Fun on the Boardwalk

Poo-paw and G2 went with us to Kemah.  This was Averi's first visit!  We spent the morning riding rides and then had a nice lunch.  Averi did not want to leave!

Mother like daughter....lets hope not!

Averi picked G2 to ride the airplane.  It was priceless watching G2 climb into that thing!!

Averi was hesitant about the stingray at first but enjoyed watching them through the glass window. 

Hoppy Easter!

Our Easter weekend was full of activities! We were blessed to spend time with lots of family over the holiday weekend.

Averi enjoyed walking the beach with her Dad picking up sea shells!

At the beach house, Averi played with bubbles with Grandma Monk and her cousins.

All the kids flew kites together. Keith got it going then Averi held on for a minute or two!

After going to church on Easter Sunday with Grandma Monk and Gramps, we went out for breakfast. They had a table set up for kids to decorate and dye eggs. Averi's has her name on it and she choose yellow!

Favorite Hobby!

Averi's favorite activity right now is going to the "bouncy house" place! We have been making weekly visits, and each time she gets a little braver! She climbs up the tall ladders and bear crawls through the tunnels! She has a blast and what a good way to get out all that energy!

This is the one for the smaller kids, but she wanted a picture with the alligator.

Averi is putting on her "tough" face as she poses for the camera!

A Love for Bugs!

We went to the Rainforest at Moody Gardens during Christmas break. Averi still talks about the butterfly landing on her finger! At her school last week, they had "Bugs on Wheels" which travels from the Museum of Natural Science bringing all kinds of bugs, spiders, and insects. Her teacher said she wanted to hold and pet them all!

Look At Me!

Averi is posing in her new boots and dress she got from Aunt Amy!

P.S. I haven't been good about taking pictures lately, so I have not had much to share. I'll try harder!

Shrek the Halls

We took a family vacation to Gaylord Hotel in Grapevine, Texas. They hosted their annual Christmas event, and this year the theme was Dreamwork movies, including Shrek, Madagascar, and Puss in Boots. The hotel and decorations were amazing with thousands of lights, life-size gingerbread house, reindeer carved from tree limbs, and huge Christmas trees! However, the place was packed! We experienced a lot while we were there but cut our trip short to save our sanity!


We got to spend some time with friends of ours that live nearby. Averi enjoyed decorating gingerbread men with Carson. I think she ate more than she decorated!


We had breakfast with Shrek one morning, including an ogre feast with a green dipping fountain. Averi dipped her own fruit and marshmallows. She also got ogre ears after saying the ogre oath to be ogre for a day!

Averi posed by the pink tree and life-size gingerbread house.

Princess Fiona was by far Averi's favorite character! She would not take pictures with the other characters.

Breakfast with Santa

Nanny invited us to "Breakfast with Santa" which took place at the hospital where she volunteers. Breakfast was great with a variety of choices. Then the kids could sit on Santa's lap for a picture. Averi did not want to visit with Santa, but she had a good time with Nanny and her cousins.


Gingerbread people were also available for the kids to decorate. Averi spread on the icing and then licked it off!


Thanks Nanny for inviting us to have breakfast with you (and Santa)!