Dad's newest talent

BEFORE

 AFTER

Time to update Brian's resume....turns out

he's pretty good at cutting Brogan's hair.

Happy Bir-Dear

Ben turned 3! And he got his own bike (note: he also got a stuffed Nemo that he carries with him everywhere now, can you see him?)

 The obsession with "Sean the Sheep" lead to THIS cute cake

 He LOVED it!

 CHEESE!

Shantel made the cake (sooo cute) and minutes after this photo was taken Ben was outside riding his bike, despite possible thunder storms.

A Brogan celebration

This boy made it through his first year of preschool

 These are some of his friends, and 2 of his teachers.

 They gave him a wonderful book full of drawings and pictures he did all year.

 His favorite part of the party?  The GREEN balloon he got.

 Seriously.  He loved this balloon.

And we love him!

H-O-R-S-E

There is a cute little farm just up the road (one of hundreds) we recently discovered.

The kids get to ride horses there.

 Brogan's very first time

 Zoey...perhaps the most excited about this experience

 Kayla, always happy to just be DOING something

 Cassidy, our resident horse expert.

Bikes, Bikes, Bikes

With the warmer weather settling in, we find ourselves outside a lot...

and riding bikes is a FAVORITE activity

 You might not be able to tell, but Ben is dancing while riding this bike...

Ben, Brogan, Zoey, and Brian...

We would like to formally congratulate CASSIDY on learning how to ride with-out training wheels!

In her exact words, "I feel like I've been doing this all my life."  

Spring has brought us such a nice surprise

This tree in our front yard REALLY does look like Popcorn Popping 

 It is our favorite tree 

 And we will miss it (and our amazing neighbors) when we move (yet again) to a house

that will fit us a bit more comfortably (move date: Aug 13th)

Let's go to the movies...

The best and most cost effective way to take 10 people to see the movies?

The Drive-In.

 SOOOOO MUCH FUN!

 Everyone pile in

Only Zoey made it through the whole movie....and we went to see "The Avengers"...not a quiet film, by any means.  We can't wait to go again.

Park day with Cousins

If you can't serf in the ocean, a teeter-totter might work

 Oh, this sweet face...

 Ready to slide

 Monkey Bar champ

 Zoey is ALWAYS in style and high fashion

 Ben is ALWAYS running

 More running...

 Kayla pops a pose

 Zoey

 Danger...AKA: Brogan

Zeke...

 Our cousins are here!  And the newest little addition is Zeke.  We are ALL in love with this sweet face.  Maybe we are just a touch partial to the red tint in his hair as well....

Easter 2012