Easter Weekend

{Please excuse my horrible out of focus pictures... my camera just isn't cooperating these days...)

Easter weekend was great.
Busy and filled with lots of trips to see family.
Which I've missed so much lately!
And my grandmas' potato salad. You have no idea how GOOD this stuff is!
I crave it.


 

This is the closest I got to a Easter photo shoot of the boys. Which didn't even include Lucas because he ran the other direction when I tried to heard them together for pictures...

But I got this one of all the cousins and the dudes in their bow ties! Babes.

SNOW

A few weeks ago, it snowed A LOT.

And playing in the snow is a luxury that we just don't get to often around here.
So we gathered up the posse and headed for the hills.

3 boys in jeans, beanies, and rain boots...means business.
We don't have snow clothes.
Or gloves for the matter.
Poor kids.
They could have lost a finger or two...

But when you look back at fun memories...gloves aren't apart of it, just an insane amount of fun!

The whole time I watched them play together, I thought, "this is it." Life is about this. These small beautiful moments pieced together.

 

NY Resolutions

New Years Resolutions can be so cheesy,

but I love them anway.

It feels good to give youreslf a fresh start at something.

A break from the difficulties of the past year.

You can begin again.

And that is such a great feeling.

So my resolution for 2012 is too:

1) Love more

2) Trust more

4) Be the person I was made to be.

because I have so much to live for.

Happy New Year Friends!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was awesome!

We spent the day with our families, ate WAY too much food, got some pretty amazing presents and laughed a ton!

I'm realizing the older I get the more I see how incredibly talented my dad is in the "art of Christmas."
He would be a great Santa!

What made the day so special for me was hearing a beautiful letter my grandma wrote about a few people in our family who she wanted to honor for being "do-gooders."
And Brandon made the list...along with my amazing cousin Jeremy.
They both are pretty awesome souls and it was such a great moment to appreciate them for loving others!  



Thankful

I'm pretty convinced I don't deserve this life,
or these sweet little faces that I get to hang out with everyday.
Reason to be so thankful.

31

Well, I turned 31.
Officially "in" my 30's.
I still can't believe it when I say it or when I have to punch my age into the elliptical machine at the gym.
I really do feel like a goofy teenager ...
Just with a lot more responsibility.

And so this year, we kept it simple.
I got my yearly birthday tattoo.
Ate lunch at Panera.
And then dinner at my mother in laws.
It was simple.
And very nice.

Love us.

Saturday was our anniversary.

We have 2 anniversaries each year...have I told you that?

November 5th is the day we got married by our Pastor in his office with no one around but us.

It was something we wanted to do before the actual wedding day...

which was in May the following year.

We acknowledge our May anniversary,

but we really celebrate in November.

I feel so lucky to call him husband.

He's my favortie person in the world,

and I feel like I'd explode if he wasn't around for me to talk too.

He just is it for me.

My life & my future.

I couldn't ever imagine my life without him in it.

Happy Anniversary Husband!

Thanks for loving me so much & taking such great care of our family!

You are the best.

Even when you're grumpy :)

Cocktails (Photo Overload)

After we got back from our weekend in Palm Springs, I really wanted to have all our friends over for a retro cocktail party.

We've never had a "big kid party" at our house...
and it's way over due.
Plus it gave me an excuse to pull out all my pyrex :) 
And to dress up.  
For the drinks, we decided on making just one kind of cocktail, which was the one we had in Palm Springs called the Orbitini.

Here is how you make it:

2 shots of Sake
3/4 cup of cranberry juice
1/2 cup of orange juice

Serve over ice with an orange wedge!

(It's delicious)

We all had such a fun night!

Sprinkled with Love

Over the weekend, my friend Kelly and I put on a little "baby sprinkle" for our sweet friend Amber, who is having her 2nd baby.

It was simple and so sweet.
And we were so happy to do it for her.
We love her, and she means the world to us.