July's Journey

Just random pictures of all the fun that we had in July.  Vivian turned 5 months, started rolling everywhere and even sitting up on her own.  Ava is looking forward to turning 3 and tells us about it all the time!

 Dance party outside, of course.

Dena came to visit, and somehow she got away without any pictures of her and the girls.  I did get this rad picture of her mani from Ava.  (Aunt Dena is such a trooper.)

From Spa A-train

 Ava singing in the bathtub "Daddy has a girlfriend, her name is mommy."  Cuteness

Chunkalicious in the bathtub

She thinks its an indoor swimming pool.

 So this is what I wake up to most mornings....

Ava on the floor next to the bed (with the carrier?  No idea how that got there) with her water and some books....

....and Vivian all smiles

She loves her swing, and sleeps for hours in it.  What is it about the sweetness of a sleeping baby?

Ava's first drive in movie date night with daddy....Monsters U.

Noodles are her favorite.

We celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary by taking the kiddos out to eat....Ava finished an entire bowl of spaghetti and a plate of salad.  Growth spurt?!

Sitting up on her own means she can sit in the high-chair!  Score!

We had all of our family over for dinner, too.  I LOVE getting together with family, love having everyone over to our house.  We celebrated Victoria's birthday, too.

Elizabeth and Ava playing.

Getting the cake ready

The Papas conversing....

Uncle Mark and the kiddos!

Mimi and Ava

 Mandatory tea party at our house...good thing Vivi's a good sport.

I can't get enough of this SWEET face.

We tried a few bites of bananas and avocados this month....not really a fan, so we'll wait and try again later. But she was cute while spitting it out!

We broke out the Johnny Jumper too.  This girl has some ups!

A Very Fun Fourth

The Dalton family had a WONDERFUL Fourth of July, traveling back to Kansas City for our celebration this year.  We had too much fun visiting friends and seeing the zoo and the DeAnna Rose Farmstead.
We showed up on Thursday and met John and the kiddos at the Farmstead.  Will and Ava were SO excited to see each other!

Posing in the tee-pee.

Feeding the goats their bottles.

Impromptu dance party.

And a special treat....riding the ponies. 

Cowboy Will and Cowgirl Ava.

And fun at the playground.  They had a great time at the "diggers", and swinging of course.

Cooling off in the sprinklers...

Feeding the ducks, an Ava favorite.

Practicing milking a cow.

We spent the 4th wtih our friends the Steffens.  Ava and Amelia had so much fun together.  It was just a great night with good company.  We spent the evening on their deck on the golf course, and watched the fireworks from the green.

Amelia saw some fireworks.  Ava clearly wasn't impressed.

Their own "popper" fireworks.

Look at these sweet girls!

Swinging fun.  Ava loved that they could go so high!

Rolling down the green.

Ready for some fireworks!

The next day we headed to the zoo with the Liz, Will, and baby Megan.  Our favorite place indeed!!

They are excited and ready to go!

Will, trying to hug Ava.  These two.  Seriously too cute.

 Waiting for the train, always a favorite.

 Waving "bye" from the train.

Snack break for everyone, with a perfect view of the elephants.

Checking out the leopard.

We even sat through a keeper chat about the lions.  Did you know that all the lions there are male?! Fascinating stuff!

Until next time Kansas City....miss you already!