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