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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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!
Heard this a few months ago…such a hoot!!! "it was down to my hips" lol LOVE it!!
This is hilarious! Their little accents are the cutest!!
This is seriously too funny! I agree, it's all pretty hillarious!
tooooo funny.
this is exactly what i needed on a day like today – too funny!
thanks for sharing!!
Ah! I love this! And the radio reporter hails from Hartford, where I lived for four years while I was at school.
I love what a sweet perspective the girls have on life. "That was really, really terrible, but everyone does that kinda stuff…once or twice…or three times in their life!"
hahaha so cute!
Yep, my husband and I died laughing over this a few months ago too. Those little voices kill me. :)
hahahaha, just sent it out to my whole family! thanks for sharing a laugh. :-)
I saw this couple of weeks ago – so cute. It just shows you that it's a good idea to have a sense of humor about this "little moments." Better to record and laugh about it rather than get upset. =)
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Ha, that's great. My fave road trip was the one where we borrowed my parents' car which had an XM (sirius?) satellite radio channel of just PRX stories!
this is soooooooo funny! we laughed our socks off here!!!
:)
thanks for posting it!
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this is soooo funny! we laughed our socks off over here! thanks for posting this!
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A-freakin-dorable! I sent it to my whole office. So so sweet!
This is adorable! I can't wait till my little girl starts talking properly- she says a lot of words now but no sentences.
Katie
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"It was itching my hips" had me dying
And "I hid the hair under the radiator." oh my heart! haha
Haha what is this?! 'When did you realise something had gone wrong'….'this is bad, bad bad bad' hahah. Awww kids.
That was about the best thing I heard ever. I love when my daughter says the most random of things.
arww, this is soooo cute and awesome!!!
Priceless!
SO CUTE.
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Hilarious!
"Her hair would like go into the toilet and that would be gross." Hilariously adorable!! I had just read of Kingsley's separation from your family, could sense your sadness, and then listened to this. I hope these moments of happiness keep you smiling!
So adorable, I just had to share it on Facebook.
"hair cutting takes a lot of concentration" hahahahaha.
hahah this was so cute and hilarious at the same time.
'It was itching my hips' hahah gotta love kid's honesty. Thanks for sharing! it made my morning :)
OMG TOO FUNNY, IDK WHAT I'D DO HAHA.
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I loved that! They are so bright!
hilarious!!! i enjoyed that, thoroughly.
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that is the most hilarious thing!
Fantastic!
Haha that was a really funny but adorable conversation :)
Hahaha, hilarious and cute!
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goodness, this is too cute!
This is so great! What a command of vocabulary for such young girls. I'm laughing into my morning coffee, thanks for sharing!
"It was really itching my hips…"
hahaha!!!
this made me laugh so much–"her hair would be in the toilet"–so funny.
remind me of when my sister cut own fringe at four at it was short on one side and normal bang length on the other–my mum didn't know what to do as nothing would make it look better :)
This was so funny! The logic behind there thought process is hilarious!
Good luck unpacking… I am doing the same thing.
Love,
Staying Optimistic
Haha! I LOVE this! Thanks for sharing!
Hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
Hi! I hope you will get rid of the boxes soon! :) It's nice to hear that your sister is helping out!
As a dog owner I understand well that leaving Kingsley behind wasn't a easy decision.. But I think you shouldn't feel bad about it, you just did what was best for him! I can imagine having a dog in a tiny apartment full of boxes and two small kids.. that would be a mess!!
One more thing, I just love your blog! And hope to have a cute family like yours in the near future, hih! ;)
Lots of greetings from Italy!!
Found this a little while ago and YES it is the sweetest and cutest thing ever! Those girls are wise, and definitely articulate! Best of luck with all your unpacking stuff! Looks like the whole family is adjusting to NY quite nicely :)
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I love it when she says "like once or twice or three times in your life… or twice"