Sheri and the Teething Biscuit

Seeing the picture of Ava and the Oreo cookie (posted below) reminded me of when Ava's mom, Sheri, was a baby. Here is Sheri after her battle with a teething biscuit. Can you see a resemblance between Ava and her mother?

Ava and the Oreo

Yesterday was just a ordinary Monday UNTIL Ava got her hands on a Oreo cookie. The Oreo put up a good fight but in the end Ava got the best of it. Ava proudly wears her cookie after her spectacular feat of strength. Better luck next time Oreo!

Christmas, 2010

The Paxman kids were overjoyed to host the Klein girls for Christmas, 2010. We did this last year and had lots of fun, so we did it again. We are hoping this is a tradition that will stick!

After the Zimmerman Family Christmas Party at Brent and Rita's, we headed back to the Paxmans for Christmas Eve PJs. Ava and Tanner were ready for bed so this is the only festivity in which they participated.

The kids dumped reindeer food on the porch for the hungry reindeer.

The reindeer must have seen the glitter from the sky, because they stopped at our house and brought lots of presents. The three big kids had a hard time waiting for the dads and Ava to wake up so we could open the gifts.

Abbey liked her tea party set, her Spongebob stuffed animal, a pillow pet from Grandma & Grandpa Z., and a bunch of other stuff. Ava liked the bows and tissue paper. She also liked dragging everything around Aunt Andrea's house. Her favorite was putting Legos in Abbey's boots.

We had a great Christmas morning! Thanks Eric for bringing the girls and spending some time with us!

Ava Sledding

I had to post this rare video footage of Ava playing outside in the snow and actually having fun.

 

Fun in the Snow!

Abbey has been enjoying the snow we have been getting lately. Here is a video of Abbey sledding down the hill that we made down the side of our house.

Abbey was very excited when she got her very own snow shovel. As you can see she was happy to take over the snow shoveling duties.

Abbey and I made a gingerbread house...Ava helped by eating the candy and frosting.

Cooking with Abbey at Thanksgiving

Abbey and Grandma Bev enjoyed cooking together during the Thanksgiving holiday. Abbey traced her handprint onto a Rice Krispy treat and then decorated it like a turkey:


She and her cousins each made a place setting for the table---a turkey made from cookies and gumdrops:


They also made a centerpiece (a fruit tray), placemats, and other decorations. Here's their beautiful Thanksgiving table:


Abbey also had fun playing with Grandma Bev's train set:


Ava enjoyed playing with her cousins and with her dad:


It was a wonderful Thanksgiving:

Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving in St. George Utah. We were thankful for the warmer weather, good food, swimming, hiking and for family.

Abbey enjoyed playing games with her Grandma and cousins, making yummy treats with her grandma and swimming every day.

She also enjoyed hanging out in her pajamas all day long! I'm sure Sheri is very proud.

Ava enjoyed eating, eating and more eating. She also loved getting spoiled by everyone. Apparently she also wore her bib like a cape.

Our vacation went by fast and before we knew it we were back in the Las Vegas airport heading back to freezing cold Montana.