C*U*T*E

Here is a cute picture of the girls sitting on the couch the other night.  Lyla's hair is styled with mashed bananas.  If you ever run out of mouse or hair gel I think bananas will do the trick. 

We are doing great.  Just seems like we are going 90 miles an hour all the time.  We have activities of one sort or another everyday of the week except on Monday.  I am really enjoying this time with my kids and trying not to worry too much about the job front.  Unless of course, you are a potential employer and you are reading my blog.  ;)

My grandparents Patty and Vaughn celebrated 59 years of wedded bliss yesterday.  That seems like such a long time.  When I called to ask what they did to celebrate she told me they had gone to the dump and then to Walmart.  While it may not sound romantic they must be doing something right I mean 59 years is no joke.

Things I have learned...

Ok so some more things I have learned....
1.  4 year olds are ridicoulously bossy.
2.  Mother really means: Human napkin.
3.  I have learned since having children that I can sleep on the smallest sliver of mattress. 
4.  Sleeping through the night is a distant memory.
5.  I really am starting to feel like Riley's taxi service and she is only 4. 
6.  Setzer's can not hear ANYONE when the tv is on...it's like a genetic condition.  (This includes my husband and children)
7.  My 10 year old dog will never stop peeing in the house.
8.  Laundry is never done.
9.  If you don't do dishes for one whole day they literally could stack all the way to the ceiling.
10. I can no longer find spell check on this thing!!!!

Dr. Ashman

One of my favorite professors died very unexpectedly yestderday.  He really inspired me to be a better student and strive to be my best.  I wish I had  met him my freshman year instead of my junior year.  What a wonderful man who really left a legacy at LR and with all who knew him.  Dr. Ashman you will be missed greatly!

This was posted on the LR website. 

Dr. Lowell Ashman, professor of political science at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 1975, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 7.




Ashman was at work in the Rhyne Building when he suddenly collapsed. He was rushed by ambulance to Frye Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.



Ashman earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from Brigham Young University, and held a doctorate in political science from the University of Utah.



Before joining the faculty of L-R, he worked as a staff member for Utah Sen. Frank Moss, served as a research analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and taught in Germany for the University of Maryland.



Ashman received the Distinguished Professor of the Year award from Lenoir-Rhyne in 1977. The L-R yearbook, the Hacawa, was dedicated to him in 1997.



He served as advisor for the Model UN student organization since coming to L-R. Each year, he took a group of students to New York City to participate in the international Model UN.



He encouraged his students to take a personal interest in politics. Before each national election, his students conducted a poll of residents in the Hickory area. The results of that poll usually made front-page news in Hickory. He and his students also hosted election night parties to encourage the campus community to watch the election results on television.



Ashman taught at Harlaxton College, a part of Lenoir-Rhyne’s international education program in England. He also took community groups on tours of the Soviet Union and gave seminars on foreign issues. He frequently spoke out about political issues and was often quoted in the local media as an expert on foreign policy and politics. He and his wife, Edrys, are the parents of five adult children.



Funeral arrangements are pending. There will be a guest book on campus where friends, students, alumni and colleagues may express their sympathies to the family. The book will be available in the Cromer Center on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 8; from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9; during the football game on Saturday, Oct. 10; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 in the Cromer Center.