Avery's trip to Lafayette

Ever since Aaron went on his alone trip to Pop Pop and
JuJu's house earlier in the summer Avery has been
anxiously awaiting her turn.  Last week her wait was over
as they came to pick her up Sunday after church. Her bag
was packed with clothes and of course the beloved Bear
Bear and off she went.  Here are a few phone photos
sent to me to show how much fun she was having.

Daddy's little helper

Avery decided last week that she was
no longer afraid of the lawn mower... if I
remember correctly this happened around
the same age for Aaron.  So now daddy
must give our girl a ride every time he mows
the grass... you can tell he isn't to upset about
this.

Back to school ice cream party

Gram and Paw Paw hosted a back to school ice
cream party of the grandkids minus Zeb, M & M... we
were wishing they were here to join us. If you look closely
in the background you will see a photo bomb from Aunt
Hollie.

First Day of 1st Grade

Aaron's first day of 1st grade!  The first 2 weeks
of school have been a little rough for our boy.
He was not used to doing homework so that
has been a challenge but we are getting into
the swing now.

Weekend trip to Lafayette and Alexandria

We spent the weekend traveling to Lafayette
and Alexandria.  Andrew and I were able to
go on a dinner date and Pop Pop let us drive
his new Mustang.

Then we traveled to Alexandria to celebrate
cousin Jackson's first birthday.  We miss him
already!

3rd Annual Blue Bayou Family Day

Pop Pop and JuJu treated us again this year to a day
at Blue Bayou.  This is our 3rd year to go!
We decided to bring Avery this year... a little hesitant
that she wouldn't be ready yet but she really enjoyed
herself and I was glad we brought her along.  She even
braved one big slide with us.  Aaron of course enjoyed all
that he could... next year he should be able to do more as
he was 46in and needed to be 48in to do all of the rides.

He has already told us he is going to work hard to obtain
those 2 needed inches by next summer... and if he keeps
eating like he has been I think it is a good possibility that
he should make it.

More Party Pics

The finished bears!

When I first started planning-- it was a tough
decision on which type of bear/animal to order.

Do I order lots of different kinds and let the kids
choose?  Probably not as I'm sure they would have
all been fighting over who got what.  SO-- I let Aaron
pick for the boys and Avery for the girls.

It was decided Tigers for the boys and Pink
unicorns for the girls!

Let the stuffing begin!

Avery's 3rd birthday BEAR STUFFING party!

For Avery's 3rd birthday I wanted to do
a build a bear party but lets face it...
going to the actual build a bear store is
so expensive and no one wants to leave
with a naked bear... so that meant parents
would have to buy the clothing.  Anyway
I started researching online and found a few
sites that sold the animal bodies unstuffed
and for cheaper so I decided to do that for
the party instead!  Both Avery and Aaron
have been excited about the birthday for
weeks... Aaron was even marking the days
off on his calendar.

This Sunday the big day arrived!

I ordered white shirts for the bears
and put each child's name on the shirt--
so no bear left naked :)

And of course no birthday is complete
without a Teo's Sweet Tee!

Happy Birthday to our big girl!

Hospital birthday party

Our Gram has been in the hospital all week and had
to have surgery-- she will not be able to attend Avery's
birthday so we took the party to her.  We had cake
and presents in her hospital room.  Gram had adopted
a cabbage patch doll in Georgia for me to give to Avery
and I know she wanted to see her open it.

Cow Appreciation Day!

We love Chickfila and we love FREE food!
so again this year we decked ourselves out
in spots and headed to town for lunch!

Aaron's Fishing Trip

Pop Pop and JuJu picked Aaron up for the
week and took him on a fishing trip....
I need to get more pictures from them but
here is our boy with the first catch of the trip!

He had sooo much fun!

Happy 4th of July!

For the 4th of July we picked up Gram,
Paw Paw, and Brooklyn and headed to the
West side of the river for some activities.

Uncle Tim was doing his annual magic show
and there was also face painting, games,
and of course fireworks.

We all had a great time!