{Mothers Day}

Mothers Day morning the girls and Sean made me a delicious breakfast - crepes! So happy with all the fresh berries. Before church that afternoon we went and took a stroll around Crystal Springs Reservoir. 

After church we packed up some food and went to the rose garden in San Jose for a little picnic.

So blessed that these little hooligans call me momma. 

See that rose she's holding? She looked all over to find a rose on the ground (because she knows you can't pick them off the bush) so she could give it to me for mothers day. It was so sweet! After the rose garden we went to a park to play for a little bit and I forgot the rose at the playground. After getting on the freeway to go back home, Evette realized this and was so sad. Hysterically upset that I forgot her rose. I broke her little heart into a million pieces. She was so sweet to find it and I forgot it. Bad mom moment. It would have taken us way too much time to turn around and get it. After long talks and lots of tears she decided that another little girl could find it at the park and give it to her momma and we could clip one out of our garden to put on our table instead. She is such a sweetheart!

{From the eyes of a 3 year old}

Evette loves to take pictures. And I love the pictures she takes. 

It's fun to see how she sees the world. 

Here are some shots she's taken over the last few weeks.

{Garden Update}

{Santa Cruz Weekend Away}

For our birthdays and anniversary celebration we went away for the weekend - without kids. It was glorious. It had been 3 years since we had a night away without kids. We dropped the kids off at a friends house (I may have cried in the car afterwards for a bit, but it quickly wore off) on Friday afternoon and did not return until Sunday around lunch time.

We stayed at a little studio apartment between Santa Cruz and Capitola.  It was perfect.

 

 Such a quaint little place! 

We parked our car and spent the whole weekend on our bikes - which was super fun for me. I usually ride down the street at snail pace with a baby on the back and a toddler at my side, so it was fun to get a little more riding action.

There were surfers all over at all times of the day. It was fun to sit and watch them.

We also spent a little bit of time on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. I hadn't been on a rollercoaster since our honeymoon. How sad is that? I guess that's what happens when you have 2 kids during those years . 

One of these seals sneezed and got boogers on Sean. It was hilariously awesome.

We went to Richard Donnelly's chocolate - amazing!

We bummed around some shops and tried on some ridiculous vintage clothes - which was awesome.

We also had a kitty cat visitor!! So fun!

We took naps on the beach....

And read on the beach....

We slept and ate and talked and read and just enjoyed the silence. It was a glorious weekend.

Kinda harder to come back than I had anticipated.