Four Years Old!

Avery turned four years old the 22nd of October. I cant believe she is getting so big! I feel like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital and at the same time It feels like weve had her forever. She is one of the greatest blessings weve ever been given and we are so glad to have her in our family. Avery is a little clown and a princess. She loves sparkles and pink, big dresses and high heels (up-shoes)but shes also a tom boy she loves sports, horses, blocks, swords, and tools. She sinds the craziest songs and dances everywhere. Life with Ave is fun, crazy, exhausting, and frustrating and we love every minute of it, we wouldnt have life any other way. We had her birthday party yesterday. My sister CC and her son tyson came up for the event, and we had a few of Aves friends over. We played a few games like eating the doughnut off the string, and did an egg spoon race. Both of these were very funny to watch. Then we played a little baseball and ate some yummy food. After that we painted pumpkins and then decorated monster cupcakes. After singins happy birthday and eating some cake we opened gifts, all of which Avery loved! I feel like it was a real success, and i know Ave loved it! Later that day Aunt Emily and Trace came over to visit and we went to the park and played some volleyball while the kids played. All in all Avery had an awesome birthday, thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us! Happy Birthday little girl!





Aunt CC and the nuggets

My little girl and I

Birthday Girl!

Opening Presents

Daddy, Little Man, and MJay

Blowin out candles

Guess you have to eat like a monster when youre having monster cupcakes..



Willem slurpin a worm

yummy monsters...

Conrad as Nacho

Decorating the cupcakes

Tyson and Conrad trying to get the doughnuts

Eating the doughnuts

The Turds =)

Crawling!!!

Faceplant

Well poor little Gage has been scooting everywhere and the other day the door got left open and he scooted himself right off the step and faceplanted into our cement porch. So sad, he has a red scratched nose and a good bruise on his forhead but he survived! Our tough little dude!

Temple

So we took avery to the temple since shed been begging us to go. She really wanted to go inside but it was a sunday so we couldnt. So we walked around the grounds and saw the fountains and the flowers and just enjoyed the scenery. Ave took the opportunity to run on the grass and roll down the hills, perfectly reverent activities to enjoy at the temple...=) Gage sat in the stroller and enjoyed the ride. When it came time to go Ave did NOT want to leave. In fact she made cord and I chase her for about 15 minutes before I finally caught her and we had to drag her to the car, and even then she didnt want to get in. lol We promised to come again often and she sadly left. Im so glad my little girl loves the temple, even if is only cause it looks like a castle and has fountains and hills lol.












By the end Gage had had enough...
Mom just put the camera down already!

Avery Got Her Ears Pierced!!

So this year for her birthday one thing avery really wanted was to get her ears pierced. I wasnt sure at first since she is so young, but she kept asking and talking about how she wanted her ears pierced for her birthday so she could wear pretty earings. So we decided for her birthday this year we could do it. We decided to do it today so she had some time to adjust to them before her birthday. She was such a trooper! She picked out her earings, pretty pink butterflys with a butterfly necklace (just happened to be her birthstone set)and sat down in the chair. The ladies cleaned her ears and set the dots, and even though it took three trys to get them even she sat there still and let them work. Then came time for the big moment. We had had the talk about how it would hurt a little but not for long, and how after we would need to keep them clean and she couldnt take them out for 6 weeks. Well she sat on my lap and held my hands and the ladies lined up the guns and BAM! She cried for about a minute and then they showed her her earings and she stopped. She loves her pink sparkly ears. The first thing she said when she saw them was she just wanted a dress to wear with them. I love my little girl! Daddy and gage stood near for support and got it on video (a horrible video but a memory!) She was so brave and now she loves her pretty ears. Avery your such a big girl! Afterwards we went and looked at pumpkins and of course she picked a pie pumpkin since it was small. lol

More Pictures!

Here are some more pics of my adorable kids taken outside while cord played ball with ave. SHe is getting so much better at hitting the ball!