Oak Glen in February!

Our baby girl was coming soon and I wanted to have one more family day before we became a family of five. The weather forecast called for rain most of the weekend so at the last minute we decided to head up to Oak Glen (our favorite fall destination) for some snow fun! The boys had never been in the snow before and they had a blast!

Rain boots work nicely as snow boots if you're really unprepared for the snow!

my best friend!

building our snow man

of course I had to take a winter picture of the boys on the same log as I do in the fall!

next time, there will be 5 of us!

Oak Glen: part 1

For 6 years now we've enjoyed family days at Oak Glen. We usually plan our day trip for the first weekend of November since that is when our favorite apples are available for purchase. This year I had the fun idea of going a few weeks early for apple picking and then making caramel apples with the boys! Don't worry.....for those of you I've told we're going the first weekend in November, we're still going! Joshua had a lot of fun, but Jacob was tired and hungry and didn't warm up to the idea until our day was half over. I'd go apple picking again though - it was fun!

we've got our bag and are ready to go!

first on the map: granny smith

twist and pull

streeeetch

off to pick rome beauty apples

Jacob "helping"....okay, not really!

reach for it, reach for it

got it!

my handsome groom!

"Mommy, look at this apple I found!"

(we heard that a lot)

our loot

proof that I was there too

The End!

Sharing the Love

One of my all time favorite rides at Disneyland is Soarin' Over California

at California Adventure.

So you can imagine my excitement when Joshua was finally tall enough to go on the ride.

We took the boys to Disneyland over the weekend and our wait was finally over!

Joshua and I held hands the entire time. One of the greatest things about the ride

this time was that at each scene change he would tighten his grip on me a little

tighter. He may be turning 5 in three months and starting Kindergarten in a

few weeks, but yah, my baby still needs me!

That made my heart soar!

Another birthday!

December is a busy month for us. First and foremost is Christmas!

Then we have Joshua's birthday, Lawrence's birthday, and other family birthdays on the 10th, 19th and 21st. To add a beautiful cherry on top of that, our anniversary is on the 20th!

We went back to Disneyland for Lawrence's birthday on the 6th!

Winnie the Pooh ride

heading over to Tom Sawyer's Island

across the bumpy bridge

coming out of the many caves

Man, can he throw!

I love you, Lawrence! I'm so thankful that God brought you to me!