Happy Birthday Avery!!

Wow, a year sure has gone by fast. But like it or not, my baby is getting older. We had a birthday party for her on Saturday. It was so fun to see her opening her presents and playing with her cake, which she hated by the way. If you notice in some of the pictures she busted open her eye and it was pretty deep, so I had to glue it back together. One ER visit avoided. Anyways, enjoy! More picture to come. She still has not had her one year old picture taken... so just you wait! By the way, this cake was so hard to make. So good luck to those who attempt to use fondant.





Look at my little princess!!







Im gonna be a soccer player


Pink Converse!! Thanks Auntie Kilean

Labor Day Fun

Well, we all had a good Labor Day here is Hanford. It has been really hot here the last few weeks and it was actually very nice today. We just had a BBQ with our family and some friends. Avery had fun playing in the sprinklers and eating everything. She was just running around everywhere and having a good time!


Playing in the sprinklers.

Hey, it happens to the best of us.

I love frozen peas!!!

Ah man, I dropped one.

I know its here somewhere...

I found it!!

Salsa, really?

So, Avery will basically eat anything. It is great. The other day I made salsa and was having some in the kitchen and Avery walked up to me and was pulling on my leg. I picked her up and she leaned in to get a bite of what mom was eating. Anyways, I gave her a little bite and she was seriously hogging on salsa. And it was not the most mild salsa I have ever had. I am so gratefull for a baby who is such a good eater.

I need some help with some baby shower games. I am throwing a shower for a friend and I want all your ideas on some good games!! Thanks.

Camping!!

We all went camping a few weeks ago and I am finally getting around to putting pictures on the blog. But, here they are. We had a good time hanging out with family and playing in the water. And Avery did surprisingly well.







So, even though the water was freezing, Avery loved it. I pulled her out at one time because she was shaking and her feet and legs were freezing, but she clawed her way back in. Then I turn my head for a minute and she had rocks in her mouth. It was pretty funny.




Jeff jumping off a rock.

Doing a flip off a rock. The water was so cold!!

Happy Independence Day!

Hope everyone have a good 4th. We had a dinner/pool party at my parents house. It was fun just to hang out and relax. Plus it is so hot here and it was great to get in the pool. I am lucky and glad that Avery loves that water so much. She is fearless. I am going to have to keep an eye on this one.



Momma and Avery on the 4th.

We love the pool.

Avery and Max

Hanging out in the tub.

And we're walking!!!

Well my camera sucks and I caught it at the wrong moment. But, Avery is walking. Her best record so far is 11 steps. Yeah!!! Its really cute. She loves crawling up the stairs at my parents house. She just crawls around so fast it is really unbelievable.

Avery loves to "read" books. She turns the pages and feels all the fuzzy parts of the books. Its quite cute.

You are all probably wondering about the bruise on her head. Holy cow it was so sad. She is taking some steps on her own now and I just want to put a helmet on her head or some bubble wrap or something. She totally fell and hit her head on a chair. It was horrible.

Man, Avery loves this tape measure.

Here is the Fam at my sister Corins graduation.

Mud Run

This last Saturday was the Mud Run here on the Naval Air base in Lemoore. It was a 5mile run through the mud. It was so much fun. We literally had to swim through mud neck deep at some points during the run. There was walls to climb over, tunnels to climb through, crawling on your hands and knees through the mud, and rope swings. It was crazy. These pictures are of me, my sister Kilean and my friend Ali Ross. We would have taken more pictures, but sure enough our battery died. Gotta love it. Anyways, we literally had to duct tape our shoes to our feet. It was so hard because the mud was 2-3 feet deep in some places. We had so much fun though. It was the hardest 5 miles I have ever run. No joke. Our shoes were caked with mud and so were our clothes. I think we weighed an extra 20 pounds. After the race there were fire trucks spraying people off. Next year we are thinking unitards. You know, the ones that triathlon runner wear. The ones that are all spandex and have just a hole cut out for your head. It was a blast.