under the magnolia tree

 We recently went apple picking on George's birthday.  The apples didn't fare well here due to the cold snap in the spring and the insanely dry summer.  The apples came early and I'm afraid we were a little late for the best picking.  But, we hoisted the kiddos to the tops of the trees to pick what was left.

Which was pretty exhausting so our basket looked like this.

 Climbing the trees was a lot more fun.

So was taking photographs.

 Then Magnolia found "twins" and she and George started to pretend the apples were babies.

 Then George balanced apples.  

 After we were done doing everything but picking apples we did pony rides! 

Since it was George's 39th birthday I put money in 39 balloons and strung them across the dining room.  The kids were beside themselves with excitement over this, they couldn't wait to help pop them to get the money out.  They were so excited that they had all of the neighbor kids come over so they could show them.  Balloons, I tell you, the easiest and cheapest thrill.

 Daddy requests birthday kisses from these two.

 Homemade white cake with Nani's famous caramel frosting!

 One Happy Birthday Daddy.

 xoxo