What a busy weekend. Ava started it off with a trip to the ER with breathing problems. They think she either is starting to develop asthma or has a virus in her lungs. Time will tell. Also, I celebrated my birthday Saturday while Tyler had his 3rd Soccer Game of the season. They lost! There's always next week!
The Theme this week is messy faces. I love this picture of Tyler when he was one eating a bowl full of spagetti!
Head over to http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ to see other messy faces!
Ava's new hobby is making necklaces for her friends. I loved it that she let me practice taking pictures of her with my new camera. She actually had some nice smiles for me!
Even though we didn't win, the kids did a great job. Better luck on Saturday! Click on the picture to see the rest of the photos!
Tyler had his first practice as a Rush Soccer Player. He also had his first practice with his dad as the Head Coach! Tyler is so excited about playing soccer again. Saturday is his first game. Wish Jeff and Tyler good luck on their new adventure! 
On Sunday, Tyler and Ava helped me make a Butterfinger Cake. They were great helpers. The cake was so good I didn't even have a chance to get a picture of it! Maybe next time!
Ava and Daddy had a day out to do whatever Ava wanted. So what does she pick to do? Fishing!!! 
The tag-along is so much fun. Ava loves it. She enjoys doing crazy stunts while Daddy is driving her around like going no hands, standing up, sticking her legs out, etc. She is a real daredevil!
What more could you ask for?
It's Saturday and I'm fishing with my dad!
And I caught a big one!
We had a great day celebrating Daddy's birthday. We got him a cool airplane game for the Wii and a guitar for Guitar Hero, plus some socks! We took him to lunch at a Mexican Restaurant and brought him to a movie, Madagascar 2. What fun we had! Who could ask for a better birthday!? We love you Daddy!!!
Here is Ava with our neighbor's (Kyle, Alisha and Katelyn) puppy, Gracie. Ava is so excited to help out with Gracie. We get to let her out a couple times a week when everyone is gone working or shopping. We also get to have Gracie for a whole week when The Beard Family goes to Arizona for a vacation in February. How great is that!!! Hopefully, she is potty trained and sleeps thru the night by then!!!
Ava has been asking for her own puppy for a while now(Tweety, is the name she has picked out) and we have told her when Pickles goes to heaven maybe we will get another dog. She has asked several times, "When is Pickles going to die", or she says, "Is Pickles going to die tomorrow?" Poor Pickles!
See the video here
Make sure you click on watch in high quality - bottom right of the screen!
Enjoy!!
My Brother, Brian and My New Sister-In-Law, Sara got married on Jan. 3. We flew to Green Bay on New Years Eve to be a part of this Beautiful Day.
Part of the fun was going with all the girls to have Manicures and Pedicures! Ava really had fun with her make over! Ava was a great sport! She had to wait since she was last to go. Let me tell you having a 3 year sit still after having polish put on fingers and toes is a huge challenge. The poor girl had to fix Ava's nails a number of times. 
On Saturday, all the girls met at a Salon to have our hair done. Ava did not like to sit still but they did a great job on her hair. She was done at 10:30am so we had to keep her still until the wedding at 3:30! Again another challenge!
Ava wanted to try her bike without training wheels right after Christmas Day. She is much better now and bikes everywhere!
Our neighbor, Katelyn, came over on Christmas Day to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus with us!
