First day of Dance!

Last week Ava started her second year of dance. She is doing tumbling, ballet, and tap this year. She loves dance and shows us her new moves after every class!

7 years!

I'm a little late posting this but David and I celebrated our 7th anniversary on August 7th! Yay for us! I am one lucky girl!

I have a picture of us celebrating our anniversary this year but can't get it to post. So enjoy a picture of us on our special day....I love this picture because I look about 12. :)

UNITE Women's Conference

Can I just say that I have the best sister ever?? I am sooo proud of her and so thankful that God made me her sister! :)

This was the third UNITE conference that Sarah has hosted and it was amazing!! Our chauffeur, Grandman, drove Ava and I down to Atlanta in the middle of the night so we could be there for the conference. Martha Munizzi and Jane Evans were the special guests. Pastor Rachel and lots of women from my church even made the 7 hour trip to be there. We had the best time and Ava LOVES spending time with her cousins! I so wish they lived closer! :(

Tweetsie 2011

This has become a summer tradition. This is the third year we have headed to Tweetsie with my dad and this year my mom was able to go with us! I look forward to this every year because we always stop to eat lunch at The Daniel Boone Inn. That fried chicken is to die for!! Tweetsie is such a cute little park and we love it because there are no crowds and the weather is always nice in the mountains! Thank you Gigi and Grandman for another fun, memory making trip!

Summer Catch Up

I cannot believe how fast the summer is going by! My camera batteries have been dead for a few weeks so I got really behind...again! We have had a great, busy summer so far!! I have loved having Ava out of school and we have had so much fun going to the pool, the movies, the park, and taking lots of afternoon naps!!

David's grandad passed away a few weeks ago. Thank you to all of our family and friends for the cards and prayers!! In the words of Ava we know that "Granette is in heaven with Jesus and the goldfish!"

Last week was our annual Topsail beach trip with my mom's side of the family! We had soooo much fun just all being together! I didn't get a lot of pictures (I am determined to get a new camera soon!) but here are a few of our fun week!!

Lunchbox

Right after Ava's dance recital I signed her up for Dance Camp. It's everyday this week from 10-1 and she has been loving it!! Monday was her first day and since I worked the weekend I had stocked up on lunch things and snacks for her to take this week. By the time Monday morning came around most of the snacks and goodies I had bought were gone! I searched the pantry and since we just got back from Disney I had plenty of junk left. In her cute little lunchbox I packed a pb&j (can't go wrong with that!) and bag of goldfish, a pack of fruit snacks, and a juice box. I was excited because I knew she would love all of her little treats! When she came home from camp I asked her how her lunch was. Ava said, "I don't like those gummy-nacks! Can you pack a better one tomorrow?" She went on to tell me that everyone else had fruit and that's was she was supposed to take. I sent David to the grocery store that night to get fruit and the next day Ava said I did much better! :) That little girl keeps me on my toes!

Birthday Disney Trip!

Believe it or not this was the first time I have been able to celebrate my actual birthday in Disney!! This was kind of a last minute trip and it was sooo much fun!! We left on Tuesday night around 8:00 and drove into Disney at about 4 am (David made it there in about 8 hours...best time yet!) The weather was perfect (it was actually hotter in NC) and the crowds were not too bad. We stayed at Old Key West (our home resort) and spent plenty of time at the pool! We had a great trip and I had the best birthday ever!!