Him...

 "I would not wish any companion in the world but you."

William Shakespeare

making memories...

Eating in San Luis Obispo...

Walking around the Mission:

Going to Bubble Gum Alley (with lots of hand sanitizer...)

Then taking the family to the place where Kit had his first ever ice cream in Arroyo Grande:

Oh how great the weekend was!

Dunes...

While we were in Pismo for my parents anniversary trip, they treated the family to an adventure in the sand dunes.  

 Because of her age and size, Eden stayed with my parents...  But she got to be with us until we left.

 Oh this little man is just the best...

We all switched around so that we could ride together.

Ruby liked my driving the best...❤︎

(Her auntie didn't get stuck once...)

Of the weekend, so many sweet memories were made and I am truly thankful that I have a family that will adventure together!

40th Wedding Anniversary Celebrations!

This weekend was such a sweet time together, celebrating my parents wedding anniversary!

The highlight for me was going to Avila Beach, where they had gotten married.  We took pictures and toasted to their 4 decades together!

We headed back to the house we were renting to eat dinner and eat cake:

It was such a special time and I am so thankful for the years that I have witnessed these two tackle all that marriage is...
We love you guys!
Here's to 40 more!❤︎

40th wedding anniversary celebration!

We are off to San Luis Obispo to celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary.  

We are heading to where they met and where they got married and we are excited for the time together!  I am excited to celebrate these two!

"mama and me time..."

Eden and I have found ourselves doing little "Mama and me time" things, (especially when Ryder and Kit are watching football...❤︎)  This last weekend, we decided to color one of her bible verse coloring pages together:

 Notice the little hearts that she drew and colored for me in the lower left corner...❤︎

Such a fun project to sit and talk over.  

(And simultaneously, USC beat the Longhorns in double overtime in an INCREDIBLY exciting game!)

The Lemonade and Arcade Stand...

On one of the days that Ryder was home with his Papa, he created an "Arcade" game: 

He went around the house and collected little trinkets that he could use as prizes and decided to charge 25 cents for five shots.  He also decided to serve lemonade:

This year he has a field trip to the Discover Cube and that will cost $12 to go.  He decided to put his money towards that.  Watching him tell our neighbors about his game and serve them lemonade was the sweetest thing and they were SO gracious to him and incredibly encouraging!  

So far he has raised $8.50 and he is thrilled about it!  We are so proud of this kid for how he is brave to try new things, interact with new people, and isn't afraid of something not working out.  He said to Kit and I, "Thanks for letting me just try it. I loved that I could say I wanted to do something and you guys made it happen..."❤︎