4th of July

This past weekend Ben had a blast.  It was a crammed packed fun weekend of things, but not a ton of pictures to show for it.  Regardless the ones I do have are pretty good.  On Saturday we went to our friends house so Ben could play with Annabel and her new jungle gym.  He had fun chasing Annabel and Jack around and going down the slide.  Meanwhile Kate tried to keep up with the rest and Mallory enjoyed the view.

Ben and Annabel playing with the water table

Annabel

"Out of my way Jack!"

Kate trying to play with Ben

Mallory looking cute

Kate

Playing in the grass

Annabel having a blast

Trying to high-five each other

Then on Monday we went to Villagefest in PV and of course he had a good time.  He got to see all the animals, take his first pony ride (which he loved surprisingly), operate a fire hose, sit on a police motorcycle, play in a police car, get his first bike helmet and eat some cookies.  Meanwhile Ashley slept through most of it and woke up in time to hear the fire truck honk it's horn and scare her.  A bottle and diaper change did the trick to calm her down though and all was well.

New Helmet!

Ash enjoying the weather

Hope I don't ever see this again

Refusing to look at me for the picture

First Pony Ride!

Enjoying the pony ride

Putting out fires

Hi!

Happy 4th!

For the record, Ben chose the cardinal's hat instead of the Royals hat.  Since one is red and the other is blue, those were his choices.  I'm proud to say after both times of me asking and Brian insisting on the blue, he chose red!  At least he already knows who to count on if he wants to watch a good team!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy fourth!

Pool Fun

Today we dusted off his pool from last year and filled it up to combat the heat.  He LOVED the pool and slide.  In fact, he kept saying more water everytime Brian would walk away from it.  Here's some pics.

Fun with daddy

I love the water!

Sliding - head first of course!

Laughing at Daddy soaking him

Trying to get Daddy back

Checking on "Ashey"

Are you watching?!

Enjoying watching big brother play in the water

Ashley is 3 Months Old!

Time has flown by for her first three months, but she is really starting to get some personality.  She's not quite as hyper as her brother and loves car rides/being in her carseat which is complete opposite of Ben.  She's also a very easy going little girl and loves to give out plenty of smiles.  She's cooing and even has a start of a laugh.

Here's some pics of this morning.  Of course Ben had to get involved in the photo shoot since she was getting all the attention.  He was half way through getting dressed for the day, hence the mismatch outfit.



Ashley & Ben (he has her binky and a fire truck tattoo)