Saturday Fun

Today we hung out with Blake, Kacey, and Ava....some of our favorite peeps! We started out at the Big Buck Classic then the zoo and finally to Corky's for some BBQ. We had a blast. Ava and Avery were great and enjoyed everything! It was the perfect Saturday!

Brian and Avery drove the race cars at the BB Classic.

Oh Boy! Train Ride!

Happy Birthday Jackson

Our cousin Jackson will be 4 years old tomorrow! We celebrated with him this past weekend in De Queen. We all had a great time visiting and watching him unwrap his gifts.

At one point of the night, Avery and Jackson were dancing to some Charlie Daniels. Jackson wanted to get his cowboy gear on. He suited up and wanted Avery to be a cowboy as well. He took it upon himself to give Avery a hat and put some boots on him. CUTE!

The Van Winkles

Papaw, Me, & Nonnie

Like Father Like Son

Busted! I heard what sounded like tapping on the wall with a hammer. When I walked into Avery's room to investigate, this is what I saw.....Avery had dumped out his laundry basket, flipped it upside down, and used it as a step to climb up on top of his dresser so that he could take down the wooden letters on his wall. Of course, he didn't do all of this without his hammer in his hand! He had to make sure and hammer in the nails in after he had tossed the letters.

Did I mention that my husband and son look just alike, think just alike, and act just alike!

Brian and Avery watching a little football this week.

Today it was around 34 degrees outside so we had to go out for a while! After all, it has been in the teens so it was warm compared to what it has been. Brian and Avery raked some leaves for a while.

At the end of the evening it looked as if our whole entire yard was on fire! Brian assured me several times that it was just fine. What is it with men and fire?

Go Hogs Go

Yesterday we went to Blake, Kacey, and Ava's house to watch the game. We haven't seen them in a while so it was so good to hang out with them. They cooked for us as always and we just visited and watched the game. After the game, we put the kids down to bed and watched a movie. We really enjoyed ourselves!

Avery "tossed" Ava's bib at her and it stuck in her hair....

The kids weren't into the game, so Kacey hooked them up with some Dora on the computer.

How in the world we got this photo is beyond me! I set up my camera and took one photo and this is what the result was....Somehow we were all looking at the camera smiling!!

Ava and Avery decided to entertain us by dancing. Here is a video clip of their moves!

Feeling Good!

After two weeks of being sick, Avery is finally starting to feel normal! He has been able to enjoy his toys that he got for Christmas. His buddy Colt also came to play today. It's so nice to see Avery smiling!

This is his John Deere Tricycle that Santa brought him.

Colt cheesing at the camera.

Playing with stacking blocks that Aunt Cathy and Uncle Webb gave him.

Avery and Colt felt like dancing today so I taped a little bit of it. As you can see, Avery is more into break dancing while Colt stays in one spot and boogies down!

Christmas

We had a very interesting Christmas this year. Avery was sick, sick, sick. Santa visits our house on Christmas Eve morning. That morning Avery woke up feeling horrible. Needless to say, we ended up at the ER later on that morning. He is doing much better now, but felt pretty bad all weekend long. I was able to get a few pictures of him in action (he just wasn't his normal smiling self). We spent Christmas day in DeQueen with family. Brian and I were also able to meet up with some close friends of ours one night. Aunt Amber also got engaged on Christmas Eve! Overall, we had a great time! Avery got SOOOO many toys. We are so thankful for EVERYTHING!

A Tractor!

Steven & Amber Congrats!!

Me and my bestest Shannon!

Liz, Shannon, Lacey, Kimmie, Lauren, and Jennifer

Do WhAt?

What a day! After going to the doctor and getting the news that our strep throat was hanging around, we spent the rest of the day at home. Avery decided he wanted to color on his shoes, take all of his toys out (but not play with them), and snuggle with his daddy and watch TV. Toward the end of the night, I had asked Brian to put a diaper on Avery. Well, Brian takes his time on EVERYTHING when it comes to something he's really not into. So several minutes later Avery walks out of his bedroom and says..."I poo poo." I was like WhAt? Again he said "I poo poo" and about that time I saw the evidence on both his legs. I couldn't help but giggle while hollering at Brian. Of course I blamed it on him for not putting his diaper on so he got to clean up the mess! He was like "What do I need to do?" I said "If it were me, I would start off with a Walmart sack and paper towels....then move to the carpet cleaner." So that's what he did. I'm glad my husband is a good sport.

Warning: Below are photos that are not suitable for those with weak stomachs. Please do not view unless you are prepared for poop!

Avery's shoes after the coloring incident.

Snuggling with dad.

Brian cleaning up the mess!!

I decided to leave the graphic photo out...I figured these were good enough to show how it all went down! Love you babe!