IT'S HALLOWEEN

It's been a while but here are some new pics. You can tell that Ava has had a busy morning she is super tired.

4th of July

Mmmmmm tasty!

Mmmmmm Tasty!

Ava loved the firewords buy the breeze off of the water was too much for our little fireworks, so we mostly watched everyone else blow up their money. We brought our piddly little sparklers and fountain cones home to enjoy later.

Jim and Jes

Tom and Lori These are our friends that moved in behind us last year before Ike. Don't hold it against them they are yankees from Detroit.

These are our newlywed friends Billy and Jenny.


This is Carly and her boyfriend. Carly is Tom and Lori's daughter.

The moonlight on the water.

I didn't think I'd be able to capture this but I did!

We had an excellent time this day. We got down to the water about 4:00 and set up camp. We played in the boat, on the sand and danced to music with Ava. Later before dark we grilled burgers and dogs and popped firecrackers and just celebrated frienship and life. I am so thankful that we have found our way back to Bridge City and that here God has given me and my family great friends to share life with.

SPAR

The water park at SPAR (Sulphur Parks and Recreation) is so close that we use it alot. We have been about 4 times this year. These were from one of the times that we went recently. For us it is a great deal. It costs me 5 dollars to get in and Ava is FREE!

Daddy's Birthday!

Daddy had to work his birthday this year due to unexcuseable circumstances so we brought B Day to him.

Shang ri La Botanical Gardens

Yes this post is late and happened back in April I think. But better late than never.

We went to Shang ri La gardens in Orange, TX on the day that they had an Earth Day Special. There were lots of things for the kids to do and make. They even had some ladies singing music that the kids could play home-made instruments to and sing. Ava had fun and I got some great pics.

Me and Mommy at the Beach

Ava and I went to the beach for the 1st time by ourselves. We had a good time sitting and playing in the sand. After I asked Ava if she wanted to go in the water, that was it. We had to go back and forth over and over. I really needed Daddy for about every other trip into the surf. Once I was getting the camera out of the car and I looked up and Ava was heading to the water. So I trailed her. She is so brave and I got some great pics.

THANK YOU TO MY AMY!


I have tried for about 2 or 3 weeks in between moving and school ending for the summer to get the following video and blog up and running. I finally broke down and called the "blogspert" for help. She was wonderful! In between keeping 3 boys learning singing and speaking parts and one kid pouring her water in her salad and a hubby and others in the back yard tearing up the patio and putting in a new one stopped to help a friend in need.

I have to admit, I don't consider myself to have a ton of friends but I can say that I have friends that I can always count on.

Thank you to Amy and my other friends who I know will always be there no matter what. (That means you too Mom!)

Dancing Queen

First of all I have no idea who that crazy lady is that keeps yelling for Ava. She lost her mind when my child came out and was the only one who started dancing. Ava was so good. She went right to her spot and began to dance. She is just like her daddy -- a rule follower. To fast forward and see ava she comes out at 1:00 minutes and then again at 3:19 minutes.

The first year of dancing has FINALLY come to an end. Ava's dance recital was Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The dance companies in this area all have more than one show so that all family might attend. Ava's Dot and Da'Lin came to spend the weekend and see the show on Sunday and Papaw Lester and Papaw Pete came for the Sunday afternoon performance. Eventhough the plan was to not cook we ended up firing up the grill 2 times in 3 days. YUM!

On Friday Dot and Da'lin arrived and picked up Ava at daycare then made their way on to the house. We grilled and visited around the kitchen table and cooked. (steak, corn, potatoes, catfish, hushpuppies, beans) On Sunday the two papaws and dot sat in the back yard and cooked (steak, shrimp, potatoes, sausage with mustard) and visited in the yard. The weather was wonderful.

I really enjoy spending time with my family and I know that Ava and Daddy do too. We love when ya'll come and hope to see you all soon.

Cousin Steph's Wedding