Wednesday, January 29, 2014

swimming, soccer and sunsets

Brave lily and her friend Lily photo IMG_0186_zpsfdfc47cb.jpg
winter day at school photo IMG_0158_zpsdcbaedef.jpg can u say best pals?  photo IMG_0137_zpsc129278c.jpg
these 2 too
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swim lessons for Grady when he learned...
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 wild hair G
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sunset swim...
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she is now giving make overs…. photo IMG_0557_zps6217f9ce.jpg


he learned to swim, but never quite mastered the back float...
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someone is staring her 4th or 5th soccer season… photo IMG_0543_zps2db12411.jpg


more to come...

Monday, January 13, 2014

longing for summer

can i just tell you how much i love summer?  this cold weather is for the birds imho, but i know I'm in the minority and i know it's not that cold, but i long for these days back. photo IMG_1703_zps2217cde0.jpg  photo IMG_1663_zpsa54120d8.jpg
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we got lily season passes to her favorite water park for her bday and she's going to flip the lid when she finds out...
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one of her dresses from her pal Jessica :) photo IMG_1620_zps616639c2.jpg

the lady colored lily's ear lobe and Lil thought that was it and commented that wasn't so bad, but little did she know then big kapow was still to come.
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how can you not just love this face? photo IMG_1606_zpsaa103cf2.jpg

movie night under the stars…blurry i know photo IMG_1599_zps535801ea.jpg

"Gma taught me to climb trees mommy."

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the electrical box used to be home base when we were kids and now it's a dance floor. photo IMG_1586_zps177794d1.jpg

water park fun photo IMG_1575_zps717d649f.jpg

Douglas' shirt…just a tad too big right now, but not for long.  bucket boy seems stuck. photo IMG_1574_zps52d726ac.jpg

just a little bit longer until she can ride the slides…this isn't her favorite water park i meant, but it's in the top 3 photo IMG_1573_zps81718664.jpg

we always find him in the strangest predicaments photo IMG_1567_zps39bc768f.jpg

must focus. photo IMG_1521_zpsc6460bb0.jpg

i feel like this pic was already on here, but it's too cute not to post again. photo IMG_1515_zps5a023780.jpg

grady was sickie, but super snuggly photo IMG_1517_zps2ef136c2.jpg
this is how i found him randomly during the day.  too weak to even play


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and berry sweepy photo IMG_1519_zpsff9d0c8e.jpg

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life is good.

Thursday, January 09, 2014

2 peas in a pod

This is David's screen saver on his phone and it makes me smile every time i see it.  These 2 are 2 peas in a pod and love each other dearly!  (and fight too of course) photo IMG_1861_zps4bc3b70e.jpg

friends forever.
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they learn so much from each other
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and have so much fun together.

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and have each other's backs.
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and both love electronics
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and reading
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and help each other with daily tasks
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sometimes g acts so helpless around lily and she loves to play the mommy role.
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these 2 could be twins...
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everybody kept asking me if they were. i should've dressed them alike
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see?
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life is good. oh so good!