Sunday

Well here it is Monday and I must confess I was too full from Ava's birthday dinner last night to write. We had a house full at Amy and Tyler to celebrate Ava's third birthday, but first the day started out with our usual quiet times before getting ready to head out to Tampa for worship at Element Church. There was a guest band that performed the morning praise and worship music called Ascent The Hill. Bobby knew them from his earlier years in the music industry as they perform all over the country. They were excellent.
After the worship service Nancy had a an E-Kids meeting so it was after 1 PM before we finally got back home. We grabbed a quick bite then headed out to Freedom Square Nursing Home to push wheelchairs to the local afternoon church service at 2 PM.

We got back in time to watch the Ray's beat up on the Jay's 6-0 before heading over to the Ross house where Tyler once again helped me set up this new laptop for downloading pictures to Face book and my blog. We love this new look and once I learn all these changes it should make sharing photos so much easier as well as writing my blog. After getting me squared away we put together a large play house and checked on the smoking ribs as well as pushing Ava around the yard in her car and on the swing. She was loving being the center of attention as the birthday girl.

The family started showing up around around 5:30 and by 6:30 we took the ribs off and starting cutting them apart. They had been in the smoker around 6 hours and looked like they were perfectly cooked to perfection. There were potato and green bean casserole's as well as baked beans and a fresh garden salad with crusty bread. We had an ice cream cake for dessert before Ava began to open her presents. She received lots of clothes, doll babies that fit into her 4 story doll house as well as a large plastic playhouse. Wow was there ever a ton of gifts as she receives lots of gifts from her family in Kansas as well.

Ava and Annsley were so cute together and this week they got see and play with each other twice. Well I will close for now. LATER