family hike!

 Saturday we decided to have some family fun and go on a hike together. We have this gorgeous  mountain about 2 miles from our home and it has a great trail for hiking. Penny was SO happy to go with us on this adventure! We packed up some Subway sandwiches and lots of yummy snacks, then headed out on the most beautiful (but chilly) day.

Brandon's eyes are closed in this shot but I LOVE the way Penny is looking at the camera! ;)

She seriously had the best time! She even decided to roll in "mud" and get completely filthy. Okay so what I thought was mud was actually poo. :( So gross Penny! We were cracking up.

We stopped at a picnic table and had our lunch. YUMMY!

The view from the top is amazing! If you look really hard you can see the Benicia bridge. What a great day for some outdoor fun. We had a blast! 

When we got home Penny was quickly put into the bathtub for a good scrubbing. 

She spent the rest of the day like this! SO tired. 

cousins

My wonderful mother and father-in-law came out for a visit and they brought this awesome guy! Donovan is one of Brandon's new cousins from John's side and Brandon LOVES him. They are only a month apart in age and get along really well. While they were here we took them to Sky High Jump 

(a fun trampoline place.) Donovan had SO much fun the first time that he requested to go a second time, which we did. :)

 Since it was raining we canceled our planned San Fran trip and went to Jelly Belly instead. We thought the boys would have a great time...they did. 

 Brandon was SO proud to take his cousin to primary. They looked adorable in their Sunday best so I had to snap a picture on the way home. 

Thank you for coming to see us Dennis, Judy and Donovan! We sure do love you. 

Come back again soon!

L.O.V.E.

I had the BEST time doing the "12 days of Valentine's" for my two favorite guys this year! Each day starting on February 3rd, I had something special to give them. Brandon LOVED looking forward to the surprises. I had fun getting creative with what to do! I think Brandon's favorite day was the first one...he got a pair of "Perry P.J.'s." 

Here he is after opening the Valentine that 

Nana and Papa John sent him...sporting the new pajamas. He was one happy boy.

The 1st day...

The 11th day...

I told him that we can read it together each night for 11 minutes! :)

I did not get many pictures of the past 12 days, 

but hopefully my guys remember how much I love them anyway. 

 I got to make cookies for the class Valentine's Day party. I love being a room mom!

 Some homemade Oreo cookies with pink icing for Brandon's primary teacher. 

 We decided to make candy IPOD's this year for his classmates. Thanks for the idea Wendy!

 Can't wait for the party tomorrow!