mema ZONA

my mom tries to visit us every 3 months

she usually comes for big events, like birthday parties, so i don't lose my mind

we have decided that she needs to stop coming for parties because that is literally ALL we do

we hiked, played a ton and did party stuff. that was about it!

we never get to the organizing and projects that we want to

we always have a lot of fun with her and she always brings fun stuff for everyone

poor kason usually gets eczema creams and advair (my mom has some connections ;)) ha

 

 

we have also decided that we never get any good pictures of her while she is here.

we've got to change that!

i think we all keep her pretty busy while she's here.

she probably goes home and sleeps for day's!

she hates it

Magz used to like taking bath's.

no clue what happened but she is over it.

even tried to give her a shower the other night and that was a NO go as well.

the boy's used to sit in the tub til the water was ice cold and their bodies were covered in raisins.

silly Magz.

and yes, i have tried everything.

soaking it up {fall}

i LOVE fall and i love october. it's still warm in the day but nice and cool in the mornings and evenings.

the sun shines all day but there is a cool tinge in the air. i just love it.

here are the kids soaking it up!

these were taken last week. we are dressing a tad warmer now but not much.

mustache you a question

 

the boy's got some fun packages from their cousins and inside were some mustaches

we had a lot of fun with them!

griff is the king of awesome faces

2nd annual Halloween birthday bash!

Griffin is obsessed with Halloween, he says he likes it more than Christmas (say whaaaat?)

I wonder if he will have a Halloween birthday party every year? fine by me!

i've got all of the decor already and he is all about decorating so it's pretty easy.

all i did was add some more decorations the day of to surprise him

he invited a few little friends over (in costumes, of course) and we played pin the spider on the web and a ghost dart game

we had cute halloween cookies, mummy cupcakes and bloody hand punch with spiders

it was a lot of fun!

i bought the boy's costumes and made Maggie's

Griff was a pirate, Nolan a pilot and Magz was a ghost

my mom and i made the skeleton t-shirts for her, Kason and I

i think everyone had lots of fun!

 

 

 

 

 

5

we started the birthday morning with cake batter pancakes (ew) i didn't even taste them but Griff loved them!

(i can tell when Griff is really happy when he smiles so big that his eyes close or turn into cute little half moons)

i think he liked the idea of them and the five candles a little more than he did the actual pancakes. probably too sweet, ick!

then we (Me, my Mom and Nolan) went to Griff's preschool where we brought treats and helped him be the birthday captain.

he requested rootbeer floats for his treat and he made this darling poster for his big day at school.

we had fun hanging out at his preschool and watching him interact with the other kids.

then that night, Griff and I headed to Red Robin for burgers and had so much fun.

we talked and laughed and had the best time!

he wore his birthday crown from school so everyone asked him if it was his birthday and he LOVED the attention. it surprised me so much! he is somewhat of an introvert.

he got a kick out of being sung to and then was amazed when the workers brought him a big 'ol sundae.

after dinner i asked him what he wanted to do and he said "Let's shop!"

i didn't hesitate and that's what we did! he was already my shopping partner earlier in the day at old navy. he is my little shopping buddy!

we had the best day but it was so weird not giving him presents or doing the whole party thing. i almost felt guilty! we did have a halloween bash a couple of day's later.

still cannot believe i have a FIVE year old. makes me sick to think about sending my little baby boy off to Kinder next year. nooooooo.

sass

this is a typical look from Maggie. i get this one several times a day and it always makes me smile and laugh!

(WHO does this chick look like??)

this chick has been busting out a million molars at once and it has been rough, to say the least. aghh.

finally got her a big girl seat at 15 months! ha.

i kept the boy's in an infant seat until 9 months, max. so Magz was pushing it.

scored her car seat on craigslist (brand new, in box) for less than half of what they sell in the store's.

here's the sassy face again!

she does not sit in the tub, ever. she screams (because it echoes and it's LOUD) and stomps her feet and water goes everywhere!

she is crazy fun. i sometimes can't even get over her.

best day of the week :: every week

waiting for daddy to come home!

it's basically a long week, every week, and we ALL can't wait til Kason pulls up!

we do have a lot of fun and we stay really busy while he is gone but we are always thrilled when he comes home!

i might be the most thrilled but hey, that's okay :)

when he comes home i put him to work right away, poor guy.

all day on thursday, i have visions of having help at night (our hardest time of the day).

we are so thankful for kaso and the fact that he has a jobby job but we would love to see more of him.

someday....

six years

{sept 29}

just celebrated six years of marriage!

finally got maggie weaned so we were able to go away for a few days

left early friday morning and set off for Vegas (our usual destination since it's close and pretty cheap)

we have promised each other that we will take a legit anniversary trip soon but we've gotta stop having babies!

between pregnancy and nursing it takes up almost 2 years of "our" lives

plus, leaving little one's is SO hard for me

i was sick about leaving magz weeks before we even left

of course she did fine and the boy's were in heaven at mema and pepa's

we had a good time on our little getaway!

cruised down in a brand new mustang convertible and felt young again

 

i have always wanted to rent a fun car, so we did

we had so much fun eating good food, sleeping, relaxing, going to the movies (twice), renting two red box movies and walking through some casinos (may fave!)

we ran into Scott Disick at the new City Center, kudos if you know he is!

i asked my brother if he knew he who was and he said no. then i asked him why he didn't watch the show that he is on and he told me, "because i have a soul." whoopsie! i have no soul!

we also saw Rod Stewart in concert which was amazing!

my cute dad also texted us saying that he got us a dinner reservation and wanted to pay

he is the best!

we also did a ton of reminiscing about our dating days (which really weren't that long!) and about our marriage and everything in between

still can't believe we have been married for 6 years and already have three kids, one of which is almost five...crazy

we had the best time and this little trip was MUCH needed

                               (view from our room)