Congratulations Dave!! I am so proud of you! Only 6 more years to go :)
These 2 little girls are little buddies and I love how much they love each other (most of the time).
We are rearranging at our home to and switching up the sleeping arrangements for the girls getting ready for the new baby. Poor little Ella has slept for the last 2 years in a pack and play. Poor girl! We had a crib for her but just enjoyed our sleep too much to put the girls in the same room and are still separating them for that very reason. They are too crazy together to sleep. Ella has moved her way up to a toddler bed that Ava had been sleeping on.
And we got new bunk beds for the girls that Ava is now sleeping on. We are working our way up to transitioning them to sleep in the same room. In a few months we are going to have to when the new baby comes. We also found out that we are having another little girl!! We are so excited and love our little girls!
I got matching swimsuits for the girls this year. I couldn't resist - aren't they so cute!
Partners in crime!
Don't let those innocent faces fool you :) They are crazy!
Right before graduation we gave ourselves a graduation gift to California to go to the beach and Disneyland. It was SO fun!
This guy was awesome and had a great little song he was singing about bubbles :). Ava loved helping him with his performance.
We loved the Santa Monica beach. It was so pretty and fun.
Then off to Disneyland for 3 full days of fun. Ava was in HEAVEN meeting all of the princesses and characters.
Sleeping "Cutie" (As Ava calls her)
She had an Ariel shirt on that day so she was especially excited to see her.
She loved talking to the princesses
Cinderella
We found the hidden treasure!
Here's a fairy. I love Ella's face in this shot.
Tinkerbell
This is how we started each day. The girls had maps and led the way :).
California Adventure Land was so fun too
Ella decided Donald Duck scared her so she wouldn't get anywhere near him. I'm still not sure why he was so scary. The life size talking Mr. Potato Head was her favorite though - she is so funny!
Ava was such a big girl and had fun on the rides. We got her some 2 inch platforms so she could ride on more things :). She is such a shortie like her mama.
We loved Cars Land!! I thought it was awesome how they recreated the whole town just like it is on the movie. The cars ride was so fun too.
The girls loved meeting Mater. Ella still talks about him. She has a Mater sippy cup that she begs for everyday and every time she sees it she says, "Hi Mater! I love you so much Mater!" She cracks us up.
It really is the happiest place on earth! Even after going strong for 9am-9pm for 3 days we all still had a smile on our face and wanted to stay longer - except for my feet which begged me to rest :)
Dave wanted to take this picture for my brother Paul. They had the whole Tony Stark dungeon set up like the movie. There were too many people to get a better shot though.
MICKEY MOUSE
This was our third day and Ella had finally reached her limit. This was the only time she took a nap the whole time we were in California. We had so much fun there at Disneyland though and if it wasn't so expensive we'd go there all the time. We loved it!
After graduation we went on another fun vacation up to the mountains closer to home. It was nice to get out of the 110+ degree weather we enjoy in the valley. Thanks mom and dad Ashby for arranging the fun trip for us!
We got to do a little horseback riding. Ava did anyways. Ella was too scared of the big horses.
She is such a silly little girl!
Surprisingly Ava had no fear though and loved riding on her horse named "Buzz." She kept telling him "come on Buzz." It was so precious and this picture is one of mine and Dave's favorite of her. She is such a pretty and sweet little girl.
We finally warmed Ella up enough to pet Buzz but that was as far as she would go.
Our last night up there we roasted some marshmallows in the fire pit behind our cabin and had s'mores with Reeses peanut butter cups instead of regular chocolate . I'm not sure we will ever go back to the regular way of making them. The PB cups were delicious. I am not sure if we were supposed to have a fire up there as it was a high fire warning but we didn't know and luckily Smokey the Bear didn't find us :).
We've had such a fun few weeks that it is hard to get back to our normal routine and to have Dave start back up. We are going to miss having him around all the time. We are excited for the changes that are coming though with his residency and a new baby and we are definitely excited to actually be making a little money instead of paying it.
