Ava turns 5!

We had our first real "friend party" toward the end of August this year.  I told Ava we could do a pool prty (like she wanted) and invite 5 friends or  we could do a party at home and she could invite whoever she wanted.  Ava is a smart girl and opted for the home party and after she listed almost 30 kids I realized what I had gotten myself into!  For both good and chaos, we had a great attendance rate and a VERY full house.  These are the very few pics I got....

 (she takes the "make a wish" part very seriously!)

Aquarium

So the aquarium is one of our favorite places to visit!. It is small (in fact, it use to be a local grocery store before it was remodeled) but it still has just enough to keep the kids wanting to go back for more!  We got season passes so we visit every couple of weeks.  The favorite activity is touching the stingrays of course. But Cam also LOOOVES the penguins. 

PRO Baseball Season!

Sadly, we only made it to a couple of games this year.  Gladly, I managed to bring my camera at least once!

 Such handsome little men!

 Big, beautiful smile!

 He always wants the camera

 Do they look like siblings or what?!?

  Posing with Hootz!

Brothers...

Cam LOVES his new baby (Okay, so this post is out of order, but I couldnt skip these pictures)!

One Loved Little Boy!

Whether he likes it or not!

 Notice the haircut?

 Royce stayed with us for a couple weeks-  it was great to have another man around the house!



"This Is The Place- Heritage park"

Not sure how the pictures got all scrambled out of order, but this is a look at what we did when visiting the park....

 Lunch!  All over...

 Playground

 Proof that Pierson was there too.

 Petting zoo

On top of the Pirate Ship!

 Horses

 More zoo... Bennett loved it!

 Lastly, the train!

All tuckered out!  Now THAT is one full car.  3 car seats, 1 booster, and 1 infant carrier.  Whew!