Tradition

It is a Webber family tradition to have strawberry shortcake for dinner on the first day of summer. For those of you that are worried about how we feed our children...don't worry; we used yogurt instead of whipped cream and banana bread instead of cake! Anyway, it's a tradition that Carey and I look forward to from the time fresh local strawberries start showing up in the grocery stores. Probably by next year the girls will know enough to look forward to it also! It was a BEAUTIFUL evening to eat out on the patio, too!

Happy Father's Day!

Oh, Haley!

Seriously, how does she even sleep like that?

Gilroy Gardens

On Wednesday morning, our dear friends the Orlandos called and invited us to go to Gilroy Gardens with them. We love the Orlandos and had so much fun with them. We had a little unplanned "park warm-up" when we pulled up to a locked gate at Gilroy Gardens at 10:00. Apparently they don't open until 11:00. So, we went to a playground not too far away and played until around 11:00, then went back for a second try. The second time we made it in, and once we got in, we had a blast.

*Thanks to Unky for all the great pictures taken on his awesome, new camera:)
The Webbers on the train!

The Orlandos on the train!



On the ferris wheel

Leading Nicole around the park!

Haley, Natalie, Auntie Dana, and Nicole on the lazy river ride:)

Seth and Unky Dominick

Growing Up

The girls are really seeming so grown up lately. I feel like they are practically ready to go off to kindergarten. They look older and are having such good conversations and are just so fun right now. Anyway, case in point, the other morning Abby brought the hair clip that she picked out to wear that day and started to hand it to me. Then, she stopped and said "No, I'm capable," and proceeded to successfully put it in her hair. Yep, she hardly needs me anymore!

Carrots!

This whole "eating solid foods" thing is really hard for my inner neat freak!

First Run-In With The Law!

Unfortunately, no one has created my genius invention of a carseat that kids can't get out of, so, often times as we're driving along, I hear "mom, Abby unbuckled herself" or "Haley unbuckled herself". Now, I always tell the girls that things will make them bloody, because they understand that a lot more than "dead". So, I am always explaining to them that it's really important to stay buckled because if we got in a crash, they would get bloody.

The other day I was so frustrated with the unbuckling that we took a little detour to drive around the parking lot of the county building. I thought that would be a good place to find a sheriff. It wasn't. But, yesterday morning, I looked out our front window and noticed a Highway Patrol parked a little bit down the street. So, we took a little field trip to get a lesson from a "police officer" (I don't know if that's the correct name for a highway patrol). I asked him if he would mind telling my daughters how important it is to stay buckled and he said that was actually his WHOLE job that day; ticketing people for not wearing seatbelts.

Abby, being the friendly child that she is, enthusiastically told him about her new tutu. The officer then told the girls that if they unbuckled themselves, that we would be pulled over and the police man would write mommy and daddy a ticket AND he would TAKE AWAY THEIR TUTUS! Isn't that awesome? It's only been two days, but they have not unbuckled since.