Trip to Galveston

So here are some pictures that are up to date...they were taken only last month! That's progress. We took a day trip down to Galveston one weekend in August when the Radford clan was in town. We had lunch at Gaido's and then we walked right across the street to the beach. Avery had a blast sitting in the sand and letting the waves hit her. Of course I envisioned her being content with just her cute little feet in the water. I'm sure she envisioned much more, a simple yet strategic plan (that would progress just as the beach pictures below show) taking full advantage of her toddler powers.

This was the first few minutes. She was content with drinking her water out of the "big girl" glass.




It took quite a while for our food to arrive, so we started passing the time [distracting her] with whatever we could...

Paper planes...


Teeth counting...


Avery's turn!


Ah, the moment of truth. She's crafty, so don't let the cute hat and adorable smile fool you!!

Summer pics

Here are some random pictures from over the summer. This summer was very busy for lots of different reasons. So the camera didn't get quite the vigorous workout it did last year.

Spending time at the HMNS Crockrell butterfly center with Mimi and mommy

Dress-up time. This gal loves the heels!

A little dancing and cooking back in B.R.

Spending an afternoon playing with Ethan and Abram

Pool time!!

Visiting with some friends of Mimi and Pop-pops

Who's up for some agility training?

Memorial Day Weekend

Ok, so clearly these posts are bit late/out of date...but better late than never. Right? This year we spent the holiday (aka the Van Amburg family reunion) in Georgia instead of Kentucky. While we weren't just a cabin hop, skip and jump away from each other we still managed to get some quality family time in.

Walking Ozzie around Mimi and Pop-pops neighborhood.

Visiting Civil War sites

I have no idea now, what we were looking at then.

Everything is "giddy-up horsie" at this age.

(April 2009)

Just a relaxing afternoon of reading.

More Pics from Easter

Here are some more pictures from our Easter trip to B.R.

Avery and her cousin Mac (Mackenzie)

Blowing bubbles with Mimi

Magic Marker Play Time

Just when ya think you can leave a 2 1/2 year old to watch a movie by herself for about ten minutes, she does something like this and reminds you not to stay gone for too long.  Thankfully the markers are washable or this might not be so funny.  Ok, it probably would still be funny, but very frustrating also.  (There are a few events that needed to be posted before this but I just had to get this up for all to see)

This just happened at about 4:30 p.m.