Our Summer Trip to the Beach

Baseball Anyone?

TJ decided he wanted to play baseball this year. So we signed him up for Itty Bitty baseball through the YMCA. It is pretty cute to see him out there... luckily Jase is also playing and they are on the same team. It is pretty cute.Running in to bat
Waiting to bat

Yep, our little boy bats left handed!

He however is dominant with his right in eveything else he does...

Birthday Party # 1

Birthday # 2

Birthday Party #2

Later that night we had Tim's family in for dinner and to open presents.

Our little princess got herself a costume from uncle and nanu and baby Hudson

As you can see, she loves it!

Erin is a bit addicted to High School Musical, so it is only fitting that they got her this shirt. She wore it on our way down to the beach, we stopped in Troutdale and a little girl was walking by and I hear her say to her mother "Mom, did you see that babies shirt! It is so cool!"

Action shot!

Avarie's second love, reading TJ's present he got for Avarie's birthday from Poppa and Nanny.... I don't know about that one! :)Our little princess2 years old!

Birthday Creation

To showcase my skills.... I thought I would post a picture of the beautiful cake I made, without a mold I might add! :)

Nanny and Kiddos

Nanny and Avarie relaxin'
Hoppa Hoppa Rida... a german song/game the kids play with Nanny... here are some action shots

Story time!

Avarie Rae!

Our little girl is 2 years old! She is so fun. We have such a good time with her!

Some of her favorite:

Food: Pizza tops the list of favorites, blueberries, apples, and chicken come in a close second.

People: Avarie LOVES her big brother. She copies EVERYTHING he does, which can give us some trouble occasionally.

Toys: A. loves babies, anything to do with them. She loves to dress them up and then put them to bed, or push them around in her stroller. She also loves to color. This one is all girl down to her pretty painted fingers and toes!2 year old beauty
1 year old
new born baby...man how time flies!

Golf Anyone?

TJ was outside golfing and felt like he needed to use a tee. Well I looked out the window and there he was hammering the tee into the ground so he could golf. It was the cutest thing ever so I took some pictures.

Moses Lake Adventures!

We went to Moses Lake to visit my cousin Shannon and her family. And since she never updates her blog I figured I would post some pictures of their family (kidding Shan!) We went Friday and came home Saturday and were able to go to Wal-Mart as a family.... fun times in Moses Lake I am telling you! But then again, you truly haven't lived until you have gone to Wal-Mart with the Giuntoli's now have you? :) Jackson taking my picture
Jack, Avarie and TJ... cute cousins!
Jack, Jason, Shannon and baby Jessa in utero
Shan and Tyff
J and Tim

Cousins

We were able to go to Wenatchee and see some cousins So here are the kids with their cousins.

Avarie's Babies

Avy is becoming such a girly girl. She loves her dollies and will spend as much time as possible with them. She will be sitting with me and all of a sudden say "sh...babies sleeping" it is so cute! So we caught some pictures of our almost 2 year old playing with some of her babies.

Sponge Curlers!

We had our first attempt with sponge curlers. She kept them in until bed time and then we walked in to find her pulling them all out and examining them. I guess we need a bit more time before we try those again.

Camera!

This is a new feature on my new camera that I love! And so I thought I would post some black and whites for you... aren't my kids cute!

Shoes! Shoes!

The other day I was out working in the kitchen and Avarie was being awfully quite. I walked into her room and this is how I found her. She had taken all of her shoes out of her closet and lined them up nicely on the floor. She LOVES her shoes!!

Vintiques

TJ displaying his "camera face" on the way to the Vintiques. Vintiques is an annual event here that is a car show. It was fun and TJ loved it. We actually were interviewed by the news and were on TV Friday night.
Some of our favorite cars

TJ showing us one of his faves.
On the way home... very tired little boy.

Ahh Friends!

Earlier this week TJ woke up with one thing on his mind... inviting Jase over to play! So he called Heather to see if Jase and Ella could come and play. Unfortunately we didn't get ahold of them until lunch time, so Ella wasn't able to come and play because of nap time. But TJ got his wish of Jase coming over. So here are a couple of cute shots of them. Avarie, Jase and TJ
These two came inside and spent some time chillin' in the stylin' chair. :)

Funner than Fun!!

For those of you who are spell checking my blog, I know that Funner is not a word, but it best describes my feeling for Fondant!

I love to cook and bake. I would love to spend my day in a professional kitchen creating masterpieces, and so when the opportunity presents itself I am happy to oblige.

We threw a shower for our friend Leah who lives in GA. Chris (Leah's husband), Leah and her new baby boy were visiting family in Washington and so we decided to have a baby shower for her. Unfortunately the turn out wasn't great, but we got to see Leah and I was able to play with some fondant, which I am telling you is, as I have mentioned earlier, funner than fun! I may have missed my calling. So being the shy person that I am, I figured I should just post the finished product. By the way, the JC on the fondant stands for Judah Cristofer (their baby's name)