we rang in this independence day just as i’ve hoped since Noah was born!  This 4th we celebrated in true american fashion as we grilled out with friends – thanks cara- walked to the beach – thanks crockett – and stayed up WAY TO LATE to see the fireworks.  Our kiddos were way past bedtime when the fire lit the sky but ooh the memories.  Good time good friends!

OMG!! Who is that adorable family you see in the middle of the parade… That’s right!  IT”S US!  !  Noah, ima, jaythan and I met up with Laura, marc and brynne and walked the westmoreland neighborhood fourth of july clelbration parade!

Our plan was strawberries.  Big, juicy, organic, local strawberries.  Our reality – strawberry season ended last week!  So we walked around and identified different plants that produced some of their other produce – raspberries, snap peas, green beans, green onion and yes some outlying strawberry stragglers.  All in all it was a pretty fantastic day until I hear a little voice next to me “Mommy, I have to go potty!”  Now that’s a whole other story…

thanks fr the title Leah you rock!

We ventured up to sassy cow creamery with leah and fam and had a picnic lunch amidst all the excitement surrounding the farm.

I’ve attached all of our additional photos to our flickr account and made it SUPER easy to get there as you just need to click ANYWHERE in the text!! Lemme know if you have problems or questions and as always LOVE THE COMMENTS

Is there anything more fun than easter.  The hunting, dying, eating!! the chocolate bunnies, chocolate peanut butter cups, chocolate peeps (yum!)  the chickens, cows, horses, goats, grandmas, grandpas, cousins and land as far as the eye can see! This Easter we also learned the difference between an electrical fence and one without ONE MILLION volts of electricity humming through it so that an adorable unsuspecting – and trusting!! young woman wouldn’t touch it!  Ahhhh, life’s lessons…

it’s so awesome when everything clicks together unexpectedly…. 10 kids, 6 mommys, snacks, toys, and lots of love

our little girl is all grows up!  noah has graciously given up his high chair for much loftier pastures and imagen could not be happier.

here’s a  shot of Imagen Vada.  she’s rolling, she’s laughing, she’s such a daddy’s girl. she’s so beautiful…

our family!!    

I don’t know where to begin to describe our lives right now.  We are such a happy complete little package that i want to take us and put all of this goodness in a box for safekeeping!  I can’t get enough of my little man discovering the world one new experience at a time, or of our little girl surprising herself with a new giggle and my husband, my goodness the man completely captivates me… I just can’t get enough  so this is us! a snapshot moment that we’ll keep safe for a lifetime!