Saturday, May 21, 2016

January 2016

January came so quick it seemed like! 
Here is a recap of 2015:
-Superbowl
-March Madness
-Boise trip to celebrate the life of Grandma Hill
-5K/10K race at Morro Bay
-4th of July at the Blaze Game
-Chick-Fil-A dress up like a cow day!
-Halloween
-Family pics and trip back to our hometowns
-Our First christmas by ourselves

2015 was an incredible year! We didn't have too much to complain about! We started the year by writing some goals and made new years resolutions! 

We started out the month with helping our friends move! We were so sad to see them leave. Sean and Kristine Alibrando have been such good friends of ours! I was able to go watch Baby Anders while they all packed up! Later that night, they came over for some dinner! Aubrey had a blast playing with Anders and showing him all of her princess stuff!


Aubrey received this Frozen couch for Christmas from Mimi and Papa! She absolutely loves it!
She finds every excuse to sit on it! I think she really loves it because it has a special place in our living room and it is just for her!
Her sitting on it with a new sleeping bag we purchased for our summer camping trip!

I was folding warm laundry and she decided that it would make a great blanket!

Occasionally she come and cuddle by me on the couch! I love the snuggles!

January is perfect weather for me here in Bakersfield! Everyone thinks it is way too cold but I love to actually put on a jacket and be outside! Aubrey loves the swings at the park!




One night in January we headed over to the Foulk's house and had a delicious dinner! We went and picked oranges for dessert! They are so sweet and delicious!
Me and Kaili!

Aubrey thought it was pretty fun that "balls" were on the tree!

And she bit right into them! 

We had a blast in the dark and were blinded by the flash on the phone!


More park days!





Park days are fun with friends too!
Aubrey Loves Lyla! They were both eating apples on the swings! 


In January, Aubrey started to be more independent at the park! She went down the slide by her self and could figure out the steps! She goes on it over and over and over again! 




Brad is the only one who can still get Aubrey to fall asleep on his lap! It is usually watching a movie or something! We have to document these cute times because they aren't as often these days! 


I enjoyed this new water bottle from Brian and Tess! You put fruit in it to naturally flavor your water! I have loved trying new combinations! 


Our apartment complex does some fun little events in the clubhouse every now and then! We went and enjoyed some doughnuts! Aubrey loved the sprinkles!


A neighbor in our complex and I decided to go out for a girls night and have some sushi! We have a great sushi place around the corner from us! So yummy! 


Speaking of food... Aubrey has been a bug when it comes to pushing food off of her highchair! One night Aubrey was eating black beans and I turned around from my spot at the table and all of her black beans were on the floor! Little stinker.... SO I made her pick them all up! She thought it was a fun game! haha


Aubrey is finally getting more hair that I can play with it a little bit more!


So much fun when Daddy comes home! He is the FUN one! 


Worst Mom Award goes to me! I went grocery shopping one day with Aubrey. We did all the shopping, I put the groceries in the back of the car, loaded Aubrey in her carseat, put my keys on the inside of the door because I didn't have pockets that day, was trying to get out of the way of another car trying to pull in, closed the door, and sure enough left my keys in there!! Yup... I locked Aubrey in the car! Luckily it was winter time and she wasn't going to die of heat exhaustion and also good thing Brad only works about 5 min away! So in the meantime we played peek-a-boo and she didn't even know that she was locked in! 


Aubrey discovered her love of popcorn!! She could probably eat that whole bowl by herself if I would let her! 


Watching Tangled! She loves the chameleon, Pascal!

Happy Girl!


Another new do! This is the Spout! 


Aubrey with her girl friends! Kaylee, Emma, and Kristine! 

Aubrey figured our this cool ladder at the park too! She is getting so big!
She is so proud of herself! 


We had a fun visit with my Aunt Cindy, Uncle Gary and their puppies! The came down from Montana to tour the California coast in their RV, and came across into Bakersfield before heading to Arizona! 
We first played at the park and waited for Brad to get off work!

Aubrey loved their dogs! 

Muffin!

And Buffy!



We played on the big slide

and on the swings! 

Then headed to BJ's for some delicious grub! Thank you so much for the visit! We love you!

Monday, May 16, 2016

Ice Skating, January 2016

(I Felt like this was too long of a post to be included with the January Post)
Shortly after the New Year, Brad's company, Rain for Rent, had a company Ice Skating Party! 
Aubrey was so excited and connected that the ice was similar to the ice from her movie Frozen! She kept saying "Let it Go!!" 

We got our skates on and hit the ice! 

She had a hard time standing up on the ice but never wanted to stop!


She is such a sweet baby!

We gave up... more like our backs gave up of trying to hold her up the whole time! We found these buckets and decided to give her rides! She LOVED IT! 

She yelled WEEEEE!!!
Pure Joy! 

She went super fast with Daddy!


I think Aubrey started to get cold! Break in the penalty box!

Back at it! 


We did really good without falling.... too much!
I hadn't fallen and decided to take Aubrey one more time around the circle. The bucket got caught on a chunk of ice and down we went! Luckily I was able to hold Aubrey up from falling... but I definitely got some bruises on my knees from taking the weight of it!

But overall we had a fabulous time! Thanks Rain for Rent! 


Rest of 2015

The Rest of 2015 was pretty relaxed but also our normal busy!
We went and donated blood! Aubrey had fun in the kids area and liked the yummy snacks they had!
We went to the park and played with Brad's Drone! 

Aubrey wasn't too sure about it flying over her head!

We went to the Heiner's house to play new games that they got for Christmas! Aubrey was in heaven with their puppy Maisy! She was feeding her dog food, piece by piece!

And the other days were spent with Aubrey watching new movies she got for Christmas! We loved our relaxing holiday! 

For New Years, I don't know how I didn't take any pictures..... I guess I was having too much fun to look at my phone! We went to our dear friends, Sean and Kristine's house! Her brother Brent and Stef were in town and we played games all night! We had a blast!! 

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2015

We had a very special Christmas Eve and Christmas this year! It was our first Christmas with it being just the 3 of us but it was so fun and memorable!
It is a Assmus tradition to make Carne Asada tacos for Christmas eve. We made them for lunch because a sweet family in our ward invited us over for dinner and games! It was so fun and delicious!
After our dinner and games at the McArthur's, we came home to get Aubrey ready for Bed. We read the Polar Express, the bible verses of the Savior's Birth, and then set out the cookies and carrots for Santa to come!

We all got in our Jammies, took some pictures, and were ready for bed!
Aubrey was being so cute! I knew she knew something was different, but she had no idea what was about to happen the next morning. She didn't even know that something was in the wrapped presents. 
We set out the BIG presents and Aubrey was so excited that they were about as big as she was. 

After Aubrey went to bed, Santa came and got to work! We loved being santa this year, and were so excited to see Aubrey's reaction!

Aubrey was very excited, but was also pretty overwhelmed! 

She got a lot of "LET IT GO!" things! She loved it all saying, "LET IT GO, LET IT GO!"

Brad got a few surprises in his stocking as well!

We scored an awesome tent from Mom and Dad Duffy!

Aubrey was in Heaven with her Kitchen that she didn't want to open presents! We let her play for a while! The whole opening gifts process took about 4 hours! It was a blast to let it be drawn out! 

One of Aubrey's favorites were these little Elsa and Anna clip on dress dolls. She kept putting them in the oven!

As Aubrey played we watched the fireplace go and cuddled on the couch!

Then opened a few more gifts! Brad got this sweet Sherpa hoodie from Jeremy and Kensie!
Brad surprised me with some fun lenses for my iPhone camera! This was the fish eye lense! 
I love this husband of mine! 

I also made delicious sticky buns! My mom's recipe! They were so delicious!! 
Mom and Dad Assmus got Brad a little drone! He was so excited that he went straight outside to try it out! 


Christmas was a wonderful day!! As you can tell from this living room pic, we made out pretty well! Aubrey was in heaven! 


Christmas is so much more fun with kids! We had a wonderful time with it being just the 3 of us! We are so grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ! Through him all is possible and I am so grateful for his perfect example! We are Thankful for our families and ward family as well! We are so blessed!