A BIG bunch of bananas...

...is what Collin brought home from Dillon's the other day.

The bananas on the left are normal size.

The bananas on the left are just ginormous!

I still don't think this picture does them justice!

I foresee lots of banana bread in the future...

Happy Birthday Ollie!

Love,

Ava

Favorite Friday: PJ Day

Today was a PJ Day! What is a PJ Day you ask?

*no extra kids besides my own

*sleeping in with Ava until 9:30 (yay!)

*Not eating breakfast until 10am

*watching Price Is Right without interruption

*doing absolutly no house work, no cleaning, dishes, etc. (bad, huh?)

*It's too cold to go outside

*oh yeah-and staying in our PJ's until 12!

This is definatly a Favorite Friday!

Dave Ramsey Free Show

I found out through Money Saving Mom's blog (on the right) that Dave Ramsey is doing a free event nationwide. There are several in our surrounding area and thought some of you may be interested since we've been talking about finances in sunday school. Check out HERE for more info.

I'm in a blogging rut (I hope that's a word). I havn't blogged in almost 6 days. Can anyone help me out? What would YOU like to see on my blog?

Bumps in the Night...

We woke up last night to a LOUD thud that kept rolling and rolling and then a horrific cry! It scared us half to death. At first we thought in our sleepy state that Ava had fell out of her bed and then we realized that she had fell down the stairs! In the middle of the night! I held Ava for a little bit until she calmed down-i think she was more scared than hurt. Still, i watched her for a bit in bed to make sure she was OK. With the stories about concussions lately-i wanted my baby to be safe! We asked her the next morning why she was heading down the stairs. I guess she was confused and thought daddy was down there like he is before work during the week.
To make a long story short, i was just thinking about how much God protects our children. Yet, in life things do happen that are out of our control. No matter what pain He brings to parents or their children, God is in control and knows what's best. Its hard for me to see the good in that, but I'm seeing it more and more lately. I praise God now when Ava doesn't get hurt. I thank Him that 3 year olds have such limber bodies because if it was me falling down the stairs-well, that would be another story! I am learning to give Ava to God, even when it is so hard to do. Ultimately God knows best. I pray that God keeps revealing that to me.

Sand Fun.

Sand=messy

Sand =dirty

Sand= Fun!!!

I can guarantee i won't like the sand tracks in the house this summer, but i can guarantee that i'll love Ava having fun! Maybe this will keep her out of our garden dirt...

Thank you Grandpa for picking up and shoveling out sand!

*Ava already got in trouble for throwing sand out of the box. How much sand do you think we'll have by the end of the summer?