Our fun family night!

We had such a great family outing last night! I love my family. We have such a good time together. First we played a round of mini golf... the girls really enjoyed it and played every hole... Jake spent the entire time putting his golf ball in all the holes and returning other golf balls to their owners, even against their will :) I spent a lot of the time trying to distract Jake so that he wouldn't always be standing right in front of Emma or Becca as they tried to putt. We tried to view Jake as just another mini golf obstacle, adding to the challenge. :) And take note that we are all wearing sweaters... awesome!! It's officially Arizona sweater weather!

Ben taking the golfing very seriously

Nevermind... I take that back :)

We brought along a little toy golf club and ball for Jake to use... he spent a lot of time peering over the holes looking for golf balls


I'm a master at mini golf... ha! And in case you are wondering... those are maternity pants people! :)



After mini golf, we headed over to watch the girls drive the go-karts! This turned into the highlight of the evening. Becca was just barely tall enough to drive one... we just loved watching their little personalities shine through in their driving technique. :) Emma's a bit more reckless, and Becca's careful and responsible. We suspect that this is a sign of things to come in their future driving careers. So, the lighting was not great on the go kart course, so even with my flash I was getting really bad pictures... I tried out the nighttime setting and since my camera is far from fancy, it resulted in blurry action shots! Think of it as artistic. Becca's in the red car and Emma is in the purple car.


But I did get a video and you can see the girls quite a bit better here....



On the way home we stopped for some hot chocolate... mmmm.





Definitely a good night. And also notice that I was feeling well enough to have a good time, so I'm doing better everyday! :) And this is random, but I took a picture of Becca this week with a new hair style we've been trying out... we've put her hair in pigtails and ponytails for a very long time. Her hair has always been very thin and fine and uneven on the sides... definitely still like baby hair, so the pigtails hide that. Anyway, we've started to experiment with it down again because her hair has been filling in a lot more lately. Isn't she such a pretty little lady? She's just really growing up. I love her. :)