Sunday, February 8, 2015

Sunday kids

I used to love reading the blog of some lady named Mary who was super funny and loved Jane Austen. But then she stopped blogging. Anyways, she used to always take a picture of her kids each Sunday before church. That seems super ambitious to someone as lazy as myself, but I am working on taking a picture of my kids after church every once in a while. Like today. 

How is it impossible for kids to act normal and casual when they know they're being photographed?! What's with the weird arm movements and facial expressions?!  

So here's a few outtakes and a picture. 

Number one. 

Just put your hands down and act normal! 

It's okay! Just smile! 

Okay, go ahead and be silly. 

Arms up! Get your wiggles out!

Okay, now hold hands and smile at the camera. 

Yes, those are the normal kids I pretend to have. ; )

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Green smoothies

They're always tastier with a buddy. 



Zoo day!

Today was a 72* Saturday in the middle of winter that also happened to be a free day at the zoo. That's a recipe for crowds like you absolutely wouldn't believe. But we decided to tackle it anyways.  ; )








This will be true of me. Also, I really love being pregnant, but how great would that be to hibernate through your third trimester?!  I don't necessarily need that much sleep but it'd be great for someone to make it socially acceptable to make it socially acceptable to lay in bed in my pjs for the entire third trimester. ; )

I commented to Christopher about how huge these camels were. Then Abigail pipes up with something along the lines of "like your belly! Mom, are the camels as big as your belly even?!"  And awesome. Thank you for that sweet girl. My belly is quite large but not as large as an enormous camel. 

Christopher took me to the Denver zoo in 2006 when we were dating. He took a picture of me with an okapi. Who knows... It could even be this same one. Anyways, I had to recreate the shot. 



Our best family picture of the day. 

Abigail was so into the map. 

We had to park so far away that we actually passed and discovered this park on the way to the zoo so we stopped on the way back to the car. Abigail loved making new friends. Brady loved this slide. 


Honey loves the geese. 

The weather was seriously amazing. Our biggest problem was getting too hot if we were in the sun too long or looking at indoor exhibits. 

On our way home, we stopped by honey's office. It was cool to see because it's been recently renovated so it's double the size that it used to be. 

Honey's office. 

And then we went to the hacking's gender reveal party. Shaylee is due four days after I am so we took a belly shot. In our pink shirts because we're both having girls! Woohoo! 

And Brady. Because he's adorable and makes me laugh all day long. 

It was a busy, but super fun day. 

Friday, February 6, 2015

Avs game

Thursday night, we took some friends to the avs game. It was a lot of fun. And our babysitter cleaned up all the toys. Cherry on top. 

Also, mark the date in the books as the day I finally got my laptop compatible with our printer!!! I went through all the steps about thirteen or so times and got this result every time. 


And when I was about to scream and cry in frustration, I called canon tech support and some kind black man helped me out and magic happened. I can print now from my laptop and my phone! 

I made toasted almond chicken for dinner. Delish. 

And at six, we were off to the game. At least half of the people present were red wings fans. It made it confusing when they'd make a call and the arena would erupt in clapping or booing or cheering. 

See all that bright red? 

With Jeff and Becky. 

How cutely is this cleaned up?!



How cutely is this girl sleeping?!

And even the toothbrushes and toothpaste. I love it. 

What a successful day. 

Sunny Friday

My day really sucked. Hardcore. I'm so glad it's over and that I can just crawl in bed and be done. 

On the plus side, something that worked out perfectly was that Brady slept in til after 11:30 and the weather was perfect so we could go to the playground and hang out outside this afternoon. It was 68 degrees. So crazy. 

Play doh in the sunglasses. 

It's a good look, huh?

Not ideal for viewing purposes. 

Brady laughed for two minutes straight when he got in the swing. He's a super ticklish guy and I think it made his stomach tickle. I think that's why he kept doing his legs all weird. 

It was probably the happiest part of my day. 

Oh the laughs. 

And the legs. ; )

The kids played so wonderfully the whole time we were there. 




Headed home to play outside some more... in the driveway. 

Abigail covered her face with her hat and said she was napping while Brady was busy sitting in her lap to do his own side of buckles. 

"You're napping? Oh."  Haha. Brady is hilarious.