Hello Cuties! For holidays Ashley sometimes makes things to sell, to offset payments on their handicap van modifications. I think I had said before when Covid started by chance she came across this van an estate was selling. It was just the kind they needed with the side entrance. It makes everything so much better. They don’t have to lift Avery in and out of a seat. They also don’t have to have the chair out in the weather or cover it on a Wheelchair trailer behind the van. Anyway, here is Nora with candied apples 🍎 and here are Avery and family leaving after coming for my birthday Sunday after church. Avery was batting hers eyes because of the sunlight.😎Also Nora is sporting a new haircut. Doesn’t she look older. She is seven now and tall for her age.

by toogie 23 Oct 2020

Yes He is Jan! And he will take care of His children (you and Willie). I just read your post.

by toogie 23 Oct 2020

I was glad too mops. I just expected calls or cards, so it was nice.

by toogie 23 Oct 2020

It was a Godsend for sure. They saved and waited until His timing was right.

by toogie 23 Oct 2020

Thank you Sarah.

by toogie 21 Oct 2020

I can hardly believe it either, it seems it was not that long ago she modeled that backpack I accidentally made. It was suppose to be a case like the saving kits when her dad suggested I put the straps on and make it a backpack. Thank you!

by toogie 21 Oct 2020

Gus is in the van, on the side behind Avery. Can’t you see him on the phone?🙄He looks at toys and shows me or Ashley he wants that for Christmas 🎄 . The trouble is he wants it all!
I love Nora’s hair and wished mine looked that good. I have Covid hair. Need a cut bad.

by jrob 22 Oct 2020

Mine is gray 3/4 of the way down. I think I've given up. LOL

by toogie 23 Oct 2020

I think it might be a lot of us 'going natural'.-lol

by toogie 21 Oct 2020

Thank you Nan maybe you can tell but I am pretty proud of her. Even her two older sister and brother have come to her for advice.

by toogie 21 Oct 2020

When Ashley went to college I wanted her to be a teacher so she would be off when she had children and they would be off at the same time. Ashley always liked the medical field so went for physical therapy. Anyway, she is really doing well with home schooling Nora. This is Gus’s first year but Nora has never went to public school.
My dad and my dh’s mom both had blue eyes. Ashley’s are really blue, although mine are wired, hazel with a darker blue outer ring and her dads are brown.
That was a beautiful picture of your family for your birthday. I know you were just bursting with happiness.

by toogie 21 Oct 2020

Thank you, yes they were my only visitors. Nora made me a card while they were here even though they had bought me one. She wanted me to have one from her. I dated the back and of course will save it.😍 yes, I know the fact that they can just wheel Avery in helps so much. I didn’t want either of them to start having back problems, having to lift her.

by 02kar 21 Oct 2020

Thanks for sharing. Ashley is a beautiful woman whose love just shines forth. I'm glad friends and families are helping with the expenses on the van. I know it is not easy for them but love makes all things bearable, doesn't it!

by toogie 21 Oct 2020

Yes it does and they really work hard for what they need. Since Covid Graysons check has went down a lot. They are not letting him work the hours that he did, so they are feeling the pinch.

by toogie 20 Oct 2020

That’s how it is with Avery, total care. We used to be able to just lift her out of her chair and put in a large car seat in my car. Can’t do that anymore. God does provide and we thank Him for it.❤️

by toogie edited 20 Oct 2020

She has a lot of friends and people know it all goes toward the van modifications for Avery, so they want to help. She has so many orders right now she has posted if you order this week, don't expect them until next week. She did a fund raiser for Easter a year ago an

by toogie 20 Oct 2020

I do too Laura and love her laugh. Her mom and dad are both tall so I guess she will be too. Her mom was always tall for her age too. I am happy for them too. The chair still has to be strapped down but at least it's not in the weather and loaded separately. The main thing is no lifting for Ashley or Grayson. Avery is almost , oh gosh I forget, fifteen I think and she is heavy. Too heavy for me anymore.

by toogie 20 Oct 2020

Ashley has been saving and planning for so long, because the other van was giving them trouble and she was afraid she would break down, on the interstate with Avery.
I like Nora's cut too. I know kids grow up but seems like it wasn't that long ago she was little chasing the ducks in the yard.

by toogie 20 Oct 2020

Oh Karen you how I love them! Ashley had stopped working the last couple years Avery was home. It just got too hard. Now she home schools Nora & Gus, too. She had to find a supplemental income so started selling beauty products. Here is a couple of her advertisement pictures. Oops! Won’t let me upload here so maybe look above.

by toogie 20 Oct 2020

Amen Lynne! Ashley and Grayson are true servants and are raising their children in a godly home. The executor of the estate really was kind and sold the van at a good price to them. The family thought the van wouldn't sell as quick because it was modified for a wheelchair. Sadly, there is a demand but so good Ashley found it.

by asterixsew 20 Oct 2020

PS Nora is looking most grown up with her super hair cut

by toogie 20 Oct 2020

I am so happy for them to have found this one. The handicap modifications are so expensive! They are almost the cost of the van by itself, ridiculously expensive, but then most anything to aid medically usually is. Avery goes everywhere they go, because I was their only sitter for her. Since Avery coded I almost have panic attacks if I have to stay with her.