InstaKings...

The moment we got back from vacation, well... we just kept enjoying the fun! First up was Anna's pizza party in the park and the next day the celebrations continued with Cindy's birthday! We spent the morning swimming, the afternoon getting pedicures and that night we made the trek to Round Top to eat at Royers. #worthit

Round Top is a hip little town on Saturday evenings, we found an adorable wine bar with live music after dinner and decided to enjoy just one more drink and some music. The kids could have played for hours! 

I love the ease of summer - sun + water = fun.

The one and only Sarah Burns came over to capture our big fat beautiful mess of a life and I **think** I'm going to LOVE what she got behind that magical lens of hers. 

We went all the way to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach and all we brought home were these tshirts. 

And tans. Oh the tans!

Have you ever noticed how many hills there are when you're driving? 

Me either.

But put those feet to the pavement and they are never-ending (and not alive with the sound of music). I feel that since I am a paying member of our HOA, I should get a say in getting rid of the hills. No? This was a hard day, but worth it...because I finished. 

#notarunner

This girl ROCKED her 4-year well-check! 3 shots and not one tear drop. She also finally made it to the 10th percentile measuring in at 37 inches and 31.5 pounds. Way to go, Emmy!

It's rare that I get a quiet house all to myself... couple that with rain and I'd say it was a great day to catch up on the blog. (And binge watch HIMYM)

Radley had his first official friend sleepover!!! It was random and unplanned and I think that made it even more special for him. He and Connor had the BEST time rough housing and I know that Rad enjoyed the extra testosterone in the house. 

(And the only thing that got broken was a lightbulb...by Ryan).

Such manly t-shirtless men.

Spray WHAT?!?!

Landry was ecstatic to help with the unveiling of Dr. Smith's diaper rash SPRAY.

Y'all - allow me to describe this to you -

Hands free

Revolutionary

Game changing

Oh-how-I-wish-they-came-out-with-this-years-ago

diaper ointment. 

You can get it here and here.

You can watch a fun video and read about it here.

New moms, seasoned moms, friends of moms (and dads) UNITE and REJOICE because it is awesome!

Every winter break/spring break/summer break I announce that I am finally going to catch up on life. And then I catch up a little, and then get distracted by newer and shinier projects. But this summer I have made great steps to getting caught up on our photo albums. 

When Radley was born I printed almost all of our pics, placed them in albums and LABELED them. Well, add on two more kiddos and a blog and I kind of got out of the habit and ended up .... Two.... YEARS behind. (My heart races just typing that). Part of me says that since I blog they will have great memories to read about later, and they will, but there is just something about holding a photograph. And we live in a time where we take TONS of pictures... too many actually. How sad would it be to have all of these pictures and never be able to hold them in your hand and tell the story about them?

So... I am getting caught up!

This was our first pic as a family of five!

(See... holding this is way better than looking at it.)

Rad spent a fun and scientific filled week at Camp Invention and loved every minute! He couldn't stop talking about all the things they learned and experimented with and created. It was seriously a GREAT week and you should see if they have one in your town because kiddos LOVE it. (I wanted to go but I'm too old.)

He made a "booby trap that catches bad guys" and advises you to "do not touch". It includes a fake door, paper clip trap, and other secret devices to keep your home safe. He may have seen Home Alone once or twice. ;) They also made a battery operated car!

Jody was in town for a few days to drop Owen off for TWO weeks!!! We only got to hang out for about 14 hours... miss you brother! Come on back soon!

Summer = Mexican food. 

While Rad was at Gigi and Pops' with Owen, we were back to man-to-man with these two cuties. Sunday sweetness for sure!

Mondays are hard...until you master this whole parenting thing.

;)

So, I just discovered this little treasure, but apparently some of my instafriends have known about it for a while. If you, like me, were in the dark, then run to Target or get on Amazon and purchase it. AMAZING!

(And for the record, I think it should be called a "tangle tamer").

4 mile bike

1.5 mile run

37 minutes

It needed to be documented.

#whoamI 

We decided to go on a last minute date with the girls and I let them pick out what they wanted to wear, including accessories, and how they wanted their hair. 

Not a bad evening at all!

I told them to get dressed for dinner and then found this.

We dress to impress in this family. (especially when going to Chuck E Cheese). (It was our first time).

And that's us in an Instant! Have a fun weekend!