MERRY CHRISTMAS!

hope everyone is having a wonderful christmas - we are heading to the airport right now for chicago...we miss you all!

our first christmas morning

it was amazing!! we had a wonderful day - opening gifts and having some santa pancakes - then packing for chicago. here are some photos from the morning:









yes i have an amazing wife...she got me a keyboard!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

our christmas house

enjoy some photos of our christmas decor, merry christmas!!!

advent at First Pres

jasen and i were asked to light the third candle in the advent series...

joy.

the morning turned to be a little stressful...but successful. the light went out before i lighted the candle...but we graciously recovered. jasen was in a tie and suit coat to blend with the traditional 9:45 presbyterian crowd.

isn't he handsome?

by the way...i just got my hair cut the saturday before...the bangs are too short for my liking. oh well...it is just hair.

o christmas tree, o christmas tree

here are the famous fotos of our FIRST christmas tree!! woo hoo!

pictures from our thanksgiving journey!!

hope all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday and rest!! amanda and i traveled up to Washington Township, NJ for a week and had a great time. a BIG thank you to mable, jay and mariah for our stay - we had a wonderful time and cant wait to see you soon!!

here comes the picture summary --->

so there was bad weather coming in on monday evening and it stayed over until tuesday. it was cold and rainy. but ya know - it was a nice break from the houston 80s so we were able to have fires every day and enjoy being inside with our new friends, lily and jack (see below).


lily


jack



fall was just ending - so we were bummed we were there a month ago, but we still go to see some sweet fall colors!!





here are amanda and lily having a little pre-turkey fun!!




mariah is one crazy kid!!




so after two days of relaxing next to the fire....


we were ready for some turkey day lovin'!! here are pics from the day:





















HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

are you ready for some FOOTBALL!!

so here are some photos of what goes on in the ashdown houshold during the wonderful month of october:







GO BUCS!!

pictures of our beautiful apartment

so here it is.....we have finally completed our decorations of our new place - here comes the tour!!!







































































the end! hope ya enjoyed your stay!!