Havens Birthday Day - Part 1

The birthday Princess started her day with her most favorite drink - Hot Chocolate Milk (as she calls it) from Starbucks.

Of course Brother got some too!
Then after lunch we opened some presents from Aunt Erin/Uncle Jim and Grammy/Grand Dad as well as cards from Justus and Mommy/Daddy.









After nap time we headed to The Little Gym for a little birthday celebration with our friends & family. More on that to come :)

Happy Birthday Haven

Today Haven turns 4! Woooo hooooo!!!!! Yay!!!!!!

Haven is such a light in my life - so full of animation and love. She is our precious Princess!

On Tuesday she got to celebrate her birthday at school. We brought chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting :) Unfortunately I didnt get a picture.

But here is a picture of her in her birthday crown and birthday certificate.

Havens trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Havens class took a field trip to the pumpkin patch. We got to try a new patch since our beloved Cobb Ranch isnt doing one this year.

The school picked Single Palm Pumpkin Patch. And I have to say, I was pleasently surprised. Nevermind the fact that it was super far away, but it was fun.

They had all the good components of a good patch.

Halloween Story Time:

A Hay ride:
A Hay maze:

A Cornstalk maze:
Pick your own pumpkin:

Fun stuff to play on like a tire swing:

Live animals - in this case huge pigs!
And some cute places for photo opps - including a class photo.

Oops, I forgot!

Here is the finished product to the Pumpkin carving!

The guys did a great job!

Life Group Halloween Party

I was so excited to host our Life Group Halloween Party! I just love parties and we have such a great group of couples and kids.

We started out with cookie cut outs for the kids & a little pumpkin carving

Took a break for dinner. Potato soup, salad & pumpkin bread for dinner followed by Brookes AMAZING peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, yum! The kids had mummy fingers, spiders and apples.


Then it was cookie decorating time!

I think the kids had a blast just playing, especially when it got dark.

Happy Halloween Party!

The Big Fresno Fair

The Fair - oh how I love the Fair! I have such great memories of going to the Fair with my school when I was a kid.

I have loved taking my kids. We have gone just about every year. This year, Neil even got to join us :)

The first thing we did was get us some Fair food. You just cant beat it! In fact, we ate it so quickly we didnt even take a picture. The kids and I dined on Corn Dogs while Neil chose the tri-tip sandwich. Yum!

We headed over to the livestock area. Gotta love the smelly animals :) We did get to see some baby animals....so cute! Also, Haven and I almost got ran over by a cow....didnt get a pic of that tho.

The kids also played around on the toys. Haven is enamored with horses!


We checked out some of the exhibits - I always hit up the Gem & Mineral one to get polished rocks, spin the wheel for a prize & the black light part. I also always go to the agriculture one. I feel its important to show the kids how great our Valley is at producing.
Of course we hit up the rides. Always a fun time.





I let the kids pick a toy or treat. Justus picked a toy guitar while Haven went for the ice cream cone.


Lastly we stopped to let the kids ride some horses.

Fun times at The Big Fresno Fair!