Playing at Cousin Buddy's a.k.a Big Al

We had a nice play day at Alex's not too long ago. It was supposed to be a water play day but the kids had other ideas. Ross loves the the tractor!

Stylin' in her bathing suit.

They love Alex's sandbox. I'll be happy to take them over to play anytime in it. :) They don't need one at our house for sure.

Avery absolutely loves it. She'll stay in it until I force her to get out.

Fun time with family is the best!

Happy 4th! 2013

We had a great 4th of July this year! We had a quiet day around the house and then we went to a party that night! There was a great kids area set up with water guns, golf clubs, tattoos, baseball... Ross loved it!

He had a great time with the water guns.

Of course he had to try out the golf clubs. The house was right on the Pleasant Valley golf course so we just walked a few feet to the course and he practiced away - mostly in the sand. He said he needed the practice. :)

Then he played ball with Anna Beth and Mr. Alan. All his favorite things in the same night!

Once it got dark we watched the fireworks on the golf course with some friends.

 Since we got home so late on the 4th Ross didn't get to do his sparklers so he did them on the 5th.

He went through about 6-7 sparklers, and wasn't happy when he realized he was out.

Fun times and a first for Ross with the sparklers.

Father's Day 2013

Father's Day was great this year, like always. Ross picked his Dad out the traditional tie and we also got him some new shirts. Ross even got a coordinating one and was super excited! He loves matching his Daddy.

Silly face!

Non-silly and no sunglasses on the head. :)

In comes Avery, who only cared about playing.

No arms flailing. No crying. Kinda looking at the camera. Win!

After our Father's Day pictures and gift giving we headed to Grady. I think Avery immediately got on the horse. This horse is really old! Seems like my Dad played on it. I know Uncle Kevin did so it is at least 21 yrs old but I know it is much older than that. Good horse has been around the block!

At least this time Avery was ok with sitting in a lap only I couldn't get her to look at the camera to save my life.

Great-Grandad, Poppie and the kids. We'll need the bigger couch once Amanda are there and now Lexie has had the new baby, Gavin.

Such a great day and every time we get together with the great-grandparents I just am so happy they've got to experience us all having kids too.

Little Gym with Avery

Avery has started Little Gym on Saturday mornings. She loves it! From the very first day she's not been shy or afraid and has ran around trying everything.

She looks like a total pro to me! 

She obviously needed a break.

Always a crowd favorite - the balls and bubbles!

So much fun to go through some of the same things with her that we did with Ross. It definitely shows a difference in their personality. She's not afraid of anything and Ross was just the opposite.

Funland

Ross and I went to Funland with some friends and he had such a great time! He loved riding the cars - he really loved riding everything though. :)

Emma and Ross ended up on quite a few rides together. As it turns out Josh is a bit afraid of heights.

 

Back on the car ride but this time the motorcycles. They did the full handlebar lean the whole time.

Caroline and Emily was there with us too. This ride spun in cirlces but you could also spin the middle part and your car with go in even more circles. Makes me sick to even think about attempting to ride it.

Roller coaster fun!

 We decided to have a snack and while doing so they found the water mister.

Much fun! We followed it up with pizza at U.S. Pizza. Can't beat that in the life of a 4 yr old.

 

Brad caught this great video of the kids and if you watch closely around the 20 second mark Ross kisses Josh. I just love it. They are truly good friends. You can also hear them yelling "Boo! Cardinals" to Brad as they spin by him. They did that a lot that day.



Mother's Day with Meme

We had a late get together for Meme for Mother's Day b/c they were on quarentine for a couple of weeks. You'll also note that there is not one picture of Meme - I didn't notice that until today.

Uncle Steve is so good with his niece and nephews!

Avery was all over the place!

Can anyone find Avery? This girl loves to play hide and seek!

Where's Avery?

We did get a picture of Grandad. I think Avery is fond of him.

We had a good visit with everyone! Pizza and playing. You really can't beat that.

Also, if you ever wonder where Ross is - he's always there but the little crazy rarely lets me take his picture anymore.

Swim Lessons

At Grace the juniors and seniors get the option of going to swim lessons in the spring. We definitely signed Ross up. The classes were split into different groups based skill level. Ross was placed in the "please let me just sit on the step" level.

He did get more adventurous as the weeks passed.

Note the "stair sitters" are all boys.

Not the best picture but on the other side of the pool are the most advanced - all girls. There were 2 other groups not pictured and they had both boys and girls.

 

Ms. Karen did so great with the boys. If they weren't relaxed she would sing to them as she tried to get the boys to float on their back. Loved her.

Here Ross thought he was actually putting his face in the water. He popped his head up and was so proud of himself.



The kids all had a great time for the 6 weeks of swim lessons. We need to keep it up.