Monday, August 20, 2007

Camp Girl





Ava went on her 3rd camping trip this summer and her 1st Annual camping trip to Roger's Rock. She had a great time!

Ava's Antics


Actually, Daddy was the one who put her in the box and took the pictures...

BFF


(Best Friends Forever) LOL... my high school girlfriends came for a visit with their little ones. Ella (on the left) was born 3 days after Ava and Lucy (on the right) was born in December. Strange that we all had girls and all had them so close together, isn't it?! :o)

Monday, July 30, 2007

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Michigan State project pictures

My favorite bathrooms... not quite finished yet (partitions are missing for one thing) but with them missing, you can see all the tile work and my tile patterns!
In the Dining Hall looking back towards the servery area. Curved glass wall looks out from an Instructional/Gallery space on the 2nd floor.

Tile work at one of the main venues - "Latitudes". Used to be called "World Cuisine", meaning you can get international type food here. :o)


Dessert venue at the Dining Hall - aptly named "Bliss". (By the signage folks, not me.)



"Aerial" view of the main dining space from one of the offices that overlooks it.




Captain of the High Seas




Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Patriotic Princesses


Ava's 1st time on a swing

She also had her 1st taste of ice cream this week... :o)

Dressin' up!

Ava went for her 1st portraits this week and her cousin Megan decided to get in on the fun by dressing up too! Looking pretty girls...

Ava's 1st camping trip!

The weekend after Ava's baptism, we headed off to Lake Durant to go camping with some friends and their 3 children. Ava was a great little camper - even with the cold nights!

Then Ava was baptised...

on Father's Day. (The camera made it's fateful plunge 2 days before, we were lucky to get this picture from a family member.)

My Chicago hotel room



Looks funny, but I stitched together some shots of my room so that you can see how big and cool it was. This is another reason for the lack of Ava posts, I was gone for 3 days to Chicago for a work type conference called NeoCon.

Looking cool

in the old turtle floatie... Ava loves the pool now. :o)

She's baaaack!!!!

Ava has returned to cyberspace after much anticipation! There was a slight mishap with the camera and the pool. Let's just say my Canon does not float, but it recovered pretty well after a couple days of drying out!

Friday, June 08, 2007

Monday, June 04, 2007

Sitting up now!

Ava is starting to sit up on her own, the boppy is just there in case she tips! :)

Morning sunshine


Anyone can get through a rainy day with this little face to look at every morning...

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Ava in her sundress

Little girls just can't help but look cute in this little sundress... now worn by 3 little girls. :o)

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Friday, May 18, 2007

Picnicing with the tulips





We enjoyed a picnic in the park the other night... just in time because the tulips were starting to fade!

Yo Yo Yo!

Whassup whassup whassup?!

Monday, May 14, 2007

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Ava goes Country

Thanks to Cousin Amanda for picking out this very cute outfit. Ava got many comments on it at church and at Lowe's today. :o)

Friday, May 11, 2007

Monday, May 07, 2007

#1 Yankees Fan

Not that we actually watch baseball in this household... but we do have friends who are big fans. Thus the outfit and she does look really excited about it! :o)

Happy Cinco de Mayo!


The Muse Family enjoyed some mojitos and fajitas Saturday night with our friends Kim and Mike. Good thing the food was a little spicy because the evening air cooled off quickly, not very Mexican-like!

Ava is ready for the pool!


Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Ava is 6 months old today!


Jolly Jumper

Ava really goes to town in her Jolly Jumper now!

Cutie Patootie


Ava was getting a real "kick" out of me taking her picture. :o)

Ava is now enjoying tummy time!