We miss all of our family and friends dearly. We are so happy that we have family out here with us, it makes the holidays that more special! Enjoy the pictures! There will be more to come. :)
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
We hope everyone had a wonderful, plentiful, blessed Christmas day. Santa certainly didn't miss our house this year...Avery Grace was one spoiled little girl! We've had a wonderful day spending time with my Dad, relaxing and enjoy the 24 hours of A Christmas Story. :)
We miss all of our family and friends dearly. We are so happy that we have family out here with us, it makes the holidays that more special! Enjoy the pictures! There will be more to come. :)
We miss all of our family and friends dearly. We are so happy that we have family out here with us, it makes the holidays that more special! Enjoy the pictures! There will be more to come. :)
Thursday, December 13, 2007
I forgot!!!
We also went to see the Grinch at the BX on Friday. At first Avery was scared of him, which is why mommy had to be in the picture too. But by the end of our visit, she had warmed up to him a little more. What did she care? She got to eat cake before lunch! Ha Ha
Busy Busy Busy
Here I am, the blog slacker again. Just when I get caught up, I slack off! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. We certainly are doing our part to get in the Christmas spirit! These past couple of weeks have been quite busy for us. And we leave tomorrow for San Diego for the weekend. As I type, I really should be packing and getting ready for this trip but I wanted to share some of the things we have been up to before the trip!
Last weekend we went to the Lompoc Christmas parade. Even though we'd always make fun of Cheyenne for the amount of horses in the parades...I really did enjoy them. Not one horse was in the Lompoc parade and we were quite disappointed! We had a good time, but Santa took a very long time to arrive. And as you can see from the picture, it was very cold...it also rained on us. We were troopers and stayed all the way to the end.
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On Saturday, we headed to the Children's Christmas party through Matt's squadron. The spouses group put it on and I helped out with a few things.
Avery needed to sit on my lap and help me call out bingo cards for the Christmas bingo. I think she really just got chocolate on most of the cards more than anything. She thought it was a great seat because Mom had all the chocolate! Ha Ha
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Here she is patiently waiting with all the other kiddos for Santa's lap. :) Amazingly enough, she actually went willingly to sit on Santa's lap this year. I was in shock! But we did capture it on film!
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Telling Santa she would like candy for Christmas. Hee Hee
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Here she is with her buddy Grant. I thought it was so cute that she put her arm around him...I had to sneak a picture of course. Eventually they both were doing it. Of course, as with Tanner in WY, Grant is a much older boy...4 years old! Ha Ha They have a great time together though.
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And last but not least...I ordered Avery some big girl bedding since we've now converted her crib to a toddler bed. It's taken forever to get here but it finally arrived on Tuesday. Here she is showing it off...
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We hope everyone enjoys the weekend!! We are off to San Diego!!!
Last weekend we went to the Lompoc Christmas parade. Even though we'd always make fun of Cheyenne for the amount of horses in the parades...I really did enjoy them. Not one horse was in the Lompoc parade and we were quite disappointed! We had a good time, but Santa took a very long time to arrive. And as you can see from the picture, it was very cold...it also rained on us. We were troopers and stayed all the way to the end.
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On Saturday, we headed to the Children's Christmas party through Matt's squadron. The spouses group put it on and I helped out with a few things.
Avery needed to sit on my lap and help me call out bingo cards for the Christmas bingo. I think she really just got chocolate on most of the cards more than anything. She thought it was a great seat because Mom had all the chocolate! Ha Ha
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Here she is patiently waiting with all the other kiddos for Santa's lap. :) Amazingly enough, she actually went willingly to sit on Santa's lap this year. I was in shock! But we did capture it on film!
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Telling Santa she would like candy for Christmas. Hee Hee
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Here she is with her buddy Grant. I thought it was so cute that she put her arm around him...I had to sneak a picture of course. Eventually they both were doing it. Of course, as with Tanner in WY, Grant is a much older boy...4 years old! Ha Ha They have a great time together though.
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And last but not least...I ordered Avery some big girl bedding since we've now converted her crib to a toddler bed. It's taken forever to get here but it finally arrived on Tuesday. Here she is showing it off...
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We hope everyone enjoys the weekend!! We are off to San Diego!!!
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Elf Yourself!
Mae and Anson posted this on their blog and then Matt created one at work. This is hilarious!! Click on the link to view a funny holiday video. You can do these all free at www.elfyourself.com...I couldn't stop laughing!!!
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Friday, November 30, 2007
A Day in the Life is right!
Most of you would expect me to post cute pictures of Avery on our blog, and for the most part, I do. Except this time! Below you will see a picture of a window in our living room and as you can see, it is not quite normal. I have two "Avery stories" to share with you from this day, but I'll start with the first.
How hard is the human head actually?
Well, I found out on Wednesday. As we are getting ready to go read stories before Avery's naptime she decided she just wasn't ready yet and would rather watch The Polar Express (or as she calls it "the Christmas Tree" movie). Of course, what comes out of my mouth? It's a very familiar word with parents and children alike...NO! Avery's temper tantrums have gained intensity lately and as you can see this one went a little awry. As she was banging her fists on this window, I was standing in the background telling her to stop "right this instant" (it's what I usually say when she's doing something wrong!). Apparently hitting her fist on the window was not doing enough to show her anger so she decided that banging her head might just do the trick. After two or three times, the glass shattered and as you can only imagine, mom (that would be me) freaked out. Thankfully, Avery didn't have a scratch on her but I can't say the same for the poor window with whom she took out her frustrations. I should have taken a picture before maintenance came to board it up. It's not tempered so it basically cracked completely and left jagged edges sticking out. I'm not quite sure how it didn't shatter and fall into a million pieces but I am thanking God that it didn't or else this would not be such a comical Avery story. Now she looks at the window all the time and says "Broke it head!". See picture below of what a 2 year old with a bad temper can do to your house:
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Adventures in the Bathroom
As many of you know, we've moved Avery in to a toddler bed now and so far, she has done pretty well. Of course, except for the first few weeks where she thought, "Wow, this is great! No bars to keep me in!! I can do whatever I want! My mom and dad are so stupid!" Ha Ha This week she has decided it's fun to get up and come out to the living room to see what Mom and Dad really do when she's asleep. Normally, she comes right out to the living room without any side tracking. But Wednesday night (remember, this is the same day in which she broke the window with her head), she thought she'd go on a little adventure. Matt and I got ready for bed and sat down to watch some TV, unbeknownst to the activity that was really taking place in our house. So we let about an hour go by and all of a sudden, I hear something. It sounded like the faint footsteps of a certain little girl. Matt opens the door and completely freaked out. She had what looked like blood all over her face. As I came in for a look, I realized it was lipstick!!!!! I ran to the bathroom to see the damage and it was good. I do not have any pictures of Avery's face or the bathroom as we were more concerned about her having eaten anything she shouldn't have and cleaning her up to go back to bed. Thankfully, she did not ingest anything but she sure had fun putting on my lipstick, blush concealer and writing with eyeliner all over! It was good times. Below is a picture of Avery with lip gloss all over her face...not from this same evening. Didn't she do a fabulous job? Hee Hee
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How hard is the human head actually?
Well, I found out on Wednesday. As we are getting ready to go read stories before Avery's naptime she decided she just wasn't ready yet and would rather watch The Polar Express (or as she calls it "the Christmas Tree" movie). Of course, what comes out of my mouth? It's a very familiar word with parents and children alike...NO! Avery's temper tantrums have gained intensity lately and as you can see this one went a little awry. As she was banging her fists on this window, I was standing in the background telling her to stop "right this instant" (it's what I usually say when she's doing something wrong!). Apparently hitting her fist on the window was not doing enough to show her anger so she decided that banging her head might just do the trick. After two or three times, the glass shattered and as you can only imagine, mom (that would be me) freaked out. Thankfully, Avery didn't have a scratch on her but I can't say the same for the poor window with whom she took out her frustrations. I should have taken a picture before maintenance came to board it up. It's not tempered so it basically cracked completely and left jagged edges sticking out. I'm not quite sure how it didn't shatter and fall into a million pieces but I am thanking God that it didn't or else this would not be such a comical Avery story. Now she looks at the window all the time and says "Broke it head!". See picture below of what a 2 year old with a bad temper can do to your house:
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Adventures in the Bathroom
As many of you know, we've moved Avery in to a toddler bed now and so far, she has done pretty well. Of course, except for the first few weeks where she thought, "Wow, this is great! No bars to keep me in!! I can do whatever I want! My mom and dad are so stupid!" Ha Ha This week she has decided it's fun to get up and come out to the living room to see what Mom and Dad really do when she's asleep. Normally, she comes right out to the living room without any side tracking. But Wednesday night (remember, this is the same day in which she broke the window with her head), she thought she'd go on a little adventure. Matt and I got ready for bed and sat down to watch some TV, unbeknownst to the activity that was really taking place in our house. So we let about an hour go by and all of a sudden, I hear something. It sounded like the faint footsteps of a certain little girl. Matt opens the door and completely freaked out. She had what looked like blood all over her face. As I came in for a look, I realized it was lipstick!!!!! I ran to the bathroom to see the damage and it was good. I do not have any pictures of Avery's face or the bathroom as we were more concerned about her having eaten anything she shouldn't have and cleaning her up to go back to bed. Thankfully, she did not ingest anything but she sure had fun putting on my lipstick, blush concealer and writing with eyeliner all over! It was good times. Below is a picture of Avery with lip gloss all over her face...not from this same evening. Didn't she do a fabulous job? Hee Hee
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Happy Birthday Mae!
Happy birthday, Mae! As always, I wish we could be there to help you celebrate. Enjoy your day, and hopefully little miss Lily will sleep through the night tonight if she hasn't already started back to her routine. :) We miss all of you dearly.
This is a Mae and her husband Anson on their honeymoon about 2 1/2 years ago in Maui. I've been friends with Mae for over 13 years and Anson for about 11. Thinking about that makes me feel old! Ha Ha Now all of us are married and have children. Life couldn't get any better, right? Maybe if we lived a little closer to them. :)
This is their beautiful daughter, Lily Anna. I posted a picture of her when she was first born back in May and couldn't resist putting this one up. Isn't she absolutely adorable in her Christmas dress???
This is a Mae and her husband Anson on their honeymoon about 2 1/2 years ago in Maui. I've been friends with Mae for over 13 years and Anson for about 11. Thinking about that makes me feel old! Ha Ha Now all of us are married and have children. Life couldn't get any better, right? Maybe if we lived a little closer to them. :)
This is their beautiful daughter, Lily Anna. I posted a picture of her when she was first born back in May and couldn't resist putting this one up. Isn't she absolutely adorable in her Christmas dress???
Happy Birthday Tim!
Happy day-after-your birthday Tim! We are thinking of you and hope you had a wonderful day. :)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Reagan Turns 1!
Happy Birthday Reagan!! We are so happy we got to see you on your birthday this year. You are growing up to be such a beautiful little girl. It has been wonderful to see you so many times over the past couple of months while your Daddy was here and we look forward to many more times while we live in CA together. :) We love you!!
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These are some pictures that are way past due in posting! Go figure! HA HA This was from our weekend with Sam, Beth and Reagan right after Halloween. We had such a great time with them and sad to see them leave for their permanent residence tomorrow. It's been so nice to have them here with us! Reagan and Avery play well together and of course we had fun visiting with Sam and Beth. This same day, Beth took photos of Avery for me on the beach and they turned out wonderful!! Thanks again Beth!! :)
Avery and Reagan playing.
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Cuddling up with Sam.
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What a beautiful baby...and she has one hot mama! ;) Hee Hee
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Sam, Beth and Reagan in our kitchen. They were so wonderful and cooked us an extremely yummy dinner that night! What a treat!
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Avery thought it would be fun to run around the house in her diaper after a little while. Ha Ha
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These are some pictures that are way past due in posting! Go figure! HA HA This was from our weekend with Sam, Beth and Reagan right after Halloween. We had such a great time with them and sad to see them leave for their permanent residence tomorrow. It's been so nice to have them here with us! Reagan and Avery play well together and of course we had fun visiting with Sam and Beth. This same day, Beth took photos of Avery for me on the beach and they turned out wonderful!! Thanks again Beth!! :)
Avery and Reagan playing.
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Cuddling up with Sam.
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What a beautiful baby...and she has one hot mama! ;) Hee Hee
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Sam, Beth and Reagan in our kitchen. They were so wonderful and cooked us an extremely yummy dinner that night! What a treat!
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Avery thought it would be fun to run around the house in her diaper after a little while. Ha Ha
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
From Our Little Turkey....
Happy "Thank You Giving"! Or as the rest of us call it Happy Thanksgiving! We are blessed and thankful for so many people and things in our life. We are sad we cannot spend this holiday with our family and friends but hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving.
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Happy Birthday Nolan!!
Happy birthday big boy! We can't belive you are already 2 years old. We miss you so much and wish we could be with you and your mommy today to celebrate your big day. You are growing up to be such a handsome and loving little boy. We are so happy we got to spend some time with you last month!!
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Monday, November 12, 2007
You may be wondering...
why I am such a blog slacker sometimes. Well, I was thinking about this the other day and this is what I came up with. I have this goal, and have had it for a long time, to organize all of our pictures...even the digital ones. Since I don't trust our computer, I'm hesistant to delete all the pictures from our camera and put them on the computer until I have made CDs for all of them. That being said, I have about 500+ pictures on the digital camera that need to be organized/put on to CDs and every time I go to load new pictures on to my computer, I am reminded of this HUGE project! Ha Ha This is why I always put off loading new pictures on to the computer to post on the blog. I don't usually like to make New Year's resolutions, but I think this coming year, I will make and exception. I will do my best to get this done so I will not have this project lingering over me every time I go to blog! :)
OK, enough about my life's projects and reflections. Here are a few pictures and a video of Avery in her "tap tap" outfit. If you remember from the previous post she got this outfit for gymnastics and for some reason has to wear her brown "tap tap" shoes with it. It's so darn cute. :) The pictures and video are from the first time she wore her new dance outfit. Gotta love the little girl! :)
We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. With the Veteran's Day holiday being yesterday, Matt gets a three day weekend so we are trying to enjoy every minute of it. Thank you to all our past and present veterans for fighting for our country's freedom! Thank you to my brother for serving over seas and thank you to my husband for serving us here in the U.S. I am proud to be an American and am very proud of what my husband does for this country.
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OK, enough about my life's projects and reflections. Here are a few pictures and a video of Avery in her "tap tap" outfit. If you remember from the previous post she got this outfit for gymnastics and for some reason has to wear her brown "tap tap" shoes with it. It's so darn cute. :) The pictures and video are from the first time she wore her new dance outfit. Gotta love the little girl! :)
We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. With the Veteran's Day holiday being yesterday, Matt gets a three day weekend so we are trying to enjoy every minute of it. Thank you to all our past and present veterans for fighting for our country's freedom! Thank you to my brother for serving over seas and thank you to my husband for serving us here in the U.S. I am proud to be an American and am very proud of what my husband does for this country.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween
We hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween! Here is a picture of Avery all dressed up...let's just hope she is still enthusiastic about putting on her costume this evening for trick or treat! I had the hardest time getting her to wear her costume so I tried a trick that Sam did with Nolan. I had to resort to bribing her with a Nemo snack (gummy snack that she loves!)! It worked!
I also put a video on here of Avery dancing and singing to a Halloween tree that Grandma Rose sent us. It's hilarious! She's wearing her gymnastics or "Tap Tap" outfit we got her and gardening gloves and she just got up from a nap so her hair is a total mess! She's also trying very hard to sing along to the song. Hee Hee Who knows what was going on in her little head but I couldn't resist taking video of the moment!
Enjoy!
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I also put a video on here of Avery dancing and singing to a Halloween tree that Grandma Rose sent us. It's hilarious! She's wearing her gymnastics or "Tap Tap" outfit we got her and gardening gloves and she just got up from a nap so her hair is a total mess! She's also trying very hard to sing along to the song. Hee Hee Who knows what was going on in her little head but I couldn't resist taking video of the moment!
Enjoy!
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Pumpkin Patch
A few weekends ago, Matt, Avery and I headed to a pumpkin patch for some fall fun. We picked out some great pumpkins and enjoyed all the pumpkin patch/barn had to offer. Avery fed the animals, played on the pumpkins and tried her luck at a mini corn maze for the little ones. We had a great time! It was a beautiful fall day.
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