Happy 3rd Birthday, Ryan!!!!

Ryan's 3rd Birthday started with a surprise visit from Grama. On the day of his birthday, we met daddy at McDonald's for lunch where Ryan had a blast playing in the tunnels (despite learning some life lessons from an older boy. Ryan now knows what happens when you hit an older kid...) Later that night we had Ryan's birthday dinner of choice (homemade hamburgers) and then of course, we celebrated with cake, ice cream, and presents

The next day, daddy had a seminar in Portland, so Ryan, Caleb, Grama, and mommy spent the day at the Portland Children's Museum - What a great day!

On Saturday, Ryan had his first true birthday party. We held his party at a near park that has a fantastic playground/wood castle play structure. His theme was "Where the Wild Things Are" - beyond fitting for Ryan =). A few months ago, Johna and I had found these great "Where the Wild Things Are" party invitations - little did we know those are the ONLY things that exist for a birthday party with this theme. So, we got creative =) Mommy's attempt at a Wild Thing Cake

After playing for a while and eating lunch, the kids gathered around for a reading of "Where the Wild Things Are". Afterwards, the kids had a great time decorating their own Wild Thing masks - Thanks Nana!!!

The party favors

What a great day! Despite Caleb being under the weather, we all had an amazing time celebrating our little man's 3rd birthday.

Misc. Pix

Keeping the California roots alive =)

Don't worry, he didn't eat the worm

Now that we have removed most of the stuff in our yard in order to make room for lawn, now came the time to transplant the plants we want to save. On this particular weekend, we pulled out 9 bushes (thanks to the 4-Runner and some cable! Can we say redneck?) and transplanted 5 rhododendrons.

A couple of weeks ago, the boys and I spent a week watching over the barn while the trainers were at a horse show. The boys had such a blast feeding -it was hilarious!!! Also made me proud to be raising country boys - even if we do live in town.

Sitting at the table like a big boy

Thanks Holland and Clay for these cool shirts from New Zealand!!

Caleb's First Haircut

The before shot

Ta-Da!

Happy Mommy's Day!

Mother's day started with John's traditional Mother's Day breakfast: Crepes with strawberries and hand whipped, whipped cream. That in itself is special enough. The boys (all three of them) gave me a very special card with each of their hand prints outlined inside and special attributes written in each finger (awwww....) Then we went to church and for the best gift ever - a ride on Whirlwind.

Ryan got to ride Whirlwind all by himself for the first time! He learned how to make him walk and how to stop. Whirlwind took very good care of him .... and of course I was right there, too =)