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June iphone photos


First of all, it’s July!! That’s exciting for a few reasons. 1) I will be having a baby this month!! 2) My BFF is getting married (in 3 days!!!!!) 3) It’s national ice cream month! Ice cream has pretty much been a part of my daily diet for the past few months so I guess it’s not that big of a deal. But at least now I have an excuse–I have to celebrate these occasions.
June was a pretty crazy month for us. July will also be a big month for us, but I’m hoping it’ll be more relaxed (says the woman who’s about to have 5 children to take care of and a whole house to pack.)
At the beginning of the month, Rachel and I went out and took some pictures together–seen HERE and HERE.
white dress in the forest
National Donut Day was in June–so of course we celebrated. We ended up hitting up 2 Krispy Kremes for their free donuts. I’m pretty sure my kids thought I was pretty cool that day šŸ™‚
free donuts on national donut day at krispy kreme

 

We also made our way to theĀ City GardenĀ again. I’m pretty sure that the towel cuddling was the cutest thing ever. **Liam was much happier than he appears in the photo!kids water activities in summer

 

For Stef’s birthday, I got to spend the evening with Stef, Zeke, and Maggi. Lots of craziness happened that night but it ended with a delicious ice cream cone. I treasure these outings with my best friends because they definitely don’t happen often anymore.
birthday ice cream party

 

In case I haven’t mentioned it enough, Maggi is getting married in 3 days!!Ā 
wedding preparation
The bachelorette party started with some delicious drive-in burgers and ended with an ice cream party, a tornado warning, and lots of laughter.
drive in burgers and ice cream

 

Did I mention that the tornado touched down within a couple of miles from us? There was at least a half an hour of storm watching from Stef’s front yard **for everyone except the pregnant woman and children šŸ™ We were exiled to the basement.
ice cream cheeseburgers and bad weather

 

And also–we bought a house!!! After years and years of waiting, praying, searching, and saving, saving, saving, we finally found a house! It has the most gorgeous natural light and open floor plan that I had been praying for. And the Lord provided much more than I had even expected. I can’t wait to share more when we move in next month!
first time home buyers

 

just a few random pictures 1) I pass this Farmer’s Market regularly and it is the cutest 2) Downtown skies 3) A new shirt for baby boy–don’t be surprised if you only see him wearing this for the first month 4) popsicles= summer
donut onsie for baby

 

And I’ll finish off this post with a few maternity shots from the past couple of weeks.Ā 
pregnancy pics

 

With only one more week until my “due date,” the baby could arrive at any time! My mind is so unprepared but my hips are saying that they are ready for this baby to get out. And these hips don’t lie šŸ˜‰ Any predictions when he’ll be born??

I hope you have a great July! Make sure to eat lots of ice cream šŸ™‚Ā 

Blog, Family, iphone

January iPhone photos


It’s so crazy that we’re already into the second month of 2015. Judging by my iPhone pictures, January was filled with junk food. And trust me, that is pretty much reality. February is an exciting month for us–we will be finding out the baby’s gender next week! So I’m assuming the next week will go by very slowly.Ā 
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(If you follow me on instagram, most of these are repeats..)
Maggi gifted this beautiful prayer journal to me this past Christmas. It is really helpful to be able to see needs written out in front of you.
val marie paper prayer journal

 

the boys and I always love to wake up to see boxes of donuts on the counter
donut varieties

 

Stephanie gave me this devotional. I highly recommend it–seriously encouraging.
And this mug cookieĀ from my favorite food blogĀ has been my go-to quick dessert lately. It is seriously good and only takes a few minutes to whip up. The first time I made it, it was kind of crumbly. But she added a note to the recipe to help prevent that. And it is so good. Check out her other recipes as well. MelĀ never lets me down.Ā 
paul david tripp devotional

 

her pigtails are my favorite
little girl sitting on floor

 

an afternoon outing with a good friend and good food was much needed this month
burgers and fries

 

ice cream cone
16 weeks and already starting to feel those tiny baby kicks
16 week bumpdate

 

this picture kind of demonstrates why I don’t have many pictures of all 4 kids together
4 kids

 

Lion’s Choice cones are always a good choice
lions choice ice cream cones

 

Ā while shopping at Target, Kingston saw this coat in the girl’s section and yelled “Chewbacca coat!!” He had to try it on.
chewbacca coat

 

This past Wednesday marked 17 weeks for me. It also was the day I had my first root canal. If anyone wants to know, it wasn’t as painful as most people describe (and I am a wimp) but I have been absolutely traumatized reliving those 45 minutes in my brain. I’m not sure what they’re actually doing during a root canal, and I don’t want to know, but I am so grossed out by even guessing. Ā 
17 week bumpdate

 

but since I didn’t cry (like I thought I would) I thought I deserved a QT pretzel
large pretzel

 

donuts with sprinkles

 

I’m looking forward to learning more about photography this year so I can pass some helpful tips to Liam. He’s already learning to find the natural light.Ā 
photographer in training

So, one week left until we find out the gender…any guesses?