celebrating jason turning 32

it was j's birthday, so we celebrated! we ran errands, had lunch and spent the day hanging out. a home day on a friday - yes, please!

 

the 3 of us at mongo's for j's birthday :)

my handsome little dude.

 the birthday boy!

 parker's concoction (noodles, pepperoni & pizza sauce with spices)

 my concoction (a take on peanut saute with chicken)



jason's concoction (lots of steak, peas, noodles and LOTS of garlic) 

peanut butter cheesecake for dessert - YUM!

and jason got to pick out a new tv for our bedroom for his birthday :) it's BIG and i love it. i think i wanted it more than he did. 

 

i "think" he had a good birthday...i know that we had fun celebrating him. happy birthday, honey!

best buds

parker & silas at the lake this weekend posing for a photo mid-squirt gun fight :) they have SO much fun playing together! they are best buddies. the 2 of them play and play the day away. so cute. so fun. so summer!

friday confessional

linking up with the blonde ambition for a new weekly challenge i'm going to try and participate in :)

1. i confess that i'm really glad it's friday and i'm only at work till 1pm.  it's been one of "those" kind of weeks.
2. i confess that i drank a cup of coffee this morning with almond joy creamer. yum. and i'm not so very pleased with the person(s) who thought it was OK to use my creamer without asking. so when i went to get it out of the fridge this morning there was JUST enough for me to have a taste. seriously. does marking a container with your name on it not count for anything anymore?
3. i confess that i've got a really messy desk right now.
4. i confess that i have a slight addiction to my iphone.
5. i confess that i'm super pumped that our friends are spending the weekend at the lake with us. and just a little bit excited for a campfire and smores ;)
6. i confess that there are more dirty dishes in the sink right now than i can even stand looking at. thank goodness for a little 7 year old boy who needs to do chores to redeem himself for irresponsibility.

closet revamp

i'm pretty proud of myself. last weekend i got the itch to get my closet organized.  and that i did :)

picked up the hangers at TJMAXX (gosh i love that place!) i'm quite pleased with the results. and it's keeping me more organized and i actually WANT to put my clothes away now. crazy!

i've been reading some awesome blogs lately that are doing weekly outfit posts and challenges.  it's on my bucket list... :)  now that i'm organized, maybe it will push me to take some self-portraits.  maybe.



BEFORE



AFTER



it's summer :)

hard to believe it's the middle of june already! we are busy, busy, busy!

parker is enjoying baseball on M&W evenings. he is quite the little slugger :) it's fun to go and watch him. and get bleacher butt. man, how can sitting on a metal surface for 1.5 hours do that to you?

i'm working out like a mad woman. for reals. i come home and the first thing i do is hit the shower. sweat is good for the soul!!! and it makes me feel good.

i still think jason is the most fabulous man on the planet. he's amazing.  parker and i are SO incredibly lucky to have him in our lives!

i was updating this blog today...and for a brief moment though "who on earth reads this thing anyways". i've gone a good 6+ months without a post and nobody has said a word. i'm beginning to think its a waste of space in the internet world, and potentially a waste of my time.

oh well.

mister man is done with 1st grade.  1st grade, people!  hard to believe that this fall we will have a 2nd grader in our house. what a little ham, he is.  he learned SO MUCH. i'm loving that it is summertime and we can "relax" a bit :) (sometimes...when he asks me what i want to do, i say this to him...and then he uses it against me when HE is tired and wants to. it's funny. ok, maybe not to you, but it is to me). and we fully intend to spend a LOT of weekends at the lake.

my 2 boys have been busy fishing.  and loving it.

he's quite the little fisherman :)

those smiles are priceless!

oh yeah...and this little dude is 7 now!

that's all for now...

come back and visit.  soon.  mmmkay? 

right now i am

right now I am...

watching: people walk by the aisle by my desk
eating: just finished
drinking: a cup of hot tea.
wearing: dark denim trouser pants, a ruffly tank from the limited and my cute white braided flat sandals from target.
listening: to office jabber.
avoiding: confrontation.  i'm stressed about a few things at the moment.
feeling: uncertain about some things.
missing: mexico.
thankful: for my 2 boys.
weather: sunny.
praying: for lots of things and lots of important people in my life.
needing: extra hugs.
thinking: about the killer workout i'll get in tonight at crossfit.

and you?

it's 2012

it's a new year :)  it only took me 18 days to post something for this year on my blog. it's a resolution every.single.year to do a better job at keeping this puppy updated.

here is my bucket list for the year:

• relax more
• run a 5k with jason this summer
• more friday night snuggle parties/movie nights
• clean eating
• family trip/vacation (just the 3 of us)
• spend time in my scrapbook nook working on projects
• make pretty stuff (more crafting!)
• worry less, pray more
• promote positivity
• document the right now in our lives

cheers to a fabulous year!  ours is off to a great start ;)

december daily: 12.15-12.19

12.15
parker brought home his gingerbread house from school. so cute! it is now the centerpiece on the island. love it. (photo coming)

12.16
love friday's. love the 3 of us. springer came over for supper tonight. he made chicken lasagna. it was to-die-for good.  so much fun to just "hang out" at home. i love that we have more space now to have friends over and entertain. the boys played a little xbox and we gathered in the living room to hang for the night.

12.17
finished up my shopping. ordered christmas cards.

12.18
a walk through christmas production at the waters church.  amazing.

12.19
family movie night featuring christmas vacation.  seriously - laughed out loud the ENTIRE movie. hilarious!

december daily: 12.14

12.14
right now I am...

watching: my computer monitor
eating: just finished an isagenix chocolate crisp protein bar. yum.
drinking: water. lots of it.
wearing: grey dress pants, black tank and pink champagne cardi with ruffles. and my vera wang pumps.  boy, my toes sure were chilly walking outside today.
listening: to aly & aj (holiday) radio station on pandora. love.
avoiding: lines at the stores and crazy drivers. this town is ca-razy!
feeling: full of joy.
missing: holiday treats.
thankful: for my health.
weather: windy and a tad bit chilly. but still no snow.
praying: for jackson.
needing: extra snuggle time - baby it's cold outside!
thinking: about the list i need to plow through this weekend to complete my christmas shopping. reminds me of a line from the llama llama holiday drama book.
loving: my 2 boys.

and you?

december daily: 12.12 - 12.13

12.12

report card time.  so proud of my little dude.  he's learning so much and quite the little reader. he loves writing and making lists and crossing them off (wonder who he gets that from?) :)

12.13

laundry. lots of it. folded, sorted, and put away.