The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis

Wow It was A great Holiday Season!!! So much has happened in the past few weeks and I have a lot to be thankful for! : )

Lets Start with This months Competition! The kids did great!!!! I am very eager to get back in the gym on Monday and start re-working those routines to make them bigger and better!!!

Rush: 3rd Place


Energy: 1ST Place


Volt: 3rd Place


Rage:6th Place


Velocity:1st Place


Adrenaline: 3rd Place



The routines all have some tiny flaws that need to be fixed before the next comp on Jan 15-16 but I have no doubt our kids will be able to pull it together!!!


hmmmm What next?? Oh School Is over and I am on vacation! It could not have come at a better time! I was so READY for break! However I would love if my grades would get posted and I am totally reading for diving season so start!! : )

We had our family Christmas party on the 8th! Santa came of corse! Oh and he even brought a gift for Ishy. My family is quite huge and It is always a blast we we all get together! I wish we could do it more often!

And then that night WE WENT TO A CLUB!! It was a blasty blast and definitly an adventure full of smoosh smooshiness! We danced and boogies and made fun of the people smooshed more than us! Toni got us in VIP VIP to this club called Ruby Sky in San Francisco. It was totally like an episode of this hills! we walked up to to the door and just got let in becasue obviously these people knew who we were! lol But really I totally felt like I was on the hills lol It was great! I totally knew this night was going to be an adventure when I accidently left my purse in Toni's car...which was right in front of us but for some reason I felt the need for my purse and when we were stopped on the freeway at the toll both I go Ish go get my purse form toni's car... and This boy totally gets out ON THE FREEWAY and goes and runs and gets my purse!!! lol Oh this things best friends do for each other!!! So then we get there and u know walk in and get our smoosh on!










And through the whole night we only managed to spill one drink! And it went all over toni and I! : ( and then there was this other girl who totally just decided to drop her drink on my foot. What a DA! lol and she totally looked at Ish and I like it was our fault and we didnt even touch her! She just must have been blinded by our hotness! lol

It defintily took us all a day or two to pull ourselved back together after our night our But on monday we had our F.R.I.E.N.D.S christmas party! I will have to say I thorughly enjoy my group of friends! It was nice to just get together and enjoy each others company! Toni hosted the party at her house and we all brough a dish to share!!! It was DELICIOUS!!!brought HOMEMADE banana pudding! and Salad Toni made yummy pasta and had beautiful place settings! Yorgos and Christos brought a greek dish, Idk what it was called or how to spell it but it was delicious!! Ish brough some yummy chicken with some yummy sauce and Andre brought appy's from chilie's (of course) lol

During the week when Ish's Niece got here we went Ice Skating!! The rink was decorated very magically! There was tree's and now on the rink! I will say that everytime Ish and I go ice skating our spins get better and better! We are definitly going to be pro's soon!

I believe this brings us to Christmas Eve! Of Course I spent my christmas eve next door with Jessica and Family! I have spent xmas eve there for 23 years! It was lovely! I met lots of new faces and of course we ended the night with our normal stroll down candy cane lane! Where Suddenly Molly(Tommyee and Johns puppy) got out of her collar and RAN away! so the boys went of chasing her and we had to end our stroll early!! : ( It was very eventful! I wonder what will happen during our stroll next year! LAST YEAR WE SAW SANTA! HE FLEW OVER CANDY CANE LANE IN A HELICOPTER! ISNT THAT COOL?

Is it just me or Is it just extremely hard to sleep on Christmas eve? I mean no matter how old I get I am still always excited to open presents in the morning! Christmas is just one of the best holidays ever! We had a very low key christmas! Everyone just came over we opened presents and ate a fantastic dinner! I recieved my PURPLE betseyville purse! Some clohtes, Giftcards, a personalized calender, headbands, picture frames, a journal, some scarves, ooo and some pink ear muffs! and some candy!!!

Well that is all for now! This Holiday season was definitly a success! : )

Until later,

Ashley

Top 10 Favorite Things This Year!

So in Honor of Oprah's 25 favorite things Episode. Here are the list of my TOP 10 Favorite items from this past year! : )

ITEM 10: Its A 10 Leave in Conditioner-- It was a LIFE SAVER through swimming season! It kept my hair nice and shiny and prevented it from dying all the way! Thank you Liz for getting me Addicted to such a good smelling product!

ITEM 9: Starbucks Tumbler-- Okay so this isn't exactly my item... I am "borrowing" (aka keeping until she notices it's gone) from my sister Kristy. However my other sister Melissa was ALWAYS drinking from this cool cup and got the rest of us wanting one! Well, It is about the best cup ever and just makes drinking water FUN! : )

ITEM 8: Yella Ribbon Bows -- It is definitely a cheerleader essential! Yella ribbon is not a new product to me in 2010, However It is still one of my favorites! : ) The 2 bows in the picture are new to my 2010 bow wardrobe. Gotta Love me some Yella Ribbon! : )

ITEM 7: Ll oral Voluminous Collagen Million Lashes-- This Mascara is AMAZING!!! It is both my favorite Mascaras combines into one! I use to use the Ll oral Voluminous Lashes and the Ll oral Collagen Mascara together and then they FINALLY made an actual mascara that was both! I love it! It make my lashes look amazing!

ITEM 6: Bailey Button Ugg Boot-- I received these boots as my Christmas present from my Sister Kristy! They are totally comfy and great for wearing over jeans or you can fold them down and wear them as slippers or with sweats!

ITEM 5: Grey's Anatomy-- OMG I LOVE ME SOME MC DREAMY! Okay so before this summer I have seen like 1 episode before and then during summer they showed 3 hour marathons on Lifetime and I WAS HOOKED!!! I tuned in for 3 hours everyday during the summer to get my Grey's fill! I then bought season 6 on itunes and well I still can't get enough of Grey's : ) I even got my 9 year old niece hooked! She watches the new tivo'ed episode with me almost every week! : )

ITEM 4: Nike Free 5.0 Running Shoe-- I purchased them in Aerials Colors for the day of Competitions and OMG! They were foot savers! They are so comfortable! They are very light so it feels like you are barely wearing any shoes! I am sure If I actually ran, they would be GREAT running shoes!

ITEM 3: Gigi Hill "Sophia" Bag-- Okay! So if you have never heard of Gigi Hill you are missing out! THESE BAGS ARE AWESOME! This is another Item I am "borrowing" from my sister and well It is great for everything! I use it mostly for school and It is great! It fits all my books and has compartments inside for my pens, my phone, my keys, water bottle, lip gloss! It is AWESOME!


ITEM 2: Tiffany's Bow Pendant-- I absolutely LOVE THIS NECKLACE! This Necklace was also a gift, I recieved it from my bff Ismael. I have worn it just about every day sense then! I just love it! It is one of those things that is just SO ME! I have never had a piece of jewelry that I wear everyday but 1. its a bow and 2. It came from the #1 bff so I wear it all the time and I absolutely adore it!

ITEM 1: iphone 4-- I LOVE MY iphone! Okay so most would agree that I am probably addicted to my phone, It is practically attached to my hand but I mean IT IS AWESOME and I can LITERALLY do EVERYTHING from my phone!!! The resolution is amazing and well It is just awesome!

So there you go, There is my 2010 Favorite top 10 list! Hope everyone has a fun and SAFE Thanksgiving tomorrow!!

Always,

Ashley

Falling out of love with you... Is going to be the hardest thing I'v ever had to do... Because even in your worst moments I can still name 5 things I love about you! : ) I promise to try to fall out of love with you... but there is always something inside me telling me to hold on just a little bit longer.

WTF!

I hate people that only see things one sided!!!! Thier way and everything you say is wrong... So appearently I am a self-centered selfish person that cares about nothing besides myself! Becasue I bought my best friend an AMAZING gift for his birthday and would like for only him and I to be the 2 people that go and experience this certain gift!!! Most of you know what it is... and If you dont and would like... just message me and I have no problem telling you! However apperaently I am also sneaky and rude becasue a 3rd party wanted to come and I didnt tell him when I was buying the tickets... I wasnt aware I have to run all my decisions by you? Seriously! and He tried to tell me, this isnt even about going out with ish or having fun with your friend... its all about you! ummmmmm really? becasue Im pretty sure he is the WHOLE reason i bought this gift! The place we are going isnt that important to me... i mean it will be fun. but Ish is going to love it! like love it! so yea... I dont know why I am I so annoyed about it... I guess it is just becasue I am getting accused of things I am not... Yes I may care a lot about me... and may be bratty at times... But I care a lot about other people! Especially my best friend! So for someone to tell me I don't that is just crap. I probably care more about him than I do myself! well I am done venting! but I do feel better! and when Ishy finally opens his gift... He is going to love it! and not call me self centered! lol

MY GRADES ARE IN!!!

Spanish 1: A

--so I don't think Iv ever been so Happy about an A ever!!!!!!! I was totally scared that I was going to get like a D or something even tho I never got anything lower than a B on a test! I totally started to slack during the last like 6 weeks of school and yea so I expected like a C maybe a B but an A! I was totally extatic!

Athletic Injury and Prevention:
-- Yea this class was a walk in the park! I mean the whole classes including the teacher like Loved Ish and I... really wouldn't expect anything less! And plus we were totally Over Achiever on EVERYTHING to back up our well deserved A! yay Us! and we Had Pink Pre Wrap for our tape jobs! so yea Were cool! oh and Ps Im not being concieted... Im just being Honest!


Morning Swim Class: B
-- Yea I skipped class to sleep in and talked alot while I was there... Ill take the B!

Swimming and Diving Practice:B
--HOW THE HECK DO YOU GET A B FOR PRACTICE.... DIVING PRACTICE!!!!! NOT A CLASS, TEAM PRACTICE!!!! SCOTT IS SUCH A FLIPPIN DOUCHE!!!! WTH MAN!


well Im definitly ready for a Fun Summer! becasue on Monday were going to Laguna!

I feel like I'm loosing my best friend and the more I try to hold on the farther away he gets : ( It's horrible.