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.
For those of you who have already purchased and read— if there was a takeaway or something that resonated with you as you read, would you consider sharing in the comments below for new potential readers to see?
Thank you again for your support! This has been such a vulnerable and thrilling and challenging and exciting and scary endeavor and I’ve really appreciated the support. 💛
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!
how are all your pictures so dreamy and gorgeous?
love the picture and cherry blossoms in DC. i was there two years ago and i have a picture from arlington with tons of cherry blossoms on my desk at work. it's the best time of year!
I love that photo :) Springtime blossoms and Autumn leaves are two of my favourite things.
My old Polaroid 600 camera is asking me to fill it with film!
The houses in DC are so amazing!
PIECE OF CAKE. PEACE OF MIND.
I've been there in the spring and the cherry blossoms really are so pretty!
XxLily
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Such a gorgeous photo! It looks amazing down there!
I hope when you bring your baby girl to check out the cherry blossoms this weekend that you'll be donning your yellow dress, it's too pretty! Happy spring!
What a beautiful photos!
Amazing photo! All the photos you post here are amazing. And that house, I want one :)
Yellow is such a happy color. Cute photo!
I've always liked this one of you! Great polaroid lady!
Beautiful photo! So romantic :) Have a great spring/summer :)
xx G
Look who's Wearing (LwW)
I still adore this photo. Its crazy how fast those two years have gone.
Have fun :)
Such a beautiful photograph, so pretty.
Zoe x
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Your pictures are always so lovely, I want to step in and get lost. Beautiful!
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xo
Just plain beauty!
Love it.
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The cherry blossoms are out in my street too in London and as soon as I see them my spirits lift!
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i remember that photo from the first time around. one of my fav blog photos to date.
wow, have i really been reading your blog for this long???
so i was so excited to stumble upon your blog, but when i try to click the previous entries button, it never works? :( this makes me sad. i was so looking forward to starting from the beginning and working my way through the posts to the present. any suggestions? has anyone else had this issue? pooey! (insert sad face here)
I was just reading about the Cherry Blossoms in DC yesterday! Did you know that Japan gave the first cherry blossom trees as a gift to the United States and that 100 of the original 3,000 still grow in DC today! I think it's a magical story. So this year is the 99th year of cherry blossoms in DC!
We are moving to DC soon and this sure helps — what beautiful cherry blossoms!
Hard to believe how fast time has flown. I remember when I started reading your posts when you were still in NY. Happy anniversary on your move to DC – love that town.
cute picture!!!
xoxo
You know… I need more fun little dresses…
Perhaps I'll focus on those this year in my wardrobe…
I'm headed to D.C. for the weekend to enjoy all the Cherry Blossom goodness. I've been wanting to go for years, can't wait to be surrounded by all of the blossoms!
love that coat :)
You're simply stunning. Always.
They are so so pretty! Love it when the pink beauties make their way up to Central Park but would REALLY love to see these in DC one day!
How *lovely*! Especially with that bay window in the background! We've only been to DC once but it was too early for the blossoms… this is making me think we need to go back :)
I just got over to the tidal basin yesterday. (the last two years I have gone to late in the season). they are just as beautiful as always. just wish it would warm up a bit.
Such a pretty polaroid, the dress is a stunning colour! I really love your posts, they never fail to bring a smile to my face!
Katie
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Great photo! That's quite a move! I live in NYC and I think sometime in the future I'd like to change up the scenery as well.
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What a beautiful photo~
I wish it was spring soon.
Vanilla Day
My dad lived in D.C. for a few years for work. I would visit him while on my university's spring break; the cherry blossoms are still very vivid in my mind. Ahh, memories! Thanks for this post! I love that photo; it's so you. xo.
so excited! my husband and I are moving to DC in a few weeks and even though I think i'll miss the cherry blossoms this year, I can't wait to have them bloom next year!! they're so beautiful.
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oh those are so gorgeous! i just love your polaroid pictures!
Beautiful pic…I'm going to D.C. tomorrow to visit my sister. I can't wait!!!!
Seriously this picture could be framed. So pretty!
– Sarah
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this is gorgeous, I love the feel it gives you. Im excited about the blossoms too, wish they would last :)
xoxo
oh they are so pretty hey? when i was in NV a few weeks back it was the same beauty! i love it! i wish we had more of that up here! i'm not sure if the weather would allow :(
I've always wanted to go to DC in the spring to see the cherry blossoms, you are so lucky to live there!
That photo is absolutely dreamy. I just moved to Washington state and there are cherry blossoms here as well! When they fall off their branches I am sure it will be hard to wait until next Spring for them to bloom again!
Beautiful picture. Aren't memories just awesome?
I just have to say that I really like your blog! Hope it's okay that I added the link to my daily-read-list. ;)
love your blog! i started reading it when i lived in dc and you were in nyc. now i live in nyc and you live in dc! but i'm moving to dc this summer and i just wanted to let you know….i am bringing shake shack with me (if you haven't heard this already)!
ps. congratulations on the beautiful new addition to the family! it has been awesome watching your family grow!
Awww!! What a sweet post. I love cherry blossoms!! =)
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I think you and your husband make a brilliant couple.
You should follow me too,
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Love this! I grew up in Washington D.C. and moved out to Seattle for college. Oh how I miss the cherry blossoms, the capital buildings…my feet propel me back! : ] so this warms my heart.
What a sweet sweet photo.
I'm on the hunt for the perfect yellow dress! ;)
oh this gets me excited for the cherry tree in our backyard to bloom! :) And thinking of you walking your little E through countless blossom filled trees in DC puts a smile on my face <3
Every year around this time… my family would make the treck from Maine to Florida… and pass through D.C…. and the BEST part would be opening the windows and smelling the cherry blossoms!!!! LOVE your picture!!!
LOVE that dress!
you are just SUCH a gorgeous girl!!!! <3
Oh my goodness!! That yellow dress!!!…. I love it.
Cherry blossoms ARE beautiful! So fluffy.
Have a great day and give that cute baby a squeeze!
Beth
Richmond, Virginia
Beautiful photo.
Looks like it's time to change your header. "…Kingley and Baby too"
so pretty.
i ♥ cherry blossoms!!!
Yes please N, where do you find these dresses?? xo
Ah! They're so beautiful!!! I can't believe things are already blossoming in DC, I'm jealous.
and side note: I love that dress very much! :o)
i'll be seeing the pink blossoms this weekend too. if i see you, i'll certainly say hello! :)
What a lovely yellow dress and picture! I was just at the DC cherry blossoms last week and they were beautiful…I'm posting all my pictures from it on Friday! :)
Liesl :)
such a beautiful picture!
@jennie, i got it a few years ago at H&M.; :)
Gorgeous photo!! I want to see blossoms, at this rate we will have winter for another couple of months :(
I grew up in D.C and I miss the cherry blossoms so so much! One of my favorite memories is my parents taking me to the Cherry Blossom Festival and letting me buy everything cherry blossom scented and anything that was the same shade of pink.
Can't wait to visit Brooklyn Botanical Gardens some sunny day this spring and see the cherry blossoms there and celebrate Hanami. Never done it before so I'm excited. It's going to be beautiful.
this pic reminds me of when i fell in love with your blog… i actually got nostalgic! can't believe i've been following for so long…
This is the most amazing picture! Looks so old-timey! It would be nice to have some sort of spring-like weather/scenery in Chicago… I'll just live vicariously through pictures like this!
gorgeous dress. you have converted me to yellow.
Memories are the best. Especially when you can think of now and like it even more :)
I have been there twice, but unfortunately never when the cherry blossoms are out. It is on my bucket list.
Love Yellow, dresses and blooms !
XO
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Okay I am slightly—scratch that–totally and completely obsessed with the yellow skirt in your blog header. Any chance you will divulge where it is from? And congrats on the little one, she is an absolute beauty! Such a gift from above :)
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such a lovely photo:)
Amazing pict ! Light and colors… So poetic, I love it !
I just stumbled upon your blog. I'm such a fan of Polaroids, and this is so incredibly sweet. It looks like a fairy tale.
xxxx
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Hang in there with the house hunt! It took us 4+ months to find the perfect Cap Hill home, but we finally did last April and it was well worth the wait! Happy Spring!
this makes me really miss DC! enjoy it while you're there! so beautiful!
I get cherry blossoms near where I live, and they're so gorgeous and define spring to me. Those, and daffodils!
seeing this photo makes me miss DC so much! i was living in Capitol Hill last year and absolutely loved seeing the cherry blossoms!! :) too bad im back in Ohio now…
This is a gorgeous photo. I absolutely adore cherry blossom trees. They are gorgeously girly :)