Grandpa was so blessed!

Well last night my grandpa was driving in Oregon City and accidently drove on the train tracks and was hit from behind. He is up at OHSU for observation and is talking and everything. It was such a scary experience for our family. I'm etremely close with my grandpa and so I have had such a rough day. It's hard to accept that he is getting older and with such a freak accident as this, I'm still in shock. The news said that he was ejected from the car, but he wasn't. He is doing pretty well right now and we are just keeping him in our prayers. Thank you to everyone who is doing the same. We appreciate it so much.

A little late

I have been so busy with life, and with Ava's hospital visit that I neglected to put up some pictures from her first birthday. We had a nice celebration with some family and friends. We had it at the church because our place is too tiny to hold everybody! It went well, except for the fact that that was when Ava was starting to get sick so she was a little grumpy. Here is a few pictures from the party!
Also a few new things about all of us-
*Feb 2nd we noticed that Ava is finally getting a third tooth!
*She is saying All done, up, done, and still dogs is her favorite word for any moving animal. She is probably getting close to 20 pounds now and is sure a cute little thing.
*David is still working as hard as ever in school and working.
*I'm working full-time as a preschool teacher and because of the economy everyones hours are getting cut, so I have been going to a different center to get the much needed money!
That is pretty much what is going on here in good 'ol Troutdale!
Have a great day everyone!



Ava loved the cake that Grandma Waddell made her!
It took her a minute then she started to dig right it.
Isn't this a cute little cake? I thought it was beautiful.
Our little family 12-27-08