Getting Close to Departure...

One thing I love about Ava, is that we're able to recapture that excitement about life. Trips become such an adventure in experience, from the ocean to woods to picking berries, everything is new to her. Awhile back we went up north to visit Becky's Aunt Margaret and Uncle Ev. It's so much fun cause they have woods around them, a pond with fish and frogs, miniature horses... A lot for Ava to explore. Plus, we've been going fruit picking this summer quite a bit. 40 pounds each (at least) of cherries and blueberries. And we have a mulberry bush near our yard. So with all that, we're really looking forward to exploring Hawai'i with her, for us and her! So here's some pictures of what I just described. Enjoy!

It's so exciting looking for birds! There are feeder right outside the window.


Shhh....Here they come!


I just love the excitement!


"If I stare, he'll look eventually."


Little Miss Daredevil. Yes, that's a normal sized ladder.


"Who, me?"


Off to the beach!


She's just so cute.


This is the mulberry series.




Think she likes them? She looks inebriated!
Enjoy the rest of your week. Mine is still very long as we wait...

More Photo Phun

Hi all. Hope the weather's good wherever you are. It's set to be perfect here for July, 79/80 degrees all weekend. Not too bad. We've been keeping pretty busy. We have about 7 1/2 days until vacation, we're about to say "aloha" to the mainland and "aloha" to the islands. We're off to Hawai'i for 2 weeks. I can't believe I'll be on an island. We're staying on Maui, and plan a day trip to Molokai to see the cliffs and history there. I plan on investigating whether I can post from there, if I have access to a computer and time. So stay tuned. Meanwhile, I have some good stuff today. Enjoy, and aloha!

Exploring the insect world with Gramps.(We had gone to Great-Grandma's for dinner)


Making eyes at Uncle Ken from Florida.


Eating, or wearing, mango. Getting ready for Hawai'i.


Hanging out with cousin Ansel.


Ava loves our pool. And now, she goes without the float suit and just runs around the pool. By the end of the summer she'll be swimming!


Oh man is she walking. Now say "git, git" and then almost run. She loves to play chase and tickle.


Here's a cool shot of my folks on The Tail of the Dragon. They went there this spring. 318 curves in 11 miles make it a bikers dream. There was a company there snapping photos of bikes, then they sell them online. Pretty cool.


And here's a few from our 15 month photo session.

Happy 230th, America!

As Ava readies herself for 15 months, the U.S. celebrates 230 years!

Moving on, what better way to spend a holiday than at work! Oh yeah, at the beach... Well we're headed there once I get out, but today I thought I'd share some photos of another beach trip we took awhile back. Enjoy!

"What" Cold? Nah. My chin's shiverin' 'cause I'm happy!"


"Aahhh... Sitting in the sun, getting a tan... Wait, what's this big thing above me?!"


"Maybe they aren't looking... I can get away..."


"Raahhh! I'm the big monster of the Sahara!"


"What?!"


Stylin' baby!


Happy 4th of July!