latest and greatest!

here are a few of the latest and greatest.. enjoy!

my parents hosted a dinner in honor of our family friend Joe, who is a U.S. Marine and is being deployed to Afghanistan in the middle of May. Joe completed his training in Japan and his desert training in California. We are SO proud of you Joe! Thank you for serving our country!

(it's not open, she kept putting it in the dog bowl :))

growing girl

I had a *mommy moment* this morning when I went to get Ava up and she looked so much BIGGER than she did last night when I put her to bed! We took a few pictures this morning because she was in such an awesome mood. She will always be my baby, but from the looks of things -- the baby days are over!

Ava LOVES powdered sugar donuts. She giggles and does *more more more* signing and gets so excited. Maybe not the "healthiest" option, but it's too cute and she had already finished her banana :)

and, finally.. more car pictures from nana and poppa's house...

Easter *part three*

On Easter Sunday we attended church in McPherson then had a wonderful lunch at my parents. Ava was so tired from the weekend that she took a 3 1/2 hour nap after lunch! Ava did her first Easter egg hunt later that afternoon then we headed back to KC. Thanks Ginger for the pictures. This will be my final Easter post (hehe)!

Easter *part two*

here are a few more pictures from our Easter weekend in McPherson!

Ava *LOVED* her first motorized car (a princess four wheeler) at nana and papa's house!

we took Ava to Lakeside park to feed the ducks and pay on the playground.. something I enjoyed as a kid.

Easter *part one*

Here are a few pictures from our weekend so far in McPherson. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter!