Bang bang

There was another cool display at the fair where kids could bang on a variety of different metal objects. Ava was in hog heaven.

Fun at the fair

We took Ava to the Puyallup Fair for the first time. It's the biggest fair in the state so there is plenty to do. Last year she wasn't old enough to ride the Merry-Go-Round so this year we took her on it twice.

Labor Day at the park

It was a rather low-key Labor Day holiday for us. Bracie and Tyler went to see Tropic Thunder (awesome!), Tyler played hoops, and we took Ava to the park with Buster. Notice in one of the pictures, we also got Ava some new shoes.

All tuckered out

We recently took our friend Ben up to Seattle to do the tourist thing. It wore our little Ava pie out.

15 months old

We recently went to Ava's 15 month checkup. She's doing great. She's in the 75th percentile in height. We might be talking WNBA down the road.

Summer at Safeco

Nothing quite like baseball in the summertime. With our friend Tia visiting from Iowa, we recently went to a Mariners game at Safeco Field. It was Ava's second MLB game of her life. She did pretty well. She crashed in the bottom of the eighth inning. Despite the horrible season the M's are having, they actually came back on this day and knocked off the Detroit Tigers, 3-2.

Hot fun in the summer sun

It's been a great summer here. During a recent heat wave Ava got her first chance to play in the sprinkler.