Firecracker Ava with Grandma and Grandpa V on 4th of July

Firecracker baby

Aunt Candace giving her some yummies Hanging out with Grandma Lita Hooray Blocks blocks blocks blocks play time with Uncle Eric Talking with Great Grandma Bath

Singing with Aunt Candace Hi Aunt Can Grandma bought her all 4th of July outfits for the weekend

Loving on Grandpa The Patriot Pretty smile

Grandma Lita showing her how to walk in the baby pool Weeee the pool!

Ava the lifeguard

Ava reading a story with Great Grandma Bath Then with Candace

She loves her food Can I have some more? Food Coma baby

Hi Uncle Eric Going for a walk with Grandma Lita

Shhh I don't want to know what you did in Vegas

Smacking Daddy for gambling while he was in Vegas Momma missed her Ava but Ava sure did have a great time!

Ava spent the 4th of July with her Grandparents. She had a GREAT time as you can see from the pictures. She loved her long walks, pool play time, "block" party, and stories. She can't wait to have another weekend with them again!

Ava visits Dukes

I had one of these when I was little and it is STILL a cool toy Ava always likes to flip her toys over to see if we are hiding anything underneath Eating cheerios Doing her "Food Dance" that she does when she likes her food

yum yum

Hanging out with Grandmom

One last trip down Memory Lane

My First Birthday (Wow Ava resemblance here!)

with my cousin Zach at the beach.

Playing with Zach with all the pots and pans. Ava loves this too You could tell that I liked Halloween Candy I hated wearing clothes. I was Lady Godiva here. Loved to climb trees and HATED shoes.

Brother Jon, Sister Betsy, and myself

Followed my big sister everywhere

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday...maybe that is why Ava was born on that day.

Mom loved to put me in pigtails

My Big sister Betsy On our porch at our old house. One of my favorite places in the world.

Old Family Photos

My Bdad's parents- Claudius and Irene Bennett

My BMom (Ava Crystal) and her older brother Carl. Picture taken around 1918

Ava Crystal Vanlear (Bmom) in her 20s.

Bmom on her Wedding Day

My mom learning how to walk from her Maternal Grandmother

Bmom teaching my Mom to walk

Bmom feeding the new baby, Aunt Jeannie while Mom feeds her baby doll.

The Bennett ladies!

Bdad in his Airforce Uniform

Bmom and Bdad

My favorite picture of my Mom. She was 20 years old here/

Mom and Aunt Jeannie going to a wedding together. (You see where I get my floppy hat fetish from)

Uncle Dan, Aunt Jeannie, Mom, Bmom, and Bdad goofing off Bmom and Bdad's 50th Wedding Anniversary

My Grandparents in the 1990s The Bennett Family grown up. Picture taken in the late 1990s I found all these wonderful pictures on my mom's computer. I am so thankful that my mom has started to meticulously archive many of our old family photos by scanning them into the computer.

Ava's 6 Month Portraits

These pictures were taken by Rick Ruff at Green Wood Photography in Woodbridge, Virginia. We highly recommend him!