Happy St. Patrick's Day

We all went to Hampton's in Folsom on St. Patrick's Day.  They have the best burgers ever.  I had a green beer - basically just to gross Brian out.  He has a thing about food coloring.  

Build A Bear

Mason had a birthday party to go to so Kyla and I got to spend some quality time together.  She loves Build A Bear and it was very close so that's where we went.  We have plenty of bears and doggies so this time she chose a monkey.  I must say, he's pretty cute and soft.

Waiting to get stuffed.

Was qualities does your animal have?

Bath time.

Gotta give him a name.

Instead of clothes, she chose this little health care set.  I truly believe she'll do something in the health care field.  She still insists she's going to be a veterinarian.

Dessert at The Cheesecake Factory.  Yummy.  She had an ice cream sundae.

I had peanut butter cup cheesecake.

Folsom Zoo and Park Play

The Folsom Zoo and Sanctuary is just a few minutes away and is always fun to go to.  It's pretty small, only takes an hour or two to get in but we love it.  It's only $16 for all of us to get in on the weekends. 

 

The bears were all hiding or sleeping.  Boo.

 

 

Roar.

 

 

They look so alike in this photo.

 

 

The kids love to spin around on this thing until they fall down and almost throw up.

 

 

Smile.

Mason Skiing

 Brian took Mason to Kirkwood.  He hasn't skied in about 2 years but picked it up again no problem.  I don't have many pictures because I wasn't there.  Mason's gotten so good, he is able to ski the difficult runs ... no problem.

 

 

 He's very excited about his new poles. 

 

 

 Such a great photo of my boys.

 

 

While Kyla and Brian were skiing, Mason and I hung out in Truckee.  I think his burger is bigger than his head! 

 

 

And ice cream, we pretty much at all day.

 

 

It was such a beautiful day there.  Just look at how beautiful the sky is.

 

 

iPhone photo.

 

Kyla skiing!

Kyla hasn't been skiing since she was 4 years old so Brian decided to take her to Donner Ski Ranch.  He's so good, he goes to ski swaps or Play It Again Sports to get the kids outfitted for it.  Luckily, our girl never minds her brothers hand me downs.

 

 

It's quite a process, getting the kids geared up.

 

Looks legit to me.

 

Brian is demonstrating "pizza".

 

Getting ready to give the bunny hill a try.

I love the big smile on her face in this photo.  She's having such a great time and is doing so well already!

 

Go girl!

 

There she goes ... this almost makes me want to learn how to ski.  It actually looks fun ... I'm sure I'd break my neck though.  Brian said she only fell a few times today and she skied all day.

 

Daddy-Daughter day, I love it.

 

Posing for mom.

 

Done for the day ... both exhausted and not wanting me to take pictures.  But ... look how cute it turned out.

Cole's Birthday Party

Our neighbor and Kyla's bestie, Cole turned 6 on Valentine's Day.  The kids went over for a party.  It was a great time.

 

Egg on a spoon races.

 

 

Mason and Ethan, Cole's cousin and one of Mason's best friends. 

 

 

Determination. 

 

 

The 2 buddies. 

 

 

Egg toss - they went through a lot of eggs ... good thing Jenny has chickens. 

 

 

What's a party without a piñata.  Girl power!

 

 

Not sure if he thinks he looks cool in the pink headband or what? 

 

 

Swing it buddy. 

 

 

Kyla and Blake.  She loves these boys so much.  I can't wait for her to be old enough to babysit.  She'll be great at it. 

 

Visit with Mom

Mom came up for a visit so we decided to take a drive to Placerville to browse through some shops.  We found the best used book store and some fun places to shop around but we realized we were looking for more along the lines of a thrift store than an antique store (personally, I thought they were filled with a lot of old junk).  We headed back to Sacramento to pick up lunch and go get the kids.  I always enjoy hanging out with my mom.

 

 

 

 

Mom quickly made friends with this horse that was hanging out downtown and before we left the cowboy said, "_____ wants to know if you want a kiss?"  Can't remember the horses name.  Caught my mom and I off guard and we were laughing and he passed her some Hershey kisses in her hand.  I personally think the cowboy was flirting with her.  :-) 

 

 

Watching Mason's basketball game.

 

 

Smile!!