Ok, let me explain, Adiah had to dress up as a character from a book but only use a hat. She had already chosen Amelia Earhart before we knew she could only use a hat. I bought her a bomber jacket and and Amelia Earhart flying hat and goggles. Obviously, she is not wearing the jacket but we decided to keep the goggles and just add an airplane to her hat. Viola! There you go. Amelia Earhart.

Ava got to dress up for her literary parade full costume. I chose Ragedy Ann since we already had the costume and this is probably the last year I will be able to get her to wear it. Isn't she so cute. She's still my little baby.

Ava and her bestfriend Kaitlyn. They laugh constantly.

Cami was a beautiful vampire.

Ava's parade went on for so long. There were so many kids. It was fun though.

The high school cheerleaders and drumline were at the parade.

Then on to trick-or-treating with our friends the Brights.

Jason got into the spirit.

Adiah tried to go trick-or-treating but ended up vomiting in the yard at our first house. The next day we found out that she had strept throat and two days later we had to take her to the ER for Croup. Wow. What a weekend for our sweet little girl.

Ava was a scary ghost. She loves to get a little crazy with the make-up.

Adiah wanted to be Morticia. This is her third year in a row to wear this costume. Yea Adiah. I'm glad you can be content without something new.

The Harbor Half-Marathon 13.1mile

Jason ran another half-marathon. I don't know how he found time to train for this. He had fun running with our friend Josh. They would get us to drive them 7-9 miles from home and drop them off. That way they would have to make it home. They trained through the hot hot days of the summer dripping in sweat. Go Jason!

Mimi and Papa came to visit and of course they had to bring gifts...

Ava got a Curious George book. She loves to read.

And yes, we had to go to the Texas State Aquarium--again.

It was fun going with them though because they had never been and they actually stopped to read everything. We saw animals we have never seen before. One being a four eyed fish. Yes, it has four eyes.

Momma and Daddy pet the stingrays.

We still love the bird show.

We got to watch Ava play t-ball. Uno dos tres - hooks!!!

Friday night we all went to SunnyFest at Ella Barnes - Ava's school.

Thanks for coming to visit us. We love you both very much!

Seal Island "The Ring of Death"

Adiah was chosen at the beginning of the school year to be the only student in her class to participate in an independent research project that she would present to the entire third grade at her school. She chose to study "The Ring of Death". There were four other presenters and this is Sesh. Sesh studied Korea. Adiah met Sesh this year in her independent study class and he has developed quite a crush on her. She came home one day telling me that this "Koresian" guy liked her. We got quite a laugh about that. She is so funny. Adiah says no guy has ever treated her as good as Sesh. However, Sesh has some competition. Garrett also has a crush on her and he gets mad when she spends time with Sesh. What a love triangle. Adiah is so innocent though. She just likes the attention that they give her. She goes back and forth about whether or not they are just friends or if she "like likes" them.

Adiah shaking hands with her principal after the presentation.

She got really embarrassed after she finished her presentation. She didn't show any nerves while she was presenting.

She made a powerpoint slide show.

I'm so proud of my little Adiah. She is growing up so fast and I can't wait to see what she will become.

Girl Scouts Rock!