Holly's wedding!

Holly and Jon got married in the Salt Lake City temple yesterday and they were so cute and happy together! Here are just a couple pictures that I took with my camera. It started to rain during their pictures, but it turned out to be a beautiful day after all.

 

 

The grandkids sitting together under an umbrella.

 

Ava standing by the reflection pond and throwing pennies into a fountain at temple square.

 

What we've been up to...

Ava loves putting all of her animal babies to sleep. She will take all of her "babies" and put them on the floor with pillows and then give the play food and cover them with blankets. Then she comes out of her room and tells us that we need to be quiet because her babies are sleeping.

 

This is what happens when you ask you 2 1/2 year old to go upstairs and get her shoes for church... she came down with 27 necklaces on! She refused to take them off, so we let her go to church like that. We got some looks that day!



When we were unpacking some of the last boxes she found the Santa hat and was wearing along with putting it on all of her bay animals.

 

 

Gymnastics Class

Ava started toddler gymnastics class last Friday, and she loved it. It is a mommy and me class, so I get to help her! She did really well and was excited to show her daddy what she learned that night. I love her in her little outfit and she thought it was fun tp put it on and twirl!

Bring your daughter to work day!

My office had a really great day planned for all of the kids that parents brought. They had donuts and juice, they played bingo, had happy meals and ice cream, they even handed out goody bags. Ava had so much fun there and was exhausted after a long day with no nap!

Easter

Ava was so much fun this Easter, we had Holly and Jon over to dye eggs with us and Ava loved every minute of it. When she woke up Easter morning we had her eggs "hidden" they were animal eggs so she kept calling them babies, since they were so little. She was also really excited to put on her new dress and of course we had to have her pretties on her as well.

Sea World and San Diego Zoo

The last weekend of April we went to California for a family trip before Harley is born and before I got too big and uncomfortable! We had a blast, Ava loved Sea World and everything about it... except for the 4D Sesame Street movie, she started crying in the middle of it, when the octopus comes out of the screen! She still talks about wehen the dolphin splashed her and how naughty it was for doing that. Meeting Elmo and Zoe were a highlight as well.

The next day we went to San Diego Zoo and Ava loved all of the animals, but her favorite one was the Pandas. She loved them last summer too when we went to the Washington DC Zoo. We had a great family vacation and it was so awesome to see all of these new things through Ava's eyes!

Catch-up!

So we have been really busy... trying to move into a new house (only after doing some renovations), get our home packed and ready to move, get ready for our little Harley to come in late June, potty train Ava, work, catch up on digital scrap booking, sew bedding for the girls and other sewing projects, and many more little things that have been going on! I feel bad that I haven't been able to keep up on the blog, but I can't even think of time to do it.

Today is our 4th anniversary and Nate is at the new house fixing it up and I am at home packing for our last family vacation before Harley comes and before the move.

Happy Anniversary Nate, I love you more and more with every day that we are together. I can't think of anyone else that I would want to spend my eternity with and we are so blessed to have our little girl(s) in our life! We have been through so many trials in the past year and a half, but we have done it all together while supporting and loving each other.

I LOVE YOU!