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!
i love when everyone puts up old photos on instagram on thursdays with the #tbt hashtag. i haven’t played along before, but today when i was organizing photos on my phone, i about died. i mean, can you even tell which baby is eleanor and which baby is samson in these photos above? josh was maybe stumped for a little bit.
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with photo #3, yes! But with the first two, I couldn’t tell! Wow, they looked so alike!
Oh my gosh. They’re so precious!! x
http://www.cindynguyen.ca
Oh god!!!! I thought the second photo was E !!!
your children are beautiful, I love your blog!!!
greetings from Chile <3
The first two photos stumped me! I bet your baby photos, as well as your husband’s, would be almost identical to your littles. I can only imagine how neat it is to see yourself in your babies :)
So adorable! I need to start participating in these lol.
You guys sure do make beautiful babies :)
Oooh gosh, they are so cute!!!
♥
Two beautiful babies!
I guessed right but they sure do look alike. Such cuties, always with those big smiles.
Haha! You and Josh certainly make cute kids. x
Wow I couldn’t even tell! That’s amazing. Your kids (and you) are so beautiful!
TOTALLY got it right. But they do look so similar. What cuties you and your hubby make.
WOW! I can’t barely even tell your two cuties apart. I have to ask- who do you think they look more like, you or josh? I can’t get enough of their cute little smiles!
Gosh they really are so similar! So beautiful xx
Haha! I could tell right away that only the 3rd pic was E. Samson has Josh’s mouth and their cheekbones are different Just realized that may sound creepy haha, I’ve just watched your kids grow up and feel like I know their sweet faces too well! :)
Ahhh, super super adorable photos! They’re melting my heart, haha. Sooo cute!
Best TBT ever! So precious!
Shannon
http://GBOfashion.com
Hello, I love your blog and I think you and your kids are ADORABLE and I wanted to show you something we have in common.
My oldest son – his name is Samson:)
He is on an LDS mission in Argentina.
http://www.missionsite.net/Samson
I know one other boy with the name, and they call him Sam.
We have always called our boy Samson – love it.
They have the same beautiful eyes! And sweetest smiles. But after two years of following this wonderful blog (guilty pleasure), E’s got softer, more feminine face ;) So, E’s at the end!
Got it right but eeep, so adorable! So fun to see the similarities!
Makes me curious to see if our next (one day) will look just like our boy! :)
Xo,
Henna
http://hennablossom.com
I got them right! Your kids are just too cute! :)
I guessed it right! They do look alike but Samson has a different smile. Both beautiful babies!
OH my gosh! They seriously look like they could be twins! Wow! And throwback thursday is so fun! I shared a photo of my parents in hawaii on their honeymoon. My dad has a parrot on his head and it’s AMAZING: http://instagram.com/p/ZGaa66oMRl/
They are such cuties who just radiate cheer! Love Samson’s shirt in the middle photo.
one of favorite memories of high school graduation was guessing which baby photo went with what graduation photo…. sometimes we play this game in my family, too. :) photos w mamas and babies, I think, are always so special.
hahahahaha!!!
thay look the same!!!
I got it wrong, I guesses E, S, E adn I was wrong! Whoops!
xx
Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
twinsies! my goodness, so cute
http://www.thismomsgonnasnap.com
they look the same!!!! Hahaha :)
http://smittenbyangels.blogspot.com
In the last two photos they pretty much have the IDENTICAL face. Seriously. Such cute kids.
Maria xx
http://www.cheekypinktulip.blogspot.com
Oh my goodness they look so alike – Samsom and Eleanor as babies!
I love it also when people post old photos on Instagram, I’ve never done it before with the #tbt but I definitely will be doing!
Have an amazing weekend!
Lots of love
Kate xo
http://www.and-kate.blogspot.com
oh my goodness, how darn cute! it would be fun to see TBT’s of your’s and Josh’s baby pictures to see the similarities there!
thay look the same but I thing the last one is Eleanor
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I got it right but I had never noticed just how similar they looked. They have the same smile, which is somewhere in between yours and josh’s, funnily enough. So cute :)
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total twinsies!! you are one blessed mama! xo
Samson drools while Eleanor did not! Hahahahaa :-P
E, samson and E again! :-)
those sure are some similar siblings!
i often gaze at my little one and wonder what her sibling might look like if we are blessed with another one day! :)
So cute! I would wanna join TBT next week hehe <3 Happy weekend! x
I love throwback Thursday, too! Those photos are so cute :) When I look at pictures of our boys when they were babies (they are close in age), I have to do a double take and figure out which one I’m looking at.
Naomi imagine if you actually had twins! Good Lord we could have this debate every day and we would all go bonkers … LOVE THIS.. your babies … your blog .. NY.. America!! God bless us all :)
I could tell the outside ones but that middle photo had me stumped! Do you find you can tell them apart even when family struggle? I could always tell my Mum from her identical twin really easily when my cousins really struggled, I always put it down to the amount of time I spent with Mum because physically you had to check their wedding rings or know what they were wearing to tell them apart.
WOW! definitely thought the first was E not S. twins!
So cute! Your instagram makes me so excited to be a mama. Thanks for all the inspiration.
o my. don’t have kids yet but when I do, I’m hoping for a couple of ‘mini-us-look-alikes’ similar to the cuties you’ve got right there! precious.
Ah I have been following your blog for such a long time I knew them all easily haha! I have loved watching your two little kiddies grow up, thanks for letting us all share the warmth and happiness their smiling faces bring!
Samson left, Eleanor the two right? Either way, such cuties!
xoxo
Juliette Laura
http://juliettelaura.blogspot.com/
Your Instagram is great. I love all pictures of your kids Hanna
Cuuuuuutessssssst!!!!!!
Wow, I thought they were Pictures from your Little little One :) It is amazing how much they look alike!!! They could be Twins haha Both are cuter than cute <3
xoxo
They are almost like twins! I thought the first one was E, but got the second two right. You and Josh sure do make beautiful babies.
You seriously have the cutest kids ever. And I think I’ve been reading your blog too much because I got them all right ;) Have a wonderful Mother’s Day! You certainly seem to deserve it.
<3 Josephine
http://www.champagnestar.com
So cute! And they look so much like each other!
xo,
Katie
http://hellolittlebean.com
Oh WOOOW – they looked so alike.
When i take babyphotos of Zoe and Linus – the look so alike the same.
Need to think “Who is it?”
Wow, I thought E was on the first one.
Oh my goodness they look so similar!! That’s crazy. People will think they’re twins when they get a bit bigger I’m sure!! xx
hilarious! so true.
oooohh my! so much cuteness.
Is it funny that I knew the third was Eleanor just based on that you had the time to put on make-up? :)
They’re so cute!!!
I could tell who was who, but they really do look SO similar! I love throwback Thursday but haven’t participated yet, haha! Maybe this week!
I havent done this yet either, but my #TBT pictures are awful! Not lucky enough to have such beautiful ones as this.
It is hard to tell, two gorgeous children.
-Jade
gracious-silhouettes.blogspot.co.uk
haha funny how much alike they look!