Let's Boogie!

Fourth of July, we went to Cambria for the weekend with our friends the Fosters.  The boys had a great time boogie boarding in Cayucas.  The first day, they all shared one boogie board, and must of stayed in the freezing water for 2 1/2 hours!

Ethan quickly had enough of the cold, and decided to relax in the sun...Dawson, on the other hand, hates the sand, so hung out on his beach towel the whole time.

The next day, they begged to go back...and rent wetsuits...and more boogie boards!  We left Dawson and Daddy with sunburned shins...and headed back to the beach. 

Since it was the 4th of July, there were a ton of people, but they also had a great sand castle contest.

So amazing!!

We ended the night here, to watch fireworks over the water.  Such a fun time!!

Happy Birthday Briner Buck-a-roos!

This year we decided to celebrate not one, or two, but three Briner Boys birthday.  Since the boys birthdays are 19 days apart from each other, we held it right in the middle, on Dawson's birthday.

The Corral

Goodies for the little buck-a-roos

Cowboys & Cowgirls

 

There was pony rides for the little kids, and horse back riding for the older kids.

The Festivities

A fun filled day for everyone!

Happy 3rd Birthday Dawson!

Happy 11th Birthday Zac!

Happy 12th Birthday Colton!

Y'all come back, y'here!

Party held at Rick Kelley Performance Horses, Clovis

Yee-Haw!

Ok, so for some strange reason, every year around the boys birthday, I get a strange ambition to want to create a birthday cake.  So, after searching for countless hours on the computer, I found the one to make...

Well, I know it's not perfect, but the boys were proud of it!

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving Masterminds

Pumpkin 1 - created by Ethan and Dad - One-eyed-pumpkin-monster

Pumpkin 2 - created by Colton - Puking Pumpkin

Pumpkin 3 - created by Zac - Fang-led Pumpkin

This years costumes...

Unfortunately, gone are the days for cute costumes for Colton and Zac.  Luckily, I have Ethan and Dawson who I can "direct" their decisions.  :)

Colton - Army guy

Zac - alien

Ethan - cowboy

Dawson - cowboy

The gang

The best part of the night...candy sorting!!

It's Soccer time....

Soccer is crazy, time consuming, exhausting, and we love every minute of it here at the Briner household!  This year Eric coached Ethan's U-8 Freedom Lightening team.

They had a great season!  They even got moved up a division, and still won!  Their team was also asked to play at Grizzly stadium for a soccer tournament.  It was great to watch the boys play there, they even got shirts and cleats...but got beat....badly!  :)  Luckily the free pizza helped a little!

 

Colton and Zac played on the same team this year.  Freedom Scorpions U-12.  They had a good year. Not as many wins as losses, but they really came together as a team at the end of the season.   Colton also was awarded Defensive Player of the Year from his coach!