Sweet Emma turned 5! We had a Sugar Plum Fairy Party
Emma and Ben
Table decorations
Each girl had their own bottle of "fairy dust" aka sugar crystals
Beautiful cake grandma made
The girls coloring fairy pictures
Brynna, Camery, Emma R, Emma, Kayleigh, & Taryn
The girls playing a fairy version of duck duck goose
Opening gifts!!
Ben, Emma, and I at Lagoon during frightmares. Using our season passes up til the very last time :)
Up at a pumpkin patch in riverton.
Benjamin just thought he was so big and wanted to be pushing pumpkins around in the wheelbarrow!
Little spider and darling witch
Best friends. Myself with my sisters and Mom
Emma making a black kitty cat halloween sugar cookie
Mommy helping Ben. Emma going to town on her own!
Emma on her first day of preschool
We have been busy busy with the end of summer and school starting. Emma and I both started school and Ben has been great to help us out :)
I love that the "beach" is brown sugar and she wrote Happy Birthday in it.
Benjamin and Emma in the little whale pool.
The kids swimming and racing around the backyard
The adults watching and hanging out in the shade
Helping Ben open up his presents! He was spoiled and adored and loved it. We are so lucky to have family and friends that came to help us celebrate. Ben also is taking small steps on his own by his birthday. The week after his bday he was walking all over the house!! He is all boy- exploring, climbing, getting in to everything and so eager to learn. 
Emma had her dance recital at the end of May. She and Taryn were in 2 different dances including one as little bumble bees! They did such a great job! And they look darling! Miss Bobi is a fantastic job.
Emma getting into position to start the dance
Dagan, Ben, myself, Olivia, Emma, and Grandma after the recital
Olivia was so sweet to come and to bring the girls roses!
We could barely get Ben to turn to look at the camera!
Loving every minute of the train ride!
My little Engineer
I guess Ben is lacking something in his diet because he loved eating the dirt! He is all boy
Emma loves having her picture taken! She is such a cutie. And she loves to be outdoors playing and racing and riding her bike.
Ben got this little play set and he wants to be on it all the time. Looks like we will have a summer spent in the backyard
Making Cut out Valentine Sugar Cookies at Grandma Barnes' house. Emma, Me, Ben, and Olivia
We had some yummy pizza rolls for dinner that the kids made
Seriously can you see Emma's cookies under all those sprinkles?! She had a lot of fun decorating the cookies though!
