Carolyne's Birthday Party

This was actually like a week ago, I'm just that behind on posting pictures. Ava's friend Carolyne turned two and she had the cutest little party. The kids had so much fun. Her parents (Cam and Afton)are so sweet. We had lots of pizza and cake! Afton had all these fun games and even some gold fish. Ava got to catch her own and take it home. I wasn't sure she would do it but she got right down all by herself. She would catch one and then dump it back in! We finally got her to hold on to one, so now we have a gold fish at our house that she loves to look at every day. We all had fun hanging out while the kids played on the toys! Thanks guys!

Ava's 18 month pictures

I took some pictures of Ava in Utah. Here are a few. To see more check out my photography blog! (the link is on the side) I really like how they turned out. The last picture on here makes me laugh every time I see it! There were some weeds going up her dress and she was trying to figure out what it was. It was so cute. I can never decide which ones to enlarge!!??

Bear Lake: part two

The rest of the Bear Lake pictures!


Ava actually loves the water even though it was a little cold!



Uncle Jake and Uncle Russ playing with the kids at the pool!


Eric with the boys!
just chillin with an Oreo!
One of her favorite things was chasing the birds down the beach.
Eating some lunch like a big girl!

Ava and Bryn in the sand

Ava carrying the tube in the water...one of my favorite pictures!!



Tyson and Taige loved to be thrown in the air!
The last night we were there it stormed the waves were huge so Jake, Eric and Russ went down to play in the water!

Bear Lake: part one

We had the best time in Bear Lake this year! Last year Ava was only 6 months old so she pretty much just sat there and slept. It was great to just let her play outside with other kids without worrying too much. My nieces and nephews were awesome babysitters. Ava had so much fun it was hard not to take TONS of pictures. Which is why this is part one. I have so many more that probably won't get posted but I want as many on here as possible when we make our book. Bear Lake is my favorite vacation and I can't wait to go again!


This chair has been in the cabin since I can remember and Ava loved playing in it!


Drake and Ava. They were buddies the first day we got there. He had to leave early but they were so cute together! He can even say her name!
doing some golfing on the deck
Drake and Ava trying to see what the big kids are up to.
She was totally content playing in the sand all day long!
Isn't he adorable!
exploring!

The Zoo

So I am finally getting around to posting some of our vacation pictures. Between editing pictures, taking care of Ava and enjoying the effects of pregnancy I haven't gotten much else done!
Our trip to Utah was so much fun and so busy! We decide to go to the zoo because Ava has never been and she seems to love all the zoo animals. She was pretty good too considering we took her during her nap time. She loved watching the animals and telling us what they say. She hated posing for pictures and holding still for 5 seconds though. We had a fun little family day!

We didn't have our stroller so we got to use the awesome zoo strollers!
Ava and daddy watching the bird show

I think she liked the elephants the best!

This is her telling us what a zebra says!??? What does a zebra say?
Enjoying a hot dog with daddy
Giraffes!

Telling us what a giraffe says! :)

Our Big News!!!

So some of you already know but for those of you who don't we have some exciting news....

That's right baby number two is on it's way! I'm 14 weeks and due on March 7th!! We are so excited and even though she doesn't really know what's going on I'm sure Ava is excited too! Here are some pictures of our little one.