The Garris Family: 2010

Monday, December 27, 2010

Crazy Driver Ava...

Crazy driver Ava...almost knocking Grandpa down!

Christmas Show...

Ava in a sea of kids at Sawmill Campus singing,

"We wish you a Merry Christmas!"

Cute Pics of Playtime...

I could barely get the shirt off...some sweet play clothes given to us by friends...

Ava LOVES to dress up!

Can we say static? HA!

The forts keep getting bigger and better using Daddy's ingenuity :)

Our sweet Rylee bundled up to go and play!

Thanksgiving Pics with Family...

So good to see such missed friends...Corey with Steve Allen

Jen, Amelia, and Miles...

Grandpa and Rylee observing the cooking...Yummy!

Ava baking some cookies with Grandma...

Rolling along in their cool ride!

Riding in style...

Travis, Meggan, Corey, Grandma & Grandpa, the girls and me!

4 generation pic...

All the grandkids on the Rinne family... and great grandkids!

The whole family...we keep getting bigger and better!

The awesome bible recommended by our good friends the

Kampmann's given to Ava as a gift from Grandma and Grandpa...

Sweeeeet Little People Princess Castle, and Leap frog learning tool...

Making words...

My other Nephew Ozzie with Aunt Mae Mae

Pics from Minnesota...

My allstar nephew Gabe...

Rylee being silly...

Uncle Chad, Lu Lu Bells, and Gabe being silly...

These are the only pics...Looks like we were busy taking care of 4 kids or something!

Road trip...road trip...road trip...

Hello Everyone,

So I am wayyyyyy behind in my blog posts...so in the next couple of days I will attempt to try and get you all caught up. The Garris family has had a very busy last couple of months in 2010. We embarked on a road trip to visit family over Thanksgiving that allowed us to spend some quality time with loved ones. The trip began with an overnight stay in Rockforde, IL...in a Days Inn that was less than glamourous. A small full sized bed and a little bathroom were met with cheers and excitiment from our girls...Ava exclaimed, "This is the best night ever Mommy & Daddy! Thank you so much!" As you can tell she is easy to please, and such a trooper when it comes to road trips! The girls did amazingly well. We drove to Minnesota first to visit my sweet niece Luci and awesome nephew Gabe...as well as my sister and brother in law. We had a great time eating and taking care of the kids during the day. We asked Gabe if there was anything in the world that he could do what would it be...Corey tried to coax him into some great answer...like, "Go around the world..." or...."Go to outer space..." Gabe simply answered, "Play with Ava..." So sweet...Ava unfortunately got quite sick...with a bad stomach bug on the last day in Minn. She was trowing up for hours...and into the next day where blue anti-freeze looking popsickle came spewing out of her mouth en route to Lincoln, NE...stopped at McDonalds in Minn...cleaned her up...you get the picture...NOT FUN! Yucky!

We then made it to Nebraska a tired bunch from a night of terror...only to be met with a loving warm beautiful home...nothing beats parental love...so blessed. We had a great time seeing extended family, opening gifts, and recovering from sickness with lots of love and care. The girls were able to drive around a sweet Barbie jeep that is currently still being worked on by Grandpa! If anyone can fix it Grandpa Garris can!!!! We believe in him :)....I will update more as I post pics!

Love,
Cyndia for Corey, Ava and Rylee

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Halloween 2010

The cutest giraffe ever!

Can we just kiss those pumpkin fairy cheeks over and over? Uh...YES!

Amazingly sat for this picture...How awesome is that?

Getting ready to leave...

Scoping out the goods...

Pumpkin Carving...

The reluctant carver...

The brave one...:)

Giggle machine...

I love moments like these....she was giggling uncontrollably..

Bath time fun...

Pumpkin Carving

Rylee painting her teeny pumpkin...they call them "spooklies"

I have no idea what she is pointing at...

Getting in on the fun of scooping out the pumpkin "mush"...Ava refused :)

The only way that we could get her to participate...

she didn't want to get her hands "all dirty"

Hmmmm...she might just be a product of her mama.

The finished pumpkin...that decayed quickly in the front of our house...HA!

Ava is 3!!!

Ava's birthday cake...she is quite the little lady isn't she?

Admiring her Dora Pj's

Sifting through the goods :)

The proud new owner of some more "Little People"!

Opening her B-Day present in September

from Grandma and Grandpa Garris

Ava's B-Day this year was quite special...as we thought back at such a full and awesome year with her. She is super tall, super beautiful, and super smart...we are indeed blessed beyond words. Abuela and Abuleo were in town to celebrate the actual day. We went to the zoo on Saturday, and took a trip to the local CiCi's pizza! (Her fav joint to eat :) Daddy's too!) She got some great gifts, books, CD's a new puppy, a "In-motion" game for the TV, some new "Little People" for the bath and a lego castle! Of course Dora Pj's and a new puzzle didn't hurt either! She got some jewelry and a new jewelry box from a friend...she is growing up way too fast for us...we hope she never stops cuddling with us and telling us how much she loves us...what a joy it is to have her in our lives!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Visitors...for over a month! So fun!

Grandpa with the girls at the Columbus Zoo...the grizzly is no joke!

Priceless!

Looking at the polar bear sisters...

Grandma went for miles back and forth searching for just the right

balloons...she is such a tender Grandma!

Making a yummy fruit pizza with Grandma and Grandpa...YUMMY!

Is Grandpa eating the icing, or spreading it? :)

The tongue would suggest eating!

Ava loves her Uncle Hunter...Rylee still needs some convincing :)

Ava misses him so...

Random shots that I failed to post up a long time ago...

Our cutie patooty...

Maybe a future "Miss Petite Puerto Rico?"

She puts on her own bling daily...love it!

The first dual bath time for the girls...

Doesn't she have the greatest legs ever?! She is super tall...just turned 3 and is in the 90% for her age. She is already taller than her Dad at this stage! YIKES!