Happy Birthday Hubby!

Birthday Morning!

Today

Look how cute he is all ready for work!

Greatest American Hero Season OneAva was soo happy for Dad this morning!
Happy Birthday Babe!

We celebrated with the Beans on Sunday!Sweet and Sour Chicken is the best!

Can you tell how excited he is about that candy that he does not have to share!!!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
We had another fun Thanksgiving celebration at the beach with the Vances!Frisbee that first day was a blast!!! Way to go Pete's team!!!Thanksgiving Dinner

We have so much fun with these guys!

The food was sooo yummy! The hot chocolate/pudding in a cup was to die for!

Yes, all the people in the pool were with us!

Ava did not like the pool, but she loved putting her feet in the hot tub!Ava was first to work on the turkey this year!Turkey Bowl

The sunset was sooo beautiful!
Thanks for having us Vances!

Let it Snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!

Washington Gets Snow!!!!

This was in the morning...but it was just the beginning!

Here we are the next day playing in it!

Joshy

Natalie (yes, we are sliding on diaper boxes, it's all we had)

I'm going down the hill backwards with my hat over my eyes...yes, I was quite scared!

This was a cute pic of the two love birds!

I thought the vibrant pink leaf was really pretty against the white snow!

Here we are all done playing...almost!

(Where's the rest of the family you ask, Cameron was working at home with Ava napping)

Playing in the snow!!!

Winter is here!!!!

We have snow!!! Here's the view from our front window! It's so exciting, we are supposed to get 1-3 inches today!!! If you look carefully you can see it falling.

Tagged

Thanks Dani, I don't think I've ever been tagged!

1. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I'm with Dani on this...the food! A few years ago we started a Christmas breakfast tradition of getting together Christmas morning and making all the best Breakfast foods. People include: all my siblings (that are in town), their families, my parents and anyone else we find that needs a yummy Christmas breakfast. The food includes: everything yummy and delicious, waffles, creme brulee french toast (thanks for that one Jen), sausage, bacon, smoothies, biscuits and gravy, hash browns and fruit...yep, all this and more!

2. Who is your biggest role model and why?
That's a tough one. My last Bishop challenged each of us to have a living one of these you talk to them and try to learn from them. So I've had a lot of different ones...my mom, my dad, Annie, Dave, Cameron, Sharon Lewis. Sorry I could not just pick one! (Do I lose a point on this question cause I didn't answer it correctly?)

3. What is your favorite thing to do with your husband and why?
Right now I really enjoy going to the gym with him. We can talk and laugh and just be together, just the two of us. He's so happy and funny and dancy and sing songy in the morning, I love it!

4. What is one place you want to travel to, when, why?
I want to go somewhere in South America with Cameron in the next few years. I would love a little get-a-way just the two of us where I can here him speak Spanish...it's hot! Maybe Acapulco, they have nice beaches!

5. What is your all time favorite band?
Nope, I'm not a "Band"-y person...I like anything that REALLY makes me want to dance. It's has to move me, and not on an emotional level, I mean physical baby!

6. What is your favorite book?
When I was little I would always say The Book of Mormon (probably cause I had not really read anything else) No other book has changed me the way it has but I don't think that's what the question is asking. I did not like reading for a long time until a certain book came into my life... (Amanda you know this one...Senior year, I could not put it down. I walked the halls reading it. Carolyn, you know it too cause it's your favorite as well! Hah Hah)

These Is My Words

by Nancy Turner

7. Who is your closest friend and why?
Amanda on a best friend forever basis, seriously, since...1998! Heidi on a...no one can tell me I'm being stupid or ridiculous with out me getting mad at them, except Heidi basis.

8. What is your favorite trait about yourself?
That is pretty though! recently I've been focusing a lot on things I need to fix and do better at so those are all at the front of my mind (I can give you those if you want)! I'm going to go with having fun and easing tension!

I'd like to tag Marin McDonnel and Leslie Findlay. Same questions. (now I'll know if your reading my blog, hee hee)

Slide

Here's Ava going down the slide at the park. I think it's pretty cute!

New Hat

I finished a new hat for Ava today! I've been making them for friends recently and then I discovered she needed one because all the ones from last year are a little tight!!!

13 months old

One year olds are the best!Ava learns so much everyday it's so fun being her mom!
Here's what she's up to these days!

The shirt is right she loves her daddy. She loves to be in his arms and talk to him!

Do you not just love the skinny jeans?!?!

Ava will now give kisses! They might all be open mouthed but she leans on in there and gives it to yah!!

As of this week she is officially walking! No more crawling!

She's always making eyes at people!

She loves to smile! She is learning to listen better and will actually react when we say "no no"!

She got an owee on her forehead. Good thing she is such a strong girl!

Ava loves to come to the park and now knows how to go down the slide on her tummy all by herself!

Kisses for all!!!
(we are actually still working on these kids of kisses)