Not too much going on today, we just hung around the house for the most part.  This afternoon while waiting for the grill to get hot, we went to one of the "common areas" in our subdivision. Ava likes walking around in bare feet in the grass and climbing the mini-hills:

 

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Then we decided to make a great big lunch/dinner meal. One of my favorites: Costco’s ribeye steak and my famous grilled dijon blackened asparagus. I make a sauce of melter butter mixed with dijon mustard, then spread that over the asparugus spears, cut in half. Then salt and pepper them, then on to the grill.

 

Here’s the ribeys wih my special rub. I put the rub on about 30 minutes before griling:

 

 

I put the asparagus on about 5 minutes before the meat.

 

 

Then let things cook, watching the temp of the meat closely with the Thermapen thermometer.

 

 

Mmmm… steaks are almost done.

 

 

Finally the meat is done and it’s time to eat. Nothing beats the taste of charcoal grilled food. And a nice nap after eating this feast.

Yesterday Ava and I stayed home all day.  We went for a walk around the block and played in the backyard for awhile.  Today, I wanted to get out of the house so I called my mom to find out what she was doing for her  break.  She was meeting a friend for lunch and invited Ava and I along.  We had a great time and Ava did so good!  I usually refrain from taking her out to eat since she does not like to sit for long periods.  My mom’s friend had an 8 month old daughter so I think that helped.  

Ava is really into giving kisses!  We love them so we will take all that we can get. 

Here is a picture of Ava kissing Daddy. 

Oh, and I have to tell you about Ava’s babies.  She LOVES her babies and takes them everywhere.  She has 3 babies.  It’s quite a difficult task to carry all three of them but she manages.  I hope her cousins don’t get offended but we named two of her babies Sawyer and Aylin.  She knows which is which too!  Scott named the 3rd baby Suzy.

This is Sawyer – It looks like him because of the bright blue eyes!

This is Aylin – She has lots of hair!

And this is Suzy.

A picture of the family.