Mom's headband:

Ava commandeered the dining chairs for a fort and got mad and banned us all from the fort when we told her she had to put the chairs back for dinner.

Turnagain Pass

Ava is into collage art

Banana bread

 Sugar pumpkin

Pillow from the cozy area at the school where Ava's Jr. Nordic group meets

Solstice bonfire at a neighbor's hosue

lap Lab

Took cross country skis to the bunny hill

Princess apron from Mike and Heidi, helping with squash prep

Santa populated the new gnome house with the preexisting gnome collection

Christmas!

Christmas day walk and sledding

Snow fort construction

Making apple butter

Straw flowers from the farmer's market that we dried in October; bird wings from Santa

dress up 1

New Year's Eve, downtown

Dinosaur class at the museum

Skiing with mom and the dog, winter break

dress up 2

visiting friends at Bird Creek

Wearing mom's coat

She's actually pretty high up in a spruce tree in our yard

Beautiful clear day up in the mountains

Denali on the horizon

Digging