Christmas 2011- No Place Like Home!

Ava and her new bike & helmet from Abuelo ;)
Rylee helping Abuelo assemble Ava's new bike. The minute she saw it, she exclaimed, " I can ride in the front and Ava in the back..." I love that girl!

Opening up gifts...

Our Christmas Tree...decorated by me and the girls...took nearly 3 hours to decorate the whole house, but the result is always worth it!

Having "Face time" with Titi Lissy in Minnesota. It was like she was in the room with us. I wish I had an IPAD 2...Mom bought it and brought it over so that we could all open up gifts together.

Talking with Titi Lissy on Christmas day...

Ava and her show at preschool...they sang "jingle bells" and "A Little baby..."(mouth open once again!)

The group...

Finally a smile & not and open mouth!

Church Christmas Concert 2011

Such a sassy little latina! Oh my...so cute...

My princess...and beauty queen Miss Ava Joy preparing for her concert...

My Sweeties...looking ever so beautiful in the Christmas dresses...

Rylee & Miss Hannah...(Miss Hannah moved back to Georgia :(...Rylee is forever sad)

Ava always, for some reason has to have her mouth open when she is nervous. We always hope there are no flies around to jump into her mouth ;)

Looking ever so cute. She didn't sing a lick...She was practicing all around the house, and the moment she hit the stage, fear struck her heart!

Mouth open once again...

A group of all our Vineyard Sawmill Campus kids...what a good looking group!

Videos from Aunt Janet & Uncle Keith's Farm

Picking out Corn for the squirrels to eat...guest appearances by Aunt Janet & Uncle Keith :)

Checking out the cows...Ava was more than apperhensive, and wanted to leave being so close to all of them. Rylee took it all in...

Walking on hay...not water ;)

Videos from Thanksgiving at Grandma & Grandpa's House

What the girls do to Grandma's walls in the bathroom...artwork gallore!

Unwrapping goods from Nebraska...

Holding Baby Josiah...Loving on him...

Opening up Aunt Mae Mae's gifts...

Thanksgiving 2011- Farm fun, Grandparent fun, & Cousin fun

Driving the combine? I have no idea how you spell any farm equipment...
In awe of how big the tractor/combine is...

Getting situated...City girl turned country girl...

Looking good as a country girl :)

Conquering the bail of hay...we learned a lot about farming that day from Uncle Keith, Aunt Janet, Kelsie & Jessica...

A little scared at first...but taller than all of us :)

Getting a ride from the tractor...

Love this shot...Rylee was not afraid of anything!

Those are my girls!

Uncle Keith & Ava

Rylee & Davis Oliver

Scott, Libby(his wife) & Davis...

Ava working hard with Grandma to make us fabulous sugar cookies. ( I think it took like 2 hours to clean up the aftermath)...Grandma is way braver than Mommy. The cookie kit was a Christmas gift to Ava. I told Grandma & Grandpa that they could use it again when they came to Ohio :)

Ava & Rylee opening up Zhu Zhu pet fun from Aunt Mae Mae.

This is what Ava looked like after returning home from the Childrens' Museum In Nebraska. Quite the make up job from Grandpa...they had TONS of fun, and still talk about teh grocery store fun...

Cousins...Josiah is the newest addition to our growing Garris family. He is super cute, and super easy to love.

Tearing into Christmas gifts eary...Rylee appreciated everything she got...even down to PJ's.

Uncle Corey with Josiah & Rylee...I love how intense Rylee was with him. The minute the paci would move or come out, she was sure to put it back in. So sweet!

Unwrapping the goods...and there were plenty of them!

Sisters and all our kiddos...I love Ava's cheesy smile...

Me and my nephew...He's cheering for me :)

Nana with all of the great grandkids...

Yearly 4 generation shot.

Getting ready to take photos with Josiah for a Christmas shot. Ava is 4 going on 20...simply beautiful. Rylee is as spunky and fiesty as they come...and still very much 2 ;)

Halloween 2011

Sampling the goods...YUMMY!
I asked Rylee to hand me my favorite candy...SKITTLES :)

Could they be any cuter? Really!?

Waiting in expectation to go out. The day was so nice that

they didn't even need coats!

Getting ready to head out...Our good friend Christy decided to pass out our candy. Unfortunately, not that many kids showed up. We had tons of candy for us!

Checking out the stash...and all the goods for Mommy & Daddy! I mean for Ava & Rylee! :)