Happy Birthday Papa!!

It’s Papa’s birthday today! We hope you have an amazing day. Here’s a throwback of Papa with both of our babies. 

Timehop Tuesday

A Mother’s Day timehop. The girls have just gotten so big the past couple of years! It is so crazy!

Also it would be a TOUGH SELL to get them to match with me these days!

Weekend Wrap-Up: Happy Mother’s Day!

Somehow it is Sunday night already! 

First up…HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all the wonderful women in our world. We are so lucky to be surrounded by amazing ladies. ❤️

Yesterday was a lovely, sunny, very chill day. Circumstances allowed me to have a few hours at home alone, so I started one of my new birthday puzzles and sat out on the porch! And those were the only pictures I got. 

This morning Maya brought in a toasted bagel she made for me all by herself. After my yoga and a treadmill run, I enjoyed my breakfast and tried to get the girls to take a couch picture…

We headed over to Boom’s for Mother’s Day brunch with her and Great Margie! Maya took our picture, and also managed to get a pic of our legs too…ha! On the way home we saw a few different dinosaurs on lawns. 

This afternoon we headed over for Mother’s Day dinner at Uncle Dan and Auntie Hanna’s with the whole crew!

And chaos ensued, as per usual! 


All in all it was a lovely, busy day. And the girls cooperated for ONE picture outside.

Have a great week! 

A Picture Update

Hello!  It is a beautiful May day and I could not be more grateful for the sunshine.  Here are the pics from the week:

Callie's spring band concert! 

Dinner with Boom and Great Margie!

Enjoying the spring weather (finally!).

Having fun at the school picnic (including inflatable axe throwing)!  

Have a lovely weekend!

Timehop WEDNESDAY

Definitely missed it was Tuesday yesterday! Here are some goofy cousins!

Weekend Wrap-Up

It’s finally MAY! I hope we can leave April and it’s crappy spring weather in the dust and move into sunshine and warmth in May.

If you missed my post yesterday, click here.

The only other pics I took yesterday were of us at the movie and Luna bullying some ducks.

Today I went for a rainy run. I majorly dropped off the running train in March and April. My goal for May is 2 miles a day. EVERY DAY. And to keep up my daily morning yoga.

Then we played Dogopoly with Pa until the game got too long and silliness ensued…

Maya had gymnastics this afternoon and I stayed to watch her…She loves it! 

This afternoon we went to celebrate Great Margie’s birthday! She is visiting from Colorado and we had a great time hanging out and eating our fave downtown take out (Gorkha Palace).

Have a great week!

7 Years

It’s April 30th. Today is rainy and cloudy. I asked the girls what they knew of this date. Maya didn’t know and Callie knew it was about Bops. I also asked them if they remembered much about what happened 7 years ago. Maya didn’t (except that she was only 1) and Callie remembered that she was at the dentist. 

I only remember glimpses…moments…a lot of the details are muddled or just gone. 

We just left the cemetery. We brought Bops’ favorite treats. 

Callie tried the Diet Coke. Her assessment was that it wasn’t terrible and basically tasted like chocolate sparkling water.

We are going to a movie with Boom later today. We will bring the treats and get popcorn. We will enjoy being together. We will miss my dad and be sad about all the time lost.

But we will also be grateful for the all time we had. 

Love you Dad.