CORBEN is EIGHT!!!!

CORBEN is EIGHT!

We took cupcakes to his class and they sang Happy Birthday to him 

Mason was so excited to come into her brother's classroom.  The teacher even let her stay and do an art project with oil pastels.   

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Corben's 2nd grade class

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When he got home from school...he had a surprise.

Cousin Noah, Uncle Paul and Aunt Kara drove up to see Corben and give him a birthday gift.  So fun! 

Decked out in Star Wars gear with Aunt Kara 

Curlers in her hair for the first time

Mason has been asking for curlers for her hair....so we found a few kinds to try out.  She was so worried they were going to fall out that she barely slept that night...(we then made a rule, no curlers on school nights).  

The result was beautiful, somehow I forgot to take a picture....next time.

I LOVE US!

Mason made this beautiful water color for our Valentine's decorations. It turned out so cute that we framed it. 

Birthday party fun

Celebrating Addison turning ONE! 

all the kids 

friend Kamden, Corben, and Mason

Sweet siblings!

Mason Kate: silly and sassy!

Playing around being silly at church Sunday school 

So sweet and yet so sassy! Just the way we like her. 

Modeling her new sweater!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

We are looking forward to a great year!

We made goals to pray more and love on people more this year as a family!

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So perfect timing, we took a family dinner tonight and gave them some New Years Party items (like below)...then we came home and enjoyed a movie night and enjoyed wearing our party items! Daddy was at work.

Happy to ring in the New Year with these two...excited to see what the Lord has in store for our family!

Hiking in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

We started on a hike near the ocean- in the Redwoods in 

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Seriously!  Click on the picture and read the Mountain Lion sign...I was freaked out the entire time.

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We had planned to do a 4 mile loop trail, and somehow took a wrong turn and stopped and turned after ~3.5 miles, hiking over 7 miles with the kids. They did really good and has been their longest hike thus far! 

 

crossing a couple of bridges, we hiked near the river towards a waterfall 

blurry...but a near rock scape behind us 

Well we survived and the kids had smiles on when we returned! 

Another gorgeous sunset and campfire fun with friends 

Rylan, Corben and Mason making s'oreos

(no graham cracker or chocolate, we roasted marshmallows and put them right in the middle of an oreo)  So yummy! 

  

The kids spent so much time on the beach!

What a great 4 day trip to the beach!