life is beautiful

friends

the ol’ frio trip { summer 2017 }

{photography}, firsts, friends, kids, vacation

so with the extra far move away from best friends last summer, we made the best of a mini vacation.  there’s no reason for them to travel all the way here to us.  so we figured out a way to both get a mini vacation with traveling about the same distance.  and we actually did it!   we headed down to concan for a three night stay.  there was lots of sunshine, lots of splashing and of course lots of fun with our babies  🙂









we enjoyed every bit of it!  we already want to go back.  so happy these crazy kids actually got to know each other.


{funny, i don’t remember playing babies with this many baby dolls 🤔😂😍}

great friends to make great memories with!

xxoo

 

as good as it gets…

friends, kids, sports

brothers on the same. baseball. team.   i told daddy this is about as good as it gets!  next year we will be running around like crazy!   we had such a fun year with jack and samuel on the same team.

you boys improved so much!  it was a great group of kids with such sweet families.    hopefully we will get to play again with them in the future!

xxoo

happy campers

celebrations, cousins, friends, weekend in pictures

another belated post…  but oh my goodness this was a fun party celebrating joshua, jack and samuel’s birthday.   these kids are awesome and are such a gift to the family!

{here comes picture overload…}

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oh my goodness we underestimated how quick it would get dark.  however, i think the kids were super excited how we celebrated outside in the dark like we were really campin’ 🙂  smores, movie and a bear oh my! wonderful memories were made that evening.   thank you to all who were able to join us!  i can’t wait  to watch the boys grow this year.  nine, six, and four  here we come!  happy birthday boys!

xxoo

 

 

friendship

celebrations, firsts, friends, phone pics, weekend in pictures

through thick and thin… and many, many miles apart.

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god is so good.   this friendship, truly through Him…  when we are together, its craziness, it’s full of laughter and tears, but mostly laughter 🙂  love this family and all the joy they can bring us when they visit!   thank you for travelin way out west nadia 🙂  you and your crew created great new memories in our new home!  come back soon!

xxoo

 

{happy baptism day}

{photography}, celebrations, friends

kolbe juniper

april.15.2016

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our faith is so amazing.   as nadia has reminded all of us “kolbe has helped us remember the mystical truths of our faith”

a beautiful day to rejoice indeed!

xxoo

 

 

 

avengers assemble!

celebrations, friends, kids

birthday invite

talk about a super party!   we had so much fun celebrating all three boys.  as always the day is best told in pictures…

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ohh so much sweetness in one day! happy birthday joshua, jack and samue!   i can’t believe we’ve got such big boys now.   thank you to everyone who celebrated with us and most especially gramps and granny for hosting.

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xxoo