We want to thank everyone who came and celebrated this day with us! Ava had such a great time at her party! :) Thank you to my mom and grandpa as well! They sent Ava fun presents and money to pick out another baby doll! haha!
Ava making her silly face! :)
I thought these pictures would be fitting to share given the holiday we're approaching. :) These are definitely a few years old but just as funny every time we see them! I hope you all enjoy!
...this sweet little face when the terrible two's strike! Lord help us! :)
A few months ago my sister and bro-in-law introduced us to this funny video... We watched it again a couple of weeks ago and the girls love it!!!! Ellie will ask us to bite her finger just so she can say it! Ava, however has taken it to the next level... Anytime she is tickled she brakes out with "Owww Charlie" and laughs and laughs! :)
I hope you enjoy the video :)
Ellie's princess cake
Her beautiful dress that my mom MADE for her!!!
She loves this thing!!
Ellie and Aunt Carmie. :)
Ellie dancing with 'MA'
and dancing with her Uncle Robbie :)
I didn't get as many pictures from the party as I wanted. I had hoped to get pictures of Ellie with all of our families but it just didn't happen. :( We were still able to get some cute ones later though. :)
It's hard to believe that our sweet Ellie is 4 years old today!!
We had her princess party on Saturday (I'll post pictures later) and she had a blast! Both of our families were able to make it down and celebrate so that made it so special. :)
I want to thank everyone who gave her a gift! She really loves all of them and has been having to fight Ava for them!!!
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake 1/2 cup pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 6 to 8 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring after 4 minutes.
2. Beat sour cream and next 3 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until blended.
3. Stir together flour and next 3 ingredients. Add to sour cream mixture, beating just until blended. Stir in apples and 1/2 cup toasted pecans. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup chopped pecans; lightly press pecans into batter.
4. Bake at 350° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 50 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
5. Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a 1-qt. heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, and spoon over top of bread; let cool completely (about 1 hour).
Here are some pictures from the past month. Some are from our visit to Raleigh and some are just from around here.
Thad found this baby rabbit in our yard when he was cutting the grass! He was so cute and 
tiny!!
Sorry it's been so long since my last post... We've been on the go all summer long! Last week we went to Daytona Beach for a youth camp called BIGSTUF. We had such a good time and were truly blessed by the speakers!
We were able to get in some beach time which the girls loved!
Ellie would've played in the sand and water all day if we let her! Ava liked it for about 30 minutes and that's when she started getting 
sand in her bathing suit... As soon as she felt the sand she would start stripping down!
All in all we had a great time but are happy to be back home. :)
