Ava spells

The other day Ava and I were playing with her alphabet letters. She is always putting random letters together and then asking me what it says. She'll put 'q', 'p', and 'r' side by side and say "mommy what does that say?" So I was helping her spell things and I said "Let's spell Oklahoma for dad" So we did and we showed it to Rob when he came in the room. While Rob went to get breakfast, Ava added her own letters below Oklahoma and excitedly ran to Rob "Daddy, look what else I spelled!" Hmmmm, not sure what we should think.

Her first dip/dunk

First, of course is the fashion show to model for you her new swim duds. (Thanks Amanda)

Ava practiced her kicks while.............

Charlotte chilled and relaxed....................until

Someone blew in her face and dunked her under water...........................

She liked it....................I think.

Priceless moments for a mom

when dad unsuspectingly picks up crying baby from the swing only to find out the hard way why baby is crying. And like any good mom would, before helping dad out of this "messy" situation, she grabs the camera to document priceless moment.

It rained

and Ava wanted to play in it. She's had this raincoat since before she was born (thanks Grandma Kathee) and its about time to retire it. The boots and umbrella had yet to be used to sing in the rain and so this was the day. As you can see, she enjoyed herself...........

And then the rain had stopped so she decided to spend some time in the sandbox sans umbrella. And, as happens often here in Texas, the rain began again suddenly with no warning

Some things we've been up to

Hanging out in tupperwares while mom gives Ava a bath................................

Going to a concert in the park with dad's work

Learning to blow bubbles with our mouth when we get angry..............

Getting a bath (she really likes it more than it looks in this picture)

Swimming in the pool with panda

Modeling our fancy new princess bathing suit..................................

Playing with the wedding bear that Ava so generously shared......................

Fussing because we can't get the bow off our face (but what a cute bow)

Hanging out with the Roberts clan in St. George

Drinking out of the sprinkler that we're supposed to be playing in

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day. My cousinshusband is stationed in San Angelo for a little while so they drove up to see us over the long weekend. We got to meet their son Griffith which we have been looking forward to for awhile now. We just relaxed. The boys went golfing, the girls went shopping. We took the kiddos swimming and we all ate some good food. Ava was excited about a baby that actually played with her and she was obsessed with wanting to feed him.

Group pic of the cousins. Obviously Charlotte was thrilled!

Ava with her "Aunt" Dacia

Dacia and Griff enjoying the pool

Can you tell he liked the water?

Griff swimming with his daddy.

I need to be more obedient

Tonight I was reading Ava a scripture story before bed. It was the story of Naaman and Elisha. You know, the one where Elisha tells Naaman to wash in the river Jordan seven times and his leprosy will be cured and Naaman doubts that it will work so almost doesn't do it but in the end follows the Prophets' advice and is healed. I ended the story by saying "And Namman listened to the Prophet and was blessed." To which Ava responded "He did." I said "Yep. And he was healed. Isn't that great?" Ava then got a concerned look on her face, pointed to some freckles on my arm and said "But Mom, you still have a little leprosy."