My Adventures with Trent...

by: Ava

Last weekend my best friend Trent came to visit me.  I haven't seen Trent in a year, but we picked up right where we left off.  I really like Trent, he is lots of fun.  When his Mommy & Daddy went to a wedding on Saturday Momma let us make cookies!

Getting ready to make cookies

we each got to add the ingredients... Momma measured everything equally so it would be fair.

 

and finally SPRINKLES!!!

We had lots of fun playing with my toys...  it's always more fun to play with toys you don't have at home.

 building a road for our cars

after dinner we got to eat some of the cookies we made for dessert... they were GOOD!

that's me in my new Hello Kitty t-shirt, Thanks Ms. Amanda!

  

 we share a love of thumbs and lambie/blankets

 

 

 Trent loved my Cars water track

dancing, showing off my new sweater

bath time was more fun with a friend

Then after our bath, Momma let us stay up a bit later and watch Tangled and eat popcorn.

two peas in a pod

 

 Trent drew a picture of me... I still haven't erased it yet! It's beautiful.

playing around

we put bouncy balls under our shirts and ran into each other, it was fun!

I had a lot of fun with Trent. I'm looking forward to when he comes back this Spring.  Momma said we're going to go to the Zoo!  I LOVE the zoo.  I can show Trent all the animals.  

Love, AR

Momma's turn:

On Sunday Amanda woke up early and headed out to church (work) at 6:45am with me.  She and Brett hadn't gotten home until after 12am... I don't know how she did it.  I only got a 5.5 hours of sleep myself. When she walked down the stairs I laughed, we were dressed very similarly, grey sweater, white/off white top, skinny jeans, brown boots.  (I take my fashion ideas from her, so it wasn't a huge surprise!)

We figured while we were kid free, we're try to get a decent picture of us...  this is how it went:

I miss having AJ closer, and seeing her once a year just isn't enough.  Hopefully we can work on that!

Brett & Amanda, thank you for visiting us.  Come back soon!  And we'll come visit you once you have a new place and are ready for company again.  We love you and miss you already. 

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Two weeks ago, Ava and I braved the snow storm and headed south east to Greensburg to see our cousin Amanda try on wedding dresses.  The trip down wasn't easy, closed/snowy/icy roads, one lane turnpike, GPS malfunctions, but we made it.  I'd love to show you the pictures of the dress Amanda picked, but she's sworn me to secrecy.  It's a beautiful dress, and she looks amazing in it.  

While we were at the shop, Ava had lots of fun, and was our on sight entertainment during dress changes. 

 in the mirror (from left to right:) Gigi - or Grandma Judi, Shelley, Chelsea, Me (taking the picture behind Chels), Aunt Linda (in stripes), Mark's Mom behind Linda, and Mark's cousin Kelly on the right.  

Amanda and Mark are getting married at Top Sail Beach in September.  We're all looking forward to a beach trip this year.  Amanda has asked Ava to be in the wedding, and Amanda is currently looking for dresses for her.  That will make the 3rd wedding that Ava will be in this year.  By that point, she should be a pro. 

On a side note, I'm not looking forward to the day that we are in a shop like this for Ava... thank goodness we have many many many years before that happens. (Daddy says Ava can't date until she is 30!)  I'm sure by that point I'll be ready.