Missing Daddy!

Ava and I are really missing David this week. He left Wednesday to go on a hunting trip to Nebraska. Before he left Ava made sure she got in plenty of Daddy time...

Spending the day with Daddy on Veteran's day and working in the yard...

Ava was determined to paint someone's fingernails and being the awesome daddy he is David voluntereed...

And this picture just shows what a fun daddy Ava has...He allowed her to fingerpaint with her icecream bar...

Of course he also cleaned it up and gave her a bath! We miss you, David!!!!

Smart Girl!

I don't post Ava's funny sayings of the day nearly enough but yesterday when she woke up from her nap she asked me her daily question, "where's my daddy?"

"At work." I said.

"He's getting me much pop-pops today because I am berry smart!" Ava replied.

For the record Ava thinks David's only job is to get her lollipops from the bank and my only job is to make money so we can go to Disney World again. Have I mentioned lately how much I love that little girl! :)

Happy Birthday, Nana J!

This past weekend we celebrated Nana J's birthday! She is an absolute blessing to us so we really wanted to make her feel special on her birthday. Shannon took Ava and Luke to have their picture made together for a gift for Joan. (How in the world Shannon did that by herself I will never know...Thank you, Shannon!) The picture turned out so cute and was a great surprise gift! We took Joan out to dinner on Saturday night and then came back to our house for cake and ice cream!

Ava and Luke are best buddies!

Nana got a little help with her candles!

Happy Birthday, Nana J! We love you!!

Halloween 2010

Whew...October flew by!! I cannot believe Halloween has come and gone! Ava had a blast all weekend dressing up, eating candy, and then eating more candy! Here we are yesterday before heading out on a candy hunt...First stop...Nana and Pops' house...

Then we headed over to Nana and Papa's house and got to see baby Luke dressed in his adorable monkey costume...

We then headed to a fall festival with Ava's friends Mattox and Caleb. Sorry I left my camera in the car but we had a great time on a hay ride, playing games, and eating even more candy! When we got home David took Ava to a few houses around the neighborhood and when they returned her bucket was overflowing!! Here is our pumpkin on our porch...thank you Uncle Dennis and Gigi and Grandman for "helping" Ava make this wonderful Pinocchio pumpkin...

We hope you all had a fun Halloween!!

Halloween Parade

Yesterday Ava had her Halloween parade and party at her preschool. She has been walking around singing her Halloween songs for weeks so we were so excited to see her and her friends sing them in the little parade. Here she is all dressed up as Snow White ready for school...

The kids did an awesome job!

Too Funny Not To Share...

Fun Fall Day

This past weekend we went on our annual Pumpkin Patch trip. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time on the hayride and picking out a pumpkin...

Ava was so glad her Nana came along for the fun...

Ava sat perfectly still and got a "ghost host" painted on her face. She was proud to show it off...

Ava posing with our Halloween flag...