a little catch up!

I'm an admitted slacker in the blogging department!  I've also been slacking in my picture taking! (most of these are from my phone...) So here is a quick catch up on our lives since "birthday central" in January/February ::

 :: we've celebrated {love} day ::

 

shared swings at the park

[these two boys are bound to be buds]

enjoyed some sunshine ... even when it meant bundling up!

tried to keep up with Mr. Mischeif himself! (tried is the key word here!)
and sorry ... apparently this child never wears any pants! haha

 had ice cream with friends after twirling at ballet ::

and Jackobi enjoyed her very {first} friend coming for a slumber party!!

they were too wild singing, dancing and being chased all around by Kashton ... I didn't manage any pictures of their fun besides this!

 and apparently the "chasing" of the little brother

wore them right out ... they slept like gems ...

we've been playing pretty hard in our neck of the woods!  I've realized how much I haven't captured ... It makes me kind of sad so I'm sure a photo dump of pictures will come to you all this summer as I make up for it :)  [on a side note :: my lack of pictures is due to my camera being in a weird funk .... anyone know where to get a Nikon DSLR "tuned up"??]

This gets me mostly caught up :: 

Easter pictures will come soon!!!

{becky's} baby shower

my sweet friend Becky is having a baby girl in February!

[or January if there's an early debut!]

Lindsey & I decided to throw her a shower while 

everyone was home for the holidays.  So mid-morning

New Years Eve we packed up & headed to Malad!

it was such a fun day & great to see beck surrounded my some of the people that love her the most!

sure can't wait for this baby girl to come!!

{love} you becky && congrats ::

we can't wait to meet her! ♥

thankful {number} nine

spent our Friday night watching these crazy kids.

absolutely loved our first jammie fest.

we made gobble turkeys, played in tents & ran wild.

I'm thankful for good friends with good kids.

pumpkins galore!!

October is never complete without a trip or two to the pumpkin patch! We've had a blast soaking up all fall has to offer.  Jackobi is a huge fan of pumpkins, so we've made a few trips to play in the patches.  Kashton thinks they're pretty neat too, Nate's convinced it's because they look like big basketballs :)  we'll see I guess!

love them::

it's so fun to watch them love eachother.

it's a pretty sweet little bond they have.

we had fun painting and decorating pumpkins

(thanks Jared & Ashley for a fun night!)

and had the perfect afternoon with our playgroup.

it's so fun to watch these kids learn and grow together. 

we're fully embracing halloween this week!

I can't wait to get J & K all dressed up

stay tuned ...

{birthday} fun

Jackobi's sweet friend Jessalie had a birthday party.  We had so much fun! The kids played outside, jumped on the trampolines & had fun dressing up in different costumes. SUCH a fun morning and the perfect way to celebrate a third birthday. 

 

:: happy birthday Jessalie!

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happy birthday to my beautiful mama! it was such a beautiful day, we had a great time together with the entire fam.

they love snuggling on their grammy!

F.A.L.L. is in full swing and we're loving it.

I have some catching up to do in the blog.sphere.

Hopefully it will be a week full of posts. ♥

summer wrap-up!

disclaimer:  photo OVERLOAD ahead! :)

I've finally come to the realization that summer has come to an end.  The mornings are brisk and you can smell of fall in the air ... I love summer, but am oh so ready for fall! It's my favorite time of year, so we're ready to fully embrace it's goodness (as long as that goodness, doesn't include another freak October snow storm :))

here's a quick wrap-up of the rest of our summer festivities!

took the kidlets to the fair.  
we were greatly outnumbered, but survived! :)

love this bench of girls! so fun!

the cows, as always, were a hit.  they loved touching the slimy nose (I couldn't convince Jackobi to try touching it, she was grossed out that he licked his boogers ... good girl :))

as always, Kashton was all smiles.  this boy {loves} the outdoors!

there's something so quaint and small town about our fair, I love it!

it was the perfect day to walk hand in hand with friends & discuss adventures.

we had a blast.

I finally took the plunge and chopped my hair for Locks of Love. Nearly a foot of hair and three years of growing ... the summer days sure feel lots cooler!

had fun hanging out with girlfriends ::

:: welcomed home a missionary

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We celebrated Alivia's FOURTH birthday.  Her mama threw her a grand hello kitty party.  Jackobi is still taking about the stickers {and} pinata!  Happy birthday livy!

:: the crew (minus little brothers :))

the pinata was a hit! literally! it was fun to watch each kid take a turn swinging their bat at it. pretty cute and comical!

Jackobi swings like her dad.

doesn't that stance scream baseball??

let's home Kashton doesn't swing a bat that way :)

always fun to get the treat from inside!

and just enjoyed sunshine and family ::

and did our best to enjoy the ride ::