Avery's First Ever Girls-Only Sleep-over

Here's a video preview of my big adventure I went on a few weeks ago to the Big Apple.  This video shows some of the night time fun we all had after the sun went down ... more pics, videos, and commentary to come later ...

It's off to shop we go ...

Avery singing her favorite Christmas song 

(while shopping on Black Friday)

Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,
It's off to shop we go,
Black Friday's here,
Thus Christmas is near,
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,

Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,
We made it through the Target fiasco,
And left with one sock and a bottle of Tabasco, 
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,

Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,
I can't believe we wasted all of today,
Next time I'll just wait till Cyber Monday,
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho,

Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho.
Heigh-ho,
It's off to shop we go!!!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

Avery acting like a big turkey

 

Where am I??!!?! And what is a Tron?!!??!

Avery and Mommy playing on Grandma's iPad

I'm not sure about what exactly happened, but I think Mommy and I need help ... pronto!!!

It all started with Grandma's iPad where Mommy and I were goofing around playing games and such.  Then as it slowly started to mesmerize me with all of it's amazing colors, sounds, and quick responsive action, all sorts of flashes started emitting from it and I felt this pulling sensation towards this reflective portal that opened up over the screen.

 

 Avery mesmerized by the iPad, slowly

being sucked into the reflective portal

And then the unthinkable occurred ... we were inside the machine!!!  We now seem to be digitized into something called the ENCOM mainframe, by the Master Control Program, and are being chased by someone else called Tron!!!  Help us ... please!!!

Digitized into the ENCOM mainframe ... Help us ... please!!!

Uncle Scotty's Beach Wedding

 Avery, Mommy, and Daddy after a very long road trip

A few weeks ago I went on an awesome beach trip where I even got to meet my one and only cousin Trenton ... I didn't even know I had a cousin!!!  I guess Daddy has a brother (Uncle Scotty, Trenton's Daddy) than was having a fancy beach wedding that over doubled the size of their family.  Here's a bunch of pictures of the great time I had ...

This was what Cousin Trenton was doing 

the first time I met him ...

 ... so I joined right in with the fun ...

 ... and then I met everyone else (Uncle Scotty with Trenton 

and their new family, Shawna, Kaleb, and Kushaiah) ...

... and then we watched them all get married on the beach ...

... my Grandparents were even there, all excited ...

 ... we all had so much fun that day

And then the weather the day after the wedding allowed for a super fun beach day ...

 

 Avery and Daddy playing on the beach 

(right before Daddy lost his sunglasses in the ocean) ...

 ... Avery and Mommy playing in a pool just my size ...

 ... my new friend Aubrey was lots of fun too ...

 ... but not as much fun as my Cousin Trenton ...

 ... I had so much fun, I fell asleep right on my feet 

(and into Daddy's lap)!!!

Avery is cuckoo for ...

(play video to see)

Happy Halloween!!!!

(And yes, I know that Halloween was indeed a week ago, but it takes time to make this blog look oh so good ... so follow along now as I run down all the fun I had over my Halloween day activities.)

First there was a long ride out to the pumpkin patch ...

 Avery at the pumpkin patch with Mommy to search

for just the right size pumpkin ...

 ... and I happen to find just the right one

when all of the sudden ...

 ... a bunch of crazy goats busted loose and started running 

all around and making tons of trouble ...

... until I got them all to calm down by sharing 

some of my snacks with them ...

 ... and then I corralled them back into their animal pens 

and rang a bell to let everyone know that it was 

safe to come back out now.

Then after the pumpkin patch, it was time to spill some pumpkin guts and make some jack-o-lanterns ...

 Avery starting the messy process of converting 

pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns ...

 ... with some help from Mommy and some sharp knives

(since Daddy was too busy taking pictures) ...

 ... and thus, ta-da ... Mr and Mrs Howl-la-ween pumpkins!!!

Next, I got dressed up and ready to go trick some strangers into giving me tons of treats ... take a wild guess what I dressed up as!!!

Avery excited to be dressed as a ...

 ... Fairy Princess!!! ... especially because Shannon is dressed up 

as a Fairy Princess as well ....

 ... and there goes Avery and Shannon loaded up into their 

Fairy Princess Chariot to start Trick-or-Treating ...

 ... Daddy even attempted to dress up by wearing his 

"Iron Man" superhero tee-shirt ... 

(psst, sort of a lame attempt Daddy, so next

year I'll have to help you with your outfit) ...

 ... and I even got a nice non-candy treat when I 

ran into my good friends Nikki and Dan ...

 ... and concerning candy treats, I made out like a bandit ... 

I didn't even have to get out of my ride to get candy ... 

strangers would bring it straight to me ...

 ... but it's also fun to walk up to the doors to see all of the 

scary decorations and people ...

... well, there were some people that went a little 

bit overboard with all the scary stuff ...

... but, Mommy always helped to remind me 
that it's all just for fun ...

... and what a super fun night it was!!!

Below is a video that started off the night (listen for my favorite phrase right at the end) ...

So after much, too-much candy, fun, and excitement, it was time to come home and go to bed.  After telling Scrappy and Scout-No all about the night, as I undressed and jumped into my pjs, I heard this light scratching at my bedroom door.  As I slowly opened the door, there stood a silly Scout-No licking her chops for some of my treats.  Maybe next year she can come with ...  

Scout-No dressed up looking for "treats"