Thursday, August 8, 2013

DIY Kitchen

Here is Ava's DIY kitchen in (almost) all its glory! We have put a ton of time into this and it still has a few things here and there to do and some definite touch-ups that need to be done, but we LOVE how it turned out! I might play with it more than Ava does.

Before
 We got this old dresser for FREE!


After
Ahhhh! It's so the best!

 Complete with chalkboard menu sign!

 We are still working on the inside of the fridge.

 Oh my gosh, what could make this more awesome......
 OH WAIT! A WORKING LIGHT!

 I made that pot holder because I am awesome!

If I had any desire to sew life-size curtains, I might...but I don't. Luckily, these are mini!


 Oh ho! Another thing I made! A cutesy apron to match!

 The baskets hold her play food sets, which we are always adding to.

Overall, we were so excited how it turned out. We are even more excited that we stayed married while making this! Turns out, John isn't too excited to do these projects...OH WELL! :)

Monday, July 8, 2013

Some Summer Stuff - July Edition

Here's some stuff that we (mostly Ava and I) have done this summer. Maybe if John would quit working and stop providing for our family, he would get to do these awesome things...*John, don't actually quit*.

 Hiking at 9-mile canyon with my parents and grandparents.


We spent the 4th of July weekend in Idaho Falls with our friends KC and Ashley and baby Kael...or "Kal-el" as Ava would call him. It was super fun...except for the part where John and I got super sick the day we went home and we had to drive 8 hours with the awesome sickness.

Seriously, who made that way cute outfit...oh wait...that was totally me.
 Can we tell Ava woke up super early.

 At the firework show


Apparently, Idaho Falls has a zoo...it has turtles, which happen to be Ava's favorite at this moment.

 We went to an Idaho Falls Chukar's baseball game.
 KC put John and I's name in some drawing and we got pulled to do the "Build a Burger". We had to dress up like buns. John laid on the ground and I had to run back and forth to put the burger toppings on and then jump on top of him when I was done. We won. We got cool hats. Go Williams.


 We went swimming. We also kept going down the slide that was "only for 4-8 year olds". Jerks.
This could possibly be Ava's husband. We aren't going to force her or anything, but if she doesn't, she's cut off.
 On our last day there we went out to eat at this place with 1 FREAKING POUND HAMBURGERS. Seriously, it's a real thing. Anyway, we split one. It was good...until we spent the night and next day throwing it up.
 When we got home from Idaho Falls we went to a Color Festival in St. George. Which apparently, is code for "Adult Finger Painting". It was fun though and Ava loved it.
 She loved it so much that she pushed a plate of paint in my face.
 She thought it was funny.
I guess it kind of was...







Monday, June 17, 2013

Mini Vacation

Ava and I decided to take a mini vacation to Price for a little while before all the craziness of summer started. It was a lot of fun until I got food poisoning...then it sucked. But AFTER I completely emptied the contents of my stomach, it was fun again. We also got to go to John's step-sister's wedding which was awesome. We love being around family!

Ava got to see her Foster family cousins! She was on cloud 9 the whole time. We don't get to see these guys very much so it was fun to be with them for a little bit. Ava and Benson were best buddies the whole time. When they left, Ava would wake up every morning and say "Where's Ben?"





 It just so happened that best buddy from high school/next door neighbor was in town that weekend too. We were able to get to together for a little bit before she had to leave town. It was pretty tricky trying to get these kids to sit for a picture.
 John showed up to Price with his head buzzed, which apparently is what husbands do when their wives leave for 10 days. He said he was hot one night so he cut it all off.
 Ava was kind of a beast during the wedding. The only way to calm her down was to let her watch the Lorax on my iPad...yeah, we're awesome parents like that.

 Allie and John dancing...oh look, you can see the newly married couple dancing too...Oops. I guess that's the only picture I have of them...
 These 3 were trouble makers the whole time.
All in all it was a fun trip. I will be home for about a week and a half before I head up north again and then we will be on our way to Idaho Falls to hang with KC and Ashley for a little while!
It's like a party all summer!!!!

At some point, I should turn in my homework...

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May Randomness!

I've been so bad about blogging lately....Here are some highlights from May!

John turned 30! 30 never looked so good!
I had a great Mother's Day and I was WAY too spoiled.
Ava and I try to find ways to keep ourselves busy...
We go swimming...

 We make nature boxes...

 We make tents in the kitchen and mess up each others hair...
 We cover ourselves in stickers...
 And we find ways to be even more adorable...(which, by the way is really hard, but somehow we manage to do it)