Last Thursday morning we loaded up the car and head about 3.5 hours south of home for an annual family reunion. This is a reunion that we attend every year that is for Grammy's (Paul's grandmother) side of the family. We always have a wonderful time and usually make a whole weekended out of it. Usually we all take our travel trailers but with Paul and I just getting home from China, Daddy Sonny having some health issues and the astronomical price of gas we all decided it would be easier to just stay in a hotel for a couple of nights. We packed Avery up (and ALL her gear) and hit the road. She was an awesome traveler and didn't cry at all until the very end. Once we stopped at the hotel we found the reason for the meltdown, she had a not so little surprise waiting for us!! We were greeted by Sandra, Cliff, Grammy, Daddy Sonny, and finally Aunt Kay and Uncle Larry got to meet Avery. We had a wonderful evening visiting and just generally watching Avery charm everyone.
Our happy little traveler!!Friday we spent the day at Paul's cousin's house who lives nearby. Avery was introduced to even more family and was her usual happy self!!
Her first experience on a trampoline. She wasn't too sure about it but I'm sure that will change in the future.
Us with Aunt Kay and Uncle Larry. Larry spent the entire weekend trying to get her to say "uncle Larry" to no avail.Saturday was the actual reunion and once again Avery was the belle of the ball. It's funny how people have heard us talk about her forever and anticipated her arrival with us and now she is actually here!
Aunt Melinda, Uncle Tony, Mimi, and Poppy are all big Avery fans!!
Little Miss Priss in her reunion outfit.
Our little branch of the family!!! There were over 70 people in attendance total.Sunday we packed up to head home but also had one important stop to make. Our nephew Kolin turned 13 on April 2nd and received a very special (and a little belated) birthday party. His parents took a group of his friend to tour Texas Stadium...Home of the Dallas Cowboys. Most everyone in our family is a major football fan and we have to root for the home team. We were treated to a tour of the luxury suites, locker rooms, meeting areas, and then we were taken on the field where the kids got to play football for 40 minutes. It was a great experience!!!
Getting Avery ready to go!!! She had to dress in the proper fan attire!!
Posing on the star in the middle of the field.
Kolin and his friends took a break from playing to pose for us. God bless Chris and Danette for driving 1.5 hours with all these kids, I wouldn't have wanted to be in the car with them!
Our family!!
The cutest fan ever!!!
Avery and her daddy in front of the cart that transports the players.Funniest statement of the day: While we were touring the suites our guide was telling up the prices of the original suites and the price that Jerry Jones paid to redo his suite several years ago, one of the boys in all his 13 year old wisdom asked our guide "So...is Jerry Jones rich or something?" Yes the "or something" is totally right. All the adults got a big kick out of that question and our guide couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
Our week has not been all sunshine. We learned while we were out of town that one of Paul's good friends passed away unexpectedly. We were shocked and are still processing everything that has happened. Please remember us in your prayers!!
While we were at the funeral yesterday my dad got his first chance to babysit Avery all by himself. She was only with him for 3 hours but he definitely got a workout. He even bragged to me that he changed 3 diapers!! When we went to pick her up Dad informed me that we had "forgotten" to put baby powder in her diaper bag. Being the wise man he is he improvised....this (powder form) is what he used!! Needless to say she was a good smelling baby when we picked her up.
Hangin' out with Papa and trying out these mouse ears!!!
Last night Kelby had a baseball game and Avery got to sport her new Nike tennis shoes. Isn't she stylin'?And last but certainly not least the first of Avery's 2 birthday celebrations. Because we just had her Welcome Home party we decided to go low key for her birthday. We had a family dinner with my immediate family tonight and will have the same with Paul's immediate family tomorrow.
Here's round one:
Can you guess what we ate for dinner???
Avery checking out all her new toys!!
One candle for our one year old!!
It took her a little bit but she soon go the hang of eating her own personal cake!
after that it was straight to the bathtub for her!!!So that's our week......some ups, some downs, but such is life.
Thanks for checking in with us!!!!!
