Avery's Big Summer Adventure Otra Vez: Part 2, Wedding Paparazzi

Here is the continuation of pics and videos from my super fun vacation to another cousin's wedding ...

Avery partying (very wildly) in her hotel room

After leaving the coastline, we headed to the

wedding over a magical bridge covered in dense fog

Avery seeing one of her favorite cousins again, Travis

... he's still a favorite even if he won't ever dance with me!

Uncle Don (the one sweating a lot) walking 
cousin Jamie down to get married

The big wedding moment

And now it's time to DANCE!!!

Avery showing how fast her arms were moving

while dancing went she accidentally
gave Mommy a big fat bloody lip

Avery playing musical chairs with 
Great Grandma Lucille and Uncle Don

Avery hanging out with all the family 
at "the grown-up table"

Avery finding a dancing partner just her size, 
a good dresser too

Being such a hit on the dance floor seems to come so natural to me ... that must be why I have paparazzi where ever I go (as you can clearly see in the video below).

Grandma and Grandpa even had a 

wonderful moment on the dance floor

And don't forget about all that great cake!!!

Avery and Daddy having the 
last dance on the dance floor

Grandpa carrying Avery's luggage onto the plane

for the trip home ... Avery's was the brown bag,

so I guess the pink bag was Grandpa's!?!??!

Diano's Well Deserved Retirement ...

 Mommy competing on Diano years and years and years ago

Today is the first day of retirement for one of Mommy's best friends ... her horse (and mine!) Diano.  Mommy has been riding Diano for more years than I can count to (17 yrs!) and if you have been any type of fan of my blog, you well know that he was the first horse I have ever ridden (and he rides like a dream of rainbows and clouds and puppy dog licks).

Yesterday we all went to the barn to bid him bon voyage on his journey to his retirement home ... a beautiful farm plot in the land he once came from (Canada)!

Diano's retirement home 

(it's bigger than my house!!!) ... 

 ... and where he'll get to trot around 

and have fun ...

 ... there's even a lake nearby 

so he can go swimming!!!

 Mommy and Avery taking Diano for a nice 

walk before his long trip

 Avery feeding him treats

 Mommy giving Diano some of his favorite treats ...

 ... along with a goodbye hug!

Goodbyes are not forever.
Goodbyes are not the end.
They simply mean I'll miss you
Until we meet again!
~Author Unknown

Mommy and Diano

Auntie Em's Detour Home ...

Puzzle time with Auntie Em

My Auntie Em was "forced" to stop by to see me the other day, out of the blue, supposedly due to some bad weather pushing her plane out of the sky to stop right by my house ... but I think she really made that whole story all up just so she could spend some quality time with me!!!  Here's a video of me capturing her right went she came over (can you tell it's me holding the camera the whole time???) ...

And then here's another video of us playing with puzzles (and some hide-n-seek) ...

Come again soon, Auntie ...

I miss my Mommy ...

Come home soon, Mommy!!!  I miss waking up right next to you!!!

Avery's normal morning routine with Mommy

Avery's sleeping companion when Mommy is away

Avery's Big Summer Adventure Otra Vez: Part 1, Planes, Trains, and Floating Fishes

Avery riding horses during yet another very very very nice vacation

My summer schedule has been busy, busy, busy this year!  We took yet another family vacation, where you could even call it an extended family vacation because it included traveling and flying with lots of family and concluding at yet another huge family wedding!  Since I had never been up on north-western coastline before, I gave my parents a laundry list itinerary of fun things to do and see along the way.  I even requested my Grandparents and Auntie Sherry and Uncle Rick to join us too, and as you would guess, they all came along and followed my sightseeing plans!!!  Here are some great pictures of all the fun we all had ... 

 Avery napping in-between flights 
(looks like someone isn't a nervous flier at all)

Avery in Outer Space ...

Ok, it's really Avery at the aquarium!!!

 So beautiful and peaceful!!!

 Here we all are going towards the grand finale at the aquarium ...

... deep in a tunnel under the ocean to

see how the fishes really sleep!!!

Avery petting fishes ... 

yeah, it's sort of really gross!!!

Avery, Mommy, and Daddy exploring real trains!!!

Avery always enjoys touring 
great works of art in any big city ...

... but such long days always make
me a very sleepy girl!

Watch for Part II of Avery's Big Summer Adventure Otra Vez showing all the fun at the wedding coming soon ...

Why I want to be an engineer/scientist/magician when I grow up ...

 Avery having fun at the Exploratorium 
 http://www.exploratorium.edu/

I don't understand how Daddy made this thing work, but he said he would explain it to me someday ...

And how cool is this video of me making bubbles ... I've never even seen bubbles this big ...

FYI, these videos are from my trip to the Exploratorium in another big city for yet another wedding ... watch for more of the rest of the trip in some upcoming blogs!!!