Peaches & Enchanted Rock

During the Fourth of July weekend we went and picked peaches at an orchard in Fredericksburg.  This is the same place where we picked strawberries this spring. Zak’s family had a peach orchard growing up and they still have a few trees, so he always loves fresh picked peaches and he knew just how to pick the good ones!Daddy taught Kennedy…aka “Peaches” how to pick the perfect peach! When Kennedy was born her aunt Tracy started calling her Peaches and ever since then Tracy and Gma Barb have been calling her Peaches and it’s kind of stuck! So it was only appropriate that Kennedy learn how to pick the finest peaches!Daddy and Kennedy very pleased with her pick!Peaches proud of her peaches!Best family picture we could get

Enchanted Rock

After picking peaches we headed over to Enchanted Rock (the closest thing to a mountain here) for a nice little family hike. We had a great time together!

Before we started our hike, we saw this crazy car covered in blown glass, signs and all kinds of trinkets in the parking lot. It was pretty interesting to look at!

Kennedy started out doing a little walking, but ended up being carried most of the way.Taking a break in the shade with dadWe made it to the top.

Such a fun day as a family!

Chuck E Cheese & Birthday Fun

Zak left for High Adventure with the scouts in our ward on Kennedy’s actual birthday, so we celebrated the night before when my mom got into town and went to Chuck E Cheese.  This was Kennedy’s first time and she loved it! 

The princess in her carriage, this was her favorite ride!

Distracted driving…

She loved being up high flying in the helicopter, she wasn’t tall enough to reach the pedals (pedaling caused it to fly) so Zak had to pedal them for her :)

She insisted that this horse was Maximus from “Tangled”Very serious cop coming through…

She’s quick to point Chuck E Cheese out now whenever we see it while driving and says, “Hey Mom, maybe we can go to Chuck E Cheese again sometime…maybe next week!” 

She’s had a hard time obeying lately so we started an obedience jar that she gets to fill up with warm fuzzies when she makes good choices. When it’s full she gets to choose somewhere to go as a reward…no surprise that it was Chuck E Cheese she chose. Lucky for her the jar is almost full, so a trip back is in her near future.

As you can see she is a big fan of Tangled, the Rapunzel shirt she got from her friend Chandler is her favorite shirt to wear. Very happy and excited Birthday Girl!!

Modeling the cute new dress daddy got her!After daddy left we took Gma Rose to Sea World and partied hard! There’s no time for birthday girls to take naps on their special day, so instead she got to eat popcorn and watch a movie with gma afterwards!  It was so fun to have my mom hear with us for Kennedy’s birthday and while Zak was gone. Can’t believe we have a 3 year old now, where does the time go!?!

Kennedy turns 3!

Kennedy was SO excited to turn 3! We didn’t do a big party this year, but decided last minute to have some of her friends over for cake and ice cream since she had been so excited for her birthday. She LOVES being with all her little friends, so we knew it would make her happy to have them there to celebrate her special day!

What a CUTE 3 year old!

She requested a PINK cake and cupcakes.

I had too much fun making her cake and the delicious strawberry cupcakes, she was pretty happy with all the pink!

Ever since Kennedy turned 2 she’s always been making ‘cakes’ for us out of anything. So it was fun to see her excitement and watch her blow out the candles on HER very own cake!We are blessed that Kennedy has so many good friends she enjoys playing with, and we are lucky that we enjoy hanging out with their families too!  As you can see they have a lot of fun running around in the play room and jumping on the LoveSac!

I’d say it was a success, a very HAPPY girl and a fun evening with friends!

Uncle KB and Auntie Nee Nee’s Visit

We were lucky enough to have my brother Christian (KB) and his wife Lanee (NeeNee) come out and visit us the end of August. They’ve been in China teaching English for the past year, so it was so fun to see and spend time with them again!

Crazy picture, but they both just got soaked by Shamu, it was great! We started their visit out by going to Sea World together with Lanee’s brother’s family.  It was fun showing them around and we all had a blast!

Josie and Kennedy became good buddiesKennedy finally got to take daddy on Elmo’s carousel and down the slide!

One of the days we floated down the Comal River, while Kennedy played at a friend’s house, it was so fun and relaxing! We also played a LOT of games, we love playing games but never find the time, so it’s nice having an excuse when company is here!Kennedy sure loves her Auntie NeeNee, she’s great with her and they always have a fun time playing!Kennedy likes being lifted up on people’s legs and would request Lanee to do it often, Kennedy decided she wanted to give her a turn this time.We took them on a tour of Zak’s work, and it was too hot to have a picnic outside, so we came home and had one in the living room.Had to stop for some froyo at YogurtZone…we love that stuff!         Elmo and Kennedy loved being with Uncle KB.   

Thanks for coming to visit, come again soon!

Long time no blog…

Thought it might be time for some new pictures of this cutie on the blog! Zak’s very talented sister took these pictures of Kennedy while we were in Bear Lake this summer.

So ya, I’ve taken a LONG break from blogging if you haven’t noticed :)…but I’ve repented of my ways and I’m committed to be better, now that our crazy summer is over. Maybe that means life will slow down now, ha! probably not. I’m still going to try and post about the previous months, even though it’s a daunting task. It’s for my sake since this is basically our scrapbook, so I’ll be playing catch up for awhile. More posts to be coming soon…it’s good to be back!

Strawberry Patch

I’ve been wanting to go to a strawberry patch for awhile now and we finally did it last week with some friends. We drove out to Marburger Orchards in Fredericksburg. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “Everything is bigger in Texas!”  well, not so for their strawberries haha. I’d been imagining picking these big lush strawberries…instead it took us 3 hours to pick 9 lbs of quite small ones. The friend that I went with just moved here from California too, so it wasn’t what she was used to.  We still had a great time though and the weather seriously couldn’t have been better, it was overcast and there was a nice breeze.

Looking for that perfect strawberry!Ahh, found it!

The kids loved running around in the rows and even ‘helped’ us pick a few green ones :)

Cute kiddos, happy we were finally done picking strawberriesDelicious!

We hadn’t got our fill for strawberries yet so we stopped at Costco and bought more on the way home!  The next day we made all kinds of yummy things with our 20lbs of strawberries; freezer jam, homemade ice cream, fruit leather, puree, dried strawberries, strawberry cupcakes and smoothies. Kennedy loved taste-testing the chocolate dipped strawberries

I’ve been on a cupcake making kick lately, so of course I had to try these since I had so many strawberries.