California-Knott's Berry Farm

 Knot's Berry Farm

Calico Mine Co ride.  Kevin had to boys convinced it was a real working mine!

Riding the train around the park

The boys in the front car of the roller coaster ride

Mason and I rode some ride while Kev and B were on the ferris wheel

panning for gold

here are the boys showing off the golf they panned!

Brandon's favorite part of Knott's!!!

Mason's favorite part was the log ride he rode with Daddy!

The boys each picked out a stuffed baby owl for a souvenir from Knott's,  Momma picked out a solid geode which turned out to be a beautiful amythsyt hollow geode!!!  

Daddy, the sewing guru

waiting patiently for Daddy to fix the sewing machine

The boys have been interested in learning how to sew since our cabin trip, thanks to Chloe and Alli!  So what do I do?  We pick put fabric from Joanne's, I show B how to thread a needle and we sew little sleeping bags for their lovies.  What does Kevin do?  He gets home, pulls out his grandmas sewing machine, spends an hour getting it going, and sews Brandon a pillow case!  

Thank you Kevin for being a great husband and father!!!!

random pics

Brandon loves his dogs

Mason being squishy!

summer boredom

What do you do when it's too hot to play outside???  Build a zip line of course!!!

hot summer days

it's tough to be a Payne dog...

Well, since we don't have a real pool our kiddie/dog pool will have to do on these hot summer days!  The boys have been sharing the snorkel and think it is so fun to "look around under water".  Can't thank you enough Aunt Gail for the snorkel set you sent us a couple years ago.  

Summer days

The boys love to play outside!

Mason and his lovey, Penguana

Puppy love

These two, they melt my heart.  Usually they are together but sometimes they surprise me, this is how I found them today!

Happy 4th of July

We spent the evening at Riverfront Park watching the fireworks over El Conquistador with one of our favorite families, the Thome's.  Poor Mason fell asleep in the car on the way but Brandon was impressed with the show.

Pool time fun

 That's right, that is Brandon jumping into the pool, in the deep end!

 Mason is getting brave also, jumping into the deep end goggles and all!

Our swim lessons at Demont Swim School are really paying off!  Both boys have come so far since we started lessons last July, now they love being in the pool.  Brandon loves to use the pool noodle but is now comfortable swimming all over the pool while Mason is fast becoming confident in the water, to the extent we need to keep an ever watchful eye on him as he is fearless.  Masons is even happy to forgo the noodle in the shallow end.

just some pics!

Brandon has really taken an interest in the dogs and they so love it!

oh brown things...

Kev and the kiddos, his little minions!