Update- FINALLY

So, here are some pictures from the 4th. We had a pretty nice day, although Ava is deciding that she wants to go through the "Terrible Two's" a little early. We went to a church breakfast in the morning, which was cool, we did some shopping, then we came home and hung out, then spent atleast 2 HOURS trying to get Ava down for a nap- she was NOT having it, little pill. So she skipped a nap that day, it was pretty dang awesome, oh wait, I mean not awesome at all!!! We went to In and Out Burger for dinner, we figured that was pretty American, since we weren't wanting to cook, it was yummy. That's where we took these pictures of Ava, the colors of the benches worked out pretty well with her little dress. She was running all around the place, but it was still fun. We didn't get to see any fireworks, since Ava skipped her nap we weren't really wanting to keep her up late and the shows didn't start until about 10:00.



So here are some pictures of our new apartment, ignore all the junk, we were still in the process of unpacking. Sorry, these were before we had all of our furniture in there, but you get the idea. We LOVE our apartment, it's pretty nice, plus it has air conditioning and a pool!!! YAY!!! So I'm sure you could guess, but above is our bathroom- it's HUGE!!!!
This is our kitchen, it's pretty big too.
This is the living room- check out the fire place- I love that. We probably won't ever have to use it, but it looks cool.
Here's the hallway.

So far we're liking California, but we are missing family. We got to stay in Oregon a couple of weeks before coming down, and it was SO nice to see everybody!! We love ya- and me and Ava will be back soon for a visit!!

WARNING: Bragging Post!!

Sorry- I know I suck at updating, but things have been CRAZY!!!! First things first- Blayne GRADUATED!!!!! We were in Oregon, and didn't go to his graduation but a friend let us know that he had received the Ernst & Young Award for Scholarship- which means that he was in the top 10% of his class at Ohio State, which is one of the top accounting programs in the country!!! He also has officially passed the entire CPA exam!!!!! He passed them all on the first try and in less than 4 months- which is freaking AMAZING!!!! He also scored well on all of them, because he's a dang genius and worked his butt off!!!

On another note, we are in Oregon, getting ready to leave on Monday to go to Sacramento- WEIRD!!! We're going to be grown ups- no more school- Blayne's going to have a real job, I can't imagine it- I'm just so relieved!!!! Our trip to Oregon has been chaotic. We've been trying to see everybody that we can and still spend a lot of time with our families, plus we've had to get a bunch of stuff for our new apartment because we weren't able to bring everything with us. I feel like we've been running around like chickens with our heads cut off and we haven't really had time to take a break. But we've had a lot of fun!!!! Ava has finally started getting used to everybody and now we're going to be leaving in a couple days, but now that we'll be living closer hopefully our visits won't be spread so far apart and she'll remember everybody next time. I think that's all for now, but I'll try to post again soon.

OSU Campus

So since we're only here for a couple more weeks and Blayne has more time than he's had in a while we've been trying to get out and do some touristy things. A couple of weeks ago we went and walked around the campus at OSU. It was GORGEOUS and the weather was FANTASTIC!! Sorry, the pictures are really out of order, but oh well.

This was just this crazy car that we saw when we were driving home. Yes, those are doll heads- CREEPY!!




We thought it would be a good idea to put her on Blayne's shoulders, she was not such a big fan, she was trying to wiggle down the whole time, little booger.
We were letting her run ahead of us, it was hilarious, it was like she was trying to dance while she was running.

Blayne and I both LOVE this picture, she was twirling or something, I just think she looks so cute!


So, we're moving in 2 WEEKS!!!! Things have really started coming together, we have an apartment, we've got the moving truck reserved, we found somebody to buy our car- YAY- we were worried about that, and we have a new car waiting for us in Oregon- I'm SOOOOO excited. We're excited to move on to the next stage in our lives, but we have made some good friends here, and we're going to miss them a lot, our kids play really good together, so it's been fun. Hopefully we can find new friends quickly in Sacramento!!

Cutie- pants Ava...

Well, these pictures are all out of order... sorry about it. This was after I had gone for a run and Ava was putting on my headphones and dancing like crazy!! She LOVES to dance (I wonder where she gets that, hmm.), sometimes we just put music on and have dance parties- they're so much fun.
I got her a cheapo crown the other day, she was wearing it as glasses, silly girl.

Pretty girl!


I really like this picture, I just think she looks SO pretty and looking at her wearing my mismatched flip flops makes me laugh.
Little miss food bandit was stealing my lunch while I was on the phone a couple of weeks ago. Don't be fooled, she's not starved, she had already had lunch, she's just a bottomless pit sometimes. Little stinker.

She freaked us out this day because she was all of the sudden so old looking!!!! CRAZY!!!

Ava is cracking us up lately, she is talking up a storm and getting SO funny!! She really does have her own personality and Blayne and I are really having to watch what we say, she repeats EVERYTHING!!

Easter Pics

Grandpa Lowary picked this dress and sweater out all by himself- I thought he did a GREAT job!!! Isn't she precious?! Oh, and I think she looks just like my niece Whitney in the above picture- what do you guys think?


I didn't post any pictures of her Easter basket because it was pretty pathetic, the Easter Bunny waited until the night before to get everything, and all the stores were out of everything. Hopefully next year the Easter Bunny will be on top of things!! We had a really good day, we went to our friends Scott and Kristen's house and Ava got to play with their adorable little girls and we all over stuffed ourselves on the YUMMY dinner. We also did some of their traditions with them and it was really cool!

Meet the Murdocks...

That's right folks, my beautiful sister got married!!! That is her HUSBAND, Chris! Aren't they a cute couple?!
The ring shot.
GORGEOUS!




Her friend made this AWESOME cake- I was SO impressed- great job Dri!!

Congrats Kallie and Chris!!!!

She LOVES shoes!

The other day Ava walked out of her room like this, she put the baby in the stroller, and I don't know if you can see it, but she has a little tie thing around her neck, she's such a crack-up- hahahaha!!!
She loves to put our shoes on and walk all around the apartment, she's getting pretty dang good at it too.
She's saying "CHEEEEEEEEESE!" I'm pretty sure she learned that from little miss Dutch. I LOVE it- she says it everytime we try to take a picture, we just don't always catch the face, we're a little slow.

Oooh... nice try sweetie, they're just backwards...hahaha!!!