Wednesday, April 27, 2016

A Little Spring in My Step

ah Spring!  …so close!!

Owen’s indoor soccer went right up until his outdoor games started, which was just before spring break.

so much fun to watch him (can you tell how much syd likes it?!)

 

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yay the trampoline is up!!

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friends over for lunch!

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sleeping beauty (she’s totally faking) in the car

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you talkin to me?

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so sweet – syd and her Gems gorup singing at church

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random meeting of friends at the Russ’ – we thought we’d all eat together! why not!  (they put us back in the room away from all the other guests…now, why would they do that?!)

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succulent planting class result….(update: i killed this thing in less than a month…note to self: ONLY fake plants from now on)

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someone is in her glory!

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little buddy came and hang out with us for a bit one weekend and the kids couldn’t  get enough of him

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tea party!

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trying to drink their tea with their pinkies up

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a fresh batch of manure for the garden

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more soccer

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little soccer sis playing with mom on the playground

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balancing.

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shadows

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buddy played hard!

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trying to get the boys to the car after practice is like herding cats

 

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twirling to pass the time away!

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Monday, April 25, 2016

80s Night

Such a fun night out!

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love her creativity!!

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in the winnie on the way there

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i love to take pics of random things and this bathroom sign just cracked me up

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yay! we had a nice little VIP area so we could sit down and get away from the crazy crowd

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gotta love those glow in the dark earrings

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Spring Breakin it

This year for Spring Break – we hung out at home but also took a fun little overnight trip to Chicago!

Kickin things off right with a family game of SORRY!

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who doesn’t need a child on your back to help with  concentration?

 

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yay!

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winner shuffle

 

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and off to Chicago we go! waiting for the train

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contemplating life.

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selfie

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say cheese

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shenanigans on the train

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the bean.

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CANDY! he’s in heaven

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chillin out at the hotel

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the art in the room

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interesting

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ready to hit the pool

 

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yummo!

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each kiddo got to hit up their fave store…syd picked out a pizza set and a little cat at AG

 

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and Owen got a fun lego set at the Lego store

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lego sushi

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ready for bed!

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hitting the pool up first thing in the morning

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checking out city life

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then off to the kids museum…giant cat toy

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and scratching post

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syd…look this way!

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it was a fun (but COLD) getaway…we decided city life is NOT for us, but it was a fun change of pace.  Syd’s fave part? taking a taxi.