Woosh! That’s the sound of summer flying by at lightning speed. Since Avery isn’t in school, our summers aren’t very different than the rest of the year. Our routine stays very much the same, except it also includes playtime outside
The hunts!
Now that it’s been a month since Easter, I guess it’s time that I share our holiday photos and videos with you. We spent Saturday night with my family and Sunday afternoon with Chris’ family. Everything revolved around the egg hunts.
Christmas 2011: The Rorks
Our final Christmas celebration was with my aunt’s family. There aren’t very many pictures of this occasion because it was a hectic day filled with a lot of activity and food! And a sweet girl who refused to take a
Christmas 2011: The Clarks
Christmas morning is reserved for just the three of us. First, Avery hops into bed with us and we read the Christmas story from the book of Luke. Then after everyone brushes their teeth, we head to the living room to open
Christmas 2011: The Hromadas
Christmas Eve is the day we have designated to be with my parents and sister. The day usually includes relaxing, eating, playing games and opening gifts. We enjoyed two new board games this year: The Logo Board Game and Word on the
Christmas 2011: The Sandlins
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Obviously, we took a break from blogging in December. It wasn’t necessarily planned, but you know what I mean when I say the month flew by! The good news is that we’ll have several big
Decking the halls
According to family tradition, we put up our Christmas decorations on the day after Thanksgiving. Usually we watch “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” while decorating. But since Chris was working on homework and didn’t want to miss watching the movie, Avery
Happy Halloween!
Halloween was a lot of fun this year, even though we won’t go trick-or-treating tonight. Instead Avery and Mommaw Clark are going to pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters. As you can see, Avery dressed up as Dorothy from The
Halloween costume preview
Here is a part of Avery’s Halloween costume. I’m sure this isn’t very challenging, but can you guess which character she will be this year?
Carving out some Halloween fun
On Monday, Avery, my parents and I braved the chilly autumn morning to visit the same pumpkin patch we went to last year. I guess Avery loves sticking her head in these funny cut-out pictures! The petting zoo was much