green girls

we had some time before dinner to have a few laps around the block and Kirra comes out with a bag for trash...she's ready to beautify the neighborhood

Jenna always quick behind grabs a bad too and we're off

the girls each collected trash and bits of things that "don't belong in nature"

it took us 30 minutes to make it around our street. there are only about 10 houses per street so you can imagine their attention to detail.

**this pic is at the end of their collection**

Samonian Farms

right near us in southeast Fresno is this awesome place...

each kid picked out their favorite old train or machine to stand by

all I could think of was how much my grandpa would LOVE this place

we must have been there for almost 2 hours

it was like a field trip and we came home with fresh fruit

check it out...Jensen and Clovis (I think :)

Kirra's Ace of Cakes party

Each girl decorated their own small cake

aprons on, ready to frost...they had the best time!

Family party 2011

Here is the LARGE cake that my mom and I made that the girls shared. This is them taking turns with their candle on the cake.

Then cake looked amazing, tasted great but proceeded to fall like the Tower of Pisa after we took out the first slice. It was hilarious. My mom was slicing and I was holding the sides together with salad tongs. I would have loved a video or picture but I was holding the cake and the there 10 people there were laughing so hard that no one thought of it :)

{before frosting, you can see the four layers...strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, and confetti}

{sorry, I don't know how to rotate the video,I am just excited that I am actually posting}

For Kirra's birthday party she wanted to do Ace of Cakes, so we bought six different kinds of cakes and got to baking. With the leftover cakes we make a four tiered cake for the family party. This is the girls talking about it and the super cute cake.

Jenna turns 4 on Feb 4th!

Daddy always makes the kids and family birthday pancakes, minnie pancakes in this case, we sing and start the big day.

This particular day we watched reruns of Inspector Gadget on hulu. Love those classics!

Jenna is ready for her special birthday outing with Paige...

off to Build-a-Bear.

The girls were not scared to walk through the mall, bears in tow.

Stuffing her super cute bear

Here is what we ended up with

Then it was off to lunch at CPK, her choice. This is her empty ice cream sundae cup. I did not actually think she could eat the whole thing.

Big 4 year old!

I can't believe my baby girl is four. Jenna has been such a fun part of our lives, never a dull moment with this little one. There is a sparkle about her that is so special.

Thank you Jenna-B for stretching me to be more fun, laugh more and cherish each day!

Leaves, Leaves and more Leaves!

We noticed that this year we are not living at a house that has any trees that loose their leaves...so we asked David's parents to save up. They held off the raking and we went over for some fun!

Here are each of the kids in action. They took a running start from the sidewalk and got air!

I love it when God's creation makes for a TON of fun!

Busy Daisy Troop

Kirra's Daisy (Girl Scout) Troop was very busy this past Christmas blessing people all over town. This instance was at the VA Hospital. Our troop adopted a tree at their facility and decorated it. They put on hand-made ornaments and garland. The girls did a great job, and even got a patch for doing it.

There was an unexpected visit from Santa (AKA Kirra's Gpa O'Hare). The girls were super excited and all rotated in picture taking with Santa in front of the tree.

Of course the sibs joined in