farmers market

During the summer, there is a farmer's market every Thursday in our down town.

We went with our friends this last week and had the best time!

 Eden was in the Moby, and pretty much slept the whole time.

 Our friend Alex took this one:

(Micah and Ryder are 5 weeks apart and are best buddies...)

We will be going as much as we can this summer!

Pavones:

We love every chance we get to be with you guys.

Thanks for your friendship!

We love you guys!

giving Eden a little leg room

I LOVE this jumper on Eden.  It is sized for 3 months old.

The one problem is the luscious thighs that my baby has developed, and they don't quite fit into the elastic leg holes.

So I just made a little adjustment:

Eden is loving her new dress and the leg room that it gives her♥.

Gosh I love this baby!

little projects

I love the color green!  I have so much fun putting it around our house... especially when I see it with yellow.  Those two colors make me so happy!  We have the colors that our kids will say "EWW! Why did you use those colors so much!"  (Kind of like what I said about the avocado green and sunshine yellow that my parents used when I was little...)

I love using it, even if it's in tiny changes:
Before:

After:

We have two kids that love to have their toys accessible (Ok, just one for now, but eventually Eden will want her toys accessible too...) and two adults that don't want their house to look like a gymboree playroom.  So the only toy storage is that basket.   It makes me happy to see that bright green, especially under my yellow coffee table!  Yep, I'm hooked...
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I have also enjoyed pulling some green into my sewing projects! 

I had some fun transforming this 50 cent placemat from this:

to this:

We are off to tackle the day! 
I hope you have a very "happy" tuesday!♥

a recap of our weekend celebrations

We had a very fun three days celebrating Kit!

The celebration started on friday evening when we went to dinner at the Thai Table in Whittier.

Our brother Andrew had recommended it and it was SO GOOD!

(Seriously, how cute is the arm around his dad!)

 We loved the yellow curry, orange chicken, pineapple rice and beef pad thai.

(Ryder ate a ton and loved every bite! The orange chicken and pad thai were the favorites.  Eden thought her fist was amazing!)

Then we headed to Starbucks for some sweet treats.

Wasn't that nice of us to get Ryder his own mocha frappuccino?  

That's what he thought too...

Kit prepared his famous ribs for the weekend!  

I LOVE when Kit uses our smoker or BBQ...

Great things happen!  

It must be from growing up in Santa Maria♥.

And I made Kit's favorite chocolate cake:

We also gave Kit a picture from a photo shoot that I had done with the kids:

(It was really tough doing it by myself... 

It made me appreciate when Kit and I tackle them together.)

Ryder was not interested in taking any more pictures but I was able to get a few of Miss Eden:

Then on Saturday morning, Ryder and I made a little mini party for Kit to wake up to:

 

Complete with birthday doughnuts:

Then it was time for some presents:

We spread them throughout the day.  Here were some of the day's goodies:

(Ryder makes an amazing gift opener and loves to help out in any way he can...)

I can't wait for us to tackle some of these recipes!

(Hooray, Hooray for Bobby Flay!  I love this guy's recipes!)

 One of Kit's favorites as a kid and we wanted to share it with Ryder:

And thanks to our friend Alex's suggestion:

 Here's what it looks like:

This will make our little family adventures so fun to capture!

We ate Italian sandwiches for lunch from our favorite little Fullerton spot:

They are so good!

Kit had to work on Saturday night but when he got home, we rented Sherlock Holmes and enjoyed it!

We went to Church on Sunday morning and Ryder stayed in his classroom the whole time.  I am always so thankful when Kit and I can go to church together!

Then on Sunday afternoon, Kit smoked his ribs:

And we made a big pitcher of mojitos:

  (Captured with Kit's new lens)

 We ate with our family 
(and I don't have one picture to show for it...)
The day ended with phone calls and face time with our dad's:
(a.k.a. the "papas")

It was a wonderful weekend to celebrate!

Kit~
You are an incredible friend, supporter, teammate, and encourager. You have so many unbelievable qualities like patience, strength, and grace.  I love how you lead our family and couldn't respect you more!
You are an incredible man and I am so thankful that I get to share life with you!
Thank you for being an AMAZING "dada" to our babies.
I am so thankful for you!
I am so glad that you were born!
I couldn't love you more...

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the incredible dad's in my life!

I love you all!

outside wall planter part two

We finished our planter this week.  We made an outing of going to Lowes and then planting the flowers.  Ryder was really into it.  Trying to control the usage of potting soil AND getting pictures was really tricky...

 Taking a dandelion break:

Blow!

 My very proud helper:

 I love how it came out!

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.

We will be celebrating Kit's birthday on saturday and father's day on sunday!

photo by trever hoehne

Two back to back days for celebrating the man in my life♥!