Princess Celebration

How lucky is that, both grandparents in town to celebrate your Birthday. Lots of love, as always. Sophie was super excited to have a giant sleepover (as she put it). Everyone arrived on Friday, which was Pa's Birthday. So, we celebrated with a delicious steak dinner with all the fixin's and birthday cake. So good! Then the big royal Princess 5th Birthday Party. Complete with cupcakes, a princess bounce house, magic wands, a cupcake piñata and lots of presents! Sophie was definitely Princess for the day. We are so blessed to have such a loving family and wonderful friends/neighbors to share it with. God Bless our Princess Sophie today and always! 

Nana and Sophie feelin' the love

Princess Sophie -- ready for her royal party

Coco came up with this neat frame idea...I think we took pictures with all of the guests

Hey Ladies! 

Best buddies

Sophie, Lorena & Peyton

Nana & Sophie (matching lipstick)

Granpa Bob & Sophie

Cupcake time

Sophie loves her BIG BRO! 

Kingston, Sophie & Dillon

Coco, Pa & Sophie

Sophie & Mitch

Sophie & Max

Sophie & Avery

Petyon, Noah & Sophie

Cameron, Alisa & Sophie

Birthday Celebration - Part 1

Ay, this girl! She's too much. Always making us laugh, keeping us on our toes and way too smart. But, we love you Sophie...we adore you and wish you a Happy 5th Birthday! I still can't believe you're 5! All I want you to know is that we love you, but most of all you are an amazing human being. I hope you continue to grow and learn to be a leader and a confident, strong person. You are such a loving, caring girl with a huge heart and I hope you always stay that way.

Miss Personality! Playing dress up in your brother's room. 

Out of the blue, you came out in these outfits you put together in Jake's room. We were cracking up. 

Birthday Star! We decorated your doorway the night before your birthday, while you were sleeping

Met our friends at the pool/water park on your birthday. Lots of fun! 

Leaving the waterpark...

Sushi dinner! (Sophie's choice)

LOVE

4 layer cake...tastes better than it looks

Definitely a Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIE

The Big 5

THE BIG '5' 

March 25, 2014

1. What is your Favorite Color?   Pink and purple and...orange
2. What is your Favorite Toy?     Furby doll 
3. What is your Favorite Fruit?   Oranges...and apples. But esp, yummy oranges
4. What is your Favorite TV show? Paw Patrol, sometimes Dora the Explorer and videos on the computer
5. What is your Favorite thing to eat for lunch?  a ham sandwich, salami, crackers and chips
6. What is your Favorite outfit?  a comfy shirt and shorts
7. What is your Favorite game?  I like playing tic-tac-toe, tag and hide n seek. oh and a game I made up, grab some stuff from your room and stack it up and then you have to jump over them 
8. What is your Favorite Snack?   Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
9. What is your Favorite Animal? little chihuahua puppy
10. What is your Favorite Song?  Let it go! 
11. What is your Favorite Book?  Little book of prayers 
12. Who is your best friend?   Dad, Mom & Jake and Bob, Nana and Coco and Pa...those are all my best friends cuz you're my family
13. What is your Favorite cereal? Honey Nut Cheerios
14.  What is your Favorite thing to do outside?  Swing
15. What is your favorite drink?  Slushies and ice cold water
16. What is your Favorite Holiday?   Easter, Christmas and Valentines Day
17. What do you like to take to bed at night?  my puppy
18. What is your Favorite thing to eat for breakfast? waffles, little pancakes
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Sushi Creek
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?  a Toy maker and make toys for boys and girls

Love-Family-Fun

Amazing how much fun you can have with a box. They even got Nana in on the action

They said it was a TV and we all did performances

Met some friends at this cool place, Tumble Weed Park

Having fun at the barn

Our reading corner -- Dad made these cool book shelves out of pallets...they came out so good. 

Sophie and her buddy, Avery. It's so cute, your big brothers play on the same soccer team and you have become good friends. Every practice and game, you bring each other a special treat/snack

The BEST soccer player EVER!! 

Pre game show-- Super Bowl Sunday!!!! 

Football Ice Cream cake that you guys couldn't wait to eat! 

Me and my girl having lunch on my birthday

Cousin Kiana was in town for a soccer tournament...we had fun watching her play

The girls; Maya, Mom, Sophie, Peyton and Dillon (Yes, they were swimming in February...only in AZ)

Salud! Las Comadres

Jake loves him some Pa

Beautiful day for a hike

Spending the day with my kids is one of the best gifts in the world. I am blessed. I hope these kiddos want to spend time with their Mom for a long time to come. 

Some of Sophie's latest antics; she loves to make crafts, she loves her TV shows (Doc McStuffins, Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig and Curious George), she is so super smart, I mean amazingly smart. She says things that I would never expect from a 4 year old. She's already planning her 5th Birthday party. She wrote out her guest list, she wants a jumpy, a band, BBQ chicken and balloons!
Then there's Jake; he LOVES Football! He has learned all there is to know about football. He can explain plays and calls and all sorts of things I have no idea about. He has learned to ride his scooter so well, he does tricks and everything. He is becoming a good little soccer player too!! He's playing club soccer and he's doing awesome!! We love watching him.

The kids were both off for MLK day, so we went for a hike

Beautiful blue sky and a handsome boy too 

Took Sophie forever to come down this hill, she almost tip toed down the whole way

We had to investigate lots of plants and interesting looking things along the way

We weren't sure what this structure was?

This girl is TOO MUCH! 

Helmet issues

Fun fun Fun

BirthdayParty for Jake's friend/teammate, Peyton

Playing a game with an Oreo cookie

Jake won the coloring contest! 

And, so did Sophie! 

We had a party at our neighbors house (the kids friend, Cameron's house). It was fun! The grown ups got to eat some yummy food and mingle and the kids got to play together.  We are really blessed to have such awesome neighbors! 

Salute! 

They have so much love for each other (most of the time)

We took a drive to Fountain Hills to see this huge 500 foot fountain. 

The fountain produced so much wind and mist

This is a fence that had these beautiful flowers painted on it

LOVE