Monday, June 23, 2008

Hanging out on a beautiful June evening!

We've been having out of this world weather this summer! June hasn't produced a day above 90 yet, something that we are totally enjoying, so here are some pictures of us hanging out one evening after dinner...

Ava being her happy little self...oh yeah, and she's 2 months old now!!!


...and she makes some VERY funny faces!


Mom and her girls...


Does this go on my nose?


Yea! A picture of all three of us actually looking half way good!


Getting Vanessa to look at the camera and smile is near to impossible!


I'm a woman on a mission, do not stand in my way!


She loves to make funny faces with Ben...


My dad is sexy...at least that's what mom says!


Dad and his girls!

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Mother's day, tea party with dad, Ava Belle pictures...

Here is a fun assortment of pictures for all to enjoy!


We start out with some good sister-hanging out time...


Vanessa loves to swing on the branches of Oma and Poppa's tree...


A bug caught her attention...


Vanessa's first bowl of Cream of Wheat, I guess she liked it just a little bit!


Wow, is that Cream of Wheat in her hair!?!


We celebrated Mother's day with Ben's family by having brunch at our house and then heading down to Denver to the aquarium. Vanessa wanted to show Uncle Brad her tea set first...


She loves her Oma soooooo much!


Ben playing us a tune...


Crawling through the tunnel at the aquarium...


Our garden was so run over with weeds, Ben put in hours of work getting all the weeds out and then putting in a new layer of top soil, now it looks amazing! Oh, and it looks like he has a little helper!


Yum, Black Rice Pudding is so delicious!


Having a tea party with dad!


Oh no, dad's chair is stuck on his bottom!!!!!


Vanessa loves to run through the flower curtains on her closet...


Ava doing what she does best...sleeping! She is such a wonderful baby, she takes great naps, eats like a champ and has been sleeping through the night for a week now! Yea! And is overall such a happy and content baby, always smiling or talking to us, she is an absolute joy to have in our family!


I caught this smile at the end, she has huge smiles and we just can't seem to get one on the camera, we'll keep trying!


When she's tired or hungry she makes this sad face that melts my heart every time that she does it!


The girls in our Bible study all got together and took our kids to the zoo one day, actually it was the day that the tornado hit our town, so I was very glad to be in Denver instead of at home in the basement! Vanessa loves to go up to the fences at the zoo and look at the animals...


Here's 4 of the kiddo's checking out the elephants...


Ava chilling in the stroller, or as I call it: 'The party bus'...