The Hawkes' Eye View

Catch the Moment..put it in your heart..

One small hand to hold in yours,
One small face to smile,
One wet kiss as he says "good-night"
One small child.
Catch the moment, put it in your heart
The years too soon will fly.
These are precious moments,
more than money can buy.

Two small arms to hold you tight,
Two small feet to run,
Two small eyes full of love for you,
One small son.
Catch the moment and put it in your heart
and never let it go.
Save it for the years to come,
when he, too will know.
One small hand to hold in his
One small face to smile.
One small kiss and she says "good-night"
One small child.
Author Unknown

How Lovely Are Thy Branches..

Look at my rustic skinny 7 ft tree. I couldn't love it any more. The boys had so much fun hiding their hot wheel cars throughout it while I was trying to decorate it. The stars on it are actually paper mache (you gotta love it!) that I spray painted with textured rust paint I found at Wal-Mart. They actually look like tin, I'm so excited! The star on top I've had for about 3 years now, it actually flickers like a candle, it's so cool! My mom found it in the dollar bin at MPS for me!! Yay for cheap cute stuff! Yay for my awesome Mom who thinks of me while searching through dollar bins!! And if you've read this far, yay for you; you just wasted the last 45 seconds of your life and you can't have them back!! xo

Just Imagine..

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! ~Dr. Suess

{caffeine driven}

Dear blog. It's 12:01-wait-12:02 am. Here I sit eating hot dog quesadillas and spell checker is telling me I spelled quesadilla wrong but doesn't have any suggestions for me. Whatever spell checker. How can I ever trust you again? My point is, I shouldn't blog on caffeine. I get crazy. Anyone who has experienced ME on caffeine knows this. I talk. I talk ALOT. And since The Jones (Davy Jones that is) has an extremely important Netflix to watch and can't bother with my late night ramblings, you, my poor blog, get the brunt of it. Hello, my name is Ashley, and I have an addiction. Don't you judge me. I have roughly 800 images not very patiently awaiting my sorting and editing skills in a cute little folder within a folder within a folder within a folder on my pc. I'm OCD. I organize. And that's why I have to be up late. Thus the caffeine. Makes total sense now doesn't it? You're right. It does.

{Nie Nie's Story}

I just finished reading the first four chapters of the article written in the AZ Central newspaper about Stephanie Nielson's story. If you haven't read this, you should.

The story is here

{..we've been good but we can't last..}

Santa Claus is anyone who loves another

and seeks to make them happy; who gives
himself by thought or word or deed in every gift
that he bestows; who shares his joys with those
who are sad; whose hand is never closed against
the needy; whose arm is ever outstretched to aid
the week; whose sympathy is quick and genuine
in time of trouble; who recognizes a comrade
and brother in every man he meets upon life's
common road; who lives his life throughout
the entire year in the Christmas spirit.

EDWIN OSGOOD GROVER

Last night we wrote letters to Santa. Jared thought we were crazy for doing so. "well...we can just call him..." He is SO his father's child. I'm sure there is some hotline you can call, I know for sure you can just email him or stop by the mall..but I like to do things the old fashioned way..the way I did it as a child. Jared wanted to mail him a page from his favorite toy catalog with his selections circled. Again, so his father.

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I had him dictate to me what he wanted the letter to say...then helped him write his cute little name.

Ashton got away with just drawing a picture. When I asked what it was the reply came, "a trampoline!". I had no idea.

Christmas is exciting again. I get so much more joy out of watching them light up...their imaginations flourishing..than I ever could fathom. That's all I want for Christmas. Ever.

{The DAM Tour}

Dave and I went to Las Vegas for a business trip last weekend..

{I'm in LOVE...}

With the way my house smells that is! My favorite candle company here in Logan just came out with their own version of warmers and scents to rival Scentsy and I have to say I love it! I got that whole tube for about $5 and I've had that wonderful tube of "Russian Fir and Tangerine" for 3 weeks now, melting in my warmer 24/7 and it's still half full. My house smells SOOOO good!! They are beads instead of bars and if you still want to use a wick you can. For $26 you can get two tubes and a warmer in black, white, or brown. The only drawback is that they don't have nearly as much selection of warmers or scents as Scentsy but I love that it's local and I get to buy directly from the outlet and sometimes the OWNER! You gotta love THAT! I do anyways. Well, 'nuff said. Ashley, OUT!