Cheyenne Christmas Parade

We did much re-organizing around the house this past weekend....it really has become our Thanksgiving weekend tradition. Instead of spring cleaning, we do "Thanksgiving cleaning". We were able to take a break and head out to the Cheyenne Christmas parade. We brought some hot chocolate in a carafe...brought some warm milk for Avery and bundled up nice and good to watch the pretty lights in the parade. Avery had a wonderful time...sorry the pictures did not turn out very well. The weather was perfect...it was 41 degrees but sitting out in that for an hour, it gets pretty chilly. I was ready to head back home for a nice bowl of chili once the parade was over. Funny Avery story...at least we think it's funny...We had mittens on her, so when she would clap in excitement about the parade, she couldn't hear her hands clapping. So.....she would take her mittens off so she could hear the clapping noise! I tried to figure out why she kept taking off the mittens...and then we finally realized what she was doing. And she also started to associate barking to dogs, so whenever she saw a dog in the parade she would bark. Hee Hee The parade was nice....for those of you who have been to the Cheyenne Frontier Days parades...it's pretty much like that except for the lights, Christmas music and a few less horses. :)

Here are a few pictures of us with Avery and Avery watching the parade. The last two are just silly pictures I was taking as she was crawling under our table. Enjoy and we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!


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Turkey Day

So I didn't get that many pictures of our wonderful Thanksgiving feast, but here are a few of the kiddos. Thanks to Tim and Tammi for hosting a wonderful meal....we had a great time with our friends. We are so blessed! Everything was delicious and we were even able to take home left overs!! That's the best part of the meal don't ya think???

Avery had a great time playing with Tanner and Evan and showing off for everyone there. :) I think she wore as much food as she ate! Hee Hee


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It was a good weekend for football!!

After two close games, Ohio State and the Steelers were able to pull it off!! To show her support of both, Avery wanted to cheer them on by wearing her little cheerleader outfits. Thanks to Keelee and Lou for the OSU outfit and to Grandma Rose and Grandpa Tom for the Steelers outfit!! She looked so cute in both. However, trying to get a picture these days is like pulling teeth....she'd much rather be doing other things than posing for a picture for mommy!!

We hope everyone had a great weekend. Avery and I did the girl thing Saturday while Matt worked. We went to lunch with our friend Debbie and then did a little shopping. Saturday night, Matt and I went on a date and saw the new James Bond flick, Casino Royale (many thanks to Debbie!!!!!). It was a great movie!!

Eat lots of food, take lots of naps and the eat some more food tomorrow!! We'll be back to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

For now, enjoy the pictures of Avery... :)



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Happy Birthday Nolan!!!

Happy 1st birthday Nolan!! We can't believe how quickly a year has gone and how long it has been since we have seen you. Avery asks about you alot because she really likes playing with her buddy Nolan. We miss you so much but are so glad to have been able to spend the first 6 months of your life with you. We can't wait to hear more stories about your adventures!

Nolan's first birthday...way to go with the mess!!! That's the way to do it! :)

Me with Nolan (he's just just over one week old here!) and Matt with Avery (just over 2 months).

Just the Right Size

So I've been a slacker lately with the blog....sorry to all you avid readers!! :) Here's a picture of little Miss Avery enjoying her new Little Mermaid chair. It's the cutest thing ever because it's so little. She still needs help getting in it because it tends to tip over if she does it by herself!!

Last weekend was pretty uneventful. We did go to dinner Saturday night then went to Home Depot to look at blinds on Sunday. I know, how exciting!! Hee Hee It looks to be another uneventful weekend coming up as well. Matt has to work Friday night and all day Saturday, so of course I'm bummed that we won't be able to see him much this weekend.

Well happy Humpday everyone!!!!


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Another one under the belt

Congratulations Sweet Pea!!! I'm so proud of all you've accomplished!! Matt was hooded on Wednesday evening, officially ending his quest for his Master's Degree. He is officially one degree ahead of me now!! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up soon. :) Avery was very good during her daddy's ceremony...she only made her presence known a few times. Hee hee :) As you can see, she is in a very pretty dress for the occasion, however since I realized Wendesday that we don't have dress shoes for her, she was stuck wearing tennies with her pretty pink dress!! Enjoy the pictures everyone!! AND Happy Friday!!




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One for you and more for me...

Just a cute video to share again...
Enjoy!!

P.S. I hope all of you went out and voted today!!!


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America's Funniest Home Videos :)

Every Sunday night now, we sit down and watch America's Funniest Home Videos. When my mom and stepdad came out for Avery's 1st birthday we were watching it randomly and all of a sudden Avery started cracking up laughing at some of the segments! The ones she finds particularly amusing are the videos of people falling down. Hee Hee :) This video does not nearly capture how much she can crack up because of course when she was, I didn't have the camera handy. However she is laughing and staring intently at the screen. And I apologize now for turning the camera in the middle of taping. I guess I didn't realize that you can't turn the camera like that when your doing video....only when taking pictures.

It's still pretty funny though! Enjoy and Happy Friday everyone!!



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In a galaxy far, far away...

lived the evil Darth Vader (Tanner), the wise Yoda (Evan) and th beautiful Princess Leia (Avery). Hee Hee I have finally been able to find the pictures we took last night. Avery went trick or treating for the first time with Tanner and Evan. We had lots of fun, but as you can see from the pictures, it was a little difficult to get them to pose for the camera!!

Evan's costume cracked me up! He's so darn cute and Tanner was making me laugh because he calls Darth Vader "Dark Vader". Hee Hee :) We had fun hanging out with you guys!! Thanks for letting us tag along!!


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In the meantime...

Here are some pictures of Avery at the pumpkin patch downtown over the weekend. Notice how the pumpkin patch isn't so pumpkin-y? Yea, we waited until the last minute to get our pumpkins! I guess Halloween kind of snuck up on us this year. :)


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Halloween Pics to come

Sorry everyone, I uploaded my pictures this morning at home and for some reason they are not showing up at my Dropshots account. I'm pretty angry about that!!!! I'll try to figure out what's wrong on my lunch break.

I'll get the pics up one way or another!!!!

Happy Day after Halloween!!