Preston's loses his first tooth!

In so many ways we still think of Presto as a little toddler.  He's still super playful and silly but is definitely maturing and loves to learn new things(especially in school).  He's so so proud of himself when he gets all his weekly "Word Wall" words right and he takes so much pride in his share each week and "stumping" his classmates with them.  He's grown physically so much this year...2.5 inches since the beginning of school!!  He LOVES to read! He finally lost his first tooth! He woke up on a school day "Mommy guest what...I have a loose tooth".  I always get emotional when they lose teeth but I barely had time to process because it was GONE by the time I picked him up from school that same day!! SAY WHAT?? I was so shocked but he was so so excited:) He hasn't lost another since.  He was 6 years 3 months when he lost this tooth.  Hoping his other babies stay in for a loooooong time!!

Easter 2016

Our first Easter in our new house!! The Easter bunny hid tons of eggs filled with treats and toys and each kiddo searched for 9 eggs with their initials on it.  The kids had a BLAST!! Mama made a big ole' bunny cake and on Easter morning we went to an amazing brunch at Moorpark Country Club which is right around the corner with Nana and Nonno! We even fit in an egg hunt with the Penrod's the previous morning and a couple trips to visit the Easter bunny for pictures.  We finally feel settled and there's no place we'd rather be than at home!!

Random "Christmassy" things!

This year I made "homemade" drink coasters with for our family for Christmas.  I think they turned out pretty good...not sure if you can actually stick a wet drink on them but they look great!:) We decorated trees with friends, visited many different houses to see lights and Sophia even jumped in and sang with a caroling troup! We just love the Christmas season and although we try and pack a lot in, we still love being together most!! Sophia also surprised us with a little piano performance.  She takes piano lessons at school each Friday(she's oh so very talented!!)

Cookie/Gingerbread house decorating and boat parade!

Each year we decorate gingerbread houses and cookies with the Penrod's and this year the Conner's joined in on the fun.  It was a crazy, messy, sugar fueled, day but oh so fun!! This was Olivia's first year with her own house and she did really well and was very careful when decorating her cookies.  We were all surprised that my boy were the last at the table decorating and took a lot of time and care with their houses(of course stuffing their mouths with candy along the way).  We also continued our tradition of taking the kids to the Ventura boat parade.  This year we got front row seats at a restaurant and enjoyed dinner while watching Santa fly over and the boats sail by.  Again, freezing but fun!!

VENTURA BOAT PARADE