Sunday

I've been into matching the boys lately =)  So fun, gotta do it while I can.  Here's some pictures of the three of them dressed and ready for church.
Carter looks pretty proud of himself standing up with the big kids :-)
Cristian and Ava have the same cheesy smile on their face, LOL
Best we could do with the 2 minutes we had to spare before we had to leave this morning!!

It's not easy getting a great picture of 3 kids!

You get a lot of this :-)
And this...
After church we had to hurry and get ready to go watch Daddy's soccer game. (and Auntie, cousins Kyle, Katie, Luke, Larissa, Joel, Erin, Julianne, and Dane game too)  It's a family affair at these games with all the cousins and aunts/uncles in the stands watching too.  Here are the boys dressed and ready to go... HOW CUTE ARE THEY!
Such cute brothers
Pretty mountain (taken while driving to the soccer game)
The First Cousin's soccer team won!!  YAY!!  Here's daddy cooling off after the game.
Carter watching all the action (good thing he likes this toy!)
Cristian having fun
Ava and Cristian cooling off before going to Nannie and Grampie's house for a BBQ.

C and C

Here are some cute pictures of the boys playing today.  Cristian is such a great big brother!
Playing with our basket of baby toys
helping him put together the beads
Cute boys
What do you think... think they look alike??

Ava

I was going through some pictures tonight to order prints of, and I noticed this one from my little photo shoot the other day.  Not sure how I missed it... but I think it's a cute one.
And I was able to slightly lighten this picture too, it's one of my favorites.
Ava showing me the scrapes she got on her knees.
Ava and her scraped knees, but still smiling :-)
Ava wearing Mommy's new shoes
Little tootsies.   She asked me, "Do they make these in Ava size too?"

New Water Toy

So, I'm sad to report that our pool that we set up last weekend has a leak in it :-(  The kids were both disappointed that they couldn't swim in it anymore, so we headed to Toys R Us today to see if we could find a new water toy to entertain us for the next couple summers.  We looked at the pools and water slides, and this is what the kids picked.  Here goes Ava on her tummy down the slide.
And Cristian
And Ava again...
And then Cristian again... 
SPLASH
Mommy and daddy even gave it a try!! Pretty fun, I think it's a hit.

Friday playdate

We had two of Cristian's friends from Kindergarten over to play yesterday since the kids don't have school on Friday.  Here are Hayden, Cristian, Ava, and Bailey eating lunch.
It was a pretty hot day, so the kids enjoyed playing on the slip and slide

Bailey's mom, Erika, and Hayden's mom, Lana.
Ava and Bailey took turns being pulled down the slip and slide on the little rafts.
Lana and Carter
My big baby boy
Drinking some ice water.
Bailey, Cristian, and Ava enjoying a treat in the shade.
The kids also took turns jumping on the rocket launcher.

Kids Love Soccer

Cristian is just about to wrap up his second session of soccer.  (he also played soccer last fall).  He is enrolled in a program called Kidz Love Soccer.  It is a 9 week program that is purely instructional...there are no games - just drills and fun games that teach these kids the proper techniques.  Cristian really enjoys it!
Here they are doing one of their drills... controlling the soccer ball while trying to follow their coach and grab the flags.
This boy is enthusiastic about everything he does.
He's smiling in just about every picture I took of him.
Another drill

Still smiling!
Nannie, Carter, and Ava watching.  Ava likes to play in the sand/dirt behind her while C practices =)

Memorial Day

Carter had a blast splashing around in his pool! (look at that fat baby, LOL)
Splash Splash
Ava checking out his little pool 
Ava deciding the water temperature in his pool was more to her liking. 
Carter trying to stand up in the pool.
Carter putting his face in the water
Wet faced boy... he truly is NOT afraid of the water.
Ava sunning herself
Cristian enjoying a cool treat
Carter figuring out how to drink his cup of ice water
Mmmm... feels good on my gums
Cristian wanted to practice... so Ava volunteered to be the goalie
She waits...
She dives to her right...
And blocks the kick from going into the goal.
3 kids loungin

Mr Blue Bird was visiting in our back yard again
Isn't he pretty

We got the big pool up this weekend too.  Cristian was SOOO excited.
The kids swimming with daddy
Too chilly for Ava (just like her mommy)