Ava the FISH

Meet AVA... Our Little SWIMMER!
A couple weeks ago we got Ava to take off the her floaties, and let mom and dad be her NEW Floaties. (That's really what we told her—it was the only thing that worked!) She was a little nervous at first, but has turned into a Fish ever sense! Everyday she asks me if we can go swimming—so most days we do! Cause what else are you supposed to do in 115 degree weather?

Ava I can't believe how Big you're getting!
Swimming, Dancing, getting your Ears Pierced... You have grown up way too much this year!

Toy Story & Ear Piercing

The Day after we got home, we were so excited that Ryan had the Day off. So we decided to get out of the Heat and go see
Toy Story 3
Very Cute movie, Ava loved it and me and Ryan loved the Parts that we saw— Gavin not so Good at the Movies!
He did really good when we first got there with the popcorn and Drink, but by the time we waited for the movie to start and got through the Previews, he was Done and wanted to explore the Movie theatre! So me and Ryan had to take turns taking him out. Thanks Gavin for making it such a Awesome experience!

And After the Movie we headed to the Mall for the Big Moment!
Ava Getting her Ears Pierced!
She has been Asking and asking if she could get her Ear Pierced, and I have been trying to put it off! So once we got home from Utah I gave in and let her do it!

This is what she used to walk around in!
(Those are Mrs. Potato Heads earings)

I cant believe how Calm she was, she wasn't nervous at all!
I was the Scared one! I was so Nerves for her!



She did amazing!
After about a Minute she stopped crying and has not cried or complained one time about them!

Doesn't she look so Beautiful!
She can't wait until she can take out those studs and wear the "Really Beautiful" Big dangling ones!
Oh My!

Utah Wrap Up

UTAH
It was a Great Trip! We had so much FUN! It was very Crazy to have so much going on and so much Entertainment. Cause In Arizona we don't have a lot of family around, Like we do in Utah where there was always something going on to Entertain us. It's especially bad right now with it being 115 degrees outside so we're limited on activities!
So thank you so much everyone for Entertaining us, and making our Trip So much Fun!

Here are a few more Random Photos from our Trip.

Our Little Nate

Cut his Hair.
We cant believe it. Its so Weird not seeing him with Hair!
But he does look very Good!
And you cant really see the Scars on his Head either.

We even went to the new Grocery Store
WinCo
That was being Built right next to our old place. We were very upset cause it opened like a week after we moved. It would of been so nice to have a Grocery Store we could walk to!

The kids had so much Fun Playing with Everyone!
Gracie... Ava misses you so much!
And I think My dad and Gavin were glued at the Hip the Whole time... he wanted nothing to do with me!
We Love and Miss Everyone So much
Thanks Again everyone, it was so nice to see all of you!

3rd of July Fireworks

Utah Trip Part 6
Family BBQ and Fireworks

So we were actually excited that this year Utah would be Celebrating the 4th of july on the 3rd, so we could do some Celebrating in Utah with our family and then Fly home on the 4th so we could be with Ryan. We almost got everything in... except they decided to do the Parade on the 5th—Lame…whatever we had fun either way!

So on the 3rd (the day before we left) we had a family BBQ with Fireworks, a fire pit, a great stadium of fire—Firework Show and lots of Fun with family!

Almost all the Grand Kids... Minus 3 (Tyson, Katie and Lizzy)

Gavin was not too sure of all the Fireworks the kids were doing!

Of Course Ava loved every Bit of it!

Even Grandma got into the Sparklers

Why you look so Serious?

Anne and Dallas

Gavin is so Goofy!

Laura and Brooklyn

Gina, Mike and Grace

Matthew, Lori, Milo and Nick

That Night was So much FUN! It was a great ending to an amazing Trip!
It was a good thing we did get all our Fireworks in Utah, cause in Arizona you cant even do Fireworks! Only thing thing they sale is Popers—super Lame!

Happy 3rd—I mean 4th of July

Balloons 2010

Utah Trip Part 5
The Balloons
So we did the Balloons again this year... Woke up at 5:45 and all.
We were way excited to go, Ava thinks it's the coolest thing ever, and Gavin is way into Balloons right now, so we were excited to see his face when he saw all the Balloons.
We even got my Mom, My Dad, Nate, Gina, Lilly and Gracie (my Aunt and Cousins) to come with us.
BUT
Of Course— it was too Windy for them to go up!!
So yes we got up that early, even got family to join us, and then they don't even do it... Lame!!

I guess it wasn't all bad, they did inflate 10 balloons, but then they kept hitting each other so they would put them back down. The good thing was Gavin and Ava still loved it... well Ava anyway, Gavin wasn't to sure about it — as you can see in the Picture below.

Here are some of the Photos I got

Don't they just look so happy to be there!

So much for a Great Balloon Show... Sorry everyone who came with us, it usually is so Worth it!
I guess we'll have to wait til next year!

And by the way the Donuts we got on our way home from Maceys made everything Better— Even ask Nate!

Baseball

Utah Trip Part 4
Of Course while we were in Utah we went to a lot
Baseball Games...
It was a lot of Fun to watch the little Boys play... It was the First time we had seen Nate in his Uniform— he looked so Cute and was by far the Best on his team!

His Team ended up taking 3rd Place!

Did you notice who started out with the Sucker and who ended up with it?!?

We spent a lot of time in Park City and Heber—Jack's team was in the Fire Cracker Tournament. They did so Amazing, but ended up loosing the Last Day (Not sure exactly what Place they took)

The day we were in Park City we had some time to kill so we got Slurpees and headed to Main Street—and of course road the Free Trolly!
And yeah Gavin Spilled his all over himself... So I had to rinse it off in the sink and wait for it to Dry which meant Gavin had to go shirtless for awhile.

We Love going to Baseball Games and spending time with Family!
One of the days was not so Enjoyable— it was Very windy, we got sunburned and the games were very Boring (jacks team was killing them)
But even with all that Bad—
We really miss going to the games!

Spencer's Birthday

Utah Trip Part 3
While we were in UTAH Spencer had his
BIRTHDAY
So we Headed up to Salt Lake for some good Dinner and Gluten Free Cake

We also Got Ryan on the Computer... Gavin is Hilarious

We were even so Lucky to get Ryan Singing Happy Birthday to Spencer on Camera—
At least Gavin thought it was GOOD!

Happy Birthday Spencer!

Nate's 9th Birthday

Utah Trip Part 2
Nate's Birthday!
I can't Believe Nate is only 9 years old... the way he acts you would think he was 15, but yes our little Nate turned 9 years old a couple of weeks ago. We had a lot of Fun Celebrating with him. First we went Swimming, then Back to the house for cake and ice cream. And Nick brought over one of those Para shoot things... we were very entertained with it.

Nate the Birthday Boy

Seth

Nate

Milo... I love how he always jumped in!

The kids trying to get a tan

Taking the Birthday Boy for a little ride

Happy Birthday Nate
Hope you had a Great Day
We love You!