Ava's Firs Ace Convention

Ava attended her first Ace convention without her grandfather in tow! He came down with the flu so it quickly turned into a girls trip. This year the convention was in Atlanta so we also got to visit with Aunt Robin and Jim.

We stayed at the Westin because we thought Ava would enjoy looking out the huge floor to ceiling window while being 58 floors up. She was so funny when she first looked out the window- I think she thought she was going to fall. One of the other reasons we stayed here was so she could ride the glass elevator that goes from floor 5 to 72. Its one of my favorite memories as a child riding this elevator with my cousins we came to the Ace convention. We were young and silly. Molly and I even pretended to give tours to other people who came on the elevator- ahhhh don't you wish to be that carefree again? Anyways, if you will remember back in March Atlanta had a tornado that came through downtown and it destroyed a lot of the windows at the Westin and a good part of the elevator- so it is closed and didn't get to go on it- so maybe next time we are in town.

When we first arrived and checked in, they gave Ava this kiddie bag that had a rubber duck (which she loves) a first aid kit, outlet plugs (how smart!), and a night light- such a neat idea!

After we checked in and they brought our luggage- we went to visit Aunt Robin. While sitting in 5:00 traffic we were stopped behind this van- can you tell what seems out of place? We had a good laugh looking at the Georgia tag all decked out in Florida gear! haha!

Ava is ready to hit the show floor! She even has her own badge!

We stopped by the radio flyer booth to let her ride the horses. She couldn't decide which one she liked best- and don't you know that Mama tried her hardest to get them to sell one of them to bring home, but they were packing the booth up to send somewhere else :(

Ava loved playing in all of the fountains they had on display- She kept trying to grab the water!

Don't you just know we had to have our picture taken under the huge charcoal grill!

It wasn't all work for these girls! We HAD to stop by the jewelry booth and have our rings cleaned pick out some jewlery. Adam- this pic is for you- I think it might be my new ring setting? I may change some of the stones- but we shall see!

When we were leaving the show- we were taking Ava's picture on the big Ace out front and Uncle Bill came up behind her- you can see the end result :) It was funny.

Ava was a hit at the show, and had people giving her free stuff left and right- I'm not sure what day 2 of the convention will hold- I'm sure it will be fun! We even had someone stop by while we were taking these pictures, give me his business card and ask for me to send him a picture- I think he is on the Board of Directors- so there is no telling where Ava may show up :)