making memories.

EJ got a weber. for no other reason than it supposedly cooks better than the big grill.

i think he is right.

going outside and grilling is one of our favorite things. its been a "cool" summer so far. high 80's/low 90's. so playing on the playset has burned memories of giggles into my brain. we color with chalk, make muffins and bring them outside to picnic, we set up the sprinkler and watch them run through in some sort of invented game. i take selfies with the girls.

the door to the house opens and closes a dozen times. we holler about "air-conditioning the outside!!" and making sure popsicles stay on the patio and not on the carpet. i tell miller to put my diet coke down and for sawyer to stop stealing aidan's swing. on and on.

but its all worth it.

on saturday evening, we decided to pack it up and go to the allen fireworks.

…and i am so glad we did. it was amazing. before we left, we quickly packed up a cooler, snacks, the strollers, chairs, everything. laid out a blanket and waited hours for fireworks. the kids ran around, reese made EJ make a sonic run (lol. she needed a cheese-cheese, or 2), and then it got dark. miller was scared of the noise, but i covered her ears and she was, then, all smiles. reese laughed at the booms, aidan and sawyer shrieked with excitement, and corbin just stared… not a peep from her.

sometimes, its hard to have 5 kids. it can be logistically hard to do things. but we always do them, when we make the time to make memories, it's like there was no other choice.

again, i've been on a point and shoot kick. so these are from that camera again.





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t-gives parties.

sawyer's last monday. i love 3 year olds <3


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aidan's last wednesday. (with p&s camera)


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nervous lol






belly shot on thurs at 28 weeks - i didnt do a "real" one. (cell)


funny reese hair.


also, this is what we wore to xmas photos yesterday (cell) :) (only i wore the shirt above - not the one in this pic)


friday, we made turkey day shirts!! (cell)


i had shoots sat and sunday.

xmas tree pics tonight :) i'll post those later.

halloween pt. 2 and others.

every pic in this blogpost is either a cell pic or a canon p&s pic. ***sometimes its nice to not take around the 7d lol i just want the quick memories.

on halloween, after nap time, we went to their school's fall festival to play on some bounce houses ;) <----- aidan slyly mentioned "hey remember last year when we did that?" and so i gave in. lol





sawyer FLEW down the slides haha




so did aidan.








then we went ToTing at home.






yesterday i went to target to grab some 50% off halloween things and then got some xmas PJs, too lol (cell)


THENNNN last night katy and i went to gavin degraw :) 4th row tix? yes please!! (cell)

carolina liar first.


then hot david cook.


then gavin :)


today i took A and S to the dentist. aidan has had some, erm, nervous issues before LOL and cried - but this time?! a freakin angel!! it was sawyer's first time (they start siblings at 3) and she was fabulous, too! they even let them get xrays! lol (cell)

with their loveys...

aidan


sawyer


all clean and perfect!