why yes, i do still exist.

I feel like a horrible blogger.  I always have these great intentions when it comes to blogging, but then the week gets busy and before I know it I have blinked and yet here we are at another Monday! Is it just me or has summer being going way too fast? I mean how can it be AUGUST? Wasn't it just JUNE?!  Here in Minnesota we really don't get much of a summer as it, and it is super depressing knowing that this is pretty much our last month of the hot heat and sunshine.  Can we puh-lease slow time down?! I am not ready to start thinking about fall and winter.

There has been so much going on in our life lately, I just feel like time is flying by! This past weekend the husband and I had to travel out of town for his cousin's wedding, and it was nice to spend some time road tripping with him, but it made the weekend FLY by.   Now this weekend we are celebrating our nephew's 2nd birthday and then next weekend it Scott's 25th birthday.  See what I mean about being too busy and time flying by?!!

Hopefully you are all enjoying your summertime and soaking up every sunshine filled minute that you can!!! I will leave you will a couple pictures from a few weeks ago when I went to see fireworks with my parents, my sister, and her two sweet little boys.  It was a humid sticky night, but there is nothing quite like enjoying fireworks with a 2 year old!

I hope you all have an AMAZING week!!! :)

what i'm loving wednesday

So this is my FIRST time linking up to What I'm Loving Wednesday over at This Kind of Love and I think I'm going to have to do this more often! It's such a fun idea!!  So here's my list!!!!

First off I am totally loving that this is the sight in my backyard right now.  

Brown grass, melted pond, and SUNSHINE!! All signs that SPRING is finally here! This winter felt especially LONG and to finally have all the snow melted and 50 degree weather is like pure bliss for us Minnesotans!

Secondly, I am so loving that my birthday is already next Thursday!  Birthdays are a big deal for this girl and I am especially excited since the hubs and I both took a 4 day weekend next week to celebrate!! YAY for turning 24! 

Thirdly, I am convinced that I need a pair of adorable rain boots ASAP! I am drooling over these beauties, what girl doesn't want some Juicy Couture in her life?!  So, anyone wanna get them as a birthday gift??! I've been a good girl and totally deserve them! Hahaha :)

Lastly, I am loving this video of my little buddy that I got the other day. His little voice just MELTS my heart into a big ball of mush! 

Make sure to swing by and check out what everyone else is digging on this Wednesday!!

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a little bit of this, a little bit of that

So, I have all my pictures of my finished loft taken, they are just waiting to be blogged! I have been somewhat busy, and just haven't had the time to collect all my thoughts into a post, however I am planning on doing it this week (fingers crossed) because I can't wait to reveal it to you all!!! I am in love with it! It's become our favorite place in the house!

In other random thoughts, I am SOOOO ready for Spring to come, you have no idea!! Maybe that's what's playing into my apathy about not getting around to doing stuff.  I look outside at the cold winter snow and it makes me want to crawl in a ball and sleep until April! LOL!!! :) I know I just need to bare through a few more weeks and it will be here, but it's been a LONG winter and a few more weeks feels like years to me!

To keep you entertained until my next post, you really should check out this video of my sweet little nephews Kaden and Ethan! I got to babysit them last week since Momma had to work and I just adore my sweet little buggy boos.  They are such loves!

'tis the season of being BUSY

So it's only December 5th and I already feel the "busy-ness" of the season coming upon me!! I feel like from here on out, there is so much to do every week, but I love all the fun things that we have coming up! I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family, I hope you did too.  I would post pics of it all, but instead I made this fun little video for our Youtube channel, and figured it would be easier to share it with you this way!



This week, I also went with my sister and her boys downtown to see the Holidazzle parade, as well as the awesome Christmas display that Macy's puts up every year.  It's so fun to see the wonder of Christmas through the eyes of a 2 year old!!!  My sweet little nephew was in such awe of all the cool things there was to see, it was  a great way to kick off the Christmas season.  Again, I would post all the pics from that, but I am too lazy and so you get another video! :)



I hope you all are having a great December and having fun celebrating the holidays!!! I hope you have more fun posts in the upcoming weeks!!! :)

a delicious Fall day

This past weekend, I was able to combine three of my loves....family, fall, & photography, as I spent the afternoon taking pics of my adorable nephews!  My sister wanted to have some pics of her boys together in the gorgeous fall weather, and I was so excited that she asked me to be the photographer.  I think it has more to do with the fact that I have the nicest camera rather than my actual photography skills, but if I do say so myself, these pictures turned out pretty darn amazing!!

Take a peek for yourself, and tell me what YOU think!!!

Ahhh, I just LOVE them!!! :) For some reason Blogger is being very stupid unfriendly to me today, and isn't uploading some of my pictures right...so I have much cuter edited ones that I wish I could share with you, but this will do!  So, what do you think??? Which one is YOUR fav?

family friday {{little loves edition}}

There are a only few things in my life that I feel truly define who I really am as a person. One of the most prominent being my title of Wife, followed secondly by Sister/Daughter, and then right behind that (and not very far behind) is Auntie (or Ti-ti as the little ones call me).

I have been privileged enough to bear that title since the tender little age of 7 years old when my oldest nephew Brennen was born into this world, and I have treasured that label ever since his arrival. When you’re 7 I don’t think you can really wrap your head around the significance of that sort of stuff, so as the kids have been growing up, I have grown into this title and role of “Auntie”. Over the years, God has continued to bless our families with beautiful little additions, and I have found that the title of Auntie has brought me more joy than I could have ever imagined possible.

There is nothing quite like getting to love my sister’s kids as if they are my very own, without actually having the responsibility of them being my own. It’s truly one of the biggest and greatest blessings I have ever been given! One of the things that I love most about being an Auntie, and especially becoming one at such a young age, is that fact that I have nephews and nieces in every stage of life. I have been able to see my oldest ones turn from precocious little people into these amazing teenagers that are becoming more like my friends rather than just little kiddos, but at the same time I have brand stinking new ones that I get to dote on and smooch all over.

I love that my conversations with them range from getting a drivers license & high school drama, all the way to down to which Star Wars character is cooler than the other, along with helping the littlest ones learn their sounds and letters, or even holding their tiny hands as the wobble through their first steps…but honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love getting to be a part of all their wonderful stages of life and watching each of them grow into new things each year.

I truly consider all of my nieces/nephews one of the things in my life that I treasure the most. It’s such an honor to watch them grow and be a part of their lives, to pray for them, and play with them, to be on the receiving end of their smooches, hugs, and giggles, and even to help hold them when something goes bad (of course that’s only when Mommy’s not around to comfort), to cheer them on from the sidelines, and support all their dreams in any way that I can.

I find all the things that they do to be more adorable and amazing than any other kid’s similar action, and it’s so fun to brag on them to all the people in my life. Some might even find it annoying how much I talk about them, but I don’t care because they are too darn cute to not brag on. I can only imagine that being a Mom to my own kids will magnify all these feelings times a million and that is super amazing to think about!! I can’t wait for that day to come and to add some cousins into the mix!

So, to Brennen, Bailey, Dakota, Rowan, Kaden, Avery, Brinley, Ethan, &baby Taylor (who’s still in utero), I love you more than you could ever know! Thanks for giving me the great privilege of being your Auntie and getting to share a part of your life!!!