The Boys Turn 3!
Last weekend we had a birthday party for Elijah and Jack over at Josh & Steph’s house. The boys both turned 3 within a couple weeks of each other, so we just had one big birthday bash. It was great! Steph and I both agreed we got to enjoy more of the boys’ birthday this year then in previous years since we shared the party load. Josh & Steph threw a great party, and even got the boys a bounce house!! Thanks for hosting guys, it was a big blessing to us.
Here are just a few shots of the birthday boys:
Christmas on New Years
I am working through all of the Christmas pictures, and since we had 4 celebrations this year, there are just a few of them! I am starting with our last celebration, New Years Day at my parents house. We spent Christmas day there as well, but had a second Christmas with them because Scott and Erin and kids couldn’t be there on Christmas. We had a delicious brunch, and I mean truly delicious. I completely forgot to take a picture of the spread, but we had everything. Eggs, potatoes, sausage, veggies, fruit, scones, pesto rolls, etc etc. It was so yummy, and really I think every get together should be over brunch food. It’s my favorite!
Here are a few pictures from the day.
Moira, reading the books we got her:
Elijah, weedwacking with the sweet toy the Adams got him:
Scott and Nick, Scott explaining the gift of 3 pepper plants! Let’s hope I can keep them alive!
Peyton looks overwhelmed, but he loved it of course:
Sisters:
Stephanie doesn’t sit still:
Elena showing Grandpa someone else’s toy:
Jack is the best present-opener. Everything deserves a “GASP! WOW! WHOA!”:
Wilder Ranch
This morning we headed up to Wilder Ranch with the Adams, even though it was overcast and cold. That sort of thing never matters to kids who are exploring! We had a great time and were pretty much the only ones there which meant the kids had a great time going where ever they wanted! Here are only a few pictures, I took too many- I will post more of them on Facebook.
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Halloween
So Halloween is not so big in our house, but this year the play group we have been going to had a little costume party for the kids on Friday. Not being very big into it, I just dug around the kids’ drawers until I found acceptable items.
Wondering which toys to play with:
Enjoying her cupcake:
Showing off his muscles:
The girls enjoying their food:
Sara’s little cowgirl, also enjoying the food:
Phipps Bean Farm
On Tuesday we went with my Mom, Jacob, Erin and her kids, and Steph and her kids to the Phipps Bean Farm up in Pescadero. Now before you start laughing about going to a bean ranch, you should look at Erin’s wonderful chili she made. Also, they have animals, tractors, gardens, etc. and they kids had a great time playing. Here are just a few shots from the morning.
4th of July
This year we went out to Scott and Erin’s house for 4th of July. They live in the city limits of Watsonville, which means that fireworks are legal (not the aerial ones). We had a great time, Elijah loved it. Elena like the first 2, and then got completely freaked out and stayed inside with Gillian watching a movie. One the way home, it felt like we were navigating a mine field or something. We would turn the corner to see a guy running from the middle of the road. Nick stopped, and sure enough, a second later a firework went off. Then you turn the next corner, and people are shooting off aerials about 10 ft from the car! It was a little crazy. But fun.
Tea
Anna came up with the brilliant idea of having all the ladies of the family go out for tea at the Bloomsbury Tea House in Capitola. We got to go this last Saturday, and had a lovely time. It is such a great little place, I was able to have cream tea and Anna and I agreed that we felt like we were back in England. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon!
All the Ladies:
First Mother/Daughter outing:
We all got to pick our tea cups:
Chewing on the silverware:
Elena took a nap on the bench covered with pillows, it was quite comfy:
Gillian was so excited about having a tea party:
Play Date
Last weekend, we had Jack over to play while Steph & Emma were out of town and Josh was at work. The boys are playing so well together these days, it is awesome! (They did get into a yelling match while I was feeding Elena in the other room… but other than that, no problems! And it was actually kind of humorous to listen in on: “You SOP it!” “AAAHHHH” “SOP IT!” “AAAAAHHHH”, etc etc.) They had fun riding bikes, swimming, and eating lunch before they both went down very easily for their naps. I got complimented by both the boys on lunch, Elijah said “uuuuumm, good!” and Jack said “tas-see”. 
