Cute Pictures of Ava

Ava Got Into Vaseline and Worse Gave Herself A Haircut

          The first week of Tyson's break little miss Ava decided to get into a few things to start it off right.  First she came into our room in the morning and was saying "Daddy, daddy, come I show you."  Both of us were still trying to wake up and so Tyson rolled over to pick her up and she was to slippery to do it.  He opens his eyes and looks at her and she is shinning all over her body covered in Vaseline.  We both got up quick as she keeps saying she wants to show us something.  We went to her room and she had unloaded a brand new Vaseline bottle all over herself, the wall, and her bed.  We were laughing so hard and hurried and grabbed the camera to take a picture.  She would not stay still for us to get one of her until she stopped again to show us what she did.  It took a while to clean it up but we laughed the entire time.  Oh it was a great moment in a parents life.

         The next day was the worst of the two.  Tyson just got Ava out of the shower and put her in our room and came down stairs because he thought I had her clothes.  When I told him no they are on the bed he went back upstairs and found Ava on our dresser with scissors and a bunch of her hair piled by her feet.  He wasn't even away from her for 2 minutes and she did this.  Tyson just said, "Ava what did you do?"  "Go and show your mom."  He said it calmly but Ava knew he wasn't happy.  When I came up the stairs cause I heard them I saw her and she said to me " Mom I look pretty!!!"  She chopped it good down to the scalp on one side.  Tyson was devastated that his little girl had chopped her hair and that her hair took along time to grow to were it was now.  If you know Tyson your hair and how it looks is important.  I put the hair in a bag and explained to her that only mommy and daddy can cut her hair and nobody else especially not her.  We decided to not cut it but just let it grow out and then eventually do a little trim.  Until that time we did have Ava wear a hat or anything to cover her head and its a good thing it is cold in Portland that time of year.

Elders Hiking Activity

             The Elders of the Mount Scott Ward did a Saturday morning hike activity on a trail close to Mount Hood.  It was a short one 1 mile in and 1 mile out which if you know Tyson that was just fine with him.  The scenery was great and at the end of the trail was a big waterfall.  They enjoyed just visiting and getting to know each other outside of the church setting.  Donuts, fruit, trail mix bars, and OJ was had after the hike.  One nice thing is that it was a day where it did not rain so it made the hike more enjoyable.

Ava at a party for her friend Dominik

               Ava went to a party that was held at J. J. Jump where there were multiple bounce houses for them to jump on.  Ava had such a good time and loved going down the slides.  Kaci even joined in on the fun!!!  Her friend Laura was there to play and Chase Brea's brother who Ava loves playing with.  Ava was exhausted after jumping and playing.  She has asked to go again at least once a week.

                Laura & Ava                                   Kaci & Ava       Jessica, Justin, Avery & Chase & Ava

Kaci at 18 Weeks

Kaci looking good!!!!
Ava wanted a picture of her belly to

Elder Ellis Transfered

             Elder Ellis was in our area for 7 1/2 months and was nice to be around and always had a smile on his face.  He showed love to our ward and those he came in contact with.  We were glad we were able to meet him and have him in our home.  It was a sad day when he left but we are glad that others will be able to meet him and see what a great guy he is.

A Day at OMSI

                   We went to OMSI to get out of the rain and go play with Brittney and her kids.  It was a great way to get Ava out of the house so she would not be so stir crazy being stuck inside the whole day because of the rain.  She loved playing in the water and with all the stuffed animals they have.

Kaci at 16 Weeks!!!!

16 Weeks!!!!!



Ava's 3 year old pictures

        Our little girl is growing up so fast it makes us happy but also sad.  We were able to have our friend Jessica take the pictures for us and she did an amazing job.  What made it even better is that Ava was totally into it and doing her "Toddler and Tiaras" poses she does at home.  She is such a princess with a fun and spunky personallity and we are so glad we have her in our family!!!

 

Ava's 3rd Birthday!!

Our little Ava turns 3 and she was excited for her party with all her friends.  She had a jump house, pizza, candy, vegetables, cupcakes, decorate your own cookies, and special made cookies!!  She had so much fun with all her friends and was on a major sugar rush.  At her party we wanted to let people know we were having a baby by having Ava hold a sign saying "I am gonna be 3!!! &..." and the other saying "I'm gonna be a big sister!"  We posted the pictures on Facebook to let others know.  She was excited to say she was gonna be a big sister.  We are so glad for those friends that came to make her day special and also for our family who could not be there still make her feel loved and special.  We love our little AVA!!!!

Ava was so happy on her special day!!

Left top-down (Kaci, Ava,Shaloam and his boys, Kaci and Brea)
Right ( Kaci and Jessica, Matt- Ashley- Lorenzi, Ava and Lorenzi)

Left-(Her bounce house, Ava opening gift, Ava showing Dad how to show 3)
Right-(Tyson and Justin posing, Kaci and Tyson wearing Ava's new dress up hair and crown)

12 Weeks!!!!

Here I am at 12 weeks into the pregnancy. We are so excited to bring another baby into our family!!!

Family Photos

    We do family photos every year around Thanksgiving but since we are living in Portland and did not come down until Christmas we did them after the holidays.  We went to Freestone park in Gilbert and brought an old truck and some other props to use to try and be as creative and different to make the pictures great.  We were even lucky enough to be able to use the merry go round before it was open to the public.  Ava was still battling her sickness she had and was not to happy about taking pictures.  We did get a few good ones though and thought the pictures turned out great.

Our beautiful girl posing for the camera!!!  Except when she was just done and miserable.

New Years Party with the Adair's

    The gift that was given from all the siblings on the Adair side for Christmas was the gift of time.  To make this happen they planned a party New Years Eve for the adults to get together and eat dinner, play games, light off fireworks, and sing some karaoke.  There was a ton of food and candy to last us more than a month.  We played some games were we acted out some person, described them, and last only use one word.  It was funny to see how everyone acted out the different characters.  There were many belly laughing moments.  At midnight we went outside and Dave had some fireworks were set off to start our New Year!!!  The night did not stop there as a few of the siblings wanted to sing and do karaoke and sang late into the early to late morning.  It was so much fun and one of the best gifts given that year for Christmas.

Tyson had this idea of getting a picture of everyone giving their spouse a New Years kiss.  At first it was kind of a joke to see who would do it and who wouldn't turned out to be a good thing as everyone was a good sport about it.

 

Day Shooting with the Boys

   For New Years Eve day the boys went out shotgun shooting and had a tournament using clay pigeons.  They also brought a few other guns to shoot at targets.  They were able to see that some where better at clay pigeons and others at distance shooting on small targets.  Some were good at shooting just the air.  They had a great time together laughing with each other and sometimes at each other.  Nobody was injured except maybe our pride at times.

Left side (Shawn, Jared) Middle (Dad, Tyson, Dad, Shawn) Right side (Jared, Shawn, Dave)