Nice Shot!

We took Avery to her 3 year check-up yesterday... after choosing her pediatrician from the insurance booklet ..basically on what name sounded like a good and nice doctor name. But we were very impressed with Avery's new, young, fun, female, doctor! She had to get one shot and I told her several times before the actual shot, how it was going to feel - like a pinch. I was so proud of this little girl... the "pinch" didn't even phase her! She was so big - we took her to lunch at Chris Madrid's known for the biggest and best hamburgers - they are - YUM!

Also we had promised Avery, if she was a good girl, we could go that night to the Family Fiesta over at a nearby church. It was fun and perfect weather! Avery rode her very first pony!

Maybe I should have paid the $2 and got on myself... I still have never been on a horse! Well, but I'd rather spend money on myself by indulging in some nachos and funnel cake!

I just had to take a pic of the cutest piglets I had ever seen....they were tiny! (Not compared to Avery of course - by the way, at the doctor check-up we learned that Avery is in the 5th percentile in weight and height for her age group!!)

I felf like jumping in that pin with those piggys after ALL that I ate at this festival. Oh, we had to have a Big Pickle... requested by Avery earlier that morning...

We were lucky... we just missed the weather... today was hot and humid. All we have managed to do today was a big shop at Wal-mart and a walk to the dollar store across the street to buy a shovel and bucket for dirt digging.

Thanks to everyone for sending presents and cards for Avery's b-day. She really enjoyed opening everything on the floor and immediately going to town!

Birthday Girl

I got home just in time to help this sweet little girl celebrate her 3rd birthday! We had a party at the "airplane" park and 7 other children showed up. It was perfect weather...and perfect to have it on a Monday, b/c our party was almost the only ones there! She just had to put on one of her presents as soon as we got home... of course "The Birthday Princess" just turned 3 and she rules this place! Yes, high-heeled shoes, ring, purse, earrings and all... she has summoned me to take care of the many piles of laundry you can see in the back!

Georgia was a success and a very worthwhile trip. I will be going back soon, but next time I will be FLYING! There was a total of 2000 miles driven, 11 days without my husband, 7 days without Avery, 13 presentations, and 2 crossings of the great Mississippi River. Oh and I actually experienced Starbucks for the first time in Atlanta....I went back 4 times! I got the Carmel Apple Spice (something like that) and it was like I was drinking liquid Apple Pie! It's good to be home... except for... we will be moving in about 7 weeks into our new HOME! God is so good.

Georgia On My Mind

Well, I'm going to be away from posting pics again for a couple weeks. My Dad and I are taking a trip to Georgia to do a little Igniting (Georgia just opened for business, it's been deregualted too like Texas!) But hopefully I can still use his laptop to do some posting (no pics though). Finally my computer is letting me upload the pics that have been on my camera forever! Actually these pics are really recent.....

Yes that's a towel in the bath tub. She said it was her blanket b/c she was cold...guess I left her in the tub a little too long!

It was school picture day at Mother's Day Out. Avery slept in curlers....had to get a pic of my little beauty! This pic is of Avery and some of her friends on the playground.

Have a great week and pray for our safety, success and my sanity (I'm not a fan of road trips)! It's a five hour drive to Tyler and another 11 hours to Atlanta....then I have to turn around and come back!! Corn Nuts and Dr. Pepper, here I come!

No Pictures?

Here it is half a month later and I'm finally posting. But there are still problems with our computer...it's still annoyingly slow, it won't let me upload any pics from my camera (I have tons of them I would love to share) and our sound is not working (speakers are fine..it's the actual computers deal). So I don't have pics for a while, please bare with me. I know, when I read my friends blogs I feel like a little kid....where are all the pictures? Do I have to read all this? So much has happened and been going on...can't wait to get my "real" blog going again. Congrats to my husband, graduation has come and gone...and he is a real live San Antonio Fire Fighter. Easter was great. And we have been house hunting again....and we GOT ONE! We are ecstatic! More about that later....don't want this read to get too long....then it won't be read. Without pics, these posts have to come in small doses......

Computer Problems

We have been experience major "slowness" with our computer for the last week or so. We think it might be a virus. Anyway, we will probably not have a computer for just a little while b/c we're needing it to be worked or something. The post below that I just posted took about 5 hours...no I didn't sit in front of the computer the whole time, but it took that long for everything to be loaded and all the pics......... Anyway, hope to be running along "highspeed" like again soon!

The Countdown Is On

Five more days till graduation and only two more days of the academy (Mon and Tues)! We have been busy. David's parents came in on Wed and stayed until this weekend...they will be back on Tues. But they wanted to come early because last night was Family Night at the Fire Academy. All of the cadet's families came to the academy to see where they have been studying and training for the last 6 months. We had hamburgers and then the graduating class put on a "demonstration" for us. See car. See disassembled car. First they tore a car apart using the "jaws of life" and other tools to demo how they free people who are stuck in their car after a car wreck.

Car fire. Now you can't see car due to smoke from the fire being put out! Structure fire. This got hot! But the "after" pic looks like it was taken 30 mins later b/c the sun was setting but it was really like 7 sec. There was so much smoke.

A few pics of some of David's cadet buddies.

Joe....Avery's "boyfriend".

Mercado. Who David car pooled with for the last 6 months.

Fernandez. Two class clowns.

My Friend Joe

Meet Joe. Joe is my new best friend.... I've always taken an interest in older guys anyway. Originally, Joe was Daddy's friend and fellow cadet from the academy, but now I call dibs every time Joe is around! Joe has been coming over lately to study with Daddy after eating supper with us. I LOVE to stare at Joe and make comments about his body. And I love to ask Joe questions one after another sometimes even before getting an answer to the previous question that I just asked. Joe LOVES to play in my room and see all my toys and clothes. Joe knows how to play the guitar and sing.... here he is singing some songs to me ...I just can't take my eyes of him and how his hands move on the guitar. Joe played and sang to me the song playing on the blog right now "Better Together" and I thought he was singing about us. I told Mommy this morning when I heard the song again that "Hey, that's Joe's song that he sang for me. Ahh, it's better when we are together!"