Happy 4th Birthday Penelope - June 30, 2014

 

 

 

 

Rose Gardens and Gelato

 Saturday morning was great weather for a Parnell Rose Garden tour.  Ryan and I took our girls for a light stroll through the grounds.  Ryan enjoyed the fragrance in the air, but said, "Its not anywhere as nice as driving through the citrus groves in Phoenix." 

 Penelope started smelling every flower but soon grew light headed.

 It was everything she had not to pick at them all.

 This rose was my favorite for the pink fading into yellow.  Fire and ice roses are also among my favorites.

Ryan liked this dusky purple.  Afterwards we went to Casa del Gelato on Parnell Street.

Elizabeth = Fruity Summer
Gillian = Snickers
Penelope = Mint Chocolate Chip

Penny at age 3

Penny has to be watched very closely when she's outside because she's a little runaway.  She's terribly fast and clever.  Luckily we live at the end of a driveway at the end of a long cul de sac, but she still finds her way out.  This photo was at a park in Mangere near the airport where we spent our first day in NZ.

Fell asleep while protesting a nap.

 Fuddrucker's restaurant, Mesa AZ, 2013

 Brown's Bay Beach, 2013

 After kindie nap...somebody's been painting.

 Brown's Bay, 2013