5.20.19

The end of the year fun is totally here ! 👊
Kicking off the week was Hudson's Spring Assembly! I had no idea it was "graduation" style, so when he walked in with his grad headband, the tears came! 🙈 Let's just blame that on my hormones and not the crazy oh my word how is my littlest dude this handsome and grown craziness 😏

They walked in to Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" 😭 & in true Hudson form, he walked nicely for as long as he could then he skipped. He is always skipping. The joy he has is beautiful & I want to capture every moment of it! 💛

That same day - these proofs came home! Yes we will order them! Love how they could take sibling pics at school!

Soccer! Big H is out there somewhere!

Messy Hair, Don't Care!

Lifetime, we Love you.

Loved finding this budget friendly, yet oh so cute idea!

Hannah's Chicago project was due today, Monday. 

We have visited the museum, we have researched it, the last thing left was to create the speech and make the cake model! 

My dad always was on deck to help us with our school projects and I don't remember him every lecturing us or giving us a hard time- but I totally was DONE Sunday night! This was entirely way too much... but a power point presentation is just NOT how Hannah rolls... sigh.. thankfully she was ok that it stayed white, even though the frosting spray we got said it was Grey... the lions oh these lions... of course Dollar Tree has every other species of the the animal kingdom...except Lions... so now we have $15 green spray painted lions... but in all fairness they transformed this White House looking cake into the Iconic Art Institute... so we're all good 😁 

Also, our Toby Mac in training Big H came up with Hannah's rhyme! Since she shares my lack of joy for public presentations, we thought saying a catchy poem would be way more fun than a speech and take less time too! 

Big H for the come thru 👍! Nailed all the key parts of the Art Institute! And we know that Hannah will nail her actual presentation of it too! #teameffort

Thankful for Mimi's endless patience & guidance. Hannah is all about hands on everything... and Mimi has endless hands on projects that of course she would love an 8 year old's help with 😏 Besides a worm on her shovel, she was a happy digger and planter!

Thankful for Old Navy's cute ways of getting the whole fam to match! Clearly Matt & Harrison are over the matchy matchy stuff- sigh- but I will take us 4 to the next level baby! Gone Bananas! 😝

Thankful for Hudson's end of year ABC countdown! Letter N! Nature Walk!

Thankful for a dental milestone... Hudson, with certain sensory things is a little over the top- we finally nailed hair cuts... and now the dentist... all the Praise Hands for this amazing, close to home, dentist that is ALL ABOUT sensory mindfulness! Yes he has an estimated $800 of work that needs to be done, but he left there ... skipping & happy ( and excited for his Target bribe)! Success! 👊

So, I am totally anti surprise... not sure why... except I love planning and knowing all things, so letting go of that and letting others surprise me seems crazy!? However... it happened... and I survived & was totally blessed by the thoughtfulness of my coworkers. 💛

Miss Williams Bey ( my fab Kinder teammate) was on medical leave all week & is out all this week as well, yet still planned this adorable Aloha themed gig & came to party with me! 💛

 And... who stays after school willingly... on a Friday... no one ever right!? So seeing this crew just makes my heart burst. Their gift of presence and time was so thoughtful. 💛

Thankful for Hudson's new to him Hudson Iowa shirt courtesy of our Iowa friends!

 Congrats to our pal, Pablo! He graduated with his Masters from Wheaton College! A few of us gathered to celebrate his success!!👏

 We said it would be a simple picnic.... yet the friends that came know how to bring food ... so it was a little over the top and beyond yummy!

Loving these verses. 

And this song. 💛

You'll Love This!

5.13.19

This week was a fast flash! From Career Week to Travel, we are thankful for good times, fun friends, tasty eats & safety through the days- from traffic and forgotten wallets to soccer game upon soccer game! We were kept safe and from world events especially that recent school shooting in CO, safety can not be taken for granted. So we are thankful for the watchful eye of our Father!


The week began with Matt on fire from his NJ weekend & wanting to keep the spiritual momentum going- so we planned for a weekend getaway to Iowa. This was the schedule we were excitedly awaiting!

Officer Friendly came to our room during Career Day!

 Thank you Target's Dollar Spot for this cuteness. I have it right over our sink in the class, so I look at it often.

 Thankful for Beccy's Birthday and her love of surprises!

 K Day in Hudson's class had them making and flying kites!

 I love seeing his progress!

 Road Trip!!

 Hannah is such a great big sis and adores reading to Hudson. I adore seeing Hudson ASK for story time instead of tech time!

 Hudson loved this gas station!

 Conference selfie!

 Bathroom Selfie with the speaker!

 Cutest little readers ever.

 Braden & Harrison reunited again!

 Punchin' it out

 Hannah LOVED Misty!

 Thankful that he can literally snuggle and snooze anywhere. Praying lil sis follows in his footsteps!!

 I spy my Granny in this ancient pic!

 Happy Mother's Day!

 When your hosts have pretty trees, you take pics :)

Bumpdate pic! just 3 Mondays left until we get to see our Princess!!!!!!

 

 The excitement of finding the letter Y stick.

 When we pulled off to find Starbucks, we had no idea we would find a random yet award winning Pho Place! Spicy Noodle Pho with meatball and brisket for us both! YUM.

Thankful for my creative friend Lacey ( on insta @LaceysLettering) who had whipped this print up for her friend and sold me one too! 

 Thankful for Amazon packages arriving while we were away.... and my 1 splurge for this baby is this incredibly gorgeous Dock a Tot.

Thankful for our travel system being ready to go!! This is what I decided on- based on color, height and practicality. I love that adjustable handle & massive storage space! Our Petunia bag matches perfectly & the darker color will hopefully resist messes!
 

Miss my fun Quinny - bright pink and orange from Hannah- but it was SO impractical....

and got oh so dirty so quickly... but ohhh those colors!