Ava is 7!

The week after I got home from Idaho it was Ava's birthday. She is so grown up now. I am really enjoying having an older girl in the house. In a few years I can even leave her home alone! Anyway, we had a special surprise in store for her. A trip to Chicago to the American Girl doll store! This was the PERFECT age to do it. She "got" it, knew it was super expensive and she really wanted the doll. And Chicago was great. We gave her a letter wrapped up that told her what her surprise was going to be. This picture captured the moment pretty well: Then we played a lively game of life-size Jenga. A by-product of Tyler's Teacher's quorum that we have had a lot of fun with! My favorite of North. A 2 year old having a hard time when it's super tall! Me and my 7 year old! Yup, we've got a case of the girl crazies around here.