May

Because we're busy, spending time outside, and enjoying the weather and family....

I'm lacking on blog substance but not lacking on the pictures, so I'll just show you our May so far :) 

Cuties and cuddles.

Walks.

Attitude.

Swinging.

Trampolines!

Ducks.

....yelling at the ducks :)

Easter Bunny. (Whoops this wasn't in May :)

May Day Baskets!

Aunt Chloe's 15th birthday.

Ramsey's 5th birthday.

Dance.

Fighting.

Pedicures.

Sleeping beauty.

Best friends.

Beauty queen.

Farmer's Market date with Carly, Mommy and Papa.

Baby seats in the bathroom??? and workin' at the carwash!

Raccon River Park! 

 The zoo!

The cutest.

 Trying on cowgirl boots for Aunt Cassy and Uncle Dave's wedding!

.... and lastly, naps in a crib?

So yeah... that's our May so far.

And on that note, IIIII need a nap from our busy month! 

Mother's Day Weekend 2013

I mean, right?!

I do it.

My girls do it.

My girls quote my mom.

It's crazy.

:)

Anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

We certainly had an extremely busy, but fun weekend.

On Friday, we started the day with Mother's Day lunch at school. Of course I don't work on Fridays, but we still went and I'm so glad we did. It was so special! And a big shout out to their school for SPOILING the moms. I got so many handmade crafts and I loved them all! Then on Friday night we went to Aunt Chloe's soccer game. It was perfect weather and the girls had a blast.

Saturday was a jam packed day. Lidia, my sister, and I started the day at Bare Essentials getting a makeover and Lidia was IN HEAVEN. Literally, smiling from ear to ear. She kept saying, "Pink! I'm so pretty! I love the sparkles!"

From there we went home, picked up Papa and sis, and headed to Ramsey's costume birthday party and Pump it Up. It was so fun!

We had to leave the party a little early because we were getting professional pics taken with the whole family for my mom's Mother's Day present! I'm so excited to see how they turned out, and of course will be showing them off hopefully sometime next week! Our pictures were taken outside, in a "downtown" area called Valley Junction. It's an old historic area that we live near with lots of shops and they also have a farmer's market every Thursday night.Well, on Saturday they just happened to be having a festival while we were getting pictures taken, so we decided to go out to eat after pictures and walk around looking at the little stands set up. By this time, it was close to the girls bedtime since they had been go go go nonstop all day. So we headed towards home and picked up a few movies to watch once the girls went to bed. But by 8pm, this is how everyone in my family looked... except me :)

Sunday was of course Mother's Day! I woke up to some yummy breakfast and some adorable coffee mugs that Matt and the girls made for me, and then we headed to church.

After church we went to a graduation party for my cousins in Newton. It was a great time seeing my mom's side of the family and of course, spending the rest of the day with my mom and my girls for Mother's Day! We ate yummy food, talked with family, and played at the park! Then we headed home and got some much needed relaxation the rest of the night! It was an exhausting (non-relaxing) Mother's Day weekend... but so much fun!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mama's out there!

A special shout-out to our favorite mama's and grandma's... Lulu and Kiki!

We hope you have an amazing day!

Spring Camping Trip 2013

We took a camping trip two weekends ago with a few friends. Although it was April and technically Spring, the weather for our camping trip wasn't that great. It was cold, then hot, then cold again. But overall, it was pretty decent weather and when we got cold we huddled around the campfire and that's what you're supposed to do anyway, right? Plus we had cabins with heat so we were pretty spoiled!

So a little back story for this trip. Our family and two other friends' families decided to book cabins about two hours away for a weekend camping trip. We ended up not being able to go camping with them, but my friends still decided to go. Long story short, very last minute (as in the night before) I was persuaded and peer pressured (hehe) into going camping with them.Well, Matt had a 5k race already scheduled that weekend, so he wasn't able to go and this meant that the girls and I went camping without him.

Anyway, the weekend ended up different then expected, as usual with 5 kids 5 and under but overall it was really fun! It definitely was not the relaxing weekend that I envisioned (I know I'm crazy.. relaxing?!? ha!) but we had a blast with all our friends, fishing, playing outside all day, riding bikes, blowing bubbles, making smores, and being in bed by 10pm each night. (HELLO?! Aren't adults supposed to have adult time around the campfire after the kids go to bed??  Apparently, we are old. And we were WORN OUT from the crazy kiddos :)

Anyway, enjoy our pictures from our weekend camping! If anyone is near southeast Iowa, you should definitely check this place out. I'd love to give you details if you're interested!

Bubbles.

Bikes.

Movies and popcorn before bed.

Baby Emery love.

More bikes.

(Lidia didn't know how to use the brakes, so she ruined two pairs of shoes by dragging her feet all weekend like the picture shows.)

Navin family.

Best buds.

Baseball.

Makeshift stroller out of my ThirtyOne cooler. HA!

Not even staged. They love each other.

Fishing!

Lidia caught a fish! And was scared to go near it but SO EXCITED to catch one!

Carly was more interested in the sand.

It was a great (exhausting) weekend!