Beach day

'People watching' on the beach is the best, isn't it? I had to snatch a picture of this woman because I've never quite seen anything like what she was wearing.

Oh, and I was there too.
Someone remind me to pull my hair back next time I hit the beach.

This is real life

Our Anniversary was a little different than we both had envisioned....but as we are learning, most things turn out that way when you have three children.

Alone time is a luxury we'll get our hands on some day. Right now we're just living life, and trying our best to cherish the moments we know we'll never get back.

Here are some scenes from the end of our day...

Yep, that's our underwear scattered all over the bedroom floor

And this is J's gift, still waiting to be opened, since right now he's keeping the baby asleep on the couch.

It's a beautiful life.

Late night laundering

Oh nothing, just staying up late until our laundry is done.
I'm always nervous about going down to the laundry room late at night by myself because of the guy who lives next to it.
I'm not proud of this, but sometimes we refer to him as the uni-bomber.
He lives alone.
He's not particularly friendly
and the last time I went down there I heard him yell out a string of swear words at his t.v. that I haven't heard in a looooong time....

What, you think I'm over reacting?
You think those are silly reasons to label him as a cold blooded killer?

You're probably right.
He does own a Prius.










Now to go pick up my laundry...

Family :)

Look how tall J looks next to me! If you saw the rest of our bodies you'd see that I was leaning forward and kicking my foot up (you know, like in romance movies)

You'll also notice we that have three burned out lightbulbs in our light fixture.
Don't judge.

Sweet moments with my little prince

4th of July kickball game. J had no mercy on the little kids.

Primping before the BBQ

Awkward moment

Yesterday we went to the Farmer's market for one of our weekend outings. We love to walk by all the bakeries and look at the treats on display. Rarely do we actually purchase the treats, but it being a holiday weekend and all, we decided to splurge and buy one cinnamon roll for J and the girls to share. It looked delicious, but as usual I was exercising my self control. (Kidding about the 'usual'.)

After they were finished eating I handed J a water bottle that I had stashed in my bag, and then we all continued on our way through the halls of the farmer's market. As we were about to merge with the main-hall traffic, I heard a loud spitting sound and saw a splash of water fly through the air and land on the big burly man right in front of me. The orange shirt he had on was covered in water spots and he looked at his now-wet arms with the same expression I must have been wearing..."What the heck was that?"
I turned to find the source of the spitting only to find a gush of water spilling out of Jordan's mouth all over Ty's head (he was holding him in the front-pack).

Seriously?

Did my husband really just spit on this guy?

I remember looking from Jordan to the stranger (who had stopped walking and had identified the culprit by this point)
What was going to happen next?
Was there going to be a beat down?
When I looked back at Jordan he had already turned around and bolted back down the hallway toward the bathroom.

Thankfully the victim could clearly see that J was choking on his water and that the spit, although disgusting, was not intentional so he let it slide and continued on his way.

Whew! I was almost involved in the first ever farmer's market fight.
That was a close one.

Today was Ty's baby blessing, and it was beautiful. We didn't go with the traditional white outfit, but decided instead to have him wear his first little suit. (Thank you Linda!)
I think he looked dashing. He was a perfect angel during the blessing, although the men holding him did say he was on the heavy side ;)

Here are some pictures from our special day.

The things we do

to make this guy smile...

Night out with the little lady

It's been a while since Hayley and I have had a chance to spend one on one time together, so I invited her on a Mommy-Daughter date for this evening. I left it wide open for her to choose anything she wanted to do. Anything at all.
During her quiet time she did some brainstorming, and this is the list of possible date options she came up with.

Dinners
1. Chick-fil-A
2. McDonalds
3. Wendy's

Things to do
Play Tennis
Eat a lot 'o' food

Plasas (places)
1. Chuck e Cheese
2. Target (???)
3. Forwood Elementary

Here I was prepared to fork out the big bucks, and she wanted to go to her elementary school?
Crack me up.

We ended up going to McDonalds for dinner, and getting Rita's custard for dessert.
Then as a surprise, I took her to a fun little store where everything is $5.00 or less, and told her she could pick ANY one thing in the store. She squealed with delight. (How long do you think I'll get away with tricks like that?)

She took a long walk around the store looking at every item. "What does this do? Should I get this? If you were me, what would you choose?"
At one point she told me she was sorry for taking so long to choose.
"That's okay," I said. "You have a lot of things to choose from."
"So..then... you can understand why this is hard?"

She finally had it down to 3 choices and was making her decision, when she glanced up at the shelf and found her item.
"Mom, are you looking at what I'm looking at?" she said, her eyes all big with surprise. It was a spy kit, with a secret decoder, fingerprint dust, and special agent glasses. It doesn't get any cooler than that. She walked out of that store with the biggest smile on her face and told me I was the best mom in the world.

Now who said money can't buy happiness, ? ;)

We are looking forward to a long weekend spent with good friends, food, and hopefully a good fireworks show somewhere in there.
Wishing you all a fabulous holiday!