The Worleys

Hard to believe Ava has completed her second year of Preschool!  Her program this year was fun and attended by all of us.  She had a lot of fun onstage.  She is a great little performer!  Here she is waving at her Mommy and Daddy. I loved that there was a little girl in front of Ava with a big flower in her hair.  It was dark in the auditorium and that made it so much easier to zoom in on Ava. Here she is really getting into those hand motions!  Preschool programs are so much fun for everyone! Next on the agenda, long weekend vacation for Mom and Dad, while Ava and Eli had a vacation with Grammy and Pop, and then Grandma.  Ava got a new dress just for the occasion.  We had promised her that we would go to Chuck E Cheese.  Can you see her little dance in progress?  She was so excited!  Jenni and Rod went with us, so we were quite the merry little party.  Enough of us to divide and conquer!  You can see ...

We set out to look for new flooring last August.  Our laminate flooring kept being ruined by a returning leak in our Air conditioner.  Even though we had that problem fixed, I just couldn't guarantee it would never happen again, so we looked at porcelain tile. First stop was Interceramic Tile showroom.  We had Ava with us.  She had a great deal of fun rolling around on the floor helping us look at tile!  I had to take her to the beautifully tiled bathroom and wash all the dirt off!  I guess they don't wash their floors very often! It took us a LONG time to decide on what style we wanted.  We finally narrowed it down to the FINAL FOUR below. I have a lot of different colors going on in my house already.  First place we set the tiles to study them was  under the cabinets in the kitchen.  Then, the paneling in the living room, then against the brick walkway we have around our fireplace going into the den.  This was really a di...

First clue...balls are everywhere.  All sizes.  Eli likes to throw balls.  We have two of these oversized tennis balls.  Eli enjoyed them. Second clue...a toy that uses balls, a bib, a pink sock.  Ava is the one who likes bibs.  I still have the bibs I made for Jenni and Jay in a drawer.  She got this one out for Eli, hers is a pink one...currently on the floor.  (I did not take a picture of that, sorry.) Third clue...a piano and another ball.  Eli is currently enjoying this little piano.  The ball in the background is supposed to help kids crawl.  It does roll around, but basically it has very annoying music to it.  I have never seen Eli crawl after it, but both he and Ava like to roll it and make the music start. Fourth clue...coloring books!  I love Color Wonder markers!  Ava can color anywhere and not make a mess.  She colors well, and loves it.  Eli was sitting next to her also coloring. ...

We get to spend a lot of Friday nights with the grandkids.  We usually take them out to get pizza, or something at McDonald's, Chick Fil-A, or even Chipotle.  This one particular Friday, we stopped by our local park, then went on to church where Rod and Jenni were at a Spanish Congregation function. Below is a videeo of Pop and Eli on the slide.  Although you cannot hear Eli, he said "Whee" on the way down every time.  I took the video with my cell phone in the vertical position.  When I downloaded it to my computer, it came out sideways.  I finally figured out how to turn it around. We had a great time at the slides!  Ava is so fast, I had a hard time catching her sliding.  I finally told her to hold still so I could get a picture. Here is Eli contemplating the slide. Sliding pictures. Now some shots of Ava....first one she was too fast! It was getting dark so it was time to par...

 We are Puppet coaches at our church.  The kid have a competition coming up soon, and the kids have noticed some of our puppets need repairs.  Imagine!  Most of the puppets are only 15-20 years old!  They are the same puppets that Jay and Jenni used in high school, only older!  Making repairs to the body is not hard.  Just need a sewing machine or a needle and thread.  Been there, done that many times. However, most of the puppets need new hair.  I have never done that before.  So I googled how to make puppet hair, to no avail.  How to use craft fur for puppet hair, nothing out there.  I took a good look at my puppet's hair.                   Just some simple stitching all around the wig. Just how hard could this be?  Anything would be an improvement!  So I dug in.  First step....remove the current head of hair.  Not hard at all.  Just...

It has been a month since I have posted.  Since then, blogger has changed a few things.  I need to add to the blog more often so I am not so surprised when it is different!  However, they could not fool me!  I managed to navigate to the New Post section all by myself!  I am sure there was something for me to read when I first signed on....but I grew up hearing the phrase--"If all else fails, read the directions!"  And I put it into practice at a very early age! Now on to the more interesting stuff!  February was Rod's birthday month!  It felt like it took us forever to be able to all get together for a meal to celebrate.  Rod chose Cheddar's -- a family favorite.  Afterwards we all went to Rod and Jenni's for cake.  Glorious cake!  I love cake! It has been a tradition this year that Ava helps us blow out our candles.  For Rod's birthday, she wore a Princess crown while she helped!  Those colored squiggly things...