I hate to see summer go, but the slightly cooler temps have been beautiful. I love fall and I’m looking forward to fall activities.

This weekend was full of fun stuff so I wanted to share a quick photo recap with you:

Friday afternoon Ava and I took a quick afternoon trip to the beach.

She didn’t want to get out of the water and had a blast playing in the sand.

and EATING the sand. Can you tell by that nasty face?

Saturday morning we took a long walk, went to Ava’s soccer practice and then hung out until Marc’s parents arrived.

I had a baby shower in the afternoon. It was fun to catch up with some friends and enjoy some yummy eats.

Speaking of food I ate this for dinner.

Sunday was a lazy day for us. Well not really we took a 30 minute walk in the morning, but once we got home we all just felt like laying around and watching TV. That’s rare, but I didn’t mind it.

In the afternoon we had a 1 year old Birthday party for my best friend Shannon’s daughter.

There were tons of fun kid activities, lots of food, and football for the guys.

It was a fun day and a great way to end the weekend!

How was your weekend?

Did you do anything fun?

I chugged some coffee and started checking things off my To-Do List for the party. Once I was all set I left a few things for Marc to do with Ava and I headed to Villa Italia to help set up before the party started.

The party was everything we could’ve hoped for and more. The food was awesome…

The kids had fun playing and running around.

I had fun catching up with friends and family.

We even got a nice family photo

and the best part was seeing Ava’s excitement when she saw her own little cake with Elmo on top!

I lied the best part was seeing her face when she tasted CAKE for the first time. She smiled and it was SO BIG.

All I’m thinking is “Ava… don’t get used to all this sugar.”

Do you see that devilish grin?

I’m just playing. Ava can pretty much eat what she wants because she ran around like a mad woman the entire party. She literally doesn’t sit still and I was sweating through my dress trying to keep up with her.

Who needs a gym? Just chase around Ava while wearing high heals and you will get in an awesome workout!!

Ava and her big cousin Natalie kept tearing wrapping paper off of her presents and running away with the paper. Kids are entertained by the simple things.

We said our good byes after a great party and couldn’t have been happier with Ava’s 1st Birthday Party!

Have you ever been to a 1st birthday party?

What do you think that first bite of cake tastes like?