Shared a Special Day!

Averi's birthday this year fell on Mother's Day!  What a blessing to celebrate these events together knowing that her birthday gave me one of God's greatest gifts....motherhood!  To celebrate, we got tickets to see the Sugar Land Skeeters!  

We had great seats behind home plate about five rows up.  Poo-paw got to come too!  Here we are sitting in the bleachers.  It was Averi's first professional baseball game.  She loved it!  She clapped for the players, danced to the music, and watched almost 9 innings of baseball!

Here's Averi showing off her souvenir!  

Welcome, Ashlyn!

We went to Chicago to see Ashlyn Marie!  She was born on March 17th. Welcome to the family, Ashlyn!

 Keith and I were honored to be Ashlyn's sponsors for her baptism. 

 Averi was excited about the trip to meet her new cousin.  However, it took some time before she really wanted to interact with Ashlyn.  Here they are holding hands!  Averi did eventually hold her, but it was not a pretty picture!

Group photo of my girls!  Averi loved Ashlyn's crown!

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!