Loving These Summer Days...

I figured I had posted quite a few pics of Payton and our routine activities....but there are so many more things we have been enjoying since Payton has been here... mainly around the house!  We are so thankful for the beautiful, California weather and our wonderful backyard!  The boys are loving it too.

Here's what we've been up to lately:

Slip n Sliding

Lots and lots of baseball... have to change up the ball every now and then to a lemon. =)

Baseball games!  Master's College Mustang Baseball games... well, just one.  The championship game to make it to the World Series!  They won and we were able to see James Scott hit his first home run!

And spend time with the Macs too!

Happy Mother's Day!  My three favorite kids!!!  Payton's first day at church!

 Beach Trips. (this one with the Hayes')

Scooter Rides (this one happens to have the destination as the DONUT SHOP!)  They rode over a mile to it!!!  

Palm Tree swings after church.

Crazy days.

Bike riding!!!  Jackson got a "new" bike with training wheels that fits him perfectly!  Our neighbors gave it to us from a garage sale.... Great practice until he gets his own at some point!  He's doing great!

Jacob just learned how to ride with no training wheels!!! He picked it up right away and was a piece of cake!  The first night...

Staring at beautiful smiles and loving their sister.

Helping with dishes every now and then!  Teaching them young...

Baseball has ended...team party!

Jacob's first trophy.  He was sooo excited!

Swim lessons and the pool!

Fun BBQ's with friends!

Building. Jacob wanted a day where he could go and build something...So, I decided to take the boys to Home Depot and let them pick out some clearanced paint, clearanced wood, paint brushes, tape, etc and have a day of it. They LOVED IT!  I was the cool mom for the day. =)

Napping.

never liked swaddling.

Hiking.

Duck feeding with grandpa.

Showing off birthday money they received from Aunt Tera and Uncle Aaron!!! And tattoos, of course.

This is what Jacob picked out with his own money to buy....another wise decision to teach him young about business deals!

Saturday morning donut shop runs.  Payton's first experience!

Father's Day picture-taking!!!  Happy Father's Day, daddy!!!

Playing at the park with friends.

Splash pad!

Just being strong superheros.  I love them!

 And just being cute.  My JOYS!!!!

I don't want this to ever end....

I pray they love each other always as much as they do today!

Master's Kids Graduation

Preschool is done!  I can't believe things have come to an end.  In a couple months, Jacob will start his adventure of full day school, 5 days a week for many years to come!  I'm not looking forward to it!  For now, I'll enjoy the time I have left with him this summer.  We had such a great year with Master's Kids.  I had fun with the moms and grew in our relationships and Jacob definitely grew in his friendships as well.  Here are some pics from grad night!

The body poster he made of himself.

Davy Talcott and Jacob

His role was to say SEPTEMBER: PATIENCE.  He was the first one to go and did a great job! =)

Each graduate gets a scrapbook that their mommy spent time working on all year for keepsakes.  It was supposed to be a surprise, but he saw me working on it numerous times so it was no surprise to him. Thankfully, he still enjoyed receiving it and looking through it the night he got it!

Cash Mitchell and him looking at their books.

a little blurry, but brother love...

These are all his buds- ALL GROWN UP!  Jacob, Cash Mitchell, Hudson Brannon, Griffin Valderez and Davy Talcott

What a great year!

Jacob's Tee Ball- Last Game!

We had our last tee ball game of the season on Saturday.... sad it's over but glad since it was almost 100 degrees at 10am!  Glad we won't have to be in that heat except if it's in the pool!  Here's some pics from the game and a video at the bottom.  Jacob was the last batter for the season!  He hit a home run!! =)  Glad he enjoyed it and looking forward to more seasons ahead....