What would I do without the Bible Babes?

We have had a fun and busy week and it has involved LOTS of girl time!

I can't express how blessed I feel to have met the girls in my Bible study...we call ourselves the Bible babes...haha!

Moving is tough in a lot of ways but God truly prepared a place for us in California before we even arrived and it has been amazing to see His plan unfold. Part of that plan was the timing for us finding a church and me getting plugged into this Bible study and it has been awesome!

I see these girls every Monday as we hop houses for Bible study...but more than that we hang out a lot during the week and our husbands have fun together too...that is when they're home!

This week I have spent almost every day with these girls and we have had lots of fun!

Monday - Bible study at my house
Wednesday - Birthday dinner in Davis at Sophia's Thai

One of the girls got married this weekend and that meant Bachelorette party time...that's what we did Thursday night!

My friend Katie watched Riley so I could have fun with the girls and we had a BLAST! There was lots of food, sangria, and fun games!

Patti and I

Friday the base was closed so Riley didn't have school...I worked but took off a few hours in the morning so we could play at the park! Braden and Patti met us at the park and Riley had fun...here she is yelling to Braden across the playset!

He didn't quite know what to think of her!

She met some "friends" in the huge sandbox and they were kind enough to let her play with their sand toys!

She had a blast on the swing!

We had a great time and Riley was pooped!

After Riley's nap we spent most of the afternoon playing outside...the typical California weather has arrived and we have been soaking it in!

She found a rolly polly and named it Max! She loved letting it crawl all over her and she played with it for a long time...I'm afraid she "loved" on it too much and Max is no longer with us but he was a great playmate while it lasted!

Riley rode her bike, rode her scooter, blew bubbles, and we went on a 3 mile bike ride too...what a fun afternoon!

Saturday was Susan's wedding day and Hannah was the wedding coordinator so her little guy Oliver came over in the morning and rode up to Petaluma for the wedding with us!

This blue eyed sweetie is such a good boy and he was so fun to have around!
Riley gave him kisses and helped change his diapers!

She did really well sharing her toys with him, but she had a hard time understanding why he napped in her bed...she has never shared her bed before!

We drove up to Petaluma for the wedding and Jennie rode with me to help with both kiddos!

It was a beautiful day and the wedding was gorgeous as it took place on a Christmas tree farm!

Riley had a blast...there were other kids and lots of animals to check out too!

This was my first experience letting her run and play with other kids all by herself and she was in heaven! There were two little girls in particular that hung with her all day and they were so cute together.

Here's Brooke and Riley going to check out the animals!

Look how huge this pig was!

The Christmas trees on the farm!

Cake time!

Hand in hand!

I was so thankful that Riley had older friends to play with...it helped me a ton because I helped Hannah with Oliver throughout all of the wedding events!

Here's all the Bible Babes!

All of us girls with Susan...the gorgeous bride!

Ollie rode home with us so Hannah could help clean up and it was a nice ride for Jennie and I to chat because both Riley and Ollie were out cold within 10 minutes of getting in the car!

It was so nice outside when we got home so we decided to play outside!

Riley wore her helmet and rode her bike!

Ollie sat on a blanket and played with lots of toys!

Cuties!

Hannah picked up Inn N Out on her way back and we picnicked in the front yard...what a great day!

Today we got to skype with Jason this morning and we look forward to it so much! Riley had lots of fun talking and playing with her Daddy!

After we saw Jason we took the doggies on a walk and then got ready for a day of shopping!

We headed to Roseville to the Galleria and had such a fun day! We loaded up in my truck and hit the road!

We started the shopping trip off right with lunch at Cheesecake Factory!

Here's Riley with Becky and Jennie!

We spent all afternoon shopping and each went home with some good finds! Oliver and Riley were SO good and both fought sleeping but finally around 4:30 they both gave in and conked out...Hannah and I were relieved and kept shopping while the kiddos were sleeping!

We finally finished up our shopping around 6:30, made a run through Sonic, and headed back home!

What a fun week and what a great group of girlfriends!

Tomorrow is Memorial Day...a day to remember all of those who have served our country...past, present, and future...so proud of my hubby and our other family members who have served as well.