her rolls aren't as...rolly anymore. :(

Thanks for bending down to my height, Mel!

Audrey's typical look when held by uncle Braden. ;)