my brother ben was discharged from the army on april 8th, so he flew home for a week, went down to my grandma's, then swooped over to see us before flying off to la before going down to san diego to start school this summer.  my parents brought ben out, so we had a fun little weekend with them.  my dad's birthday is this week, so we had an early birthday party (i mean really, any excuse for dessert. and lily loves to celebrate birthdays).

happy (early) birthday, dad!

kevin has a friend with a plane, so we went to the
livermore airport to check it out.

uncle benny and his favorite niece!

lily really had a good time with ben, and is going to miss him terribly.
come back and visit soon, benny!

all dressed up and ready for our walk to church.
she's a girl who loves her accessories!