Do you know what time it is???

It's football time!!! OMG...a cold front blew in and it is officially football season! This is our favorite time of the year! What is better than cool autumn weather and football?

My dad called and said that my grandfater has 4 tickets to the Green Bay/Dallas game this Sunday and we could go IF we wanted to...well what would you do? That is a no brainer! We love the Packers and my husband loves the Cowboys and has followed them his whole life. He hasn't EVER been to an NFL game so what better place than Lambaeu Field for your first time??? Well as if it couldn't get any better, we are 40 rows up on the lower level and splitting the 50...can't wait to have a brat and a beer or 2 :) Weather report says 30% chance of rain so fingers crossed...
Ava is coming with us and we can't wait to see my Dad, Aunt Beth and Uncle Russell from NC. Going to be a great weekend!!!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

I LOVE PICTURES!! I have my camera with me at all times and never want to miss an oppotunity for a special memory. We take pictures of the little munchkin all of the time but it has been since Ava was 3 months old that we took family pictures...she is just short of 2 years now, so it is time to update! My great friend Annemarie (AP), who is a very talented photographer, spent a couple of hours with us and took our pics at the park where the actual Round Rock is located.

She did such an awesome job and we can't thank her enough! If you are in the market, I highly recommend her and her work!!

I couldn't sleep because I was so excited and nervous to see them that she caved and gave me a small sampling. Check back for more soon!

Thank you, AP!!

Happy Birthday, Dad!!!

They say it's your birthday!! We're gonna have a good time!!
I'm glad it's your birthday!! Happy birthday to you!!

I just wanted to wish my very wonderful Dad a very happy birthday!!! I miss you and wish we could celebrate together! Hope you have a GREAT birthday!!!

We love you! May the next year bring you much happiness!

Love, Laura, Andrew, and Ava

Olympics 2024

I have never felt so old as I have the past 2 weeks...Staying up past midnight every night to watch the Olympics and then getting up for work each morning...but I will truly miss it when it is over and cannot wait until 2012! On that note, I think we might have a young swimmer or a gymnast for the 2024 Olympics!!

Here we are swimming at AP's pool :) Thank you for having us!

I guess we just get less flexible as we get older...interesting to think that I used to be able to do this and can't imagine being able to now!

Anyone need a good decorator?

Does this face look like someone is up to something??? We brought in an interior decorator at great expense to change things up a bit :) Little Miss Ava decided to get into all of the magazines, books and papers that were "hidden" next to the sofa. Apparently they weren't really hidden too well.

Worker bee in action!!!

All done! Mommy, do you like what I have done with the place?

"Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina..."

It's an old tune so you may not know it, but it's a good one...and so true! Ava and I just took a short work trip to Raleigh, NC and while we were there, Ava was able to spend a couple of days with Aunt Beth and Uncle Russ. WOW, did they ever have everything ready for us when we got there! They bought her toys, books, clothes, strawberries, popsicles, and Fruit Loops (new favorite from our Phoenix trip) and the 2 biggest favorites were Beth's mini trampoline and the POOL with the slide!

I think Uncle Russ got quite a workout while the amateur photographers kept trying to get the perfect pic!

What a little swimmer we have! She just loves the water!

While I was at dinner with the Lenovo team, Ava was swimming again and went to visit her puppy friends "Gray" and "Pepper" on the golf course. Payton and Callie would have been so jealous! NC is so beautiful and has so many trees! We can't wait to come back! Thank you so much for such a great time! Love you!

I scream...you scream...we all scream for...

ICE CREAM!!!

We are going to skip ahead to the desert, but just so you know, Ava really did have dinner so don't report me :) We went to dinner at Z Tejas to visit our friend Helena and Annika now that Helena has moved back to the US from Sweden. We had a great time catching up and we are so glad to have her back! It is a shame that we weren't able to get in a trip before her tour was over :(

What are you ladies talking about???

Don't even think about taking my ice cream!

It's a shame she didn't like it!