Showing posts with label over the weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label over the weekend. Show all posts

lake days.



excuse you while you wipe the drool... haha! don't mind my handsome husband up top, he's just dreamy & the sweetest, he can't help it.
anywayyyy... remember last year when abel was teeny & rollie, and we went on the lake HERE? well we got out there for the first time of the year a couple weekends ago & it was a great one. ashton & i did a little role reversal & i tagged in to be the pregnant one this year, and i'm really hoping that this was the first of many more days out on the water, because this belly needs a tan :)
here are a bunch of iphone pictures to document the day... 
because expensive cameras just do not belong on boats!
hope you're having a good week!

over the weekend.


the picture above is one of my new favorites. i don't know if it's the men in my life + how cute they are together, the gorgeous view from our home, or the perfect yellow slug bug in the background... probably all of it combined. the past weekend was such a great one. i couldn't tell you what exactly was so great about it, but just that it was one for the books. i even remember one particular time looking at chris + telling him how good our life is + him smiling back like he agreed. i love how sometimes it's in the non-eventful times, no holidays or celebrations, just the regular old saturdays when everyone is home + together that feel most special. this weekend was one of those. the weather was warmer for a change + we got outside as much as we could. abel cried real tears every time we had to come inside, he ADORES adventuring in the warm sun... so that is exactly what we plan to do every sun day for the rest of our lives. 

^^^what a cutie, i love him

i didn't feel much like blogging.

last week was a weird one. i try not to be one that complains about "long days" or "weeks straight outta you know where" but i won't lie when i tell you, last week was kind of a long one. monday was more full than usual (& not of my favorite things) & i found myself on tuesday wondering if it was the weekend yet. all that to say, i felt a bit overwhelmed & didn't feel much like blogging.

i've since had a weekend to decompress & am now happily to the middle of this week with no complaints so far. here's what you missed...

i woke up on the braver side of the bed & cut my hair... only like 8 or more inches (something like that).  i'm loving it so far & have yet to break down or regret it.

two of my very favorite friends came to visit from california. we saw air dubai at the taste of fort collins,  survived the heat & ate the most giant reeses puffs rice crispy treat i've ever seen outside of my dreams.

our late nights have consisted mostly of abel teething & watching happy feet (since it's the ONLY thing that distracts him from the pain long enough to go back to sleep (poor guy).) the good news is that our days have been made up mostly of giggles, reading & a healthy dose of pinterest.

i'm officially in nesting mode (i blame the healthy dose of pinterest) & am really just ready for summer's end and the transition into FALL! crispy colorado air, gorgeous fort collins leaves, estes park, the holidays, the clothes... and as to be expected, i feel like i need to go & bake something now.

hmmm.. yep, i think that's most of it. the highlights at least. so, now that i have laid it out in front of me, i guess last week wasn't all bad, i mean i got to hang with this guy... 
here's to wednesday! i hope yours is going wonderfully!

the happiest 5K on earth

over the weekend we did the color run! fun stuff i tell you!
all five grant girls (we count jasmine as an honorary grant), my brother tristan & of course abel... all dressed in white & went down to denver to get our happy on. 
& whole three colorful miles of happy we were!
i seriously love my family! 
oh, i've mentioned that before? well this little shindig only enhanced that love more (most of our shindigs do)! we took a million pictures (per usual) & i could have just posted a few of them, but i loved them all so much & well, it's my blog so i went ahead & posted just about all of them, so... you know. enjoy these little iphone quality snippets of our color fun & have a happy wednesday why don'tcha!
^^^before above + after below>>>
^^^he was promptly pooped after a big morning & it only took a double bubble bath (or two) to get him looking less smurfy & more like himself again. WORTH IT.^^^

around these parts…

…God continually reminds us of His glory & how very blessed we are that this is the view from our living room.

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…these two continue to pal around & make each other’s day.

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…mini pancakes aren’t just for special occasions.

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…1/2 of the pictures on my camera & phone are of these two chubby little feet.

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…a new restaurant is in town. hard cider, hot sandwiches,  & sweets… my kind of thing.

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… it’s getting hot out & we’re spending more time outside!

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…we finally tried new cupcakes

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… & officially decided that no one does cupcakes like cupcrazed

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…we made our usual stop by the waffle lab

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…& tried a new flavor… peanut butter, maple syrup, chocolate sauce, raspberries & strawberries… truly sinful.

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what have YOU been up to?!