A Year in Review and a New Happy One Too!

Happy New Year!  Or at least we hope it is!

Since we drug our feet this year, you get a New Year blog instead of the annual Christmas Blog!

What a year 2010 was!



January-
Askvig's buy house
Askvig's paint new house
Askvig's move-in to new house


February-
Josh decides to run for public office
Josh announces run for Bismarck City Commission
Crystal pulls hair out for agreeing to allow Josh run


March-
Josh starts campaigning by knocking on doors all-over Bismarck
Crystal tries to keep up with McKale as he starts crawling
McKale tries to get away from everyone by crawling


April-
Josh's 28th birthday and he's still campaigning by knocking on doors
Crystal starts wondering if Josh still lives at home
McKale starts babbling


May-
Josh still campaigning knocking on doors all-over Bismarck
Crystal wonders if she still has husband
McKale starts pulling himself up and walking around furniture


June-
Josh elected Bismarck City Commissioner by just over 200 votes
Crystal happy to have husband back
McKale happy in new home


July-
Josh selected President of DSU Alumni Association Board
Crystal keeps track of Kale
Kale keeps track of Mom



August-
Kale's cousin Dyson is born


September-
KALE TURNS ONE!
Crystal turns 29.....again and gets promoted to boss at work!
Josh is busy with work

 
October-
Kale's first time trick-or-treating
Crystal and Josh take cruise on Carnival Splendor- one month later this ship gets stranded at sea!

November-

Kale starts walking...

Mom and Dad try to keep up!

December-
McKale goes sledding for the first time in Williston
Josh and Crystal enjoy watching Kale open Christmas presents for first time!



Happy New Year to all and best wishes in 2011!

Too long to be away!

The annual stuffing extravaganza is here!  Yes tomorrow C and I will celebrate our 6th year of C and J Askvig Thanksgiving Holiday.  Yes I will be reminding C of our first attempt, we are much more prepared 6 years later.  Also, this year K will be old enough to actively participate in the self stuffing.  It is amazing how one year changes a child so much.  One year ago he was still only having bottles with strictly formula and and just a touch of rice cereal.  Today, he is almost walking, drinks milk out of sippy cup, and doesn't eat unless he can feed himself!

This is short and sweet but I am linking to some photos of the family and a video of our pride and joy!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2343591&id=5305079&l=3fe45c8d4e

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2327890&id=5305079&l=5bc99ee734

Video:

In like a lion!

Its been awhile since we posted on here and since it is a gloomy day out, what a better day to sit back and reflect on the last month.  If you ask J, C, and K, March has arrived like a lion.  It has been rainy, busy, and full of zest! Since the last post, the new house has become home.  J, C, and K like coming back at night and realizing that this is the house they will grow together as a family and begin their identity in the community. 

Speaking of community identity, J has made a big announcement on March 2nd he announced that he would be a candidate for the Bismarck City Commission (Click here for the article). You can view his campaign website at http://www.joshaskvig.com/.  J, C, and K look forward to sharing Josh's vision for the future of Bismarck and hope you will tell your friends, relatives, neighbors, and everyone you know who lives in Bismarck about what a great guy J is and how he would be an excellent commissioner. Also, he is taking contributions!

C is busy at work and raising a son and creating a home.  She is a wonderful mother, loving wife, and is happily nesting into the new home.  She also is spending her time making J look good in this campaign. He is lucky to have a former 1st runner-up Miss ND doing his wardrobe!

Last but not least, K.  This little man is growing like a weed.  At 5 months old he already needed his first haircut and Grandma Lucy cut off about an inch. Now at almost 6 months of age he knows how to roll over from stomach to back like a pro he talks to his friends, cats, and parents constantly, has started eating rice cereal and vegetables and is growing up right beneath everyone's eyes.  Also, he is excited because in August he gets to meet his cousin Ham Bone! Yep uncle E and auntie J are expecting. K is excited to teach little cuz the ropes of being an Askvig!

The catnip kids are slowly figuring out the new digs.  Lola in her infinite wisdom decided to get outside the other day and ended up spending the day out in the snow and cold.  Lucky for her and J, C found her outside right before everyone went to bed.  Boy I hope they figure out this keep an eye on the kids thing before K starts walking!

We hope everyone is doing well and are looking forward to seeing many of you in the coming weeks ahead. Stay in touch!

Settling in

Wow, the Winter Olympics are here already?! J, C, and K are wondering where the time has gone. It seems like a blink of the eye ago it was Christmas and now Easter is looking on the horizon. As many of you know, the Askvig's have a new house and they are slowly settling in and making it a home. In fact, they recently commented on how they are beginning to forget how life was before thishome.

C is still at Centre Inc. and enjoys having a place to call hers. Specifically, she was just quoted the other day mentioning how she enjoyed the fact thatshe could do what she wanted with the house because it was hers. Currently she is trying to get J to refinish a couple of spots on the floor that need to be finished. Also, she is trying to finish decorating K's room so she can move on to other rooms in the house.

J is busy with NDEA business. He really likes having a home for his son and wife. He enjoys the home projects but looks forward to it being nice outside. J is getting ready to refinish the spots on the floor that need to be finished.

K recently came down with RSV-respiratory syncytial virus and has been feeling a bit under the weather. He has had to complete nebulizer treatments 3 times a day for the last 5 days. It looks like he is beginning to feel better and J and C are hopeful that he can go back to daycare by Tuesday. K can almost sit up on his own and has in fact done it for a very short period of time. Also, he is starting to wiggle. If you put him down in one spot it is likely you will find him in a totally different spot in a matter of minutes. J and C will be buying gates for their new home soon and will be chasing a busy boy around the house.

Everyone is settling in to new routines, new showers, new surroundings, even the catnip kids have found new hiding places. Settling in is nice...