A perfect day on the farm!

Phia was driving me to Disneyland:)

 It was opening weekend on the farm this weekend and we've been waiting for it to open all season!! The weather was perfect and the birds were singing(literally so loud).  It wasn't very crowded which was nice and the kids had a blast!

Bentley exploring the new sand pit.  They put new grass and sand throughout the farm...

waiting for their turn on the cow train

Mama enjoying Starbucks....mmmmmm

sweet sweet Presto

Phia wore her sparkly silver boots...she picks out her own clothes now and I was SHOCKED when she walked out in(gasp) PANTS! Disclaimer: they're jeggings...not pants in Phia's mind so they don't count as pants

Look at this sweet girl:)

Daddy and Bentley enjoying the day

Daddy took all the kids on the cow train ride around the farm

Presto say "cheese"!

Say cheese again!

One more cheese please!

Hangin' in the tractor

time for a pony ride

This was Bentley's first time...and he liked it

But only for a minute and he started crying and fell into my arms...sigh...I didn't mind at all

Presto of course loved every minute of it

Candid moment

Mommy stealing a kiss.  Bentley does this thing where he scoots back up  onto our laps.  

Presto insisted on sitting behind me...oh the things that go through their little minds

Phia taking it all in

And we never get sick of the goats who walk above our heads on these little beams

Time for a choo choo ride!

Our Phi takes herself very seriously

Daddy teaching Presto how to roll down the hill

Phia is quite the climber

Phia rolled and rolled and rolled 

Ughhh I can't stand it...he's getting so big!!

Pajama day at school in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday!

 The kids were sooooo excited to wear their jammies to school.  They talked about it all week and at the last minute Presto insisted on his fire truck jams instead of his Buzz Lightyear jams that he'd been planning on wearing.   Phia was perfectly content in her Rapunzel jammies.  Such a fun day for the kids!

This cracked me up...Presto as the Lorax

And his Dr. Seuss hat!!

And they both made these cookies(from "one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish").  Appaerntly Phia's was gone before she got to the car(however i have a feeling it was just the frosting at the fishies that she ate in true Phia fashion)

Phia's got marriage on the mind...

Phia's #1 concern for the past 6 months or so has been who she's going to marry.  Her and I had a long conversation one night before bed about her desire to marry "Daddy".  "But who am I going to marry if I don't marry him"? and then the tears started rolling down her face.  She's very serious about this and concerned as well.  She always asks about our wedding photos and talks about getting married.  I make sure to express the importance of growing up first, going to college, learning about herself, traveling etc before she thinks about marriage. She doesn't seem to want to wait that long...but we know once she understands all this...she will!! Here is a little conversation she had with Daddy this weekend about marriage:

Phia: "How did you first see mommy"
Daddy: "You mean how did I meet her?"
Phia: "yes"
Daddy: "In School"
Phia: "Wow, that must've been a long time ago, like in kindergarten"
Daddy: "No, in college"
Phia: " You saw the girl you wanted to marry and her name was Jennifer, but we don't call her Jennifer, we call her mommy"
Daddy: "That's right!" 

Park play....

We have the BEST parks here in our lil' 'burb, especially when the weather is nice and the sun is shining! Seems like we're still discovering new ones although we've been here for a few years. We especially love the park we spent Sunday at because of it's awesome walking trail, super clean bathrooms, 2 giant playgrounds for the kids to run wild, and plenty of grass for a picnic!! Our neighbors joined us for a long day in the sun:)

It's so fun to watch Bentley get in on the action...

Presto loves the monkey bars...

And try and keep up with his big brother

Look at how long her leggies are getting!! All her 4T dresses are getting so short.

Our sweet Phi can swing for hours!

Bye bye Phi Phi

They loved going down the big slide every which way...

And the Phia and Presto held hands and went down over and over together



And "twin baby" was brave too!

Love her sweet face:)

Presto and Jenson practicing their army moves...

Even Daddy fit in the tube...this is why we love him so so much!!

Mama and my sweet sweet bear(and baby sweet baby girl in my belly!!)

Presto sandwiched b/w they twinsies

I could just squeeze them!

Sweet neighbor hugs...

Presto teaching Presley the rules of the road

And my favorite picture of the weekend.  Daddy "teaching" Presto to shave.  Doesn't really get much cuter than this!!



Bentley 16 months...

Look at how big he's getting!!!

Our bear still loves to yell "DADA" at just about everything but now he's added an incredibly adorable "uh oh" and "looka"(for look) while pointing, to his vocabulary. He loves his brother and sister. Loves to put things into bags. And his new favorite things is climbing onto the couch(UH OH INDEED!!) and he's so proud that he can get himself onto a kiddie chair so he loves sitting at the little table like his sissy and brother. He's super stable on his feet and very coordinated so we're certain he'll be amazing on a bike just like his big brother!!

Exploring at the park...

Starbucks time with mama and Presto!

Loves all the attention

Loves the slide!! Esp which his big sis and bro behind him!

The Johnny Appleseed Blessing

Our sweet, curious, monkey keeps us smiling every single day...

Last night we were saying family prayers before bed and at the end Preston very softly started singing  "Oh, the Lord is good to me...and so I thank the Lord".  We made him continue and it turns out he's learned the whole Johnny Appleseed Blessing from school! He was so proud of himself and sang the blessing over and over.  His class says it together each morning. Way too precious for words.

Oh, the Lord is good to me,
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun, and the rain, and the apple seed.
The Lord is good to me.