Ben bought the girls new pink keds and Jaycee would wake up at 6:30am and come in our room fully dressed with her new kicks on. She takes after Ben with her love for shoes and her keen sense of style. I love letting her dress herself, she's so particular and ends up in the funniest outfits. Although most of the time she really does a decent job herself.
Spaghetti nights are always good for a laugh!
Hiking in Carmel... We started off each carrying one girl in a backpack, but my hips started aching pretty early on, so Ben ended up carting both girls down the mountain.
Such a good man - and freakishly strong!! It was pretty funny, another couple passing us by laughed and said "and you're not carrying the dog too".
Benny's birthday - we found a small park on base and had Papa John's pizza for lunch :)
Wild Thingz
We just barely heard of this little zoo we and it was awesome! Although it's small they have quite a few different animals: lions, panther, bears, kangaroo, alligators, etc. And you're really close to them... dangerously close - one guy was peed on, those animals have some range when they spray!
Jaycee and I even got to feed the elephant carrots, such a fun time!! (sadly I didn't get a pic - too fast)
Hyena
We fed Buster (the big one) - weighs over 10,000 pounds
Buster also tossed rocks at Lydia right after this - no harm done :)
Wrestling bengal tigers
Jaycee giving Ben a smooch - she loved it!