Summer has finally arrived...

I am SO behind on pics and updates, but I couldn't help but share these two really fast.... oh how I love my babies. And OH how I love, that they love each other:)

Old McDonal Had a......

Well, we had cows and more cows is all.... but it was SO much fun. This was Makenzie's field trip last week to a dairy farm. It was SOOO cold and windy, but the kids loved it.
This one's for the ladies reading this:) Thought you would like to see how it could get worse:)


Here Kenz got to feed some of the new babies. That was of course the best thing ever for her. One really took a liking to her and wanted to like her all day.... Yum!


Thats right! My baby wanted to drive the tractor just like all the boys:) Love it!


Here she is, all dirty, smelling like cow and loving it. She is for sure a girly-girl, BUT can get dirty just like the boys:) We came home cold and smelling SOOOO bad. Three days later her hair still smelled like dairy cows. It was awesome:)

Dancing, Tackles, Boxes - Oh My!

Weird title, but again you are getting a broad spectrum of pics. I just can't seem to stay on top of my life:)
Here are my kiddos, dancing away. They LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to dance to loud fun music with us and run around. Sometimes they hold hands and love each other, other times they chase each other. Either way, it makes for some awesome fun in the Banning house:)
DISCLAIMER - Makenzie picked out this outfit all by herself...and asked for her hair that way:) Nice huh?:)

Not sure what move Mason was doing here:) Must be a guy thing.

Cutest babies ever.... :)

Man do they LOVE to tackle Dad!! He is such a good sport about it.

THE BOX... This dumb box was the best thing my kids have ever played in, or at least they thought so. Goes to show that the saying is true about letting them play with the box:) After 3 days, I made Drew get rid of it...it was SO DANG BIG I couldn't stand it anymore:)

She is just so easy to shoot, always ready for a picture:) I call this her Lock-Jaw look:)

Fun with Friends and Family

We were lucky enough to get a day of sunshine a while back:) so we invited some friends over to play. Here are my kiddos on our ghetto slide. They don't know any different, so they love it.

We also got to go watch my neice Andra practice her dance at school. My kids had a great time watching, and playing with Aunt Corinna...Thanks Corinna!!:) You were a lot of help!

Here come some pics in no order...

I need to get caught up!!! So, here are pics I'm just shoving down your throat to get me caught up:)

Mason and Gma. Yes, all I feed him is butter.

Buddies:) Talmadge and Kenz eating dinner

Mason wasn't allowed to touch the tree, so instead he started to try and blow out the lights:) So funny

Tree time


This is Mak showing me the "proper" way to drink hot chocolate. Pinkie always up:)

Awesome snowman she made... lol, no comment

Mason having a Christmas Story moment in that coat:)

Preschool Christmas Party:)

Santa came to school that day...Makenzie liked him, but was suspicious the whole time:)

Bring on GAME DAY!!!

Makenzie and cousin Talmadge

Brother Todd and family visited too:) Yeah!
My Mom:)

Cousins at Christmas

Christmas morning. Santa left her "blueberry juice" ie, V-8 splash. She LOVES it.

LOL!!! Rough night:)
Better now:)

Yeah for sisters:)

Oh man.....really, how handsome is he:)!?!?!? Love him.

Oh how the Kinect makes you look silly!

Ahhhh....:)

Matching necklaces from Gma

"Little Man", "Big Truck" :)

Nana and Papa Banning....Mason is LOVING this.

LOL, he was SOOO worked this day.