In January, Ava Kate turned five and she celebrated with her long-time buddies, Griffin and Jolie, with a joint party. It was a dance, dress-up, theatrical extravaganza. The kids collected donations to the Oregon Humane Society at the party and then delivered them two months later (life is hard). Over the two months, Ava repeatedly requested that we finally deliver the food to the animals because she was so worried they would go hungry without us.
Toward the end of the month the plague hit our house, very inconveniently timed with a work trip for Brian. Never before have we been so excited to move into a new month. February-ho!
