Family Get-Together Part 3

We celebrated Jaden's birthday with a bunch of extended family.

That little boy loves nothing more than anything with a motor.

He definitely has a passion for trucks and that was clearly evident on his face when he opened all of his gifts...

Silly face :)

Aren't they just the cutest?!

I love my nieces and nephews so much.

Happy Birthday, Jaden!

Family Get-Together Part 2

To celebrate Jaden Patrick's birthday we all went to the Hogle Zoo!

It was so much fun to see all of the kids excited about the animals.

Get ready for a whole plethora of pictures...

It was so fun :)

Random

The White Sox and the Bears won tonight.

Happy happy girl.

I'll post about the family reunion weekend in a week or so.

I leave tomorrow for a week-long camping/roadtrip/national park/national monument adventure with my dad, and I couldn't be more excited.

My bed at my parents is the most comfortable bed in the world.

I'm obsessed with this song:

I've been binging on country music.

It's getting obsessive.

I don't know what possessed me to start watching Gossip Girl, but now I can't stop.

I'm looking forward to an entire week of no make-up, wearing t-shirts, reading in the car, hiking, and sitting around a campfire.

I really want to learn French.

For the first time in at least a year, my nails are going unpainted for more than 24 hours.

 

And last but not least, my blog needs a make-over. 

That'll happen in a week or so as well.

I'm so ready to unplug from the world for a week.

See ya later!

Make-shift Screen Shot

I made the oh-so tragic mistake of purchasing an android a year ago instead of getting the iPhone.

Because of that bad decision, I can't take a screen shot of the absolutely hilarious conversation my father and I had this evening via-text.

So here it is:

(keep in mind, he has no clue how to do punctuation, and I copied it exactly as he texted it)

Me: You have an AC outlet in your truck, right?

Dad: No    need adaptor     what needs to be powered

Me: Ugh, really? I just bought an AC outlet so I can charge my camera battery. I'll have to return it. My camera will die within the first three days.

Dad: No car adpter?

Me: Not for my camera battery.

Dad: Ok    this no deal breaker    i will pirate power inside of every 3 days    these are the things i can do    just dont ask me to work the cam

Me: Pirate power?

Dad: Yep    just plain take it

Me: My battery needs to be plugged into a wall.

Dad: Then what the wall giveth we will taketh

Me: Haha, where are we going to find a wall...?

Dad: The world is filled with walls    the larger q is how do we escape the walls!    We can step back in anytime    no worries

I kid you not, this really happened.

I'm so excited to spend over a week with him traveling the four corners :)

Family Get-Together Part 1

There's really nothing much better than getting the entire family together - especially under one roof!

This last weekend we all got together to spend some time with each other and with extended family.

The grandkids (my nieces and nephews) had so much fun together.

The proof is in these pictures:

 Jaden and Sophie playing in the garden :)

 Grandma letting the kids garden

 Audrey and her awesome hula-hooping skills.

That's her famous pose :)

I caught them giving each other a hug :)

 

 Don't worry, Sophie loved it!

They love being cousins and I love watching them play together.

Next year Sam will be running around with them :)

Parts 2 and 3 about the Zoo and Jaden's Birthday party to follow!