avery flips

avery loves gymnastics!

then she goes home to give it a try...

houston!

on june 26, we took our new minivan and drove to houston to see our friends omi, robert and their new baby isabella. britton and chris were in town from little rock with riley and gracie. i have been looking forward to this trip for a long time (we had been planning it for a year.)

riley, avery and chris had fun playing the brown bear game.

everyone wanted to play under the jungle mat.

on saturday, we went to the children's museum of houston. it was a great museum with a lot to see and do. riley and avery had a blast!
wanna dance?

baby you can drive my car

avery bought a basket full of mushrooms and clams...maybe we should try that at dinner instead of chicken nuggets.

isabella and gracie hanging out, showing off their best friends onesies.

so sweet!

after dinner, we had popscicles and took avery down to the duck pond by omi's house.

before we left, we wanted to get a picture of them all together. soon there will be more to add to the couch :)

what a great trip. we can't wait to see all of them again soon.

play dates

one of the good things about summer is time to play with friends. on june 22, we had a play date with some of my teacher friends from LCE. we have kiddos about the same age so we try to get together every once in a while. they are growing so fast! this time last year, most of them were hanging out on a blanket and looking at eachother. this year, they were on the move!

caitlin liked the tea party in avery's little play house.

landon and logan were playing ball

harper was very impressed with wubzy and liked when avery made him dance.

baby reid was still in town so he came over to play too!

baby ian was there too, he spent his time napping with mom and dad. it was a lot of fun to have them over to play.

happy face

happy face

sad face

mad face

scared face

silly face

surprised face!

sleepy face

family fun weekend

on father's day weekend, we had a family fun stay-cation at my parent's house. jenny and jeremy come up with baby ried and chris, karon and annabelle came over. add to that two happy grandparents and you have yourself a full house. it was a lot of fun and there were a lot of kids! by the end of october there will be 2 more!!

on saturday we went to the fort worth museum of science and history, which was actully in the cowgirl hall of fame because of renovations.

avery and annabelle always have fun playing together.

avery liked going fishing

annabelle was into shopping

the other kids built towers with the blocks.

in the cowgirl hall of fame exhibit, annabelle was making sure the campfire was buring and avery made sure everyone had enough coffee.

she also rode the bucking bronco.

after a good nap, we went swimming.

grandpa got some good cuddle time and avery never missed a chance to be next to baby reid!

on sunday we spent some more time in the pool, and more time eating. it was a good allaire weekend!

i love that baby!

vote for max

our friends, rachael and doug just welcomed their baby max on may 1. he is adorable! they had family pictures taken when he was 6 weeks old and the photo studio is having a contest. the winner gets a free portriat. follow the link and vote :) they are the first picture, the paynes. so cute!

http://www.squaresvillestudios.blogspot.com/

voting ends july 6.

let's count!

avery counts to 'leven-teen.