My ladies

Riley and Chloe's yearly pics! I love the colors! I love the faces!

She tried to get one of them together, but little Miss Chloe was NOT having it!

These pictures make me smile

The Carnival

For years we have driven by this carnival that comes here every year, and think "hey, that might be fun!" - Yet we never go "

We finally went - I'm not gonna lie, I was not really not impressed. I definitely think Riley was, though. It must have been so bright, and big for her. This was her favorite ride :

Chloe was too little to go on ANYTHING! So she got a big long licorice rope to make her happy while Riley rode all the rides.

Glad we went. Won't go back next year :)

Riley's 4th Birthday

Turning 4 is fun! Its a great age, because you can actually know what they want for their birthday, they've started developing their personalities and interests, and I love EVERYTHING about my little Riley's personality. She is so precious to us.

She is so smart. She is hilarious. She is sweet and says things like "Mommy, in the morning, I'm going to give you a thousand hugs and kisses" She is feisty and independent. She is our girly girl and we are so proud of who she is!

This year has been the year of the horse for Riley. Everything horses. Always asking for a horse. So, we took her on a horse ride! (it was actually a pony, for kids under 8) She got to go on a 'horse' ride in the mountains at a horse ranch. It was so fun!! And a little smelly too :) We surprised her with this little trip, I loved her face as we drove up to the ranch!

We had a little family celebration, with cake, ice cream and presents. Mike was taking pictures, and the top 2 are Riley posing away, so cute! She also got birthday fruit basket from Mike's sweet family!
The funniest part of this day was when I asked her what she wanted for dinner, she thought for a minute and said "I want toast with butter and cottage cheese" So the birthday girl got her dinner of toast and cottage cheese, and ate every last drop!



She also had pre-school on her actual birthday (she only goes 2 days a week) So we made some brownie cupcakes and brought them to school. The kids were a chocolate mess afterwards, but they didn't mind!

Happy Birthday Riley girl!

Ghirardelli Square

In honor of Mike, Riley, and Chloe's Birthdays (which all fall within 2 weeks of each other). We headed up to the San Francisco and went to yummy Ghirardelli square!

It was a beautiful night all around!

The birthday kids!

The view of the harbor was so pretty, so we had to put 2 pretty little girls in there too!

Riley took this picture of us~ not too shabby!

Enjoying the chocolateeeyyy yumminess!

We were all a little overloaded on chocolate at the end! But it was worth it!