Puppy party

So I am so very late at posting pictures of the girls birthday party here in Clarkston. We thought we would have a puppy theme and as I was planning I realized that I needed to plan way in advance to find all the puppy supplies I needed. So I improvised with little pom pon dogs that I made for the cake. Jeremy and I blew up balloons and I drew dog faces on them. Or what was supposed to be doggie faces. I am sure the girls didn't know the difference. We had family over and it was a big hit. The girls were super excited about all their gifts. Now we have puppy stuffed animals, puppy pictures, a puppy to walk besides all the books, clothes, car seats, etc etc. Emma can even sing parts of happy birthday.
Ava and me opening gifts.

Ava and her new puppy.

Emma loves puppies too.

Emma showing Aunt Jennifer her puppies from puppy surprise.

Emma loves to unwrap presents.

This little puppy is fun to pull around and I think Ava will get good practice walking the dog.

I even was surprised with a cake and gifts. I kinda like have combined birthday parties. Thanks to everyone we had so much fun.

Good little helpers

I have two little helpers that are very good at helping. These next pictures are from when we were visiting my parent's house. We made a gingerbread Halloween house so of course we needed help warming up the frosting.
Ava is a good frosting kneader.

So is Emma.

I guess they thought that mom needed help wearing her readers...

So Ava helped with that.
Here dad is trying to start a fire with his homemade torch...

Emma though that was very fun.

Mom's sink had a leak too. Ava is helping grandpa fix it.

Ava says, "Grandma I will help you be lazy in your lazy boy chair."

Ava then said, "Emmy I will help you be lazy on the couch!"

Dad is reading three little pigs and Emma loves it.

Bear Lake and the condo

So I am not much for thoughtful blogging right now. But here are some pictures from our recent trip to Preston. The girls were a little off when it came to sleeping so here is Ava zonked out on mom.
We had a little birthday party for the girls and me. Wow, who ever thought I would be 27.

Happy birthday to us!

The girls love the new tea party set and play food. They have cute little jackets, jellies, and a new puppy surprise.

Grandma Moser and Ava

Too many bums in the kitchen.

I must be the only seat in the house.

The beach on a cold day!

Grandpa Troy and Ava

Most days we went swimming and we played at the park. Some of the slides I remembered from 20 years ago when I used to play at that same park.

Ava is getting better at walking. She can take 20 steps on her own now.

Emma was not a fan of the merry go round.

Swimming, swimming! Emily, Emma, Ava, and Grandma Michele

The Nez Perce Co. Fair

My mom, Michele, was here in late September. I know it's been a heck of a long time since I blogged. But we went to the petting zoo, had a huge elephant ear, and a very large huckleberry ice cream cone.
Ava

Emma likes the turtle.

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Ava acutally kissed the donkey on the side, yummo! More of the turle. I was afraid that he was going to bite her.

We've got a leak

Jeremy and I found water underneath the floor in the basement bathroom at the beginning of the week. This is what we did to the floor looking for the source of the leak. Beautiful, I know.

After realizing that the water was coming from upstairs, Carpenter Jeremy knocked a large hole in the ceiling of the bathroom. I didn't take a picture because I am trying not to remember what it looks like. So again, Plumber Jeremy, decides that the valve on the toilet upstairs need to be replaced because it is slowly leaking. We both have wiped water up from behind that toilet but I just thought it was from the girls taking baths. Here Jeremy has two little helpers.
And finally the leak is fixed!

Ava's video

She is getting better every day!

A little bit of a cold

When we get the cold at our house the girls usually get if first and then I end up with it. Most of the time it passes Jeremy completely by. This last week we have had sore throats, head aches, and runny noses. Today at church Ava sneezed and had bilateral snot tube projection. It was kind of gross but how can we not laugh when it happens during the sacrament. I think I am the kind of person that procrastinates getting health care. I try not to be that way with the girls. But this morning Ava had really junkie lungs and very audible wheezing. But I got her ready for church anyway. During the sacrament meeting the girls had escaped out into the hall and I realized I was nervous for Ava to play with other kids because she was still sick. So now we are home and she is taking a nap. I plan to take her to Express Care when it opens at noon. It just seems like I need to have their ears checked on the weekends, or we need breathing treatments on the weekends, why does it always happen on the weekend?