recently enjoyed things

April is a busy month here. I'm using that as an excuse for why I inadvertently missed one of the children for 14/52 and will be completely skipping that week. Oops! Instead, I'll post some photos from our Sunday celebration of a few birthdays. I'm also behind on posting Will's first birthday. I'm in denial ;)

 the birthday boys. Jax 5 on the 7th. Nash 6 on the 10th. and Peyton 15 on the 12th!

Casey + Theo

first warm day of the spring means water balloons!

and baseball

tops optional ;)

the beginning of the water balloon fight :)

why not burn a couch. not strange at all.

yes, he's sitting on it while it burns...all hillbilly ;)

been awhile since we've gotten a sister pic :)

#sistersistersistersister

creepy oldest children

the boy who started it all :)

snow swapped for dirty faces. I'll take it!

and last but not least, the belly made an appearance!

Dave's cousins wife is expecting their first, and we're *beyond* excited!

thankful holiday weekend

There's just something about long weekends with lots of family time and warm weather and good food and time on the beach that makes me never want to come back to reality. Our 4th of July weekend was just plain a good ole time. I'm sure I'm just choosing to remember all the good, but then again, that's really all I want to remember any way... the good.

the youngest cousin, Johnathan, schnoozin

I should never walk by a $1 bubble wand without picking up 10 of them. The kids love them, play reasonably well for a reasonable amount of time... best $10 you'll ever spend :)

and then I made them pretend to like each other for a photo... which turned out awesome!

and then I told them they could make silly faces... Homer was looking for inspiration :)

We are *in love* with Rowdy's new teef. A month or so ago she had some (more than a couple... she's taking after her mother) cavities that needed to be filled which required sedation sssooo she came out of 'surgery' with these brand spankin new capped front teef that we've been calling hippo teeth... chiclets...beaver teeth... but she's SO darn cute (messy face and all!) :)

These ladies are pretty much the best. A weekend together wouldn't be complete without a sister photo :)

Mall of America 2013 Wish List

Every year for quite some time now, we've been making the 2-1/2 hour drive to the Mall of America. This year I was going to opt out because we're headed to Florida this summer, BUT I have some gift cards for the mall so Dave said I could go. Yay, Dave! I'm beyond excited! so to prepare for this next week, I've come up with my wish list... granted, most of these things probably will not be purchased because of my minuscule wonderful budget, but I thought I'd give it a go. I'm also loving my cousin's wish list and my sista's wish list for the day as well :) (I'm obviously behind on this 'project') ;)

I'm always searching for new tops. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at picking out anything but boyfriend tees and even worse at choosing patterns. Here are some I'm liking. And those yellow shorts... those might come home from Minnesota with me. I *need* some new shorts for the summer. And I know the sistas would agree!

I cannot remember when I purchased my last pair of sneakers. That is probably a good indication it's been wayyyy too long since I've had an update. I am *not* a runner so I can't really justify purchasing these, BUT I do save quite a few lives... so that might serve as my justification while splurging ;)

A long, long time ago I swore off skinnies. I was mistaken. I now own a couple pair. Granted, I don't wear them very often because I'm afraid for what my behind is doing to other fellow citizens, buttttt I try. occasionally. And now I'm thinking they'd be nice, comfy, and a welcome and possibly easy change to my current wardrobe. 
Also, I want the pooper all the way on the right to be mine.

I'm also looking for some new cardigans. Not entirely sure these are what Casey and Megan have in mind for me, but I know they'll tell me when we start looking at the mall. ;)

There are a couple other stragglers like these that I've loved ten times over. My cousin just recently made the leap and I'd love to join in :) Mallory and I are hoping there is a buy one get one free deal... yeah, right! ;) 

Anything other than 'granny panties' as Dave calls them are always on the list. 

And since my children and nephews somehowww got into my already extremely slim pickings makeup bag while I was gone last night (I still haven't choose who will replace my items... Mom... Mallory... Megan!) and also while under the supervision of my mom, my dad, Megan, AND Mallory used my eyeliner as football eye black... I need to replace this for sure and may think about purchasing something like this... Neen will know justttt what I need. She's a professional ;)

The countdown continues and we now have 3 whole days until Starbucks in hand we dominate the mall... quickly!