Photo Session

On my birthday my brother Bryce took some amazing photos of my girls! I was so excited and I have been wanting to update the pictures on my living room wall. Well, he did great, the girls cooperated, and they are sooo cute! As for my wall.... Brianne was down here visiting and she is a GENIUS and gave my wall a makeover. Whoot Whoot! I will put pictures of that next!! Anyway, here are just a few of my favorites. Thanks Bryce, I love them!

Birthday Bash!

Last Saturday was my birthday and it was a great one for sure! The celebrations started Friday when the girls and I spent the day in Sweet Home and played all day at Rex's house. Cousins were there and my sister-in-law made me a delicious dinner and dessert!! I had a great day! Then Saturday morning I woke to the smell of waffles and fruit salad that my cute hubby made before he went to work in the morning. YUM!! I had a good day spending time with the girls and even a kid-free trip to the fabric store, thanks Amy! Dinner was my favorite: homemade burgers and curly fries and my "cake" was chocolate trifle! I was spoiled with gifts and lots of wishes from friends and family! On Monday we went to the beach as a family and had the best time! I love my sweet husband and all that he does for me. He is so thougthful and I am grateful that he is my perfect match! Thanks Rex for the wonderful weekend! Thanks to my dad and my brothers too, for all you guys do for me!


Cute hair clips that I made for the girls that I used in a super cute photo shoot done by my brother for my b-day! More pics to come!

Eyeballing my yummy dessert!

Macey enjoyed dessert almost as much as me!

Our family photo at the beach, not bad for setting it on a log and using our timer :)

We hiked to a cute little light house, very cool.

Playing at the beach, a bit windy, but perfect and cool.

photo of the two of us, love you rex!

Annie is too cute! She loved the sand!

Me and my moo! Very excited about our day at the beach!

Nodding Off

Poor little Macey just couldn't make it through lunch the other day and I caught her nodding off. At one point I ask her if she is tired and she shakes her head no. She is soooo cute trying so hard to eat her toast. LOVE HER!



We went up to visit Rex's sister and family in Redmond and she took us to a really fun pool that the girls loved!! It was zero entry so they could play safely and the ground was soft and squishy. We had a blast! Macey soaking up sun, she loved to sit and splash in the water! P.s. Rex went mountain biking and didn't get hurt, yeah!!

So Little Time

I have been spoiled lately because Brianne and her family came down again and we had a blast! Of course there is so much we want to do and since we HAVE to eat and sleep we didn't get all the things done that we wanted. But, we did go to the movies, craft, go swimming, go to see my Dad's bank in Cottage Grove, go out to eat, make treats, play out side a ton, and hang out. I love having Brianne here and I am so glad that she stayed to play! LOVE YOU SIS!!

The girls did great and loved being together. Here they are creating art.
Brianne and I made onesies for friends that were or are having babies! It was super hot out so they dried in no time! Love that cricut :)
We also made time for naps.....Papa has been working really hard on his building and Annie was wiped out from playing.
Here is a view of the 2nd and 3rd floor in the bank/soon to be huge home. I love this place and it is changing constantly. I know it looks like a ton of work,which it will be, but wait until it's done, it will be amazing! We are going to start a blog about the remodel so you can see it transform!! It is huge!
I did some baby crafting and made some cloth teething rings so you can throw them right in the wash!
Here is my finished onesie! I love the bird!
And I also made a diaper holder/changing pad! It turned out so cute, I will have to make one for me too!! It was easy and really soft.
Here is is open, pretty fun :)

Keeping busy

We stay pretty entertained around here and with all the nice weather we have been swimming a lot too! But since it is just me and the girls during the day I never take pictures at the pool because I am sure the minute I got out to get the camera, one of them would jump in. But I did capture these pictures.....

This is what happened when I go upstairs for 20 minutes to blog on my family and food blog!! AHH!!! These girls make me laugh so much! When I came up here Annie did have pj pants on and the living room was spotless! And I don't know where Macey found 1 glove :) I love these kids!!

Next I was working out in our living room (I love workout dvd's) and I looked behind me and saw this. She must be tired from trashing the house.... :) Too cute!


For those of you who don't know my dad bought a 3 story, early 1900's bank that he is now remodeling into a huge house/shop. It is amazing! We love going to help so last weekend we all went to give him a hand. The girls loved it and so did the boys because they got to destroy stuff. Rex, Brady and dad pushed a bathtub off the second floor so here they are pre-pushing.

And Annie and Macey loved throwing scrap wood off the balcony into the trailer to help. All the wood they tossed was about the size of a ruler, but it was really cute!

And of course, I HAD to see Eclipse, so I went with the cutes friend ever, Kari! We had a blast and met some more friends at the theater. Of course we LOVED it and smiled the whole way through!!

This and That

Just a few pictures of when we celebrated fathers dad with Papa. (He wasn't here for the actual fathers day), so we through a little backyard party for him. It was fun and beautiful and he really is the best dad a girl could ask for. The strongest and most selfless person that I know and I realize more and more how much I want to be like him. I am grateful for the men in my life, now more than ever. LOVE YOU DAD!!
Papa and Annie, she just loves her Papa!

Laughing and something I am sure that Uncle Brady said to make us smile big!
opening presents.....Macey had a dinner incident that apparently attacked her shirt and now is topless.....wonderful :)

I was actually feeling crafty so I made a few of these diaper and wipe holders and they turned out perfect! Now no more searching through the diaper bag to realize that I have no diapers and 2 wipes.... problem solved! They are from Noodleheads. Super cute!

Trip to the Zoo

For the last few days we have been visiting my sister and her family in Forest Grove. We had a blast!! We love hanging out with them and it always makes me sad when we have to leave. But, we had so much fun and stayed busy!! We spend a WHOLE day at the Portland zoo and saw every animal there. The kids loved it so much and we excited about all the animals. We also played at the park, did a bit of thrift shopping, watched chick flicks (thanks hubbies), went to the gym together(thanks again hubbies), played cards, and let our kids play until the day was over! Thanks Brianne for making room for us and we LOVE you guys so much!!


All the girls huddled around the window looking for tigers

Macey petting the goats, she wasn't quite sure what to think, but really wanted to go in and see them :)


Waving at the animals

Rex and the girls looking at the giraffe

All the kids together hiding in a rock, I love all the different faces

Our attempt at a good family picture, not too bad.....

We had so much fun, thank you again Pitts, we love you!!