Easter 2014

As always, I love looking back at the posts I do annually to see how the boys have changed. So bittersweet to see their baby faces.
Easter 2013
Easter 2012

I can’t find a blog post about Easter 2011 when I was 8+ months pregnant with Dexter. I know I have pictures on the external hard drive but don’t feel like dragging it out right now. Bummer.

Anyway.  We went to Cincinnati for the dual purposes of celebrating my nephew Spencer’s 9th birthday as well as Easter.  The weather was so perfect, I could not have asked for better. My little fall and injury was the only downer to the entire weekend. We enjoyed great family time, amazing food, and the boys weren’t half bad considering they were getting no naps and far fewer hours of sleep each night than what they are used to at home.

Just a little light (and upside down) reading on the way to Ohio.
Morning Lego play between cousins. 
Cousin Spencer loves his little pals and he is their hero.

Some sleepy boys in the car.

Playing “which hand is it in” with Uncle Bob.

Little boy in a big world.
Loungin’ with pop pop.
Dexter decided to help himself to some frosting when no one was looking.
The birthday boy, in all of his royal silliness.

Easter morning cutie.
Easter bunny popped by!

Eager little boys.

Do you like our audience (in the neighbor’s yard)…haha! They love watching the kids have fun.

Anyone that knows me in real life knows I won’t shut up about the weather right now. It’s my absolute favorite time of year. Did I mention how nice the weather was over the holiday weekend?

After the neighborhood’s little egg hunt, we headed back home in time to play outside a little more and grill hotdogs for dinner. Perfect ending to a wonderful weekend!
I hope you and your family had a great weekend too. 
xo,
~C~

catch the moment 365: week fifteen

Another week has come and gone and brought more crazy weather.  Saturday we were in shorts and flip flops and Tuesday morning it was snowing.  Whatever, Indiana.  Get your shizz together already!! Hopefully Spring weather is here to stay for a little while.

Linking up with Mindi from Simply Stavish, Sarah from Nurse Loves Farmer, and Stephanie from Behind the Camera and Dreaming once again for Catch the Moment 365.

99/365: April 9th.  A gorgeous afternoon for playing outside after work, school, etc. I had plenty of them laughing and smiling from this day but for some reason the seriousness on both of their faces won me over.

100/365: April 10th. What? A selfie two weeks in a row? Participants of the 365 group I’m in were challenged to take a selfie to celebrate the 100th day of the project.  The email server where I work was down so I left after three hours and used PTO for the rest of the day. It was too gorgeous out to be cooped up inside with nothing to do! Met Ryan for lunch and then ran some errands (read: got a pedicure).

101/365: April 11th. Oh, look!! Spring decided to make it’s appearance. Things are finally starting to bud and bloom around here.  

102/365: April 12th. Saturday was such a gorgeous day that we spend the vast majority of it playing outside. It was the kind of day you just wish would never end. The weather was gorgeous, the boys were great, and even though we didn’t do anything extra special, it was a perfect day. We ended it at the park with Dairy Queen treats as the sun went down.

103/365: April 13th. Time to get back to work on our long-abandoned kitchen remodel.More cabinet painting is under way. I LONG for the day I can post “before” and “after” pictures of our kitchen instead of just “during.” I will just be excited to be able to take pictures of the boys in our kitchen. It gets a lot of great light in the afternoon but right now it looks so ugly in the background that I usually avoid it.

104/365: April 14th.  A Monday to beat all Mondays. By the time I went to bed the night before, I had a seriously sore neck. I’m guessing from some yardwork I did on Saturday afternoon. Anyway, said seriously sore neck woke me up seriously early on Monday morning (like 4:something A.M. early) so it was a large marge sugar free french vanilla iced coffee kind of breakfast. 

105/365: April 15th. It was completely quiet in the living room while I was cooking dinner so I had to sneak a peek to make sure the boys hadn’t gone to their room. Nah- just playing so nicely and quietly that I didn’t hear them.  Rare but precious!
Aside from that sore neck which is just now getting back to normal, it has been a wonderful week! Being able to get outside and breathe some fresh air has been good for the entire family. Looking forward to continued good weather and making progress around the house.  Wondering if I will ever write a real blog post again….
This week I really like day 99 the best! Such serious boys.  Which is your favorite?
xo, 
~C~

catch the moment 365: week fourteen

This week of photos represents the end of the boys’ Spring Break. Getting back into the swing of things is taking a little adjustment time, but we are doing okay.

Linking up with Mindi @ Simply Stavish, Sarah @ Nurse Loves Farmer, and Stephanie @ Behind the Camera and Dreaming.

92/365: April 2nd. Downtown Franklin. This is the small, charming town where I work.

93/365: April 3rd. The boys were staying at Nana & Pop Pop’s for the last couple days of Spring Break so Ryan and I took advantage of the opportunity to go out with friends. I took advantage of having a little time to get my hair done and put on (a little) makeup.

94/365: April 4th.  Waiting for dinner at a nearby pizza place after picking up the boys.

95/365: April 5th.  A beautiful day to play outside. Theo is starting to get really creative with his coloring and drawing. So fun to watch his imagination flourish.

96/365: April 6th. A trip to the local bounce house.

97/365: April 7th. You know what they say about those April showers.

98/365: April 8th. Storm rolling across the field.

I kind of like all of these photos this week, but that expression on Theo’s face is priceless (day 96). The shot of downtown Franklin (day 92) turned out cool too.

Which one is your favorite?

xo-
~C~