5 year anniversary

Today marks the day that I have been blogging for 5 years.  WOW! That seems like a long time and a lot of words and pictures documenting parts of our life.  I can honestly say that this has blog has been my sound board where I am able to reflect on my life.  Even when I am unable to keep up or document fully what is always going on, I find that this is where I dedicate my time to embracing the now and seeing the beauty amongst all the chaos.  I do not mean chaos in a negative way per say I just mean that this life is both brutal and beautiful at the same time.  It is brutiful as one of my fellow mommy bloggers says.  I am so incredibly blessed with my family, friends, and a husband who steps in when I fall short and who loves and cherishes all three of us.  These past 5 years have been a wild ride and I know it will keep getting brutifully better. 

4.20.13- Earth Day Celebration

A park down the street from us has an earth day celebration every year.  We usually miss it because we are out of town. We decided to walk on over and check it out.  Minutes when arriving one of Livia's classmates came over and hugged her.  She and her mom joined us as we walked around, ate lunch, and danced to the band.  The weather was a bit crummy but we still enjoyed ourselves.

Learning to ride...

Refusing to peddle:)

picked a different toy to ride 

and then she learns to ride:)

My Liv jade is one stubborn girl:)  For the longest time she has chosen not to learn to "peddle" her bike and would rather ride on a different toy that doesn't require that action.  One weekend awhile back we all headed to Shannon & Jason's house for dinner.  I decided to go over via bike & bike trail from my parents house and invited Harper to come with me.  Teaf joined us too!   The 3 of us set out on the trek.  Of course Liv was bummed she couldn't come with us on the bikes and instead had to ride in the car with grandma. I told her that she needed to learn how to peddle her bike first and then she would be able to come along.  The VERY NEXT DAY, she jumped on her bike and peddled away.  She was so proud of herself.  (as was I:)    

Lily's Plastic Purple Purse play:)

 

In April Grandma came to Omaha and we headed to Lily's Plastic Purple Purse play at the children's theater.  The girls were super excited about this one because they have read the book many times in the past.  It's always a great time with grandma and this was no different.  After the play we headed back to Lincoln to spend the weekend there.   Thanks to the g-rent Dorseys for the year membership so we were able to give these experiences to the girls. 

Easter/Mom's birthday

Happy Birthday to my beautiful mother!

On the way to hunt eggs:)

A little help from daddy

Running around finding eggs

Watching the fun

Grandma Cindy capturing the moments

sister teamwork:)

Intensely looking for goodies

Playing with the goodies

Uncle David playing hard:)

Grandpa Frank & Great Grandma Shirley

 Grandpa Dorsey playing baseball

Grandma Dorsey's (my mom) birthday fell on Easter this year.  We had an amazing celebration in Lincoln at their house.  Grandma Cindy, Grandpa Frank, Great Grandma Shirley (Frank's mom), Kate, David, Shannon & Jason all joined in on the festivities.  We had a great meal, birthday cake, Easter egg hunt, and a fun time playing outside in the beautiful weather.  The girls were so excited the Easter bunny came and were most excited with their outdoor toys the bunnies (the grandmas) brought!  I know that I am blessed to have these amazing people in my life but on that day I was even more grateful for the girls to have all these beautiful people around them.   My cup is overflowing with love; love wins!