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A quote for your week #100

So- quote 100 has now been posted!! Woohoo. :) I did plan to do something big, but I'm juggling so many projects right now, that I'm not doing anything amazing... I know you probably arent surprised! ;)

This quote really hit home with me, and thought some of you could also relate!

My cousin and I are planning an 80s photo shoot today with our kids in the midst of red flag warning weather. Record high temps and possible thunderstorms... I'm also trying to finish up newsletters and unpack from our weekend trip, and I'm editing photos taken in Winthrop, WA. It was a very fun weekend! Gorgeous weather, and beautiful country!

I'll post more photos soon! :) How was your weekend?!

A quote for your week #98 + blueberry picking!

I've LOVED this quote for awhile, and it has kept me on track when I've needed it. :) I know I'm dropping in really late, I've been SO busy these past couple of weeks! As I am sure most of you are.... :D We had Journeys birthday party saturday night. It was fun! I did frozen yogurt with toppings. I'm on a really big myfroyo kick, and cant get enough!  I''m excited to share pictures of the party!! I'll get to that tomorrow. :)

I bought some blueberry plants this year, and I've REALLY been enjoying them. Tonight Journey and I picked all the ripe ones. She loves helping me in the garden... maybe a little more so than Trin.

I love my little helpers! :) I'm really really wanting to buy a pink lemonade blueberry plant/bush. Have you ever grown or tried a blueberry from one?

A quote for your week #97

 

I really needed to see this quote today! It is a very good reminder, for us who lack a little in the impatient category. :) Slow progress is still progress, and you'll just appreciate the end result more so when it is finished right? ;)

Friday I had to dust off my rainboots! We've had quite a bit of rain these last few days.

It looks like it may clear up though. Rained off and on all weekend though!

We took the kids to Tri Cities, missed the car show because it started doing this before we got down there:

Went to a pizza place to wait out the rain:

then we decided to take the kids to watch  Brave in 3D. It was cute, had a sweet message, but I felt they could have done without a couple parts in the show....

The girls loved their 3D glasses... arent they so stylish?

then we went to MyFroyo for frozen yogurt... something I've been wanting to do with the girls for EVER, and for some reason just hadnt done yet! :)

I love getting the tart flavored (or cake batter) frozen yogurt with fruit, and chocolate sprinkles... but my favorite part is the popping boba The things that look like fish eggs, but are filled with juice. I have a new obsession with them, and may just buy a 7lb container to add to my water, and yogurt!! Unless of course I'm able to find a smaller container option.. but so far no such luck. :)

It cleared up by the afternoon, and we got to take the top down on the mustang.

Dont you love their glasses? Their daddy picked them out. lol They do a pretty good job of blocking the wind out of their eyes.

How was your weekend? Have you tried Popping Boba before?

A quote for your week #96 + my new niece

How was your weekend? Mine was just peachy! We were able to make the drive to Oregon to visit my new niece... and she is quite the doll if I say so myself. :)

There was quite a bit of oohing and aaahing. :)

then we took her back to the room and she began the first of many many future photo ops. :) It took us 4 hours to take her photos, and she was determined to not miss out on her own special photo shoot. We were able to see her pretty eyes on more than one occasion...

...and all I can say is these two seem to be real naturals at the whole parenting thing.

I took quite a few more photos, and I'm anxious to share more... because as an aunt I'm entitled to a little bragging right? :)

A quote for your week #95

I know I need to be reminded of this often! Just keep this in the back of your mind, and you'll be sailing through your week like a pro. :) 

A quote for your week #94

True story! So pick yourself up and march on! The finish will be just that much more rewarding in the end. :)

A quote for your week #93

Over the weekend we were able to collect some special moments. The girls played outside in the sandbox while I got in some much needed time gardening.

When I took this picture Trin said "this is a nice volcanoe because it doesnt interrupt." I started giggling, but she couldnt understand why I was laughing. I first thought it was funny that she thought ppl who interrupted wasnt nice, but then when I realized she meant that it didnt ERUPT it became even funnier. :)

Can I just say I am LOVING instagram? So glad it became available for android. I have been extra excited about making a blurb book with all the photos. :)

My favorite filter is RISE, bt I do wish it had a border or frame. :) What about you, what filter do you find yourself using the most?

A quote for your week #92

LOVE this!!!! :) I've said it a dozen times... but I am not a rain lover! :) I live in the desert-ish part of WA, our climate is fairly comparable to Colorado. We only have about 6-8 inches of rain a year, but we also average over 300 sunshine days a year! :) You would think that with so few rainy days I would really appreciate when we do get them... but honestly I just do not care for the rain. It makes me depressed! So- this quote/phrase... is definitely a good reminder for me. No matter how gloomy of a trial you may endure, the sun always follows. It may not show up as quick as you would like... but you can be sure it IS coming. :)

-p.s. The 72 hour Buy 2 get 1 free sale ends at 4:30 PST. It applies to my etsy shop. :)

Have a great monday everyone! :D

A quote for your week #91 + Easter

Hello!! How was your weekend? The weather was beautiful here! Actually felt like Spring FINALLY. :) We had my niece over to spend the night on Friday and Saturday I took them over to my moms to color eggs and meet up with my sister.

I think it is safe to say the glitter eggs were a big hit!

Of course on Sunday they had a blast hunting eggs. :)

I really have a bunch of pictures I need to edit... family pictures and pics from the last couple of weeks! I'm about 2 weeks behind on project life! Gotta get back in there before I feel to overwhelmed. Been SO glad I've kept up with it as far I have!!

Also- I need an official post shouting from the rooftops my excitement for instagram finally coming to android... but how cute is this pic I took with instagram?

I also managed to get in a self portrait! ;) So... yeah I'm loving instagram.

oh- and before I forget, today is the last day to grab the vintage camera overlay set at 50% off. Use code OHSNAP.

Hope you have a spectactular Monday! :)

A quote for your week #90

"THE BEST WAY OUT IS ALWAYS THROUGH"

-ROBERT FROST-

Happy Monday!! Boy does it EVER feel like a monday too!? The weekend really flew by... but then again, when dont they? My cousin came in for the weekend and I asked her to take our family pictures. Well, of course it rained all weekend... we decided not to let the weather get the best of us, and we decided to work with what we had... and Shannon did her first ever lifestyle photo session. :) Despite my stressing over being unprepared it was fun. :) We read books in the living room, and baked mini fruit pizzas in the kitchen. She loaded the pics onto my computer and I'm still having fun editing them... but I did post one to facebook on Saturday:

this next one is so Jaydon (my husband) plus Journeys expression cracks me up!

We (like most families these days) are a very techy family. Jaydon had suggested we take a non-traditional kinda funny spin on a family photo.

The electrical devices that simplify our lives sure can complicate it too, huh? :) Definitely have to walk that fine line to keep them from consuming our lives! :)

So, we really had fun. Jaydon was off Friday so Shannon (my cousin) and I went to the mall and had a blast just goofing off. Always nice to have no curfew to get back to. ;)

This week I'm listing a new overlay set that plays really well with the vintage camera printables.

and I'm also listing a new printable set with animal faces! This week! :)

:) I have more then a few other projects in the works too! :) But you probably already knew that? ;)

How was your weekend?!