At Mom's Retirement Dinner

Flying airplanes with Poppy!

Fun at the Splash Park!

Happy Birthday Poppy!

We had a fun weekend celebrating Poppy's birthday. He came along to cheer on the Giants Tball team, and then we went to a sushi lunch in which Connor shelled his edamame and hand-fed him. He brought Connor a cool airplane and they shared lots of laughs flying it in the West Sacramento winds! We love you Poppy!

Happy Birthday Poppy!

Here are some of my recent favorite pics of my dad with the kids. Happiest of birthdays to the world's best Poppy!

Happy Mother's Day!

We had a lovely, but busy Mother's Day weekend! We went down to Modesto after Connor's Tball game on Saturday and celebrated with my mom at her school's retirement dinner. It was a lovely celebration of her many years dedicated to educating children! Sunday, we started with a brunch honoring Mimi, and then had lunch with Michael's dad's side of the family, and then finished off with a BBQ with Michael's mom's side. So much to celebrate and so many wonderful moms to honor. Our kids are so blessed to have these amazing women as their Mimi and Grandma!

Fun times!

I'm trying to catch up on some blogging! We've been having lots of fun and staying busy! Below are pictures from a park playdate that we met our friends at, a Bounce Spot playdate with Liz, Maddie, and Audrey, and some pics from Tball pictures. Life is busy, but blessed!

Fun with Cousin CJ

Here are some recent photos with fun playdates with Cousin CJ. He is such a sweetheart! He's so smart, talking so much, and is so loving! Connor and Maddie just love hanging out with him and he seems to light up when he sees them. Cousins are such a blessing!

Bringing in the Big 3-1!

For my birthday this year, Michael to us tickets to the Amy Schumer comedy show. We had a great time! First we went to happy hour at Ella, then had dinner at Chops, and then walked over to the Crest Theater for the comedy show. Mallory and Anthony came along for the celebration as well. It was a great bday! Thanks Grandma Jill for babysitting so we could enjoy a night out!

Happy Birthday Michael!

Happiest of birthdays to my wonderful husband! Michael is such an amazing man... he is a giving, selfless, loving husband and father. He brings such joy to my life and our children absolutely adore him. I feel so blessed that I get to spend my life with him. Our lives are filled with love and laughter and I attribute that to Michael. Happy Birthday sweetheart!

Some of my recent favorites of Michael...

Happy Birthday Mimi!

We celebrated our beloved Mimi this weekend! Michael barbecued a delicious tri tip and chicken lunch and we enjoyed time with the cousins playing together and celebrating our wonderful mom!

More Tball Pictures!

Connor and John played the Marlins, who is the team of their good friend Andre from preschool! 

Mimi came to cheer on Connor!

Our neighbors came to cheer on the Giants! We're trying to recruit Irelyn to be on our team next year!

The Harden's came up to support Connor and got to see him hit a slammer!

Tball Continues!

We've continued with our busy Tball schedule. This weekend, Dave and Jill came up for the game and Auntie Mandy and CJ also came to cheer on Connor (and Michael!). We had a great time! Connor did awesome and we got to see him hit a slammer from a coach-pitch. Of course Connor is a stud muffin, but the coach who was pitching was pretty awesome too! And very handsome I might add!

Easter 2013

We had a wonderful Easter this year, filled with fun, family, and lots of candy! It was fun to see the kids hunt for eggs together- even Maddie seemed to get the idea of hunting for eggs. This was the first year we talked to Connor about the true meaning of Easter and he seemed to get it. We all feel very thankful for all the blessings the Lord has given us. Happy Easter to all!