our little family.

it would be lying if i said i hadnt been "inspired to blog" lately. im actually feeling full of inspiration (more lack of energy at this point) and my brain/body are in full nesting mode. but really, before we embark on adding another little body of testosterone to this household, im trying to really just enjoy our family as it is now. we have this flow going, a good routine and jeffrey and i feel like we've "got this". hahaha i laugh because of course right when we feel that way, its alllllll about to change. anyways, here are some of my favorite shots that sarah, ashley and reagan took back in february. our family as it is now- 4 here, 1 in heaven and one growing. 

ps- go here for our family photos from last year!

seriously, i love these boys.

all photos by 1313 photography 

100 Layer Cakelet Feature

Well, my back in the saddle routine is a bit rusty. Im just feeling like I am out of practice? Nothing seems interesting enough to blog about! But then! There is! LOOK!

Sarah asked us to do a little family shoot (which as I am pregnant I would normally refuse but I wanted pictures of the boys so badly) and it was featured on one of the cutest family/kids blogs, 100 Layer Cakelet! Obviously it is so fun to be on there but I really am just so grateful for these captured memories of our growing family... Thanks Sarah and Ashley and Reagan!!

all photos by sarah, ashley and reagan of 1313 photography

alpenaorbust

this summer we went on vacation with jeffreys family.

all of his family, was born and raised in michigan.

they have all since, moved to other delightful places but we thought, hey!

lets go back and see this beautiful place!

(i had never been)

and it was really, truly great.

first, the road trip.

thats right, 24 fun filled hours in my mother in laws odyssey.

all i can say is, thank goodness i didnt have to drive.

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 an early morning visit t detroit rockcity! 

this began our vacation of eating.

we had delicious greek pastries and a sketchy real breakfast then made our way to rochester hills...

 where we began the drinking (and more eating).

after a massive whole foods trip with my sister in law and seriously jamming out to some xm radio air musique (thank you canada!)

we headed north to the lake house...

where there was a lot of manliness...

a lot of geronimoes...

and a lot, a lot of fires and fun.

we fished, we swam, we went to mackinac island which was beautiful and while there we visited the old fort and somebody learned to walk...(that face is so bizarre and yet so endearing- probably because of the snorting it accompanies)

on the way home we stopped through ann arbor and jeffrey and i are in love.

it may have made it on to our "possible places to live" list.

okay, it definitely did.

what have you been doing this summer?

weekender

it seems so unbelievably boring to post about a weekend that is only spent cleaning the house an running errands, so thats why the past few have been exempt.

this weekend, however, felt like we were running around like decapitated chickens.

saturday we drove down to the middle of nowhere florida for jeffreys work picnic.

he works at a mine (in an office) so all the kids got hard hats and dug for fossils, jackson was in heaven.

did i mention sno cones?

oh yes, sno cones.

straight after the picnic we drove up to orlando for my sisters first prom.

nothing like a good drama filled prom afternoon to remind me why i am so glad im not 16 anymore right?

except for the pre baby body, the careless lifestyle and the no responsibility!

she looked beautiful in my moms vintage dress!

sunday was filled with errands, a missed morning at church but quiet time for me, a super fun birthday party, dinner with the in laws, grey sea salt brownies (tune in wednesday) and this semi chubby munchkin.

how was your weekend?

we are a family.

a few weeks ago, my great friend sarah come to lakeland.

we drank copious amounts of coffee, laughed a ton (as usual), and she happily ate my quinoa, raw veggie and sprouted lentil- mistake of a meal. 

sarah is one of my most honest and genuinely treasured friends.

(do i sound like an old lady?ehhhh, oh well)

she is so talented and the fact that we had fun with a 4 year old and 8 month old doing this, shows just how good she is.

hire her ;)

did i mention she is single?

and now, for your viewing (pleasure?).

i am so thankful to have these. 

go here to see more.

and thank you sarah, we love you!

weekender {spring break edition}

this past week was jacksons "spring break" ( its only pre school so he isnt dying for a break from his academia or anything) and for me, that has always signaled the beginning of beach season which really means; time to relax and act like its summer!

so i took a little blogging break and we got busy being spring break-y!

next year, of course i will take them down to miami to troll for ladies but this year, well it just didnt seem appropriate. (joke!)

we started off the week with beignets from the poor porker

went "hiking" and fishing with skallie

hit up st pete beach with some friends

hung out at my parents house and returned to the pool!

went strawberry picking with our neighbors

celebrated st patrick day (its practically my dads day!) with a bbq

swam some more

then grilled out at home

all in all, a pretty great flippin week!