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Ava had a blast sweeping the leaves on the patio. She especially enjoyed getting super dirty while picking up the leaves and covering the mud next to the patio.

I love blogger for sharing pics with family and friends. Since there has a been a picture draught lately, I thought I'd share some pics of the girls from our trip to Oklahoma this February. Unfortunately, for some of the pics, I was using my grandma's camera and must've had it on a weird setting because they are grainy or unfocused I guess. I really wish I knew what I was doing. I still like them because they capture the personality of my girls so well. (My grandma took the above pic and the close-up of Elise - not bad, eh?)

This is Ava's morning personality. She's actually quite "delightful", to borrow the word my grandma used to describe her. She really warmed up to her Great Grandma Patty this time, sitting on her lap, snuggling her, talking to her tons. On the first morning we were there (we drove in late the night before and visited for a short while before heading to bed), Ava saw Grandma Patty when she came out of her bedroom and said, with such a happy tone, "Grandma Patty, YOU'RE AWAKE! Did you have a nice nap?!"

Daddy and the Leeser - and the doggies - btw, they barely moved from their spots above the couch the entire time we were visiting.

Bathtime Elise

Post-bathtime Elise

We make at least a couple trips, usually 2 or 3, a year to visit my Grandma Patty, my Dad's mother, who lives in OKC. However, I talk to my grandma at least every other week or so it seems. She such a great person to talk to because she's non-judgemental, understanding of my shortfalls, always interested in my life, very knowlegeable and spiritual and SO POSITIVE. I've definitely learned a lot from our "talks" and refer to her as my therapist or spiritual guru sometimes. Have a problem? Call Grandma Patty. ;)

Elise close-up

Since Ava practically refuses to look at the camera for more than a split-second, I opted to take more candid photos - or at least take what I could get.

Here's Ava after a bath, I swear I saw her eyes close a few times. By the way, I LOVE the flannel quilt on this bed. I miss it every time I leave my grandma's now and HAVE to make a flannel quilt just for me....sooooo soft.

I'm anxiously awaiting a group of mega-posts. I do have a new computer but Chris is still "tweaking" it. My nagging him to finish it hasn't seemed to work - so I'm crossing my finger that he'll have time to do it very soon so I can really burn up some harddrive space.