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Beatrice sandwich! And some of the very best pizza we have ever eaten behind us 🍕@pizzeriabianco
These two are obsessed with “Fancy Like” and mostly obsessed with watching @walkerhayes dance to Fancy Like with his family 😎😎 It’s currently their top pick for the bedtime song🎶 and here’s a snippet of what went down last night! #fancylike
“Mama— take a picture of this face…” he says. And I’m grabbing my camera and trying to contain my laughter as I think to myself, “I’m just the absolute luckiest to know this kid.” 💛 Everyone needs a mister Conrad in their life.
When you convince (bribe?) the entire family to take a family photo with the real camera 📸 ps- spot the camera remote😂
Sometimes I raise my voice. Sometimes I beg. Sometimes I make ultimatums. Sometimes I hate bedtime to the freaking goodnight moon and back.
But then they’ll grab my chin and cheeks and lean in close to tell me they love me. And they’ll thank Heavenly Father for “no witches and no robbers” during their bedtime prayers. And insist on giving each other 17 silly hugs before the lights go out because “I’m gonna miss her so much when I sleep.”
I’ll take the 48 minutes of squatting between their beds for back scratches and the unexpected trip to the potty 12 minutes after the last potty trip if it means they keep this bond forever. Witnessing their complete love and sisterhood changes me. Even when I say I hate bedtime with my three-year-olds, I’m such a sucker for this stage of life with them.
A few photos from life lately over here - enjoying family time and life in Arizona. Thanks for being here while I’ve kind of been away for a little while… haven’t been doing well physically (some health issues) but that doesn’t mean I haven’t stopped taking one too many photos☺️
The game of “Who Can Stand on Mama’s Back and Wiggle Their Feet Around Without Falling Off!” …which is really just code for “mama would like a back massage” but they think it’s crazy fun and my back knots are screaming happy so everyone wins. #momhacks
One wall and pipe at a time, the home renovation is coming together. 💛 #renovation #homedecor #wallpaper (wallpaper is @riflepaperco🌸)
Just over here holding all my (not-so-little) babies close and stepping away from pretty much everything else. Trying to cuss less and write more. Often feel on the cusp of big breakthroughs I want from my life (yay!) while simultaneously giving too much power to my anxiety (ugh). Clinging to my evening prayers and favorite yoga class and busting out the Christmas music a season early. My footing might be terribly wobbly at the moment and who wants to hear the girl on the verge of nervous tears dish out any kind of life advice, but for anyone else in a similar rut (I’m so sorry) – might I suggest the biggest serving of strawberry shortcake as a remedy. Plus standing outside during a warm rain (Arizona, you healer with a perfectly timed monsoon season, how’d you know?)… and maybe put the phone down more. Or whatever version of these three things might float your boat. I’m sure chocolate soufflé with a dose of sunshine instead of shortcake and rain could also do the trick. The phone one I’m sticking by though. Sending you lots of love.
Bringing our summer along with us forever by way of new freckles scattered across most of our faces! ✨ …you can see B’s first sprinkle of itty bitty dots across her little nose and cheeks in the 2nd pic and even with all the lathering of sunscreen and my blessed daily nagging about sun hats, I’m nothing but proud in this moment!🥳 #summer #motherhood #magic
We are slowly making our way back to Arizona this week (my kids school year begins August 2nd😱) and we’ve never been more out of routine (definitely missing black out curtains right about now) BUT we’ve clocked in so many striking sunsets and got to hold and hug so many loved ones, it’s been everything.
I meant to share earlier this week that Amazon is running a promo on my book right now through the end of the month (until 7/31)— use the code 3YELLOW for $3 off your book purchase!
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Just trying to keep up with these three on the mountain and ignore how sore my butt is from my saddle😅
On a boat! With a lot of laughs! And a few tears. Plus a whole lotta sunscreen and a couple of epic tube flips 🚤
Our summer adventures are getting a little jumbled when it comes to me sharing anything in chronological order (a part of my brain is freaking out right now but another part of my brain is feeling a little bit more free.) Sparklers are our family’s happy place so we continued our 4th of July celebrating tonight with a few on the deck. Of all the summer activities so far, a box of sparklers a few days post holiday was Samson’s favorite. He hugged me so tightly at bedtime as he told me for maybe the 18th time how much fun he had tonight. Somehow I forget anything else I loved this summer… his enthusiasm for an evening of sparklers brought sparklers to the top of my favorite summer activities list, too. 🧨
The BEST time learning all about bees 🐝 with the bee expert herself @mckayjo in Salt Lake City. We haven’t stopped talking about all the impressive things those hard working bees do each day and somehow honey has made its way into more of our meals this week 😋 Thank you for having us, @mckayjo!
Kingsley will always be adorable no matter how pudgy! Also, I cannot wait until it's cool enough in GA to wear tweed!
We were just told by the vet that our Bully Lola was over weight and needed to lose 10-15 pounds! She has to go down from 50 lbs to 35 or 40. Its so hard giving her so little food!
kingsley is just gaining weight cause you're pregnant. sympathetic weight gain.:)
arancini, yum!!!
If you ever get to Sicily, you must try them there – the best!
Where is this place in Arlington?! I would love to try it out!
kingsley… still so friggen' cute!
@heather, i forget the name, but will ask josh. it's out in ballston. i'll comment back here when i know!
kingsley`s the best! ^^
great to hear, that you had a lovely weekend! ^^
hugs
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I agree with the first comment from Chloe, when it gets cooler in GA to wear things like tweed, I'm going to be so happy. I hate summer… :(
Kingsley is adorable! I want that dog, haha.
haha awwwww pudgy kingsley…maybe he's gaining sympathy weight preparing for baby :)
when people say the word PUDGY i immediately think two things:
{1}. one day my hubs and i will have a pug. and we'll make him fat so we can refer to him as the puggy mudgy. {because mudge is our last name} :)
{2}. when my hubs was a little kiddie he said that some of the other kids called him a pudgy mudgy because he had a chubby face… isn't that the saddest/cutest thing you've ever heard?
It's nice to bust out the fall fashions re: tweed. Also, don't you just love crazy eights? Hours of fun!
@adam.and.e., that's kind of the saddest, cutest name calling thing ever. and slightly over weight pugs are very cute! especially if they have the last name mudge to rhyme with!
sounds so much fun! Kingsley still looks so cute even though It's getting pudgy, and I love to wear tweed anyway :) nice to hear that you had a great weekend with husband!
xo
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if only it was colder where i lived to wear tweed, i think i would die of heat. those flowers are beautiful!
Wow, I am so impressed that you got up at 5:30am on a Saturday. I'm not sure I could do that.
And Kinglsey is just the cutest! I think our dogs would be best friends if they ever met in real-life.
He is the cutest thing ever! And the fact that he is getting pudgy just makes him even more adorable!
Fall makes me SO excited!
Atleast he's a cute pile of fat! *looks down at own tummy*
Your doggie is the cutest thing ever! :) And it's really adorable that you guys take the time to take him to so many places. My dogs are totally jealous.
haha! you know what i just realized? his one leg out is kind of a dance move. perhaps he's channeling you naomi and embracing his inner dancer?
Arancini?!!!! I am from Rome and that is a traditional dish in from Rome, didn't know you guys had them in the States, in Canada nobody knows what they are!!!!
Love the Kingsley picture with just the 1 leg sticking out!!
xoxo
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Aww poor Kingsley. He likes his food, just like our Moses. Moses' sister is long and lean model type and Moses got the fat gene… He is my "more to love".
@heather, i found out the name of the restaurant! it's pupatella and here is the link:
http://www.pupatella.com/_/restaurant/restaurant.html
we really liked the pizza too! enjoy!
he's getting pudgy so when the baby come he's super comfy for the baby to snuggle with
go josh, i freaking love crazy 8s – second favourite card game!
x<3
AND OMG YOU ARE PREGNANT!!
I just saw the post below..
Oh you guys..
You so deserve it.. I've never even met you but i am so excited for you. and you look so beautiful pregnant!!
Congratulations xx
we love tweed…just like autumn leaves
Ah! How do you play Crazy 8's? Someone bought our 4 year old some card games for his birthday and Crazy 8's was one of them. All the decks came with instructions except for Crazy 8's. We sat down on Sunday to play and could not, even after googling a million card game sites, figure it out. Haha!