sweet summertime

summer has been so good to us so far :)



sandals & snow shacks


xoxoxo

funny things

i had to blog about this before i forgot and i want to remember the things kennedy says forever and ever. boyce avenue is an amazing cover singer. i have been addicted lately. the first song on the cd is katy perrys- teenage dream. we were listening to it as i was taking kennedy to gymnastics. as i drop her off she gets out of the car and says- 'um. tell this guy he is NOT katy perry'
she makes my day. so dang funny <3 love you little girl. more than you'll ever know.

yes- im that girl with the screaming baby

new york was more than amazing. the trip getting there- not so much. imagine everything that could possibly go wrong, besides your airplane crashing, and that sums up our adventure to new york. story to come :)
heres just a little preview-



yep..

vent sesh

why do some people have to be so mean? i don't understand what happiness others receive from putting others down or talking about others behind their back.

it hurts.

some people i think i'm pretty close with i just must have been fooled pretty bad. others, just ask questions or talk to me, not because they genuinely care- but
because they just want to be ' in the know' i have always considered myself a good, loyal, trustworthy, and overall great friend and yet it seems it's so hard to find that in someone else. some are still stuck in high school mode and will be your best friend to your face but will be the first to talk bad about you when you leave.

maybe i'm just a baby but it really makes me feel awful.

then there are the people that are one uppers. they're always better than you.

nobody is better than anyone.

everyone has their own trials in life and i feel this is just one more.

one more that i will conquer and in the end the only people that are left are the only ones that mattered in the first place.

peace & love

3 things i learned today

1- when riding a motorcycle you wave to others riding a motorcycle

2- the hubs bike goes really fast

3- the bones that i didn't know i had anymore in my butt hurt soooo bad

...and this is what i look like after a nice bike ride ;) Ha!




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the big apple. round 1

we got back from new york sunday night and seriously had soooo much fun!! i can't wait to go back in 2 weeks :) my cousins wedding was beautiful and i always love seeing my new yorkers ;) it feels like we were there for 2 seconds and then home again. jagger did so much better on the plane than i thought he would. he had his moments but the majority of the flights he was fine. i can't imagine what we would have done without my ipad for him to watch elmo and toy story on. ry said an ipad would be a waste of money. told you it was an amazing investment ry!!




this is how we got jagger to sleep in the airports since i forgot to bring the stroller. leave it to me to forget that, diapers, and wipes.
as we were walking into the airport my mom asked me if i remembered diapers. leave it to me to forget the most important things for a baby. thankfully my mom asked some random lady in the airport if we could have some diapers. we got some diapers and boarded the plane :) an hour into our flight jagger had downed 2 things of applejuice and a dose of benadryl he blew out of his only outfit i had. my poor homeless kid walked around the detroit airport in a diaper and jacket. super awesome.


the rest of the trip went awesome. bring on round 2. oh snap

and here are some random pictures of me and my sisters :)





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he deserves it

words cannot express how grateful i am to be an american right now. to be old enough to be able to appreciate going through this exprience of finding out that osama bin laden is DEAD is unbelieveable. it's amazing to me that we have done what we have and now, it's paid off. so many thoughts are going through my head. seeing those pictures of him on tv and then images of nine-eleven brings so many sick feelings. this is a huge accomplishment for obama's presidency and am so proud to call him our leader. feelings of relief mostly are what is consuming my thoughts. bin laden deserved this.

brought to you courtesy of the RED, WHITE, AND BLUE

{thanks kerri}

rev run

during the day i think of so many things i need to write about. i feel like there is so much going on in our little lives that i want to document since i don't scrapbook. im so thankful for this app on my phone now. I feel like rev run. all my posting ideas come when im in the tub. i went to an arts and crafts store today, one that i grew up going to, roberts. its so cheesy but i was seriously so sad when i saw that it was going out of business :( i think I take it too personal when stores go out of business. i grew up with this store. we used to walk down and buy their gelly roll pens. it was the best. now ive only got the memories :)
kennedy and i went on a date to olive garden tonight. it was packed so we decided to get a to go order and had a picnic in my car :) i absolutely love how it made her day to have a picnic with just the 2 of us. the simple joys of childhood. i adore that little girl. <3
my hubs is sick. i really really hope he doesn't pass it on. kennedy went into grandma kerris today and told her he had a stroke. how her cute little mind took 'strep' to 'stroke' made me laugh a little. today was the first time since ry and i have been together that he has actually gone into a doctor. that's when you know he's really sick :( cross your fingers everyone!! nobody likes a sick family.
aaaaaand finally- the big apple. i can't even express how excited i am that we leave for new york on thursday!! i can't even wait. the only thing I'm completely dreading is taking my 18 month old on a 5 hour flight, 3 hour layover, then another hour or so flight. if anyone has ANY tips it would be greatly appreciated ;)
and those are my thoughts for today.. here is a picture that completely melts my heart-


i don't think mick is quite ready to be done with his baba. that, his blankie and his daddy are what makes his world go round ;)

god is love-


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the girls

i love my fam. we had such a fun easter this year :) we rarely get a good picture of all of us girls. i love this one <3

we're crazy but i wouldn't trade it for the world. we fight and we make up. we wear each others clothes. we watch each others kids. we all talk over each other. we laugh until our stomachs hurt. we love each other. and we are best friends.

l.o.v.e


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my favorite time of the day

dont get me wrong. i love my kids more than life itself. but when they're sound asleep in their beds all snuggled up with their favorite blankies dreaming away is my favorite time of day. i get exhausted. i don't work a full time job and i'm not a full time stay at home mom. i get a good balance of each and don't know why but at the end of the day i'm dunzo. i really don't know if we could add another little babe into this crazy mix. i have felt like an emotional roller coaster lately. thankfully i have my ma for the girl talks and gets me through :) it's hard having your own house, mortgage, bills, and all the other stuff that goes along with owning your house and then all the sudden it's just all gone. i feel that a part of me is gone. and i don't think that's a good thing. and don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining i am more than grateful for the opportunity to not have bills so we can buy our dream house! hopefully i'm just in a funk and can adjust pretty quickly being back home for the short time. i love house hunting and the hoping and dreaming of building our own home next spring. i can't even imagine that would be the best thing. ever.

here's a picture that made me smile. i can't get enough of her.