Crazy Love Gamble-Style

 Here are our two loves on their first day of school.  They were both excited and a little nervous.  Ava was thrilled that she ended up with Ms. Riley, the teacher she was hoping for.  She was also happy to learn that all the first graders from her first/second split last year were placed in her class with her.   Ava is so sweet and eager to learn, I love her passion for school!  She even woke up excited to get up and go to school that whole first week!  She is still doing pretty well, but a little harder to get out of bed.  Norah was much more nervous than Ava, which is funny because it basically the same preschool she went to last year.  Valerie did move locations but many of the same friends were there to welcome her to her first day.  A little closer up, love her sweet smile!  She is doing great this year.  Ava came home from school not feeling well at all  We knew she wa...

I know I haven't been blogging much.  I'm having camera issues and life has just been a bit busy.  So here I am, back with a phone photo catch-up...We are currently in Government Camp, on Spring Break.  These pictures start today and go back to the last update... This morning Ava looked outside and saw nothing but snow.  She decided she was going to ski down the driveway.  No one else was interested in going out there, but we were all thrilled to watch her from the warmth of the indoors, through the window.  She got all geared up, all on her own, grabbed her skis and started the hike up the long driveway.  When she had made it about three quarters of the way up she jumped off the road into someone's driveway, we all tried to see why she had done that, wondering if there was a car coming or something, as there is rarely traffic on this road.  Sure enough, the very worst kind of car was coming, the snow plow!!  He breezed down and shov...