Crazy Love Gamble-Style

It is one of those days, the to-do list is long. All for good reason though, Bob & Barbie are on their way here to visit. So no time for a real blog post, too much to do. So I will leave you with this: (Cute pictures of Ava) That last one is my favorite : ) Have a great day!

Two weeks ago I made Ava a dentist appointment. She has since been impatiently waiting for her big day. Yesterday, the day finally arrived. This is right outside the office of The Shoebox Pediatric Dentistry , She says "I am soooo excited to go to the dentist!!" ( Yay me for not letting her know my true feelings about dentist visits!) The office was really cool. It was packed full of kid friendly toys & activities. There was a little kitchen and a train set. Oh and movies playing for all the little TV addicts. (Yes I did drag Ava away from that movie so she could show me all the toys!!) When it was Ava's turn the dental hygienist came out and offered her a sticker and asked her all the typical get-to-know- you questions, how old are you?, when is your birthday? She just had a very nice way with children. She got Ava even more excited about her appointment. Here is Ava getting her x-rays. She happily followed all the directions. Such...

Today was a surprisingly gorgeous day. It felt like summer... Check out that blue sky! Ava and I went on a duck hunt before her swim class. There is this beautiful pond right next to the swim place and I thought for sure there must be ducks there! I know that if I was a duck, this is where I would live. But we saw no ducks, Ava didn't seem to care, she just thought the place was cool. She was impressed that they had little picnic tables that she could eat her lunch at. It was so hot we actually had to flee to the shade! Then it was time to get going, we didn't want to be late to swim class... As we were leaving we hear a loud "QUACK!!" There were ducks! They were just hiding. They must of sensed we were leaving with our stale bread. They weren't going to let us get away that easily. Good thing, Ava was thrilled!

We decided to make a quick trip to the beach on Saturday. The weather was beautiful the entire drive there. (Not so much once we arrived) As we were about 20 miles from the house Ava announces "Mommy I have to go potty." I think she saw the fear in my eyes as there was really no place to pull over to go. She looks at me all disappointed like and says "You didn't bring my little potty, did you?! " I explained to her that only babies use those little potties, she is a big girl now. I looked back at her and said "Ava can you just hold it?" She looks all around the backseat and says "Hold what Mommy?" : ) She did make it, thank goodness. Ava was very happy to be back at the beach house. She switched right into entertainment mode, running around, dancing, singing, making everyone laugh. She loves this one stool we have there, it is really high off the ground and she likes to jump off of it into the beanbag chairs. She got it in her head she...

These pictures are from The Streets of Tanasbourne . We were going to REI to see if I could get my tent fixed. Ava loves the fountain right out in front of the store. She walked around it as many times as we let her. I think that is approximately 1,256. Here look I have included 2 pictures of me so you can sort of see my giant tummy, of course it is bigger then it appears... Nice mid-air shot Deep in thought The part of my tent that had broke was this small insignificant pole, the tent had a few other issues but I didn't even mention those. The sales guy said they would replace the WHOLE TENT!!! I am so happy! They even redesigned the tent since we got ours over 2 years ago. The new design looks much better. I love a company that stands behind it's products! Go buy something at REI !!

First off I lost my mind on Tuesday and decided to make salsa. I really had no choice, the counter was full of tomatoes that were mocking me every time I walked by them. I made salsa last year too and it was so delicious that we ate it all super quickly. So why do I bother going through the entire canning process?? I have no idea. For some reason I didn't start my project until about 8:30 at night and here is the real kicker, it took me 7 hours to make it!!!! I have no idea why, it just did. By the time 3:30 in the morning rolled around I had reached a state of no longer caring, just wanting it done. My taste buds were dead to me and I had no idea if the salsa was going to be any good but in the cans it went. The verdict? I should just buy salsa. Save my sanity. Today we had a double play date extravaganza! First more Katharina, Camden & Morgan because really? We can't get enough, we love that family! They are so funny! I was hoping the two play dates would over lap a l...