A Walk In The Park

Our Ward had a picnic a few weeks back. It was on a Saturday where our day was full of events and activities but we were able to come for about 1 hour. Ameya was so excited to go on a picnic in the Park.



As you can see from the pictures, it was a beautiful summer day in Colorado. We ate some barbecue along with lots of yummy pot-luck dishes and then off to a walk with Ava.



Ava is standing by her-self but no big steps yet. She is still crawling around but if she can climb up to standing on something and then walk along it, she does.



She also loves for us to hold her hands as she walks along and provides lots of cute squealing noises.

Sleeping Cuddles

One of my favorite things with babies is when they cuddle into your neck.
It really has to be one of those sweet moments in life.


Here is Ava falling asleep in Scott's arms.


I think about how trusting they are of us as their parents.
What an honor it is to have children in your home and get to experiences these small joys

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The Five

Ten Years Ago....
1. We started thinking about selling our house in Colorado Springs and moving back to California
2. I worked for The Broadmoor Hotel - Awesome place
3. My knees still let me run 6 days a week
4. I served in Young Women's and Scott served in Scouts for church
5. We dreamt of being parents

Five things on Today 'To Do' List
1. Exercise with Sarah
2. Get Dishwasher Soap and do stack of dishes
3. Figure out Dinner for the Missionaries tomorrow night
4. Work
5. Have FHE

Five Snacks I enjoy
1. Mtn Dew
2. Nuttella alone or on Strawberries
3. Purple Cabbage with Olive Oil and Lemon
4. Celery with Crunchy Peanut Butter
5. Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum

Five things I would do if I were a Millionaire
1. Stop working and spend a lot more time with my girls and husband
2. Baby Grand Piano
3. BMW X5
4. Spend more time in my garden
5. Spend more time doing crafts

Five Places I Have Lived
1. Corona del Mar, CA (majority of my life)
2. Colorado Springs, CO (second longest location)
3. Newport Beach, CA
4. Huntington Beach, CA
5. German (6 month Internship)

4th Of July

I know, I'm a bit behind in posting our recent events but I still wanted to get them on the blog.


We went to the Broadmoor Hotel to watch Fireworks. The hotel always does a great job and this year was not a disappointment. Ava was awake for the first few minutes that we got there but then fell asleep.



We broke out the picnic blanket, got some fun snacks including ice cream and then waited for the fireworks.



We all had a great time including Scott teasing Ameya.

Nutella

Aren't there just some things in Life that bring you so much bliss? Nutella does that for me. I love it and having a spoonful can make me feel so good. The other day Ameya and I both had a our spoons in our mouth and were following Scott around going MMMMMMMMMMM.....MMMMMMMMMMM.
I think it might be a girl thing but Nutella can make my day.

Delicious Nutella Fact of the Month from Nutellausa.com
The amount of Nutella produced in one year worldwide is equal to the weight of approximately 109 Space Shuttles

Room With A View

You know you've been on a conference call too long when you start seeing this outside your office door.


One by one, the gang started showing up outside my door. I was on a call this evening and Scott, Ameya and Ava were all playing in Ameya's room next door. They kept checking on me to see if I was done.



During the call, I could hear all kinds of noise going on and when I got off, this was what I found. Ava with a bucket on her head. Leave it to Scott to come up with some crazy new play/entertainment idea. Ava was loving it and Scott and Ameya thought it was very funny.

Graduation Pictures Continued ~

Here are a few more pictures from the Big Graduation.
We were lucky enough to find some shade under the Palm trees near the field.



Family and friends were invited to go down to the field after the graduation ceremonies.



Ameya getting a feel for the hat. Education is very important to Scott and I for our girls, so this is a fun picture for me to have.



Ameya, our big star with her great smile.



The big luau after the graduation at my sister's house. She had is all decorated and even got Hawaiian outfits for me and Scott. We had a great time.