Practice for Championship Saturday

Long overdue

playdate with the great outdoors at Palms Ranch... C is almost old enough to drive the Gator.. J picked tons of oranges, ran free and was in hog heaven with the new critters in the menagerie. Nice signs made by Shelby.

Batter up

I know. I can't believe I was holding out this show-stopping outfit till the last playoff game of the season.. look out, the (Bad News Bears) Purple People Eaters made it to Championship Saturday!!! Someone doesn't know he's not on the team.

Cinqo de Mayo flashback...

Kate's graduation from WSU, Benz Family (Campbell in-eutero) 2007..thanks for the flashback, Kate! LYMY

trouble is never far away..

...don't I know you?? Kai showed up for some deer petting.. and 3 toddlers are always trouble as they tried to break the food machine (this after the boys tried eating the duck food earlier) nice...the things boys find to get into..

Wild Animal Park and a new friend..

"are you going to drink that?" the devious look of a bottle-snatcher...

So awesome to get together with our friend from afar (yes, all the way up in Long Beach! ha!), Diana and her little guy, 18 mo. old Oliver. The boys had a blast wiggling away from us, checking out the animals (all of the awesome animals on the safari bus ride through the African desert were so much less exciting than the fact that they were standing up in a moving vehicle).. Didi and I are in accord that any place that lets moms walk around with 32oz cold beers is our kind of field trip.

coffee klatch

Ashton and Campbell talking business with Justin and his morning coffee.. to be fair, the boys were already dishing about the latest number of the day on Sesame Street when Dad horned in.