First Sign of Spring!

Today the Dairy Queen opened after being closed from the winter! When it opens we know spring is just around the corner! Ava was so excited! She loves Dairy Queen, her favorite ice cream is chocolate and vanilla twist in cone.

Yesterday was Ava's gymnastics meet it was called the Teddy Bear Classic isn't that cute? All of the gymnasts got a teddy bear with a medal around it's neck. Ava was so much more relaxed this time and she remembered all of her routines, Ava got first in her division in floor and vault(there were only two girls in her division, so don't think she's headed for the Olympics-ha) She also wore in new uniform for the first time. She loves that uniform and wants to wear it all the time!

Ava with her friend Mary (not sure why the picture is like this)

Silly girls!

The Sparklers!

Sunday randomness

Ava's gymnastics meet went OK yesterday...I don't think Graig and I need to worry about where the Olympics are going to be held in 12 years...but Ava had a good time. She said she wasn't nervous at all and she remembered what she was suppose to do (most of the time). We couldn't take pictures during the meet so I took a picture of Ava when we out to eat to celebrate after her meet.

Here's Ava with her ribbons.

My Dad is still in the hospital, his kidney biopsy is scheduled for Monday, thank you for all of your kind words about him in my last post. His spirits are good, and my sister Shelby is still with him. We are all hoping and praying that the biopsy results are good and that he can go home on Tuesday.

I started twittering! My twitter name is BrockandAva. It's like a mini blog, I am going to try it out. I will let you know how I like it.

I only did one small craft project this weekend. I made this clipboard for my work. I didn't take too long to paint, and I love it painted up!

Today, we are snowed in!! We are going to stay home, I am going to clean our house and tonight I am making poppyseed chicken for dinner. I have read on so many blogs how good it is so I want try it out!!

Drum roll please...the winner of the 2009 family planner is...Shannon!! Brock and Ava picked the winner Friday night (sorry I didn't post this yesterday, we were super busy!!) Congrats, email me your address and I will mail out your planner this week!!

Miss America

Ava and I have loved watching the USA gymnastics team compete this week! We were both so happy when the Nastia Liukin won gold and Shawn Johnson won silver. We stayed up and watched the beam and the uneven bars and then we were sooooo tired that we couldn't stay awake anymore. Thanks goodness they have showed it tonight earlier so we could watch it. How inspirational! Those girls are AMAZING.

Congrats Nastia and Shawn! Ava loves you both and she is your biggest fan.

This fall Ava is going to be on the gymnastics team at the YMCA and next week she start gymnastics camp. This afternoon we were at Target and she saw this adorable red, white and blue leotard and warm up jacket. Doesn't she look so cute in her warm up jacket? On the back it says "gymnastics"

Miss America!!

This morning we are flying home to NY after a week with my Dad in Wyoming. We have had a great time but it will be so nice to be home. We bought so much stuff out here, I hope everything fits in our suitcases. Brock got 2 pairs of shoes and a few shirts today at the Nike outlet. Ava found two cute outfits (on sale!) at Gymboree, and I bought 7 new Christmas ornaments for our tree. I love getting ornaments from all the places we visit when we go on vacation so we can remember our trips. My Dad also gave me a suitcase full of pictures, cards, and other memories from my high school and college days. Since he is selling his ranch he wants to get rid of stuff. I seriously think I might have to pay extra $ $ to board the plane because I have so much stuff. I hope that we (and all of our stuff) make it home safely!