Memorial Day Weekend

We had a jam packed Memorial Day weekend! 

First up was Brinley's 3rd birthday party!

After the party we hit the road for Beaumont to visit Gigi and Bpop

Ava made Gigi a special apron for her birthday

It came in handy when they made cake pops together. Ava  has been seeing commercials for cake pops and when Gigi heard that she wanted to make them she bought all the equipment and ingredients and was ready to try them out with Ava. 

Ava loves to help in the kitchen now so this was right up her alley of fun!

It was a messy process but they turned out cute and tasted yummy!

Gigi's neighbor brought over this scooter for Ava to ride and she couldn't get enough of it. She was doing all sorts of one legged tricks and making her mommy nervous. Fearless since she could walk!

Gigi knows how to spoil her little Ava. She made her a Minnie Mouse pancake for breakfast before we hit the beach (Crystal Beach near Galveston)

Emily kitty and Ava had fun playing together

I wanted to take their picture and out of know where she strikes this pose! Seriously don't know where she has seen that! But....she is pretty darn cute doing it!

Ava has telling us she wants to go to the beach so while we were in Beaumont we decided to take a short day trip to a beach about an hour away. Too bad the entire beach was covered in nasty seaweed. I guess that is what you can expect with a Texas beach. 

She still had fun finding seashells and seashell pieces. 

We brought this little beach tent for some shade and the boys enjoyed a nice nap.

C enjoyed it a little too much and slept the entire time we were there. Being outside, a little warm, and having the sound of the ocean right in his ear made for the perfect baby nap!

Ava and Daddy also enjoyed some pool time at Gigi's.

Throwing water toys at Daddy was a fun game

Connor preferred the company of his momma the entire time so we didn't get in the pool this time. In fact, he didn't allow me to do a whole lot at all while we were there. Good thing I love that big guy!

3rd stop on our Memorial Day weekend was to see the Burkharts in Houston! They are moving in less than a month so we wanted to say goodbye and introduce them to Connor. 

The girls picked up right where they left off and immediately put on princess clothes. 

Sweet Benjamin was a good sport!

Matching outfits for our boys!

Swinging in the backyard before we left for  home. And no I am not nursing in the picture! Just holding a sleeping baby.

I had to get a picture with this precious little boy (don't mind the awkwardness of me bending over with baby legs off to the side-wish I took a better one with him)

We love you Burkharts and are going to miss you so much!!!

We had a blast spending time with the ones we love this Memorial day weekend! Wish they all lived in Dallas (or weren't moving away)