Memorial Day

For Memorial Day Weekend we went to Mexico Beach, Fl. We spent our time on the beach. Avery loved it! Her favorite part was the sand. She would pour it all over her body and make big piles of sand to jump into! She had a blast and could have never left!

The reason there are no pictures of Sarah on the beach is because she hated it! She cried the entire time and hates the sand. We hope she will grow out of it.

Here is Avery's sun burn/really cool tan lines she got while down in Florida!!On the last night there we went to watch the sunset! It was gorgeous! Avery and Sarah had fun running up and down the boardwalk.

Avery's 3rd Birthday!

I can't believe our little girl is 3 years old! She had a great birthday and has loved all her gifts. She actually got into opening presents this year and really liked picking out her cake flavors!
Avery really only likes the icing. I think next year I will just get her a tub of icing and I will eat all the cake!!

She got bubbles from her Grandma Henderson and Lito!

Grandma and Grandpa Blake gave her Toy Story Legos!

And her Dad gave Avery her favority gift! A fishing pole. She loves to practice over our balcony.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

After Ober Gatlinburg we went to the Smokies! Christopher really wanted to see a bear, so we drive around the loop the park has until we saw a bear. Lucky for him we saw 4 bears!

This is a baby bear that we caught running across a big open field. It was very cool to see.

We also spent some time in a little stream. The water was freezing, but Christopher made us all get in. The girls screamed of course. We had fun finding cool rocks and playing in the water for awhile.

This is Avery's real reaction!

This is Avery's reaction as a result of a brib! Half Smile!!

Ober Gatlinburg

Ober Gatlinburg is usually a ski resort, but when there is no snow they turn it into a summer park. You can ride the ski lifts and look out at the view!
Avery enjoyed the ski lifts much more than I did!

You can ride down the mountain on their alpine slide ride! It was a lot of fun and Christopher was by far the faster rider!

There was also a play ground at the park. The girls loved playing in the ball pit! Sarah couldn't get out of it, so Christopher had to go in and get her.

Avery and Christopher playing half a round of mini golf. Avery was not too interested after about 8 holes. She is a natural though.

You could also go ice skating at the park. Christopher insisted on taking Avery. She was actually looking forward to it and wanted to go right up to the point when they got on the ice. Christopher loved it!!

We ended the day riding the carasol. Avery loved it and Sarah screamed through the entire ride. Which resulted in Christopher and Avery riding the again and again and Sarah and I sitting on the side watching.

Chattanooga Night 2

I wanted to go back to Hillbilly Willy's for dinner again, but Christopher wanted to try something new. So we went to Good Dog. It had good food, but didn't come close to J-Dawg's in Provo.
After hotdogs we went to a minor league baseball game. The Chattanooga Lookouts!

Avery got a baseball shirt. Both the girls really enjoyed it! I don't think the people around us would say the same thing though.

The highlight of the game for Avery was eating ice cream out of a baseball hat and then getting to play with it for the rest of the game!

More animals...

Alligator
Sea Turtle

Nemo

Shark cage that Avery was too scared to get into!

Really scary looking crab animals that made Avery cry!

Chattanooga Day 2

We woke up early on day 2 and went to the Tennessee Aquarium. It is huge and we spent hours looking at all the animals.

We first saw the sting rays. Avery was not thrilled about the prospect of touching them.

Sarah though couldn't get close enough to them.

We went to the butterfly room next. Sarah thought they were very cool and grabbed at everyone she could see.

Avery loved the butterflies also. She even wanted to hold and touch them.