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November iPhone photos and Kids say


It’s hard to believe it’s already the end of the year! I love the holiday season but I also get overwhelmed with so many plans all the time. Here’s a quick recap of our November with iPhone photos. My favorite social media platform is intagram so the majority of my pictures are posted there. 


1) Instagram does a weekend hashtag project that I love to join whenever it works out. One of the November challenges was “futuristic.” In the future, I foresee the ability to kiss my husband through the phone whenever I want 😉 (also, it was a bit harder to get the end result on that picture than I originally imagined.) 2) A little gift for a friend. 3) My new tradition of laying in Halloween candy on November 1st. 4) I had forgotten about this picture until I was looking through my camera roll. My grandma received these bon bons as a gift and I couldn’t resist the photo-op displaying the life of a stereotypical housewife (minus the soap operas on tv)

november iphone pictures 1
My birthday was in November and my only 2 requests were ice cream from Ices and a picture with my kids. Check and check.
birthday ice cream
So much lovin’ around here. That picture of Desmond kissing Evangeline? love it!
november iphone pictures 3

 

november iphone pictures 4

 

My brother got married a few weeks ago at this little spot in Forest Park. It looked like it was straight out of a fantasy movie. And then of course there were pictures with dinosaurs. I’m excited to have a new sister!
november iphone pictures 5

 

When you catch her in a good mood, Evangeline is so much fun to hang out with. She really is one of my best friends. I’m looking forward to the many years watching her grow.
november iphone pictures 6

 

In case you missed it, we won a trip to San Francisco!! This has been my year of winning contests. To date, my count is up to 10! We are hoping to go in the spring but I haven’t gotten the chance to sit down and call the travel agent. I’m so looking forward to it!
contest winner

 

And since we just celebrated Thanksgiving, I just have to say that I’m thankful for a hard working husband who works a horrible shift and has to miss out on so many things so that he can provide for our family. I’m also thankful for my 5 children who wear me out but are so wonderful and such a blessing.
november iphone pictures 8


And a few Kids Say quotes that I’ve remembered to write down this month…

On a stressful day, when the kids were driving me crazy, I told them “I need to go on a Mommy vacation.” Kingston said “ooooooo! I wanna go!”

When we were talking about it again later, Liam suggested that I go stay at the “Dirty Inn.”
After going back and forth to figure out what kind of gross hotel he was talking about, I realized he was referring to Drury Inn.

The kids were all crowding around me, fighting over who got to sit right next to me. I said “What are you guys doing?” Kai said “jus’ chillin'”

We were sitting around with the kids, coming up with good jokes for Halloween.
Me–“What do you call a witch on the beach?”
Kai was SO CONFIDENT of his answer as he proudly yelled a not so nice word that starts with “b” and rhymes with witch. My eyes got wide as I calmly said “um no, sandwich. You call her a sandwich.”
**for the record, he hasn’t ever even heard that word before. Just being clever and combining “beach” and “witch” haha

Liam–“What is mommy getting?”
Don–“Ice cream. We didn’t have any.”
Liam–“The yummiest stuff in the world and we didn’t have any?!”

Kai–“Mommy, you should have named me Superman because I’m so strong.”

Kingston–“Yum! What is that?”
Me–“It’s biscotti. But it’s not for today.”
Kingston–“Oh, when Scotti comes over, then we can eat it with him?”

(Talking about how people’s lives are more important that material things.)
Me–“Things can always be replaced. But people can’t. If I died in a fire, you wouldn’t be able to replace me, right?”
Liam–“Yes we could! If we got a new mommy.”

(I’m just feelin’ the love -_-)

Happy December!!

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September iphone photos


I have sort of been MIA this past month. Between homeschooling, housework, house projects, and living life, I have not had the time or motivation to sit down and blog. I have also barely pulled out the DSLR since Desmond was born. I’m trying to change that. But in the meantime, I’m so thankful to be able to have a decent camera on my phone to document our lives right now. 

Sorry for the massive amount of pictures. I prefer to put them in collages to make it shorter but that requires more time. I knew I would never finish this post if I did that. So here is our September in iPhone pictures…

ice cream is always a work of art
ive cream
In September we celebrated 8 years of marriage. Mayci snapped these pictures for us on my phone.
husband and wife
On our actual anniversary, I had 4 kids who were determined to drive me crazy. But I was determined to eat ice cream. In the end, I came out the champion.
ice cearm
cute baby
candy apple
I’ve been dreaming of a fun front door for years. I finally pulled it off and it makes me happy every time I see it!
teal door
And because I sort of really love a good before and after!
before and after DIY
Apple picking is a favorite fall tradition. This year we could only find one tree of edible apples but we did get donuts and we had a good time anyway.
apple donuts

 

friends

 

liam holding an apple

 

kids apple picking

 

rachel apple picking

 

roberts family apple picking

 

evangeline

 

One of the many perks of homeschooling is being able to go to the zoo while other kids are in school. And then being able to count it as school hours.
kids activities

 

married couple

 

friends and family

 

zoo

 

mysti and liam at the zoo

 

zoo 2

 

This little girl has so much personality
funny girl

 

5 pirate costumes for Talk Like a Pirate Day + 2 Krispy Kreme locations = 10 dozen FREE donuts! 
DIY pirate costumes for kids
krispy kreme donuts
We had to miss out on the Balloon races in Forest Park but we did see them floating by our house that evening. These pictures are through the binoculars. 
balloon race

 

balloon race

 

This year has been the year of winning contests for me. As of this past week, I have won 7 prizes! This amazing diaper bag was one of my prizes. 
lily jade diaper bag

 

Where the Wild Things Are exhibit at the St. Louis Library
kingston

 

evangeline jumping on the bed
another before and after! It’s amazing what a little bit of white paint and some gold spray paint can do for an ugly piece of furniture.
painting our dresser
flowers

 

sonic waffle cone sundaes are AMAZING
waffle cone

 

My super talented friend, Rose, made some adorable headbands for Evangeline. All the kids wanted to try them on when we got them in the mail
sew sweet alterations boutique
roberts kids
evangeline 4
This little guy will be 3 months on Monday. He has been sleeping 11-12 hours a night (without waking up a single time) for the past month, his smiles are contagious, and I love him with all of my heart.
cute baby

 

When you throw a super lame super moon party on a cloudy night and you can barely see the moon. The clouds parted as soon as the Griesses left and our kids went to bed but I still think this picture is hilarious.
supermoon 2015
Speaking of contests, this picture got me a $100 gift card to Schnucks! I watched a movie called The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio the other night and it’s totally motivating me to keep entering(winning) contests!
happy face cookie cake

If you made it to the end, I’m impressed! Happy October!