WWII Airplanes

We headed out to Gateway Airport to see some old WWII bombers.  Zackary is really into airplanes and always wants to watch them take off and land.  We got to climb up into the airplanes, walk around them, and see everything about them.

Lane and Katelyn becoming best friends.  Well as long as they aren't fighting over the treat cup (which seems to be all the time lately.

My boys and I trying to take a picture.  It was amazing to see the planes so closely.  What a great picture with the American Flag and the painting on the bomber.

More Lane

I can't just help but to show off my sweet little baby, that isn't so little anymore.  He is turning into a big boy.  Why can't we slow time, just a little?  We were playing outside in the morning and I couldn't help but to take hundreds of pictures of him. 

He is delicious!

This is his crouch.  I like to crouch down to talk to him and see things from his level and the next thing he does is crouch down like me. 

It is so adorable.

 

This is his famous ut oh.  He is very dramatic with the oh part.  It took a few tries but I finally captured it.

Where's the banana?

Lane loves a good banana in the morning, doesn't everyone? However, we have this problem with thinking he has finished it, but then find it hiding in random places.

Like in the dog dish...

or playing with trains in the tunnel...

and riding with dolls in the stroller.

It is a little gross but it makes me laugh every time.

Before & After

Aaron and I have been talking about repainting our living room, again, and finally broke down and did it.  We have never liked to blue and have done everything to try and tone it down.  We had Debbie from rooms rearranged to come in and help with color and arrangement.  She worked with me for a couple of weeks then sent us away for a few hours, and this is what I came home to.  It turned out awesome and I love it.  It is so nice and cozy, it really feels like home now. 

 

County Fair

 

We spent a fun filled afternoon at Maricopa County Fair this year.  We are not much into fairs, Aaron and I, that is.  But let me tell you, the kids love them.  Aaron is always skeptical of the rides and the carnies that set them up.  Any ride that travels surely isn't safe?  Well, I go over it and took the kids.  Our friends met us there, which was nice because the little one's can't do the rides so Liz or I sat with the babies and the other took the boys on the ride. 

Check out those glasses.  They could actually ride some by themselves. 

Swings, still Z's favorite.  We shared some GIANT corn dogs and ice cream cones.

 

We actually decided to go to the fair because Jacob was showing PiggySmalls.  He has spent the last year raising him hoping to make some serious cash.  He did a good job and the kids loved seeing the pig show. 

Wine Country 2010

We started off our wine country trip at a brew pub.  Go figure, most of them really like the craft beer, it seems to be the place we always begin the festivities.  For the past few years we have been going wine tasting with a group of 10, friends and family.  This was our first trip to Oregon wine country.

Here is the entire crew.  We got to meet up with family that live in Oregon from both sides of our family.  They all showed us around and took us to several yummy wineries.

Unky Kip and Aunte Cindy, of course needing a refill...again!

 

My folks are usually are the organizers.  Pops is our wonderful tour guide, we all just go along for the ride.  He always has a perfect itenerary for us.

Oregon is absolutely beautiful.  We had to take several cheesy pictures just so we could capture the background.  Maybe we should have just taken the sceenery photos?

Easter Afternoon

Easter was quite the busy day for us, our boys are such troopers.  The partied all day and made it until 8pm.  Pretty good for not having naps and being outside all day.  We spent the afternoon at Aaron's parents house with our wonderful family.  We had great food, wine, company, and an Easter Egg hunt.  The kids had a blast and got way too much candy.  We will be eating it for quite a while. 

We had such a great time, as always.

Easter Morning

We celebrated Easter at Boyce Thompson Arboretum again this year with my folks and the Edam Family. We cooked our breakfast outside and had a picnic, had an Easter egg hunt, and went hiking. The kids had so much fun playing outside all morning.

I love the little bums leaning over the water. Yes, Zackary was the first to get all wet!

We wanted a picture in front of this beautiful tree. The wild flowers were amazing this year. This is our attempt to get a family shot. Not so easy with 3 boys.

A Sleeping Mess

As you might remember, one of our favorite family things to do is go to Basha's for donuts and coffee. Anyone that is around Zackary often will know this. Every time we are playing and he is off on his bike and you ask him where he is going, he will say to the grocery store for donuts and coffee. This morning we headed out to Basha's for our weekend ritual and of course now Lane gets his own donut (we finally figured out to get him one with white frosting for better cleanup). He was happily eating his donut, squealing, laughing, and ummming about how yummy he thinks it is. I look back not 2 minutes later and find this. A complete mess of frosting, yes those are chunks on his shoulder, all over his face, all over his car seat, and he was passed out holding the rest of his donut.

Kids are awesome!

Celebrating Our 5th

Today we celebrated our 5th anniversary. I can't believe it has been 5 years. Time has completely flown by. It is amazing that we were having the most memorable party on this day 5 years ago. It surely has been exciting. Our time together has been so wonderful, we have made the sweetest family, we have created a beautiful home, and we have fallen more in love with each other. The saying 'everything gets better with age' is so true. We spent a great evening out together, first having dinner at RA for sushi, then heading over to the Desert Botanical Garden for a jazz night and finishing our night at Swirl It, the best frozen yogurt place ever. As you might know we always get each other something that is from the traditional anniversary. This year we didn't manage to get each other the exact same thing, I got him a Welsh Love Spoon and Aaron got me a really neat necklace that has a wood pendant with 'M' engraved into it.  Oh and the beautiful flowers in the background.  It is always fun to come up with something different and random.

Happy Anniversary Aaron, I Love You.