Swimming @ Grammy's

So we have taken to inviting ourselves over to my parents at least a few times a week to go swimming! There is pretty much nothing else Bennett would rather do (well, except for going to the zoo) and it's just good, free fun - so we're always game! 

Helping Grammy water the "plants" 

Happy, Happy 4th!

 We snapped this picture after church because I didn't know if we would actually take any pictures and Bennett and I dressed for the occasion (you can't see my cute red flats) but in a series of unplanned events we ended up spending the day out in Temecula at the Taft home with the Sheltons, both Taft families and the Lomans.

(yes, that's really their home, it looks like a magazine, I know!)

We had a great time playing and talking and eating

(Because, really, what else is there to do on the 4th?) 

It was perfect!

We had these fabulous plans to make it to the Temecula Sports Park but with three kids and helping to clean up before we left it just wasn't going to happen. So we went up to the "famous" Iron Bark Court, snagged the last two parking spots and got out of the car just in time to have a perfect view of the show!

We set the camera on some random persons car and got this awesome picture!

Hope you all had as great of a day as we did! Happy 4th!

Video Cuteness

Last week Bennett and I were outside playing and I took this video of him walking. (Also, notice the Aresnio Hall impersonation, pretty funny!)

Don't worry, I went and got him right after the video stopped
(I actually cut the video short so you couldn't hear me yelling at him to stop and not walk were I can't see him)

This next one cracks me up! He is so funny with this toy!
Don't you just love how he hits the ball a couple times, can't do it, and then sticks it in the side hole?! He really is a genius! :)

Spring Break Fun!

We had a great time having Adam home for two weeks! (well, when he wasn't working... we won't bring that up!) Here's some random pictures from before and during spring break that I meant to post but just didn't due to spring break fun/craziness!

First time eating at a table in a big person chair - he did pretty good!

We finally got the two birthday swings hung up!

Bennett has now figured out how to get the back yard all on his own. We're thinking he likes it back there! 

 Bennett has become much more in to his toys, here is is using his alligator xylophone as a piano bench

And he now wants to take his mower and "push car toy thingy" everywhere he goes, all.the.time!

We had a fun family breakfast out at The Mill (Yay for buy one get one free breakfast coupons!) I sort of forgot to take a picture until just before we were leaving and Bennett was showing off his "Look how cool I am standing on the edge of the high chair" face - he makes me laugh!

Lastly, the other night we got the bumbo out for Clara to sit in and eat her dinner, well Bennett wanted to play with it and became rather angry when he realized he was stuck a few minutes later.

But he went back for more after dinner, just decided to take a different approach. 

We did more than just take pictures of Bennett around the house over spring break. 

Those posts are on their way in the next few days :)

Saturday Morning with Dad

So I got up at like 8:30 this morning, ate some bananas and tofu and looked around for Mommy but instead found Daddy. Mommy went to go to a woman's thingy at church, no men allowed so Daddy and I spent the morning together. He dressed me in my favorite hoodie that says "Captain Awesome" on it. I think it reminds Daddy of Captain Amazing from Mystery Men.

 We loaded up the wagon with my monkey and my ukulele(and a some other stuff dad brought along) and headed for the farmers market and got some lettuce, carrots, lemons, apples and strawberrys. We also got Mommy some nice Callow Lilies I picked out for her.

When we were walking back to the car I pointed out a playground that was on the way and we went over and played on the slide. Weeeeeeee!

After that we made one more stop! GUITAR CENTER!

Daddy apparently has been holding out on me. It was amazing. There were lots of guitars, and lights and drums! Daddy showed me how superior Martins were to Taylor guitars, I mixed some tunes and played with the lasers in the live sound room, and Dad let me hit some drums in the drum room. Thanks for a great morning Dad! Lets go do it again soon!
-Bennett

Back Home and Playing the Kazoo!

We're home from our long weekend in Big Bear still a little under the weather but home nonetheless!
The reason we went was because we were invited to speak at our churches winter camp! The weekend focused on the parts of the trinity and Adam and I spoke on the Father. Apart from the speaking side of camp we were with all the Jr. High girls (and Jenn and Jackie) and we had a great time with all of them!
Adam ended up being our lead breakfast cook each morning, which was awesome!
On Saturday, we spent the whole afternoon at a sled park! Adam and I both took turns with Bennett trying to get him excited about the snow...


...but Bennett's over all feelings for the day were just about as great as the pumpkin patch day! So, needless to say, Bennett and Mommy left early and took a nap.
Other than that camp went really smoothly (Praise the Lord)! No broken bones, no big drama, just a great time in the snow, learning about who God is and how much he loves us - what more could you ask for in a weekend?!

On a totally unrelated note, I am proud to say I actually captured a "first" this afternoon! I was sitting at the computer looking at possible birthday shirts for Bennett to wear at his party next week on Etsy and all of a sudden I heard a noise I had never heard before. Then I heard it again, and all of a sudden I realized - "That's a kazoo! Oh my gosh! He figured it out!" So I grabbed my camera off the kitchen table and went straight to his room to capture the following:

I know it's dorky to so excited over a kazoo - but I guess that is just part of being a mom! Oh and then just a few minutes later, my son pulled his diaper bag down and dug out the rice cakes to help himself to a snack - he sure is getting around quickly for not actually walking yet!
Anyways, like I said earlier I was looking for a birthday shirt and was planning on making one inspired by the great Katrina however I was saved by Kohl's this afternoon and will not be making the shirt (YAY!!!) That's not to say, however, that I don't still have fabric and paper and ribbon in my house waiting to be turned into something fantastic for my sweet boy's party next week! Wish me luck!