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!
If you’ve been considering purchasing, it’d mean so much to have you do so! Thank you for supporting me and my book and I hope you find it worth your while and time.
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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!
This is so cute, haha!
I love Marcell! I watch this whenever I'm in need of cheering up!
"i like that about myself, and i like myself and i have a lot of other great qualities as well."
"one time i nibbled on a piece of cheese and my cholesterol went up to 90."
i seriously love this video so much hahaha
I love this video. It seriously is amazing. My sister shared it with me a month ago and I watch it every time I need cheering up!
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Ohhh this is fabulous!! Thanks so much for posting :D
kjdfkljdfslkj love it!
that is the best thing I've seen in forever! totally awesome!
Love this soooo much.
She is just too cute! My favorite part is her little dog too! SO CUTE!
ahahahhahahahaha
so many lines in that.
she is adorabale.
this is awesome. i've already shared it on my blog so others can giggle at marcel and her lint-dog.
So cute. I love the line: "One time I looked at a diamond. And it gave me a sunburn."
haha! i love this! i like the little lint doggie and "we won't fight unless we're provoked."
oh man. I saw this about a month ago, and just about died.
"one time, i nibbled on a piece of cheese, and my cholesterol shot up to 900."
"my one regret in life is that I'll never have a dog."
thank you, Jenny Slate.
hey!
I just wanted to say that I love your blog. I stumbled upon it because someone linked to it in the comments of a wedding blog — classic bride, and I am just so impressed with the way you are so honest & lovely. It seems like you & your husband really integrate your faith & your sense of fun & your sense of style into everything you do, which is exactly what I hope to do, too! Thank you for being here. :-)
Cheers,
kim
Thanks for making me laugh on a terrible day!!
Have a lovely weekend.
xoxo
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i knoow this is the most clever/genius idea! love it.
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hehe marcel is fun!
A co-worker showed me this the other day. I wish she had a daily episode.
She's so freaking cute.
This is too cute!
Words cannot describe how adorable that just was!
"my greatest regret in life is that I will never have a dog…"
this is my ultimate favorite stop-motion short film! i was so excited when i saw that you posted this up. i wish she was my real friend..
Just wanted to let you know that this is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thanks for this.
one of my favourite videos! :)
her voice is practically perfect. real darling.
This is amazing. And dan loved it too.
isn't this hilarious?? my sister-in-law recently shared it with us and i just posted it as well! my kids LOVE it. http://richardsonshine.blogspot.com/2010/10/marcel-shell.html
Awwww!!! This is sooo cute. The dog is the best, but I love why she's afraid of drinking soda. hehe.
So sweet.
pure magic! this made my day!
I love this! I am going to share this on my blog as well. Thanks for posting!
thank you for this. ah it cracks me up!
Hello there! So I started reading your blog all the way back when you and Josh were still living in New York, so when I read you two were moving to DC, my home city, I was thrilled! I joked with my mom, also an avid reader of your blog, that maybe I'd see you guys on the metro some time. Of course, I never though I would… until I hopped onto the Orange Line at Metro Center today and saw none other but you and Josh, right across the aisle from my boyfriend and I! I was so embarrassed for being so excited- I think Josh saw me staring at you two. I wish I'd said hi!
I can't stop watching. So cute!
So cute!
OMG that is to cute!!
@clare! you should have said hello! hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend!
xo
I have watched this so many times, my favorite part is that we had some friends over from upstate for salad.
So so cute! The voice… and oh the "puppy"…!
That's great, i love it!
i just learned that the girl who plays marcel's voice is david schwartzmans girlfriend in "bored to death". she's the one girlfriend who wants jason swartzmans character and her exboyfriend to all date…. it was a weird episode, but super funny.
I saw her on Conan the other day and she did the voice. it was funny.