wordless(ish) wednesday

I love that she tries so hard to stay up with her big brothers... but sometimes you just got to give in to the temptation of sleep.

   

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some pretty flowers

We have been visiting our favorite farm a lot lately. We absolutely love it. It's close, there's tons of animals, and it's absolutely engulfed in tons of beautiful flowers.

Readers be warn: this blog may post a lot of pictures from the farm.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week so far!!

goats

I love the farm we live near by. They have so many animals to watch and pet and feed. And bonus, they have loads of goats who just love to be fed. Thankfully, I have a little one who just happens to love feeding goats!

He is so cute feeding goats. And I love that he is still talking about this experience.

state fair

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes. Seriously made my day!

A couple weeks ago, we decided to drive across the state line and head into Missouri to attend their state fair. I absolutely love State Fairs. The food, the animals, the rides, the food! So much fun.

We had a wonderful time at the Fair. It was a wonderful experience for me and the kids. They loved everything about it! Looking forward to Kansas' State Fair in a couple weeks!

Hope you all are having a wonderful day!!

wordless(ish) wednesday

Yup, today is my birthday. The big 3 0. I woke up to 30 balloons and a cute little banner and some flowers. Isn't he just sweet? This morning all I could think of was that episode of Friends, 'The One Where They all Turn Thirty' and just had to post this quote:

Rachel: You know? I'm still 29 in Guam.

Ross: Hey, 30 is not that old! Do you know how old the Earth is?

Rachel: Late 30's?

Here's to my 30's being absolutely awesome! Happy Wednesday everyone!!

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i heart faces :: pet week

Meet Brooklyn. She is part boxer, part beagle and she is sweet and lovable and absolutely adorable. We cuddled while I slept on an air mattress on the floor of my best friends house. Yeah, we have bonds now.

a reunion of sorts

I just got back from an amazing weekend back home in Colorado. It was one of those trips where I was surrounded by old friends and laughter and stories from the 'good ole days' and late nights of college. It was a reunion of sorts and friends from all over the country (and world) came to get together and see old faces.

I loved this weekend.

My two best friends from college, Beth and Natalie. Natalie was home for a very short time from London and we just all had to see her while she was here.

Beth and her husband.


And their fur babies, Brooklyn and Berlin. They are so cute and they sure do love to cuddle.

And you can't go to Colorado in the summer without going to the Rockies game. Yes, we just had to find ourselves a Rocky Dog, which is just yummy goodness!

So total fail on my part. I packed my camera baby to capture all of our wonderful moments, because when we all get together is a time that you just don't want to forget. ever. But I got completely wrapped up with catching up and seeing favorite people I haven't seen in over years and talking about diaper changes and wedding planning and well, my camera just took a backseat. 

But this trip was just wonderful. A great recharge. 

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

sweetness

I just wanted to share with you one of my favorite pictures from our time with my family in Wichita. My niece sharing a sweet moment with Sabrina. I just loved how it turned out.

I had plans to share with you some of our pictures from our time at the Missouri State Fair this week, but I leaving to go back home to Colorado for the weekend to see some friends for a fun reunion. It's my first trip alone, without kids or the hubby and I am excited!! I have lots of packing and cleaning and preparing to do so I promise fun pics on Monday!

I hope you all have a wonderful week and an even more enjoyable weekend!!

wordless(ish) wednesday

we're not afraid to get dirty around here.





Nope. We like dirt and mud. Creates hours of fun!





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new friends

Sabrina made a new friend. When we visited with my brother and his family, his brother-in-law and wife and their daughter, Samantha came to visit as well(confusing, i know!). Sabrina is just a couple weeks older than Samantha and they had a blast meeting and playing together. So much that Samantha just crawled right up and literally sat in Sabrina's lap!

Aren't they just so cute together?

Yay for new friends!

last name

Wow! Can I just say a huge thank you and big hug to all of you! You guys really made my weekend and the kind words you wrote on my last posts just really made me smile. I love that there is such a great community of so many wonderful ladies through this blog world of ours.

You all are so inspirational and wonderful and I am grateful to be a part of something truly amazing!

I just had to post this picture from my weekend with my brother. Can I just say I love seeing that last name on a jersey?! It's my maiden name and seeing my brother wear it on his hockey jersey is just awesome!

Speaking of inspirational, my brother is just that. He is eleven years older than me, but I have always been close and have always looked up to him. He is an amazing son, father, uncle, brother and grandson and although nobody is perfect he seems pretty perfect to me. I am glad that this move has made us even closer, including location.

I hope you all had such a wonderful weekend!

aqua

I have been going through all of our pictures from our from weekend in Wichita. We did so many things and I took so many picture that i am just trying to find the littlest of time to catch up.

This week has been a hard week for me. A lot of struggles and a lot of overwhelming emotions. But it's amazing how this blog and just taking pictures save me every time. I enjoy reading and admiring so many other blogs and their beautiful pictures. I love just sinking in and getting lost, going through my bazillion photos, remembering those wonderful moments and hoping to one day share those my memories with my kids. Sometimes, it really is just the small things that leave the biggest impressions on you.

I hope you all have a very wonderful friday and a happy weekend!

wordless(ish) wednesday

I love that we live so close that they can build on their sweet relationship. Sweet cousin love.

wichita

the best thing about moving to Kansas City so far? My nieces and nephew (and my sister-in-law and brother) live only three hours south in Wichita. I love these kids and I decided to pack up the boys and baby girl and head on out for some much needed family love. We stayed longer than planned and enjoyed every single minute spent with them.

this is one of many of my favorite pictures from our trip. After a long and fun day at the pool we decided to stay dressed in our swim suits and run through sprinklers and play in mud till the sun began to set and the air became cool enough to color the driveway.

I can't believe how big and mature my niece is! She is becoming so beautiful.

wordless(ish) wednesday

Peek-a-boo!


Or as Chase likes to say "peekyou!".

It's one of our favorite games around here.

subtle differences

I know this looks like the same picture of Chase with one in color and the other black and white. But it's not. The black and white is the only picture of him looking right into the camera, while the color one he is staring off somewhere else. I love both pictures and I love them both in color and in black and white.

What do you think?

sabrina

Can you believe she is 9 months already?


She is my funny, chunky monkey and I absolutely adore her. Can't imagine life without her.


Happy nine months sweet girl!

our morning

We played a lot this morning. We raced cars, built train tracks and played catch. We even got to watch a few of our favorite shows.

It was a good morning.