ChrisTmas at the Hydes

This Christmas we were with Ryan family. It was nice to be with everyone and Ava loved spending time with Olivia and London. I have to say Christmas is SO much better with kids, and this year with Ava was so much FUN. She is at the most perfect age. Just seeing her face when she saw her presents and every moment before Christmas was so much Fun. I can't wait for next Christmas.

Ava has been wanting a little kitchen for so long and she finally got one.

And yes she got another dress-up

The Girls loved playing in the snow, too bad it is so much work... just getting them dressed wore me out. One of the days we were up there Ryan and Eric took the them sledding. And after they were done they went to Hires for ICE CREAM they said they got so HOT. Hauling the girls and the sleds up the hill would get pretty tiring.

On Saturday Braden (Rachel's Boyfriend) invited the boys to go Snowmobiling up by the Canyons and they said that there was a lot of powder and perfect conditions for snowmobiling (I forgot to give Ryan my camera so there are no pictures, sorry)

Seeing the light up at Temple Square.

I can't believe Christmas has come and gone already... does the naughty and nice list work all year long? I guess we will see how long we can use it.

PlaYing in the SNOW!

Ava has LOVED playing in the snow this year and Ryan has been SO good at taking her out and playing with her... Sense I have a Great excuse to not join, sorry Ava maybe next year!

Nate wishes he was a Snow Boarder SO bad... But being in our family i don't think it will slide, we don't ride the "Gay Tray"! Sorry Nate!

SanTa PhoTos

Just one of those things you have to do and post around Christmas time
SANTA PICTURES!

(the top Santa is from the Mall and the bottom one is from our ward Party. And lets just say that Ava did not like that the Santa at the Mall, he didn't wear his coat or Hat... what kinda of Santa is that anyway! )

JaZZ GaMe

Saturday I got a phone call from Denice Roney asking if me and Ryan wanted to go to the Jazz game, and of course we said YES! 100 club, Front Row and Good Food, how could we say No!

So Thanks Denice for inviting us we had SO much Fun!

(Sorry there is no pictures of me and Ryan, but those are pictures that I took from our seats right behind the basket)

ClaSSic

Last week we went to my uncle Nick's Surprise Birthday Party at Classic up in Sandy. It was really a lot of Fun. They had Skating, Blow up toys, Laser Tag, and a Huge Jungle Gym.
Ava was in Heaven.

And Yes I did go in the Jungle Gym.

Nick the 30 year old Birthday Boy.

Live Nativity

This past weekend we went to the Live Nativity that they do every year at the Provo Tabernacle. It was really neat to take Ava this year now that she is getting old enough to kinda understand. Ava loved the baby Jesus and kept asking where he was. After it was over she was all sad that he was gone and she wanted to see him one more time. So we told her that he was this baby that someone was holding at the door on our way out. Luckily it worked.

Then outside they had sheep, Goats and even a Camel. The camel was so neat it was just laying on the grass with no fence around it and a bunch a people all around him petting him. He didn't ever care about all the things that were going on around him.

He put his head in Ava's belly twice. She was a little nervous about it. When we were walking away my dad asked her what happened and she just had a stunned look on her face.

Ava May is 3!

I can't even Believe my Little Ava is 3! It is so crazy. It has been the fastest and best 3 years of my life! She really is one of my Best Friends and I love every minute I'm with her. She always puts a smile on my face and everything she says makes me laugh! I love her so much and I keep telling her she will be my baby girl forever! However, she keeps reminding me that she wont be the baby anymore, once the New baby comes. I think I will just have 2 Babies at that point!

To celebrate her Birthday we had a Princess Party! Right now Princesses, Spinning Dresses and Finding a Prince are the only things she talks about. So we had to have a Princess Party. We invited all her little friends to come and dress up. We did make-up, did some little crafts and had a Dance party. Lets just say it was very chaotic, but Ava loved every minute of it.

I love Jacks Prince Costume! It was Actually Seth's Mardi Gra outfit when we were on the Float with Harry Connick Jr. So cute!

Ryan is "Prince Charming" and I'm "Cinderella". Ryan asked Ava to dance when he came up in his costume and Ava was in her Belle costume. Ava told him "I'm not your princess, silly, your princess is Cinderella." Then she yelled "Where's Beast". You have to dance with the right prince, Duh.

So this is a terrible Picture of Ava... but I had to post it so everyone could see Rachel and Braden (Rachel's boyfriend) in their Costumes!

Ava and all the PARTY goers!

Braden and Rachel got Ava a life sized "Sleeping Beauty" doll. I have walked in the room and thought it was Ava more than once, kind of creepy to be honest.

This Minnie Mouse costume is one of my favorites. The gloves and the shoes are so cute.
As you can see most of her presents were dress-ups. So most likely if you see us around town you will see Ava in one of her Many Costumes . . . we can't go anywhere without them.

It was like Halloween all over again.

Thanks everyone who let me Barrow all those amazing Costumes! And I can't say thank you enough for everyone who came, Ava loved every second of the party and is already asking when the next princess party is. So Thank You, Thank You!