Monday, August 29, 2011

Big Girl

This little lady is growing so fast! I am continuously in awe at how much she is learning. She is super into the 'cruising' phase of pulling herself up on the couch and coffee table and walking around. We just got a new music table and she is loving it! Despite a few hard falls from her new love of cruising, she is still going strong.

{love}

{hard at work}

{all ready for our walk- today was such a gorgeous day!}

Day 1


Brian started real school today! For the past week he's just been doing Orientation for the MBA program- getting info and doing team building stuff, etc. This morning I got up early with him and snapped a few pictures- classic mom style. Brian even called me mom while I was doing this. I suppose it was quite embarrassing, especially when our neighbor walked out to their car and Brian was posing at our front door. Call me crazy, but I HAD to snap a quick memory picture of him starting the MBA program.

Good luck today babe! I'm sure you'll be amazing!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Stair Master

{Look who's finally discovered the stairs}

{the only problem is now we can't keep her away from them!}

{She's getting really good but I think we're gonna need a gate!}

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Orientation, Here He Comes!

Brian started MBA Orientation at BYU today! We got up early to wish him a great day and make sure to snap a picture of him heading out the door looking all snazzy!

{Bye-bye snuggles and Avery's thumbs up}

{Good luck babe- you'll be great!}

Monday, August 15, 2011

Vegas Vacation

This wonderful man starts school in a week so we decided to spend our last bits of summer on a family vacation. We drove down to St. George and stayed in my parents' house for a couple days and then headed to Vegas to visit some of our best friends: The Howarths.

We had a great time in St. George relaxing and sleeping in. We also spent some fun time with my brother, Dustin, and his family. Somehow we didn't manage to pull out the camera while we were with them.

We drove onto Henderson, NV to visit Crystal and Michael Howarth and their 2 sweet little boys. We have made plans for Avery to marry Matthew someday and thus, have to keep getting them together as often as possible. Okay, so really we just wanted to visit with the Howarths, but if there is a resulting marriage, none of us would complain! We didn't get any shots of the adults, but did snap a few of these cute kiddos.

{Avery loved playing on Matthew's big kid toys- so did daddy}

{Learning to share}

{Bathtime! Avery had fun swimming with a buddy}

{I love this picture of Avery looking up at Matthew.
She is in complete awe of his toys.}

{playing together}

{Matthew making a yummy breakfast!}

{Back on the road home!}

Friday, August 5, 2011

HAZARD!

It's official, Avery is a crawling machine! I need to get a video up of her really moving, but suffice it to say that we are in a state of baby-proofing in our house!