We are off to the mountains for an awesome 5 days of camping! We are so excited for this adventure. We haven’t been camping since the summer of 2014 and cannot wait. We are all loaded up and have hit the road with the camper on the hitch of our 4Runner, the kids and dogs…
We had such a lovely weekend. Ryan was at a meeting most of last week but he came home early Friday which was such a nice surprise! The weather was lovely and we spent it outside playing and flying the kite. Saturday we went out to lunch at a great little pizza place called PizzaRev. They…
Changing the calendar to July felt like a giant exhale. You know the one that just give you such a sense of accomplishment and relief? That kind. I was looking forward to July coming before June even started and it’s finally here and Friday night late Ryan came home from our month long travel stint…
If surprises were a love language they would be hers. It doesn’t matter if it’s things or experiences, when you surprise A her face lights up like it’s Christmas morning. “A surprise for me? I’m just so excited!” Sometimes that means pulling an old afghan to have a surprise picnic in the yard while her…
Phew. Last week was a whirlwind filled with days that all blurred together. By Tuesday it felt like Monday and by Wednesday day end it felt like Friday. We were so lucky to have that three day weekend and then on Wednesday night Ryan surprised us letting us know he was off Thursday and Friday…
We spent Sunday hiking in Boulder, CO and we loved it. We hit a little trail called Bald Mountain Scenic Trail and we had a great time! A started asking for a hike on Saturday but we got a late start so we did our busy work that day and spent the day on Sunday…
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May was filled with enjoying nice weather outside, celebrating A’s half birthday for the first year, checking out the Fire Expo, welcomed Sophie the fish and Mother’s Day. Oh and the TOMS sale with my mom and sister which was quite an ordeal…lots of lines…lots of waiting…lots of shoes but we survived and we have…
Saturday morning we went to Petsmart because they were going a fun ‘Finding Dory’ event that I found out about via their email. Fishbowl decorating, coloring pages and fish feeding were all the fun activities listed in the email so we decided we would go. Saturday morning arrived and we headed over to the event…
I’m currently walking a line of abundant gratitude for so many things and a undesirable drab mentality. If you know me well you know that I walk a line of optimism and gratitude far more than anything else, or at least that something I tell myself regularly to keep focused on the good stuff rather…
Happy Monday, sweet friends! Life has been busy, slightly hectic but we are blessed as always. We’ve had gorgeous Spring weather around here..minus the random 7″ of snow that was dumped on us last weekend. In typical Colorado fashion though, it quit snowing by Sunday afternoon and it was all melted by Tuesday. Gosh I…
We were completely overjoyed with the fact we were having another baby, we joyfully anticipated B’s arrival. Two children was a dream of ours that we thought was out of reach after we tried so hard the first time around. We had gotten used to the idea of just being a family of three, then…
When the calendar switched over the April last Friday it felt like a great big exhale. March was a rough one filled with lots of things tossed our way all at once. A was sick one week, we had bit of a dog scrap that landed us unexpectedly at the vet. Then my grandma was diagnosed…
Four years ago today we learned we were going to be parents. I walked out of the bathroom with that pregnancy test after getting ready to head to work on that Saturday morning. The day we had literally been waiting years for had come. I remember her first sonogram, her first kick and the day…
Our month of February was a really good one. Ryan only traveled for five days which was much better than in January. The weather was absolutely beautiful. We played more outside this month then I ever could’ve fathomed. The weather has been gorgeous which has meant lots of playing outside at the park and outdoor picnics! …
Gosh, sometimes I feel like we took for granted all of the things we had to do when we were living in Denver. We are still only 40 minutes away but it’s not a hop, skip or jump there like it used to be. Now we carefully plan and make a day trip of it…
“Take a breathe and hold.” “You may now resume breathing normally.” Those were the words that speaker echoed time and time again over the CT machine just over a month ago. For the first time in 15+ years, we did a heart CT to see the full 3D images of my heart. If you have…
I recently ran my instagram account through 2015bestnine.com to find out my best moments, in the eyes of Instagram likes, of 2015. I wasn’t the least bit surprised about what I found. All of the photos were based around our sweet family growing to be four and It accurately describes what our year looked like….
I feel like Christmas came and went with a blink of an eye but this year was so full of goodness. We spend some time with Mrs. Claus which was fun. Being A’s fourth Christmas she was all about finding Gogiddy our elf, singing Christmas songs and talking about Santa & baby Jesus. It’s such…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SendHallmark #CollectiveBias I love holiday traditions. I have fallen in love with them even more now that we have children and a growing family. I feel like holiday traditions that are strong foundation to lifelong memories. It’s kind of…