Happy Easter Everyone! We had a great Easter with friends and couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day! We had some friends over to our house for lunch and an egg hunt. The kids had a blast. I have more pictures of us as a family that I will post later today. They are on another memory card. Hope you enjoy the pictures of our sweet little kids.

Ava is a little excited for candy...although, she doesn't eat any of it except M&M's. She just unwrapped them all for her little Bubba. Such a sweet and helpful sister!

Just unwrapping everything for Isaac!

Looking at their eggs.

YUM!!! CHOCOLATE!!!!!

All the kids. :)

Our sweet princess!

Our candy lover!

Searching for eggs.

At her school Easter egg hunt. She got to hunt for eggs, get her face and nails painted! It was a great day!

Life is crazy busy

Once again, its been forever since I posted an update. Obviously, life gets crazy busy with 2 little ones running around.

Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone! We had a great Christmas and really enjoyed staying home this year. The kids loved waking up and seeing what Santa had brought them.

Isaac's highlights: train that Papa made, Little Peoples farm, a truck, basketball hoop just his size, legos, books, and many more...

Ava's highlights: LeapPad from Mommy & Daddy, lego table built by Papa, My Little Pony car, Littlest Pet Shop toys, books, movies, art supplies, cookie making kit, games, and many more...

Mommy and Daddy's highlights: crock-pot and dust buster (and yes, I actually asked for these!), cologne, Kindle cover, Kindle Fire, and Orlando Science Center Annual Pass!

Ava with her LeapPad...she has been busy learning all the new games!
Since we got tickets to the science center, we thought we would try it out right away. The kids LOVED it today and they can't wait to go back. Here they are digging for dinosaur fossils.

Still digging...

One of the dinosaur fossils on display!

Ava and Daddy with T-Rex

Isaac playing in the water...learning about dams and how water flows.

Ava finishing up playing in the water. Luckily, they have these aprons kids can wear so they don't get soaked! I think I need some of these at home!!!

Isaac was fascinated with this Nemo balloon that was controlled by a remote. A man was flying it around and he kept following it trying to figure out how it was moving. He is such a boy! :)

They even had a little toy kitchen area! They loved this too!

Ava's School Christmas Program

Ava had her preschool Christmas program at school. She was adorable and sang beautifully. We have videos but they are on you tube. Let me know if you would like to see them and I can send you the link. :)

Ava and her crazy teachers that we love! Mrs. Kimberly (on the left) just quit to work for her family business but Mrs. Lori (on the right) will still be Ava's teacher. :)

Ava and Isaac all ready for the program!

Look at this outfit! The teachers had the skirts made for the girls (only 2 girls in the entire class!!!) and they made shirts for them as well.

Pre-Christmas

Here are a bunch of pictures that we took in the month of December. We set out cookies and chocolate milk for Santa.
Daddy and Ava all excited for Santa to come

Daddy and Ava playing on Christmas Eve

Ava and her friend Bre...we went to see Charlie Brown Christmas movie in the park

We had a wonderful visit from Curt's cousin Missy and her family. Timmy, Bekah, Isaac and Caleb had a great time with Ava and Isaac. It was great to see them!

Isaac chilling while watching a movie

Ava and Isaac chilling watching Polar Express

Decorating the tree

Isaac decorating the tree

Our little elf

Isaac's new outfit! :)

My trip to Virginia

Right after we got back from Wisconsin, I flew to Roanoke, Virginia to see my best friend Lydia and her family. We had such a great time. Last time I saw Graham, he was only a few weeks old and now he is crawling all over the place and such a sweet little boy. Thanks for letting me come Lyd! I love you!

The group of us when we went downtown to see Christmas lights and a million (a little exaggeration) decorated trees. :)

Thanksgiving Visit to WI

We took a trip to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. Sorry for the lack of pictures the last few months. We haven't done a whole this fall so there weren't too many pictures to share. Here are the pictures from our trip. We had a blast and it was so good to see most of Curt's family. The kids had a lot of fun but we were all a little disappointed that they didn't have snow! :( But it was nice not to be freezing too.
Being silly!

Playing football

Dancing while Gramps plays the guitar

Tractor ride with Gramps

Isaac LOVED Aunt Mel's dogs. He was trying to give him a kiss here.

What a cheeseball!

Ava opening an early Christmas present

Isaac's turn

Ava loved Butterscotch...cousin Rachel and Jacob's guinea pig.

Ava, Rachel, Aunt Mel, and Aunt Michelle

Ava dancing in the warming hut at the zoo

Isaac and Daddy freezing while it rains. We went to look at these amazing lights at the zoo but it was raining. It was still a lot of fun though!

Isaac and Mommy snuggling

Ava with her cute little umbrella (thanks to Ava and Claire Critelli!)

The Critelli's...we had a blast hanging out with them one night.

Curt and I at Critelli's

Ava playing dominos with Gramps and Grams

Grams and Ava

Ava being a silly goose!

Ava and Rachel playing a game

Jacob and Isaac hanging out...best buds!

On a horse drawn carriage ride through town

Rachel, Michelle and Jacob on the carriage ride

All of us on the carriage ride

Gramps and Grams staying warm

Daddy and Isaac staying warm

Ava with her cousins

Ava being silly and trying to stay warm

Isaac playing at Gramps and Grams...with all of his favorite toys!

On the flight home

Ava and Daddy all ready to fly back to warm sunny Orlando!

Grams and Isaac snuggling on our last night

Cheesy Isaac