Avery and her papa

I wanted to post this picture from Jesse and Shelly's wedding because I love it so much. It was taken by the wedding photographer and it captured a beautiful image of Avery and her papa.

Camping

About three weeks ago, we had to head out on a camping trip for my Wilderness Medicine and Evacuation course. We camped out Friday and Saturday night and left for home on Sunday.
It was pretty cold and rainy, but Avery still had a great time. The first night Avery slept very well in the back of Eric's truck, but the second night we slept in a tent and she did not sleep well at all. Despite little sleep Avery was very entertained. She got a lot of attention from everyone in the class and was able to run around as much as she wanted. She had a great time...(there are more on the next post)

More Camping Pics

Pumpkin Patch

Today our good friend Lydia called to see if we wanted to accompany her to the pumpkin patch outside of town. I was surprised to hear that there was a pumpkin patch in this area because I have never heard of one. I always loved going to the pumpkin patch when I was a kid and going on the hayride, picking out pumpkins, and drinking apple cyder. It was such a fond memory of mine that I wanted Avery to have the same experience, so I was elated that there was a pumpkin patch in our area.
The pumpkin patch was a ways out of town and when we pulled up to it, there were no other vehicles and at first we did not see any pumpkins. When we got closer to the owners house, we saw that there were some pumpkins and a beautiful field of flowers. It wasn't exactly the pumpkin patch that I grew up with, but it was still very charming.
A women met us and showed us where the pumpkins were and told us that we could also pick flowers for $5 a bunch. We looked at all the pumpkins and ran up and down the rows of flowers and finally picked our favorites. It was FREEZING outside so we went inside to warm up. We played some more inside and then we decided that it was time for Avery to go home for a nap.
It was a great afternoon and we had a lot of fun...

Playing in the backyard.

The weather has been pretty cool and rainy the last few weeks, but on Friday it was fairly mild and I thought it would be a great day to take Avery outside to get some photos of her playing in the leafs. Well, I could not get her to stay still enough to take a picture. She kept taking off down the sidewalk in our front yard. After four or five times of this I decided that we should just move to the backyard where there is a fence! I tried to get some shots of her, but she was on the move. They are not great but this is how they turned out...

Arboretum

It was so nice last weekend that we took Avery on a bike ride to the Arboretum. It was pretty crowded because of Homecoming weekend, so of course Avery wanted to say hello to everyone. She would play on the grass and every time someone came by she would walk up to them and smile and wave.
Avery was very happy to get out of the house because we spent most of the weekend painting the kitchen. After many coats of paint, we are finally finished!!

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