Thursday, April 5, 2018

January Adventures

I missed this one earlier. Carterman spent the night with his friend Colby. The next morning they had "breakfast with Santa" at Metal's Bank. He looks awfully cute here!
The Googles and Carter both decided to play basketball this year. Ave really enjoyed it, although her team got stomped every time. If there were an award for "most running" in a game, I think she would win.
I didn't have any pictures of Carter unfortunately. My friend Josie took these of Avery. I was very proud of him for playing though. He was nervous because he didn't think he was good, and he hadn't played since first grade. He loved it though. He had a great coach (Rusty Olson, our engineer at Emerson), and he definitely improved by the end of the season.
Avers doing some of her Birthday art projects.
If there is a day we can actually walk, these two still love to go with me.
Nice looking over the shoulder poses. Very professional!
They were in an exploring mood that day.
I wish I had even a third of their energy!
That is a lot of snow outside the Petunia Factory! The sky looked so pretty that day.
This kid is the weirdest. I have no idea how his blue chair stayed on top of the Grandma Kate chair.
Avery decided to have a Bowling party this year for her Birthday! It turned out to be a lot of fun! None of us are great bowlers, so that probably helped. No pressure.
Some of her buddies that were at the party: Parker, Avery, Erin (in back), Korin, Autumn, and Mia. Lamar is there somewhere too. She had a great turnout from her friends.
These two (Braelyn and Brooklyn) are so cute. All the coaches' kids get along so well, that's why we love having game nights together. You can see Teague and Liam in the background too.
Ritter's girls made it to the party. They are adorable, and Madisyn is such a good big sister!
Lamar, Reese, and Austin made it in this picture. They seemed to all have a good time!
Our buddy Callie came over for the party! We love having her so close to us now.
I can't believe my girl is 9 already.
No boyfriends yet thank goodness. Some girls in her class (not Ave's friends) are already fighting about boys. Too much drama!
She got a ton of fun art stuff: scrapbook kits, markers, drawing pads, painting pads etc...People know her well!
I love this color on her. Becca knows how to pick out clothes for little girls. A huge thank you to everyone who attended or sent presents. She's very lucky and spoiled (hopefully not rotten!)
Next we have Abbey Jean's birthday! 22 already! That does not seem possible.
Avery reads her book from Auntie Kelsie every night before bed. She loves it! Something made her laugh that night, and she could not stop! It made me start to giggle also.
It's time to fix this monstrosity. That beard is honestly one of the worst things ever.
Success! Look how happy he looks to be kempt - ha ha ha!
Callie came over to have a tasty dinner with us after one of Carter's basketball games. A Mack Lovin for everyone to share always hits the spot!

July - August 2019

My friend Michelle was in town from Las Vegas. Her brother and sister-in-law always have a fun barbecue for everyone here in town. Dana, Jas...