{Kent & Ava}

Kent and Ava arrived here Friday night, January 25th for a week.

It was so good to have them here!  

Mom and Dad had a funeral to attend Saturday morning,

 and then it was straight for the snow!!

Ava enjoying every minute of it!

Kaitlyn and Ava

Kent and Dad

Katrina

 

"Dad, you better watch out!"

Helping Karissa make Pizza

It's never too cold to eat ice cream!

Someone was completely worn  out by the end of the day!

It was a crazy day on Monday with Ava and 3 other kids,

but they all had a lot of fun together!

All the guys

A bedtime snack and story

SORRY with daddy.......and Ava won!!!

Making "gak"

Having a pillow fight with pappy

"I'll protect you, daddy!"

More Ice cream!

  

Puzzles

  

Such a sweetie!!

Daddy's "burrito"!

Ava was so excited to go to the dentist!

She was equally excited about the "prizes" she got as well!

A new tag for pup-pup!

Since it was Dad's week off, he and Kent
were able to spend more time together than usual.
Thanks, Kent, for helping dad get so much done last week!

  We are so thankful to have
 such a great week together!

{Puzzle}

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come
over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure
out how to get started."

Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"

The little silver haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster."

Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle.

She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table.

He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then turns to her and says,

"First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster."

He takes her hand and says, "Secondly, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then," he said
with a deep sigh ............

"Let's put all the Corn Flakes back in the box."

{For the past few days....}

...we've just been chillin' here!

{Timothy Michael}

Happy 7th Birthday, Timmy!!

We love you SO much!

{Winter Boots}

Did you hear about the
teacher who was helping one of her reception class pupils put on his boots?

He asked for help and she could see why.
Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn't want to
go on.

By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat.

She almost cried when the little boy said, 'Teacher, they're on the wrong
feet.'

She looked, and sure enough, they were.

It wasn't any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on.

She managed to keep her cool as, together, they worked to get
the boots back on, this time on the correct feet.

He then announced, 'These aren't my boots.'

She bit her tongue, rather than get right in his face and scream, 'Why
didn't you say so? ' like she wanted to.

Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off his
little feet.

No sooner had they got the boots off when he said, 'They're my brother's
boots. My Mum made me wear 'em.'

Now she didn't know if she should laugh or cry.

But she mustered up what grace and courage she had left to wrestle the
boots on his feet again.

Helping him into his coat, she asked, 'Now, where are your mittens?'

He said, 'I stuffed 'em in the toes of my boots.'

{Christmas 2012 Part 3}

Sunday, December 30,2012 we were able to have Christmas with Khara and her family and Ashley and Ava. The weather was pretty nasty that morning, and church was canceled, so we were able to spend the whole morning and afternoon with them.

Ava was into play dough during the morning.

More presents!!

     

Odyssey stories and the Willy Wonka DVD

     

A toy nativity set and Color Wonder paint set

     

Legos and CARS socks

  

Steelers cap and a nerf gun

     

Aero sweatshirt and Bath & Body Works

     

"A" necklace and earring set and a baby doll

    

  

    

  

Dad asked for Sears gift cards for Christmas, so he got sears gift cards, sears gift cards and sears gift cards! And a cool shirt from Khara!

Ava and her "masterpiece"

All the kids went back outside again!

Abbey

Ava

Timmy

Ava

Kaleb

Abbey and Ava

Zoey slept almost the whole afternoon, so she got to open her presents later.

Toy food and dishes

New books, clothes and shoes

All the grandkids

Ashley and Ava had to leave to go home later in the afternoon.

Ava wanted some cookies for the road!

Playing tic-tac-toe

Kelley trying out all the cool nail stuff on Kaitlyn.

Thanks all you guys for such a fabulous day together

and for all the amazing gifts!