Porches and a Puppy

Turns out that Ava doesn't do well with blood draws. I took her in for her annual exam this past week, and we were advised that she didn't have a baseline cholesterol test on file, and she should have one. I tried to distract her during the blood draw, and she was mostly fine then, but afterwards, she almost passed out. With some rest and apple juice, she was cleared to leave after an extra 10 minutes in the office. I'm worried that she's going to be nervous the next time she has to have a blood draw (for whatever reason.) :(

On the plus side, her cholesterol levels are good! Hooray!

We had a pretty standard week around here...swimming, taekwondo (Ava's last class until this fall!), Summer Power, trumpet sectionals, and work. Nothing too exciting, which is a-ok. We're getting ready to put Scott and my dad to work by replacing our cedar front porch with Trex. Scott already ripped out the main boards, and is currently performing some clean-up. The Trex have been purchased, and the guys will be busy on Sunday putting it into place. We're pretty excited to see how it all comes together, and even more excited for the no-maintenance aspect of it. The porch was re-stained a few years ago, and looked great at that time, but we figured we'd be saving money to replace it with Trex at this point. It's going to be the same color as our 2nd deck, and we think it'll tie in the colors of the house, retaining wall, and columns nicely. I'll post before and after once it's all done.

Scott and I are heading out for an adults-only dinner on Saturday night, while the kids fend for themselves at home. We're looking forward to getting out for a bit!

Not many pics for this week, but look at this sweet girl. Ava loves taking pics of her where her nose looks incredibly long, ha!

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