A Visit to the Zoo

We have a great zoo here in the Springs - The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. It is up on the local mountain and just a great spot to walk around and enjoy not only all the zoo animals but the view.


Our friend Beth runs the pony rides and makes Ava feel very special. It is always one of the main highlights of our visit.


Ava is riding Amigo and Beth lets Ava feed him carrots after her ride. Ava loves it and has already started asking when she can have a horse.

A Fun New Hairstyle From Heather

We have a great babysitter - Heather. She does such fun stuff with the girls and they love having her over. Heather is really good with hair and enjoys trying different styles on both the girls. On this day, she put Ava's hair up in two twisted ponies. Of course, Ava had to do multiple outfit changes to fit the occasion!

Halloween 2010

This year we lucked out again with the weather. A wonderful night for trick or treating and no snow on the ground.


Ameya was a Vampire Queen this year. Last year she was a witch and Scott did a bunch of crazy make-up on her. So this year, I said no crazy make-up. I wanted to see more of her cute face. We settled for crazy hair.


Ava was a fairy princess with wings for our church Halloween party but for Halloween, she was a She-devil. How true this is in real life.


Showing off the loot from the church party.

Ava's Comments

Comments from Ava as we drove to the park today:

Ava: Mom, did you see that brown truck
Me: Yes
Ava: There goes your favorite guy

She means the UPS guy as he brings my Stampin' Up boxes and I jump up and down when he comes.

Ava: Mom, does the park have swings
Me: Yes, Ava
Ava: and sand
Me: I think so
Ava: and Boys
Me: laughing

So Boys have already moved up to the third spot - and she is only 3.

Crazy Rain

Lately, around 4:00pm, we've been getting big rain storms blowing over Pikes Peak. The rain usually doesn't last too long but with the amount that is dropped, it doesn't have too.

This picture is of Scott's car parked in front of our house. You can see how much water is racing down our street. The awesome part is that once the rain stops, there is a beautiful rainbow. Quite nice!

Happy Birthday Ava

Today is Ava's 3rd Birthday.


The tradition Scott and I started is to decorate the night before so the birthday girl see everything as soon as she comes downstairs.


Last year Scott started hanging balloons from the ceiling and creating this big arrangement, so of course, we needed to do that this year too.


Ava is just starting to get the Birthday idea and that she is the Birthday girl. She is still not too sure what that means. Here she is coming down the stairs and seeing her "arrangement" for the first time.


But she is catching on quickly and having a great day. She was at the splash park followed by a bike ride on her new bike (a strider)and then we'll be off to a fun family fun center this evening. Woo Hoo for Birthdays!

Ava the Dressing Diva

Ava is so funny. She is really into picking out her outfits everyday and they usually consist of some fancy dress or costume along with my shoes.


I don't know how she does it but she walks around in my shoes, including coming down our stairs.


This day she picked out her Josie and the Pussy Cat's costume, my high-heels and about 30 minutes later, her pink tutu.