Haircut and Dallon's Blessing

One day, Avery came out to the school with me.  I was so surprised when I looked over and she drew a bat!  It really looks like on too!

We went to Prospect Lake to ride the scooter.

Play on the playground

Get in the water

And fish.

Later, we went to the ice cream shop where Avery drooled over the choices.

The next day, we went to cut Avery's hair.

This is a family get together at Jon and Julie's house.

It was awesome because most of the family was there.  We were missing Annika, Brandon, Cindy, and Merabelle.  Not that bad for an impromtu reunion!

Scott holds Dallon.

Avery's new haircut.

Girlie time!!!!!

Elizabeth, Avery, Hanna, Tavia, Azaria, Anna

Baby Blue Eyes

Beth's Visit

This is the day that my sister Beth came to visit us from Wyoming.  We had an action packed visit with each other.  By the end of it all, we we tuckered out by all the climbing we did.  Check out all of Beth's awesome pictures she sent to me!

Cave of the Winds

Beth takes a picture of all of us trekking it through the caves.

I love this picture because Beth looks normal, I look like I just underwent an eyelift, and Avery is still sporting her bruise from falling off the slide. 

This is called "cave bacon."

The next day, we made a trip to the zoo.

. . . where Beth and Avery hung out in a large jug.

. . . and pet a wallabee.

Me and Beth at the top of the mountain

Avery feeding Chickens.

(create your own caption here.)  mine is too innappropriate

Then we visited the Shrine of the Sun at the top of Cheyenne Mountain.

View of Colorado Springs and beyond

(kind of like Alice and Wonderland?)

Day three:  water park

and bubbles

Avery and I made the word TOY.

Day 4:  Mini-golf

It was WAY to hot for me.

Beth gave Avery a HUGE sucker to say goodbye.

Thanks for the fun times, Beth!

Spring Spree and Fishing

You can clearly see the excitement on Avery's face.  We had a super fun time today.  Even she said as she went to bed this evening, "Mommy, I sure did have a fun time with you today."  

We didn't really plan much.  Just to go down to Prospect Lake and play on the playground.  I was also secretly hoping that she's let me fish for a bit.

But when we got down there, we noticed that Spring Spree (a carnival like celebration) was set up nearby.  I enjoy things like that, but they can be frustrating and expensive too, so I quickly became irritated that I wouldn't find a parking spot near the playground.  But we got lucky today and found one. 

As we passed the Ferris Wheel in the car, she said "Oooh, that would be fun!"  So after we played on the playground, I thought we'd just go and check it out. 

The picture above is Avery's first ride on the Ferris Wheel. 

This is me and Avery sitting in our own Ferris Wheel "cage" together.  Actually, they called it a gondola.

Next, we rode the Merry-Go-Round.

Check it out!  After 4 years of bad luck fishing, I actually caught something!  Avery and I fished for about 2 hours at Prospect Lake.  I caught 5 fish just like this Sunfish.

Avery wanted to touch them all.  She asked where thier mommies were, and told them each good-bye as we let them go.

Between playing in the wet sand, and peeing in the bushes "like Chuckles," Avery fished too.

And she caught her very own!  After I unhooked it, she let it go back in the water herself!  This is her first ever fish!!!  You go, girl!

She did such a good job reeling him in!

Today was full of fun and adventure.  Really, it was one of my favorite days of summer so far!  Later, Avery asked if I was happy.  I couldn't help but just smile at her and give her the biggest hug ever.