We had our first swim of the year last weekend. We were in desperate need of some family time (life has been crazy lately!) so we headed to the pool for the day. Our weather quickly went from breezy and comfortable to humid and 90 degrees. It felt good to be in the pool again!
I must be nominated for "Mom of the Year" because for two years in a row we have had family pictures done! This year we chose to have them taken on Florida Southern's campus. Besides having sentimental meaning (where Adam and I met) and being the place of my employment, it proved to be full of beautiful places to snap pictures. Of course there are way too many to post on the blog but here is a small sampling. Enjoy!!
These pictures still amaze me. Adam got this grill as a Christmas gift a few years ago from his dad and Gramp. He was so excited to have a new grill, and such a cool one at that! Our previous grill was old and falling apart and had caught fire one day. I actually sold it for $5 at a yard sale even though the bottom had holes in it and it was really unusable. We have had some delicious meals on this grill over the past couple of years. Some of our favorites being ribs, steaks, grilled pizza, bananas, veggies and so much more. Yesterday we were planning to grill some ribs again when this tragedy happened. Adam turned the grill on the heat it up and went inside to get the ribs ready. A few minutes later I went outside to do some weeding and saw a lot of smoke. So much that I couldn't see the cars in the drive way. The grill had caught fire!Thankfully we had a fire extinguisher on hand to put the blaze out before the propane tank blew. It was so hot the grill melted! We used the whole fire extinguisher and still had to get the hose out to finish extinguishing the flames. As sad as it is to see the grill go, we are forever thankful that our house did not burn down and no one was injured.
Avery's kindergarten class took a field trip to the zoo last month and I was very glad to be able to go as well. We were pretty much free to roam as we pleased and spent the day waking around with her friend, Giana and Giana's mom. Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is rated #1 family friendly zoo in the country. What a fun, fun day!
Nope it's not just you - Avery is getting so tall!!
The girls love when Adam brings his work home with him.
We had our first swim of the year last weekend. We were in desperate need of some family time (life has been crazy lately!) so we headed to the pool for the day. Our weather quickly went from breezy and comfortable to humid and 90 degrees. It felt good to be in the pool again!
I must be nominated for "Mom of the Year" because for two years in a row we have had family pictures done! This year we chose to have them taken on Florida Southern's campus. Besides having sentimental meaning (where Adam and I met) and being the place of my employment, it proved to be full of beautiful places to snap pictures. Of course there are way too many to post on the blog but here is a small sampling. Enjoy!!
Happy Birthday to my beautiful girl, Avery! She turned 6 earlier this month and with each passing birthday I get a little emotional thinking about the day she was born. The excitement and anticipation you feel right before becoming a parent is a little surreal. And then it all of a sudden becomes very real. We love you so much Avery!!
A coworker of mine has a business making cake pops. The girls loved these and they were just the right amount of cake for our little family celebration on Avery's actual birthday.
Avery wanted to have her birthday party at a local Gymnastics place that she went to for spring break. This was also the first year that she was pretty specific about WHO she wanted to invite. The staff at Gym Etc did a great job! They started off with some warm up stretches and then went through an obsticle course.
During present opening time, Avery sat on this big block and each kid enjoyed standing next to her as she opened their present. 
These pictures still amaze me. Adam got this grill as a Christmas gift a few years ago from his dad and Gramp. He was so excited to have a new grill, and such a cool one at that! Our previous grill was old and falling apart and had caught fire one day. I actually sold it for $5 at a yard sale even though the bottom had holes in it and it was really unusable. 
Oh how we love the Strawberry Festival! The girls could not wait to make thier own strawberry shortcake. 
Daddy was such a good sport on this one!
Avery's kindergarten class took a field trip to the zoo last month and I was very glad to be able to go as well. We were pretty much free to roam as we pleased and spent the day waking around with her friend, Giana and Giana's mom. Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is rated #1 family friendly zoo in the country. What a fun, fun day!
Nope it's not just you - Avery is getting so tall!!
Avery and Giana
