vegas, baby! vegas!

i got to tag along for matt's work trip to vegas. we stayed at the beautiful mandalay bay. 

we ate some delicious food, drank some bubbly, walked 100 miles, 

got the stomach bug, missed our sick babies (they also had the stomach bug), 

went to 6 different shoes stores (obviously), gambled nothing, and danced one of the nights away. 

vegas, we'll be back for you. and next time we won't be sick and we'll gamble it all away ;)

what are some of your vegas favorites?
mine are: walking arm-in-arm with my man and the street performers.

hugs and kisses~m and s

our weekend

it was a good weekend. a really good weekend.

pizza with friends. 

play time at target.

sunday lunch.

snuggle time with our littles.

best.muffins.ever.

and the arrival of our sweet nephew Robert Cameron.

hope y'all have a wonderful monday and a fantastic week.

hugs and kisses~m, s, mc, a, b, b, t, m, b, m, bc and m

aplin's newborn pictures + me + mclain

I've been meaning to post these for awhile now.  These photos were taken when Aplin was 7 weeks old. Our dear friend Taryn, who is amazingly talented, took these photos. She's got a great camera and a great eye. In the past, she's been so gracious to capture and share pictures of my pregnancy with mclain here as well as his newborn pictures here. She's an absolute gem, we love our 'Nonny' dearly.  

Matt was there somewhere. But if you know Matt, he prefers the photo bomb instead of the serious family picture.

Thank you, Taryn for capturing these and so many other sweet moments. We love you!

hugs and kisses~m, s, mc, a, t, b, b, m, m, b, bc and m 

goodbye 2013, hello 2014!

goodbye, 2013

here's a little video from flipagram...some of my favorite insta-pics from 2013.

hello, 2014!

i'm not really a resolutions person...but i find myself making a lot of them this year. 

just to name a few: 

*use our 'great moments of 2014' jar

*organize/print all my pictures since 2008

*go to story time at the library

*make more crafts with mclain and aplin

*watch less tv and read more books

*more date nights

*try new recipes

*learn how to use my dslr in manual mode

*spend less time on my phone

*wake up and get ready before the little ones

*grow a better garden

*and my favorite: focus on the 'full life'.

"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10

hugs and kisses and a happy new year~m, s, mc, a, t, m, b, b, b, m, bc and m