the june haps

anddddd the busy-ness continues!  My parents are in town visiting, with my nephew also.   Part of the reason they came in town is so they can help watch the girls so I can go on a trip to Florida!  Yep, that's right, Florida without the kids, and without Brett..... sad.  I will be going with work.  And I am really looking forward to the trip, time with the ladies I work with and a bit of quite time to myself, on the beach, just me and that little man growing in my belly.

What we have been up to

Watching a fire blowup outside of our home

502 homes burned, but the fire is under control, 75% contained, praise the Lord!

while eating  popsicles in the pool

(seriously one side the sky was beautiful and blue like nothing was happening, the other was a fire storm)

 swimming, lots of it

time with the cousin

more popsicles

boots and diapers

 

hikes

love my princess hiker

yep

 

my girls (and boy)

 

one of my favorite photos, Sarah doesn't care about being in the photo she just wants to be with mama

#mamasgirl

 Grammy is just going to have to take the photo

time dressing up poppy

the zoo

   

and tomorrow I am off on a plane!

Dates

We try to take or kids on individual dates.  Brett has it scheduled in his calendar for every Tuesday evening to take a different girl on a date.  It doesn't have to be expensive, sometimes it is just the library or the pool or just ice cream, or for me grocery shopping with just one of them.  Really any of those things fill up their little cups so much! 

Recently, Maya & I got to go on a little Denver date.  We went to a beautiful little shopping area called the Streets at Southglenn.  It was very special and hearing the little words from her heart "you're the best mommy ever!"  really just made my day! We went shopping, I gave her a budget and let her pick out what she wanted from H&M..... that was hard for me, especially when she really wanted the big floral bonnet.....  thankfully others things she wanted squeezed that one out of the budget.

Anyway, some pics of our day

Cool girl with ice cream before lunch!

So many pretty flowers!

Maya loved admiring all of the flowers

and fully smelling them

She did the fountains

and was amazed at her water stamp

Then she decided she wanted to smell more flowers

and more flowers

and more flowers

she must really be so deprived living in our brown dirt neighborhood that seeing flowers was a wonderment!

We then when out to lunch, were Maya sang to the top of her lungs "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory Glory!" It was so sweet, she kept getting louder and louder and had no fears about people around her hearing it! I love spending time with each of my girls individually, I get to see so much of who they are!

P.S. We do live just a few miles away from the big "Back Forrest" fire in Colorado, but we are totally fine, still in our home, not evacuated. and so thankful. The wind has blown the fire in the complete opposite direction of our house, which is good for us, but horrible for so many others....

We have so many friends and co-workers who are evacuated and even know several who have lost their homes...... one man in particular who also just lost his wife from cancer and was not able to get anything from his home before it burned down {perspective}

6 months {pregnant with a baby boy}

Wow, it has been a busy start to the  summer and the rest of the month with only be busier!  

That is why there has been a lack of blogging, every single night and day has been filled to the max with weddings, bbq's, dates, hair appointments, swimming, playing,  and breathing.

I finally got a second for Brett to squeeze in my 6 month pregnancy photo even though it is just a bit late.

in the light (this photo was taken at the same time as the one above I just had the light in front of me)

I know most women don't like being pregnant in the summer, but I actually love it!  The clothes are just so much easier, lots of dresses (and no, I am not talking about moo moo's).  I also love knowing that for next summer I will have an older baby and that for this summer the care of my baby remains inside my belly, which is a bit easier at the moment :O)

I would be lying if I told you that I wasn't a little nervous or anxious to handle 4 children.  Of course it is going to be more work, and having a boy will be very different, but sometimes being blessed isn't always easier.  We didn't decide to have another child to make our lives easier, we simply wanted another because the Lord wanted us to and it is what is good for our family :O)   As the time quickly approaches for baby brother to come sometimes I get completely overwhelmed and sometimes I am just so excited and overjoyed!  It's kind of like what life it like now anyway, totally overwhelming at times, but so joyful!

Still loving mangos and lemonade, which works well with a summer pregnancy too.  I actually think I always l really like mangos and lemonade,  now I just have an excuse to eat them non-stop.   I better live it up these next few months!

hi baby belly

Just trying to soak in these last few months and the joys of having a baby grow inside of me

9 years

Brett and I just celebrate our 9 year anniversary, crazy huh!!!!

That kind makes us seem old :O)

I have loved being married to this handsome man, there is no one else in the world that I could do this crazy, upside down life with

To celebrate lets recap with a 9 year count down

9 years

8 beach vacations

7 road trips over 18 hours (any marriage is pretty intact after surviving that many long hours in the car, with and without kids!)

6 years in Colorado (almost 7)

5 addresses together

4 children, pregnancy counts :O) )

3 cars, and I am pretty sure this is the car my husband is most proud of :O)

2 wedding ring losses (his, not mine)

1 crazy, amazing and sweet life together

   

Love my life with you babe, even the hard times