Ava's First Day of School

Ava started three-year old preschool this past week. She is attending Lifesong Preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It's a preschool program for ages one through four at a local church. She was so excited to be a big girl and go to school. She loved it the first day and couldn't wait to go back on Thursday. Luckily, she has a few friends from our church that are also in her class. So that makes the transition much easier. Isaac and I are a little sad on the days that she is in school but it is so nice to spend some time with my little man. It's going to be a great year!

Ava on her first day of school.

Luckily, Papa and Nana were able to be here for her first day of school. This made it even more exciting!

Daddy and the school girl. Daddy flew straight to New York City for work immediately after dropping her off. She loved that Daddy took her to school.

Our family! I can't believe how big our kids have gotten!

Mommy and Ava. :)

Papa and Nana Visit!

Papa and Nana just came for a 9 day visit. Wow! We had a ton of fun! We haven't seen them since our visit out to Colorado for Christmas/New Years. We sure have missed them. Here are some pictures from their visit. We didn't do a whole lot since it was so hot outside and they are not used to all of our humidity. We just enjoyed staying inside the air conditioning and having fun together!

Papa and Isaac fell asleep on the couch. This is my favorite picture!

Our handsome little man. He's growing way too fast!

Our cookie monster who is supposed to be winding down for bed. Instead, he has one of his three blankies on his head. And yes, he has three blankies and will not go anywhere without them.

Ava making peanut butter cookies for Daddy.

Rolling the cookies in sugar!

Isaac is in love with banana bread. And I really mean in love with it. He has eaten almost a loaf a week! We had to make more when he finished the first batch. I might have to buy stock in bananas! So in this picture and the next one, he is SO excited for the banana bread to get done baking.

Waiting and watching patiently...sometimes!

We took a trip to the beach one afternoon. It was beautiful. A storm was rolling in but that made it much cooler and not so miserable. Ava loves the beach but Isaac is still terrified of sand and the water. But we have fun anyway...until we went to leave. We were attacked by very mean mosquitoes. They hurt when they bit and Ava and Isaac were screaming. That part of the beach trip was not so much fun but we quickly threw everyone and everything in the van and slammed the doors shut. Ava was shook up and probably got about 15 bites. She then had an allergic reaction to them and swelled up pretty bad. She's all better now but hopefully we will not have another encounter with mosquitoes in the near future.

Mom and I at the beach.

Our spot on the beach. Ava is building sand castles.

Papa and Isaac.

Dad and Mom --- Thank you so much for coming down! We love you!