Reading First Family Night

Tonight the boys and I went to Alex's school for Family First Reading Night. They had it all set up where the audience could play a guessing game with remote controls. Made me feel like I was on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"! They had various games in a few of the classrooms, including Alex's. That made him really happy. He even got his name plate for his desk, and kept raising his hand like he was in class! They also had a free raffle for games and movie tickets. Alex didn't get the game he really wanted and that brought a few tears to his eyes. But, we were successful and won 4 free movie tickets to the State Wayne here in town! SWEET!!!!

Yesterday we went to the Pioneer Day event at Nankin Mills. We had an awesome time. We got there exactly 15 seconds after Senta, so our families were able to go through it together. Unfortunately, Carl had to work and missed all the fun! :( The boys really enjoyed themselves. They had many different kinds of demonstrations, including butter churning, open fire cooking, blacksmithing, leather crafts, woodworking and pioneer toys. They also had a hayride and a tiny train that you could get free rides on. Jacob was very brave and tried a bit of duck stew at the open fire pit. Of course he proceeded to spit it all out in the nearest garbage, but come on! The kid actually tried duck!!! Is this my child? Alex participated in the sack race they had against a few other kids.

Us on the tiny train ride.

Waiting for our turn on the hayride.
Jake and I on the hayride. (also, half of Senta's son Nolan's head)
The other side of Nolan's head, me and Alex.
Alex posing with his chick at the petting farm section.
Alex attempting to master the pioneer games.

Jacob doing likewise.
Lucas, Nolan and Alex watching the blacksmith.
Alex after competing in the sack race

Are you smarter than a kindergartener?

So the other day, I was picking up Alex from school. He was telling me about all the new shapes he had learned. The red was a square, the blue a diamond and so on. Later, he is telling Carl about the same things. Red is a square shape, blue is a rhombus...and I'm all "wait, I thought you said that blue was the diamond?"

" Mom, a diamond is a rhombus."

"oh"

(To make things more humiliating, I wikipedia'ed rhombus to see if he was right...he was!)

Still on the run...minus one

Thank you Dad for you continual updates!

Ashley has not been found, but they have been very close. They just missed catching her in Salt Lake City, by 20 Min. They (all 4) stayed at someone's house there last night. Now they are on the run again. They made it to Burley, ID. this morning....Amanda decided she did not want to run any more. They dropped her off at a gas station in Burley and she called her mother to come get her. The other 3 took off and left Amanda on her own.

Now which direction have they gone??? We are just waiting to hear any news.

Seems they are getting closer

Thanks to my Dad for this fresh update:

Last night Jill and Aaron had a visitor come to their door. It was a boy who asked he could get sweat shirt that Ashley had borrowed from him. So that put some suspicion on their minds....who is this guy?? How does he know Ashley? They were able to get his name. They noticed he did not have a car if front of the house. They told him no, and he left. They noticed he went down the street and went around the corner. They watched out the kitchen window and saw the car that he drove off in with others in the car. So Aaron jumped in his car and followed after them. Once they noticed him following them; they took off as fast as they could go......they got up to 90 miles an hour and Aaron backed off. A neighbor said he had saw the car parked by their house, and their was a girl in the car with two boys. Jill and Aaron told the Police about what had happened.

Then today we find out the Police went to Amanda's house (the girl who had last seen Ashley when she disappeared) to talk to her.....she was not there. They then went to see Amanda's mother at work and she said that Amanda had not come home last night, and see was looking for her too. So now we have Amanda and Ashley both lost.

The day before all this happened....a friend of Ashley, Johnathon, had gone to Amanda's and asked if she had seen Ashley or if she was there. This Johnathon (good kid) had seen Ashley in Wal-mart the day before in Rexburg, and talked to Ashley. At that time he did not know that Ashley was missing, until he heard from a friend that she was. So he called Jill and asked if Ashley was missing. He said he would start looking for her.

So now with the disruption of the car and the name of the kid that came to the front door; the Police know who they are looking for. They have now put out an all points bulletin in search for all four of them. Two boy's and two girl's. Amanda's mother is more involved, because of her daughter is missing too. All police force's are looking for them.

You will have to tune in for the next episode tomorrow.

Update

I got this update from my Dad:

We heard some news today that she has been seen in the Rexburg area......One boy that knows Ashley said he talked to her two days ago in Walmart. At that time he did not know that she was missing until he seen this ad in the paper. He called Jill to let her know that he had seen and talked to Ashley.

So she may have not gone to Colorado??? The Police are going to Walmart to look at a surveillance video to see if they can see her in it. Supposedly, She was there with an older woman. Ashley said she was watching her children; the woman lived in St. Anthony. So we have a new lead.

The Police in Colorado, have taken in Ryan for questioning today , if he knows anything about Ashley. We have not heard back yet. The police have shown a picture of Ashley to Ryan's father that lives near Ryan. He said he has a girl he has been hanging around with that looked just like Ashley; but her name is Laura. ???? so... we will have to wait and see.

Others have said they have seen Ashley around this area; between Rigby --- St. Anthony. We get our hopes up, then they fall again.

Thank you for putting something on your blog. The more people know...the better chance of finding her. What the Police are now doing they should have done a week ago.

My niece

My niece has been missing for 12 days now (I believe, could be more). Her parents (my sister and brother-in-law) believe that she ran away. I hope that they don't mind me airing out our "dirty laundry" for all to see, but I think that the more exposed this is, the faster she can be found.

These are from Oct. of last year.

Ashley (left) Chelsea (right)

Chelsea (left) with Ashley (right)


Her name is Ashley Marie Pace (Zimmerman). She is 16 and was last seen in Rigby Idaho. She was out of the 5-C (Juvenal hall) on probation. Obviously, she has been having some issues lately. We are all trying to figure out where she might have gone to. There are a few possibilities, but nothing conclusive. She left without her things, only what she had on her back. She didn't even pick up her paycheck before skipping town.

We are all very concerned. It makes it extra difficult not to be in Idaho with my family during this. I would appreciate anyone who reads this, to pass along this information. In 12 days, you could hitch practically anywhere. I will post when I have more information.