Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

His & hers Sunday best

~ Etc.

His outfit: shirt: gifted | pants | bow-tie | moccasins 
Her outfit: top | skirt | bag: Brahmin similar here & here | shoes: vintage find
It is getting so difficult to take a picture of Aiden sitting still.  This guy is moving and squirming everywhere, every minute!  I told my daughter to carry him and put him on his lap, and I managed to get one picture before he squirmed away.  He is going to walk any minute now but I’m in no hurry for him to walk, I already watch him every second of the day to make sure he’s safe, can you imagine my anxiety when he starts walking?

Random smidgens of our lives

~ Etc.

my favorite fortune cookie yet.
 I love this picture, Aiden is smiling at me!  
(My dress from Oasap, sandals from Target)
We went to our friends’ daughter’s 1st birthday party where everyone participated in a color fight!  There was a “no throwing on the face” rule but that didn’t stop people from throwing it in my face!  I specifically remember getting hit really hard right on my face twice, one slapping my cheek and the powder going all inside my mouth.  Jay won’t admit it but I have my suspicions.  And this picture above?  I love my kids’ matching pissed off faces. 

We went to the Orem recreation center for their grand opening of the indoor pool.  I don’t know why I keep taking my kids without my husband to go swim, I am in a constant paranoia and watching them like a hawk, worrying that they’ll drown or swallow water and have secondary drowning later on.  It’s the most stressful thing that I keep doing for the sake of my kids!
Adi my photo-bomber.  My swimsuit from here.
My husband keeps saying, “Mrs. Santa had a brilliant idea of buying this dollhouse for the girls for Christmas but Mrs. Santa hasn’t helped much with assembling it!”  But it’s slowly coming together, we are 5 hrs. down, 35 more hours to go!
But aren’t these dollhouse miniatures the cutest?  the gold bird cage is one of my favorites.  I got the miniatures here.
Went to girl’s camp for our church(I am a Young Women’s teacher to my amazing 16-17 yr. olds) for one day/
Creepy Tom.  That’s what people called him but there was just something about him, I tell ya.

My mom, my sister, and our 6 kids and I went to the Tangent outlet mall to do some shopping.  Adi(on the left) was all red-eyed because I wouldn’t buy her ice-cream at the Chocolate Factory.  $4 for a scoop of ice-cream?  No way.
Aiden enjoyed his rice crispy treats.  
My sister has two girls and a boy just like me in all similar ages!  It’s so awesome!
Adi the photobomber.
(My dress from h&m, sandals from target)
Catching a movie with my sister late at night after we put our 6 kids to bed.  It’s the only time we can have a girl’s night together.  I brought Häagen-Dazs ice-cream & my $3 popcorn bucket to save money. We watched The fault in our stars and it was pretty good.  
The end.

Our sexy date

~ Etc.

(dress c/o from Oasap)
One of Jay’s best friends is doing residency near us and he is officially our doctor!  Jay and I went on the hottest date known to man and visited Dr. B to get a huge nasty wort removed on Jay’s elbow & my irregular mole on my back.  I even wore a sexy gown to set the mood.  I know we need to take down the sexiness but we just can’t help it.
And Dr. B hates it when I put him on blast about him being a doctor so of course I couldn’t resist taking this picture in the hallway and posting it on the internet for all to see.  The end.

Cherry picking

~ Etc.

We did our annual cherry picking this year and it was extra special because my sister and her kids got to come with us!  We planned on going in the morning before it gets too hot but then something came up and then my nephew took a nap, and then soon after he woke up my son took a nap so by the time we were able to get out of the house it was around 3pm, the hottest time of the day!  
my nephew is so adorable, isn’t he?
Ana helped me pick the leaves out of the cherries.
pick the stem too to keep the cherries fresh a lot longer!
We picked over 30 lbs. of cherries and this time my husband only had to ask me to stop picking two times!  That is a huge improvement in my book.  If it wasn’t so hot, I wouldn’t have stopped so willingly. 😉  See our cherry picking in 2013 & 2012.

His & Hers Sunday Best

~ Etc.

“I just woke up.  Do you like my bed hair?”
He is contemplating about the purpose of life.
His outfit: striped onesie: GAP | moccasins: Freshly Picked c/o
Her outfit: lace dress (love this one too) | colorblock heels: Romwe | bag: Brahmin
If you know me, you know I love lace and feminine clothes.  So as you can imagine, I own a lot of lace tops & dresses.  This lace dress is my favorite cream lace dress I own yet!  It’s hard to find dresses that are close to my knee and I love that it’s longer.  I wear a nude color cap-sleeve shirt underneath(because I am LDS and get to wear the special undergarments 😉 and I’m also wearing a spaghetti strap slip-dress underneath.  I need to go find myself a cap-sleeve slip dress so I don’t have to wear so many layers!
Also, I lost my camera charger so I’ve been taking pictures with my phone only.  I promise I’ll have better quality pictures next time!  I can’t promise you about better poses though, I’m still working on that one. 🙂