Bensons

We went to Benson's park today!! A bazillion years ago, when I was a kid, Benson's was called 'Benson's Wild Animal Farm'....and it was sort of a zoo.  Well, they no longer have animals.....and now they have a big playground there.  Its so beautiful....and there are still some empty cages remaining.  I can't wait to explore it further!!

My lighting is so blah...but I worked with what I had!!

They also have a dog park there....so Lucy got to go make friends!

Noone under the age of 11 is allowed in the dog park, so the littles had to watch from the fence...

I can't wait to go back (its only 20 minutes from us)!

Brielle came over the day in her new ninja turtle jacket, and Ty just needed one! We went to the mall today to do a little back to school shopping, and Ty got his jacket! They have some pretty cool ninja moves, too, lol!!

Caroline and Jackson

I took pictures of Caroline and Jackson today!! I cannot even wrap my head around how BIG they are getting...eek!!

So many to go through....LOVE these guys!!

Glasses

The girls had gift cards to Claire's (thank you Laura!!), so we had to go and spend them today! They had so much fun shopping...and got these glasses (along with some earrings)...

Olivia told Bella that she had to show 'attitude face'....so Bella did this....

..lol, so Olivia showed her the face, and this is Bella's attempt....lol!

Party day

Sooo...we had our party yesterday!! My good friend Nichole, made the girls' cake! Olivia told her that she wanted a rainbow theme, Bella wanted a candy theme....and we LOVE what she came up with!!

There may have been an overabundance of candy...

Bella.....is a HUGE One Direction fan, and I looked everywhere for a small Zayn doll, with no luck....so I got her a cardboard cutout, and had him hold her candle...

....and she LOVED it!

Singing to BOTH girls...

There were lots of friends and family there to celebrate...

There was lots of swimming...

...and pinata fun!!

The bouncy house was always occupied....Uncle Shaun let Ty beat on him a little in it...

So many great presents bought for the girls....they are so very lucky...

...Olivia was SUPER serious the whole time opening presents, lol...

...it was an AMAZING day!! Thank you EVERYONE for coming to celebrate with us!! We are so very lucky to have so many WONDERFUL people in our lives!!