Sunday, July 13, 2008

4th of july

here are some photos from last weekend when my mom and sister were in town visiting. my mom really was able to get ava to start smiling a lot!!

i also included some firework photos that i shot.

ava and grandma mary

my two girls trying to catch some z's

sleepy

still sleepy


not as happy as i thought she would be to show off her cute pink shoes. at least the mcdaniel family thought they were cute.

word up lil ava

jackson will do anything to climb the tree with me

mom trying to share her ice cream with christina

christina and mom. happy independence day.

hangin with her bro. teressa and ava stayed home for a couple of hours while we went to check out the fireworks. we thought they might be a little loud and hot for ava this year.

texas july fourth sunset

we went to watch fireworks in a local city named frisco, tx

gotta love this mohawk.

built ford tough.

christina getting to know sparky the fire dog.

getting me in a headlock when i least expected it.

classic firetruck



some fireworks that we could see from our backyard on july 3rd. teressa came up onto the roof with me and we watched a couple of different firework displays.

another from the backyard

















Wednesday, July 9, 2008

mommy's first dress

when teressa was born, her dad ran out to the store and bought a beautiful yellow dress.

teressa has kept that dress for many years.

last week, ava tried on her mommy's dress.
isn't she a cutie

this seems so familiar...

all dressed up


thr33 generations

i never saw the punch coming until it was too late

happy

introduction to daydreaming 101

ava visited the rodeo last week

with grandpa jim being in town last week, ava wanted to take him to the local rodeo.

it's nice that they pray after the pledge of allegiance

this goat just kept lookin at me :)


ava hanging out near the ponies. like mommy, like daughter i guess.

lonestar

ouch

lil buckaroo

mutton bustin - after a suspenseful faceplant by a child, they would leap joyfully in the air

held by grandpa

come on ava, you don't have to pose for every photo

in awe

ride em' cowboy