Nash the Pilgrim...

Nash's preschool had a cute little pilgrim celebration for Thanksgiving.  I REALLY love his teacher this year.  She is so fun and the kids LOVE her.

 Some parents are pretty creative.  Maybe someday I will catch that bug. :)

 Mrs. Cowell had the kids act out the story of the Mayflower as she told it.  Nash smiled the whole time.

 Then then sang 5 little Turkey's which Nash was SO EXCITED to sing. He kept checking to see if we were looking at him.

 Asa was pretty happy to be there too.

Nash was convinced that I didn't hear the Turkey song the first time and made Mrs. Cowell give me a personal performance. :)  This is why I love his teacher so much.  No matter what she stops what she is doing to make him feel so special, like he is the only thing that matters in that moment.  What a great teacher.  I need to learn how to make him feel that way.

Asa's Baby Blessing...

While we were in Denver and had the family together we decided to have Asa's baby blessing.  For those of you who read our blog and do not know what this is you can learn about it HERE. Darin performed the ordinance and gave Asa the name ASA COSBY WILLARDSON to be known on the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The blessing was very sweet and Asa was a good boy during it, besides the fact I almost dropped him handing him over to Darin...good one mom! The men who stood in the circle: Darin, Grandad Cosby, Grandpa Willardson, Uncle Troy, Uncle Trevor, and Troy's Bishop.

 (yes I did make myself look skinnier...hey it is my blog I can look as good as I want! haha)

 Check out Asa's face.  He is totally smiling for the camera!  Thank you everyone who came.

(Back row L to R) Rachel, Trevor, Tonya, Troy, Alex, Nathan, Darin, Christina, Jannice, JD, Sasha, Dennis.  (Middle L to R) TJ, Taeya, Saebra, Carly Asa, Eli.  (Front L to R) Olivia, Halle, Zachary, Natasha, Jake, Nash.

 We had the oldest grand-son (18 years old) and the youngest grand-son (5 months) there.  Alex leaves for the Navy in January.

Jake and Nash - Two peas in a pod.

 My mom and dad traveled by train to Denver.  We are so happy they made the trip up! When I was pregnant we told my dad the baby would be named after him.  We asked him what the middle name should be Dennis or Cosby.  He said he would wait to see what the first name would be.  In the end we gave Asa the name Cosby because that is my middle name as well.  My dad did not want me to have a middle name so when I got married I would keep his name too.  

Fun facts about our little family:

Jon Darin  born 2/19 

Christina Cosby  born 8/23

Nash Darin  born 5/23

Asa Cosby  born 5/19

(Do you see the trend of the birthdays.)

  We have wonderful parents that have helped us every step of our marriage.  I hope someday we can repay their kindness in helping us better our lives.  Thank you so much for everything, we love you guys!

 I feel pretty blessed to have such a beautiful family.  I think all the time about how Darin and I came together.  There were so many things that could have changed that New Years night.  I know that we were guided to one another by a loving Heavenly Father.  How great it is to know we have a Forever Family.

Grandkids...

We had 14 out of the 22 grandkids in Denver.  We are missing Olivia in this picture, she was taking a nap.

For Grandma Willardson

When you tell the kids we need a picture for Grandma they will do it no questions asked. :)

 This statue had a quote by Helen Keller.  The kids thought it was Helen Keller and wanted a picture with her. 

Pumpkin Field...

This makes me laugh just because here in PA the pumpkin patches are green and gorgeous.  This dry desert field covered in pumpkins just seemed weird.  The kids were begging us for a pumpkin but we opted for just taking pictures with them. :)

Little house on the Prairie?

Outside the museum they had a big area with farm animals, prairie houses, one room schoolhouse and a barn.  

My favorite picture!