Random Snaps

The holiday edition...

 Bubbles and sidewalk chalk make this girl giddy 

 Looking angelic on the flight back to Iowa and tell everyone "Happy Thanksgiving!"

 Black Friday damage

 I love Christmas cards, but haven't done one since Brady and I got married (2012)

 I got two new tops from Lett and I'm obsessed with this brand now (and these Vuori joggers as always)

 This was Brady's Target order... he uses way more hair product than I do

 She's a little mommy

 My work-wife gave me my favorite wine (and she didn't even know it was my favorite)!

 Tears and cuddles after Evie bonked on the jungle gym

Evening caffeine is necessary when daycare is closed for 8 consecutive days

Holiday Update

This was our first Christmas at home since 2014! We prefer to travel over the holidays. However, my work schedule made it impossible with Christmas landing midweek. 

On Christmas Eve we went to Ruston for a walk and let Evie ride her scooter. We went home to make our feast and it was delicious. We made a charcuterie board, caprese skewers, crab cakes, and baked pear/brie canapés. Brady spent $40 in crab meat, but it was worth it! This is all our favorite food. Then, we FaceTimed with my family (who opens gifts on Christmas Eve). 

Evie woke up on Christmas day none the wiser. She didn't even notice the gifts under the tree. She actually ate breakfast at the table which stares directly at the tree😂 We told her Santa brought her some gifts and she ran over to start tearing them open. We spent the afternoon playing with her new toys then went to zoo lights!

 Scooter rides along the sound

 Always need to stop by the park

 Family selfie

 High fives

 Lets go home and eat

 Cooking with my girl (she really just ate all the apples and honey on the charcuterie board)

 Evie got a science kit from Aunty Cait

 Caught this cute pose on Christmas day

 Shoots and ladders

 Slide time while we wait for zoo lights

 Evie's #1 request is shoulders lol

 Pink octopus in the distance

 She was eating a candy cane

 Trippy

Replica of the Narrows Bridge

Iowa

Evie and I celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family when we were home and it was super festive. 

She's at the age where Christmas is everything. She got to visit the  Christmas tree farm. She went ice skating. She painted an ornament (which is now my favorite) and made a gingerbread house. Last year she cried when she met Santa, but not this year! She was full of smiles and questions. She asked for a baby and a doll house😊 

We loved all the family time. Evie woke up every morning asking for Mira, Elena, and/or Olivia. See her run and play with her cousins was heart-warming. She was definitely in her element. 

We were home for my dad's birthday so we got the celebrate with him and we really lucked out with the weather! We went for a walk, had a nice lunch, then spent the afternoon at Snus Hill Winery. We drank several bottles of their Ditchweed Red and everyone bought bottles to take home. It was delicious! We ended the night at Provisions for dinner. 

 Look at that smile

 Evie likes horses from afar, but she's always timid up close

 Picking out the Christmas tree

 A drive with nana and grandpa

 She got to play with snow!

 Going to meet Santa!!

 These girls were excited

 💛

 Driving the sleigh

 Santa was so good with the girls!

 Evie asked why he wasn't wearing a hat lol

 Elena's face😂

 Evie was a happy girl

 Fam jam

 Trying to get a picture of all six girls was difficult

 Holding baby Livi

 She finally got to dig into the presents

 "Helping" bompa

 The weather was unseasonably warm

 Lunch date with Amanda and Mo!

 Bompa's b-day

 Drinking wine on the patio while nana stays with the napping babies in the car

 58 never looked so good

Got my baby cuddles

Weekend Update

All three of us are home!!

It's been a crazy month. Brady was in Thailand with his brother for just over two weeks. My mom stayed with Evie and I for a week then we all flew back to Iowa together. 

The plan was to return to Washington and have Brady already home, but he had a last-minute meeting in Iowa so there was a change of plans... Evie stayed in Iowa, Brady flew there the same day I flew back to Washington. We could have high fived in the air lol😜

Brady and Evie got home on Thursday so this was a family-filled weekend. We finally set-up and decorated the tree. We baked Christmas cookies (for Santa). Evie is very into Santa (and baking) at the moment. The cookies were surprisingly good seeing as I completely omitted powdered sugar from the recipe, which called for one cup😬

We watched the Christmas boat parade from Bruce and Lauren's boat with Molly and the girls. It was such a fun Christmas activity!

 Little cookie monsters

 Waiting for the boats!

 So cute

 Evie kept bringing Pops more books to read lol

 The boats were fully decked

 The neighbors boat was 😍

 These two are always jumping off walls when we're home

 Trip to the park

 My little baker

 She didn't want to take her hands out lol

 She even got to mix

Evie's finished product with icing and sprinkles