Hide & Seek.

Emma and Max hiding from me. (it was a good attempt) Not sure if Max has completely grasped the concepting of hiding. The audio is a little more entertaining than the visual part.

With September comes football

 Emma states..." I will wear this outfit and cheer for UCF but if Florida State was playing, I would cheer for them."

 cutest fans EVER!

 We were happy to have Aunt Linda and Uncle David here to visit from Maryland.

 And this is something new for us...Phil was able to watch some of the game with us! yay! Max kept leaning over to Phil and saying "I gotta tell you a secret."

i have no words for this picture but it makes me laugh when I see it.

Max...hear him roar.

I have had this video for awhile...found and it made me laugh out loud so I decided I should post it.  Max wore this costume 2 Halloweens ago!! It fits a little snug now.

Emma...the First Grader. Eek!

Emma's first day of 1st Grade. She has been in school for about a  month and enjoying it. One her favorite classes is music. 

Destin August 2012

Our trip to the Emerald Coast in August was our last hooray of the summer.  The kids and I went 2 weeks before Emma started school. Unfortuantely, Phil had to stay in Orlando and work. We had fun staying in Pensacola for a few days and then also in Destin. Most of these pictures have already been posted on Facebook but I thought I would go ahead and add them here too.

Indiana 2012

Here are few pictures from our trip to Indiana, July 2012. We drove up in 2 days and then stopped in Atlanta to see some friends and go to the Georgia Aquarium. A 10 day roadtrip...a new Ashler family record. Max met a new friend named Chunky.

April/May 2012

 April/May 2012. puzzle time.

 April/May 2012. Thanks for some great friends who loaned us their extra bike trailer. We are looking forward to using it again in the fall/winter/earlyspring. (as I am writing this...it is still a wee bit hot and humid in Orlando)

 Emma turns 6! Celebrated with a few friends/neighbors.

 Emma's end of the year show n Kindergarten. She really enjoyed her K year.

 Random Emma.

Bedtime picture. We have incorporated everyone's bedtime reading into the same time. We usually gather in Emma's room. 

Winter/Spring2012

Here is a video of random pictures spanning end of December 2011 to approximately March or April of 2012.
*at the end of December 2011 we had one last visit to Sea World to see their Holiday decorations...as you will see Emma in front of some glowing Christmas trees.
*Beach pictures taken in January while hangin' with Papaw and Mimi at good ol' Anna Maria Island.
*January- Family outing to FSU Bowl Game (name i cannot recall right now) here in Orlando and watching the Orange Bowl parade in downtown Orlando.
*A few Easter egg hunting pics
*During Emma's spring break we spent a day at Disney and visited The Magic Kingdom and Disney's Movie Studio (what used to be called MGM hollywood studios).  When the kids met Phineas and Ferb...Emma was excited but Max was not so much.  The best part at magic Kingdom...Emma and max were both big enough to ride the new kiddie rollercoaster...barnstormer.

I am hoping my next post...Summer 2012 will get posted soon.

First day of Kindergarten!

Our first Orlando City soccer game.  July 2011.

Some wagon fun at Mimi and Papaw's in Indiana. June 2011.

2011 Recap

Highlights from 2011 June-December. 
June, we headed to Indiana to see our Hetherington/Greenwell family.  Emma loved it all and has been asking when we will be going back.
July, good summer fun, Emma went to her first dance camp. (ballet, tap and tumbling all rolled into one class).  We moved 10 minutes away from UCF in a town called Oviedo.
August, Emma started kindergarten. She is a bus rider!!
Sept, Soccer started. She enjoyed it but can't say she LOVED it. May not make another soccer appearance but she was a good sport about it.
October, used our Sea World passes for some holiday halloween fun and discovered our new neighborhood is great for trick o' treating.
Novemeber, our Thanksgiving treat was being able to spend time with Greg and his family for a few days.  The cousins had fun.
December, all the usual holiday fun. :)

May 2011

May of last year was a great time with some of our Craul family.  We were lucky enough to spend all mother's day weekend in Reunion, Florida hanging out.  It was also Emma's birthday.  She had a great time playing with her cousins. Max did his best to keep up.

April 2011

Since my last post was on March 2011, I will start will April 2011...
Easter weekend.

it works!!! we. are. back.

Yay!!!!! It has been a year since we have posted to the blog but I am hoping to get back into the swing of things.   I had a few feeble attempts to post a few months ago but was having trouble with the Blogger site.  Tonight...success!  I will now attempt to recover some photos and updates from the past year.   The other bump in the blogging road was our computer crashed at one point (last summer) then we recovered it but lost photos and then we ended needing a new computer all together.  So here we are.

testing...1...2...3...

The difference a year can make.

January 2010

March 2011

March 2010.

March 2011.

Random Spring Fun.

Emma is starting to conquer the monkey bars. Max loves to swing (this is obviously pre- haircut picture).

Papaw teaching Max about visor wearing.

Epcot.

The Ashler 4 took on Epcot last Sunday with Mimi and Dolores.

Emma mapping out her plan of attack.

Ole'!! Enjoying some time in Mexico.

Emma with her favorite Disney tourguide.

Emma posing with the fish from the Nemo ride. One of her favorites.

A new friend

Emma met a new friend. Tom and Jill Bunger (friends of Mimi and Papaw's) brought their granddaughter, Lainey, to Animal Kingdom Resort at Disney and we went to play one day. After playing in the pool and playground, the girls decided they wanted a playdate when Emma comes to Bloomington.