an affair...


y'all, i've been cheating on my computer... + really my phone, and work, and everything else too, with... 
my husband
...and suits.
i don't feel guilty at all, not even a little bit.

i mean, have you seen who i'm married to? or better yet, met him? point made.
PLUS, we started watching SUITS + we are soooo hooked it's not even funny. we totally think we are lawyers now + so bad*ss, and stay up until unreasonable hours together watching it + talking about it the next day... it's the best. reminds me of our time together before kiddos + we're having a blast.

date your husbands + wives, it's one of the best things you'll do.
+ if you're doing that in fort collins, head to POUR BROTHERS + order the Scrumpy's Apple Streusel Cider, yummmm.

bye felicia.

skippin' rocks by the river...


chris is the adventure, i'm the safe place... usually.
on this fine day, i got to be both.
when we are at home, as much as it's nice to have an hour to myself when my kiddos nap TOGETHER, i sort of prefer them separate, because i get one on one time with each of them + i love that more. in estes, we aren't in our backyard or driveway, we are by a river, and rocks aka the "top of the world" and adventure! so my guy and i collected some rocks for indoor projects this winter + threw three times as many into the water. 
abel's sense of wonder is the best of the best, and it's always been so important to me to be a boy mom for him. to get my hands dirty, and try things i normally wouldn't + not screech at the sight of a grasshopper, but instead take a picture of him with it. he is my wild, and lots of times, i feel like i'm learning more from him than i ever knew possible... praise. hands.
i love you abel. 

^^^pinchy pinchy, his face is the sweetest

pancakes + firef*cks


when a boy wakes with THAT smile, requesting his firef*ck jammie pants to go along with his tie dye shirt, a crown, and pancakes... what are YOU going to say? i mean really...

along with this precious, i bring you a few things abel says(and does) lately:

"i fuggle you" (meaning, you snuggle me)

calling lucy, by her shortened nickname... "woos" - "come on woos" as he reaches out for her hand... MELT ME

just... "no you do it, just me" or just us, or just you. (never did i think the word JUST could sound so cute)

"i want you"

when driving past our Starbucks he requests a "gouda samich" and knows that I get "ice ky" (iced vanilla chai) -- this is when you know you have a problem ha!

everything is "super"... as in superheros

he loves to sing the paw patrol song, or the spooky bubble guppies song to me, himself, and anyone who will listen(frosty the snowman is a big hit too)

"you pretty mama"... a personal favorite

"crashadoorrrr, crasha baby grollerrrrr! wike dis, crash!"

apparently HE, and everyone he knows are being ghosts for halloween... easy enough.

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my sweetest abel, you jump + climb + yell + belly laugh, and are mostly 90mph all the time. you love your family and have the most gentle spirit, and i always ALWAYS get the first snuggles from you each morning. you're so smart and have grown + learned SO much over just the last few months, it seriously blows my mind. i'm in awe of you.... + on top of all of this, you've never looked or seemed so big to me before. i love you, time slow down.

take me back... L I T T L E M O V I E S


so i finally got around to putting together the video footage from our trip to hawaii last january, and i made not one but TWO precious videos! huzzah! 
the other morning abel requested to watch some of the videos i had made around christmas (he LOVES videos of him and the people he loves), and as i watched his face watching the videos, he lit up... i could have cried it was so sweet, and so i vowed to myself that i'd make more, and more often!! so far this week i've made three... look at that!
cheers to documented memories, lessons from our children, late night editing sessions, hawaii(duh) and how 'bout that slo-mo on my dreamy husband... ;)
posts from hawaii, here - here - here - here & here!

video one:


video two:


*the song used in video one is called Tightrope by Walk the Moon, and the second video is also by Walk the Moon, called Avalanche*

ESTES PARK || PART TWO


jackpot... seriously.
all my heart eyes are looking at that group of people right there.
AND at that stunner below... yes he was 10 feet from me when i took that picture, sooooo sweet i just might frame it. enjoy part TWO of our estes trip this year! so many pictures + so many favorites that i per usual said... just post 'em all ;) you know me and the narrowing it down. 

^^^a view that never gets old
^^^the birthday girl on her birthday, ONE looks good on you little bit!
^^^did i mention i've won the lottery multiple times?! yup.
^^^the true test of self control comes out alongside muddy buddies... and it's proven that i have none.
^^^a birthday morning surprise from my sweetest family
^^^y'all, laura's expanded and is HUGE now!... and now i want a snickers apple just at the mention of this place.