Drum Roll Please...

I finished Avery's cross-stitch stocking last night! It only took me 40 days to complete it. Of course I did nothing else but cross stitch for the last 40 days. I now just need my mom to come and turn it into an actual stocking! Avery thinks she is going to get to wear it on her foot! We are one step closer to being ready for Christmas!!

Our Girls

Sarah has started smiling on demand. She is very cute and very willing to smile for the camera. She has a pretty funny smile though and usually can't keep her eyes open while smiling.

Avery thought it would be fun to sleep in her lego bucket. She curled up and fit right in!

Our girls are very into lego towers right now. Avery likes to build them up to the ceiling and knock them over. It is a lot of fun for them!!

Sarah's Black Eye

Sarah had an unpleasant meeting with her play table on Saturday. She lost the battle! This was her black eye on day 1.

Black Eye on day 2

Black Eye on day 4

She now has great street cred!!!

AT Hike

Christopher took a big group of boys hiking on the AT the first week in June. This is all of them at the beginning. Notice how clean their shirts are and the smiles on their faces!!!
My brothers, Malan and Hansen, came out to Atlanta to go with Christopher.

They hiked 42 miles in 6 days and rafted 8 miles. This is their view from the top! They were above the clouds.

Now notice how dirty their shirts are!!

This was the sign at the end of the hike!! They made it the entire way and Christopher can't wait to go again next summer!!

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!!