2nd Anniversary

Ava was excited to come visit her Grandparents

Blocks and girl talk with Grandma Grandpa and Ava taking her teddy bear for a spin Can't stop her! Greg's new Zoolander look His yummy cake

We headed out to Fort Valley Ranch for the day It was a very cool place in the middle of NO WHERE The City Slicker takes a rest before his big day of riding

Our horses- Greg rode "Outlaw" and I rode "Sherman" Outlaw was a good fit for him Other horses were jealous though

The forest was absolutely beautiful

Greg had a great time My view of Sherman- Very skinny neck!

We hiked up Kennedy's Peak in the George Washington National Forest Very thin trails

John Wayne

It didn't seem like a horse named "Outlaw" would be adorned in hearts Hey there Sherman

Yeehaw! We had a picnic in the mountains I was starving

The views were amazing. At the summit of Kennedy's Peak

We were up so high that the hawks were close to us The Fall season

Giddy Up!

This was such a tiny path and there were steep edges- definitely scary crazy ride

These horses were like mountain goats

A view of Kennedy's Peak

My horse got antsy at the end and decided to take off into the woods to get more food. A vine wrapped around my neck and pulled me off the horse. This is what my neck looked like afterwards. Luckily this was the worst of my injuries and I was just sore afterwards.

We had an adventurous weekend in the Shenandoah celebrating our second anniversary. We joke that every year when we celebrate our anniversary something bad happens to me. On our honeymoon I got horrible random bloody noses which resulted in a server confronting Greg about possibly abusing me. On our first anniversary we walked around the majority of New Orleans in 90 degree weather while I was 9 months pregnant. I was heaving and wheezing so heavily at dinner that I started having contractions. So this year a horse tried to decapitate me to carry on the tradition. Besides my mishap it was a scenic hike that we both enjoyed. We were able to celebrate Greg's birthday with the family on Friday and Ava spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa Valdez on Saturday. We were able to make a brief appearance at Caia Matthew's birthday party on Saturday to see the extended family. We are looking forward to being able to see them again in a few weeks.

Tornado of Toddlers

Courtney is genius- she filled up a frog inflatable baby pool with little balls for the kids to play in. Ava loved it As you can see, it was a HIT All four of them tried to be in there at once playing with Ella They loved the indoor slide! Drumming around story time

She LOVED this activity table Toddler Tornado!

Focusing in on Ava's curls that are coming in on the back of her head

Oooo curls biting Daddy's finger wrestling Daddy She pinned him! We had a great day yesterday celebrating our Anniversary. Thank you for all the flowers, albums, cards, and phone calls :). Ava and I went to a meetup in Virginia Beach. It wore her out! She was intrigued with Courtney's ball pit and did not want to leave! John and Nicole Morris were so generous to babysit Ava while Greg and I went out to dinner at Mahi Mah's on the boardwalk. We highly recommend the place to all VA Beach residents. We had to unbuckle the top of our pants walking out of that place! This weekend Ava will be staying with Grandma and Grandpa V while Greg and I go for a full day horseback riding tour of the Shenandoah Mountains. Ava today started "blowing kisses" to us. She really has made this past year of our marriage so special and has brought us closer.