Houghton Lake

A couple of weekends ago we went up to Houghton Lake to Uncle Ron's cottage and spent the weekend with Kyle's family. We got up there vary late Friday night because I had to work, but it was nice to sleep in on Saturday. Saturday we got up and the boys' went fishing and us girls plus Cameron just hung out at the cottage.

Ava remembering what it was like to lay in her swing....

Then we went over to Uncle Clyde's and Barb's and he took us out on the boat.

Ava driving the boat with Papa

Cameron and Ava in their life jackets....

Ava hanging out at the front of the boat with the wind blowing in her face......she loved it!!!!

warming up from a cold swim in the lake

I was trying to get her dressed so she could warm up, but Papa was on the side of the boat in the water and she wanted to be in there with him!!! ( Gosh I hope that is not telling us anything about her future....................)

The Hensley Family

(back row: Ken, Steve, Shaun, and Kyle
front row: Jane, Kelli, Jennifer with Cameron, and Ava and I)

On Saturday night after we gave Ava her bath, we dressed her up for a special occasion.......
Yep, you are reading that correctly......Ava is going to be a BIG sister in March 2009!!!!!!!

We are all very excited yet nervous. Everything happens for a reason!!!!

Birthday at the Zoo

We had a big birthday party for Ava at Potter Park Zoo (that's where Kyle works now). We reserved the pavillon by the playground and had a beautiful day. We thank all of our family and friends that were able to make it and share this special day with Ava. She loved the food and her cake (Thanks Nan they were a hit). Ava got a ton of cute clothes, books, puzzles and toys. Thanks again everyone!!!

Lion and Turtle cupcake cakes

yummy food & cake

Thanks for coming everyone!!!!

Ingham County Fair

We took Ava to the fair this year. We thought about taking her last year when we got home from the hospital , but it was too hot. When we got there we went to the petting zoo first. She wasn't a big fan of the goats licking her, but she enjoyed it. Then we decided to let her go on a ride, not sure how she was going to do, but she surprised us all and loved every single ride she went on.

Sitting on the Sheriff's motorcycle

Ava riding Mission to Mars...

Driving a car.....this kind of scared me at first because after it goes up a big hill it whips around the corner and I really thought she was going to fly out, but she came around all smiles. The whole time on this ride she had her right leg on the seat, her right arm on the back of the seat just drivin' and chillin'. Too cute...

ridin' the space ship....

flying....

petting zoo

ridin' the critter train

Ava and I on the carousel

We were walking through the barns looking at the different exhibits and I looked down to see Ava holdin' her papa's finger. It was priceless.