Ava's 4th and Cole's 2nd Birthdays!

Birthday Morning for Ava

A Mermaid Cake!

Cole thinks it's pretty fun to get cake all over your face

Day 2 - Another Cake!

Cole's turn to blow out candles

Umm, the frosting is the best part

WE LIKE CAKE!

Pool party with friends!

Ava's getting to be quite a swimmer

What a fun day!

Spring Break

We made our annual trek down to Phoenix for spring break early in March. The weather was beautiful so we got some great pool days, caught a couple spring training days and did some hiking. We were lucky to get to see Aunt Carole and Tony and Tony's daughter Andria while we were there. We had two tuckered out kids at the end of the week!

Halloween

I can't believe this is our 4th year to the pumpkin patch! Those kids get measured each year next to this sign and they really are getting bigger! When Ava was 2 1/2, we could barely get her on the barrel trains. This year at 1 1/2, Cole jumped right on with his big sister.

In August when we were in Portland, Ava saw the red sparkle shoes for Dorthy at Target. The rest is history, the whole family jumped on board as The Wizard of Oz!

Portland, Oregon

We had the luxury of being in Portland with our cousins this summer for almost 2 weeks!

We had so much fun, I don't even know where to begin. We had a weekend at the beach with Grandpa Gary and Grandma Sue, a couple trips to McMenniman's, the pool, Pump it Up, a couple parks, a baseball game and much more!

There were many cousin laughs, baths and photo ops.