Frog & Toad...

I took the girls and their buddy Ryder to the children's theater to see the last show of the season a couple weekends ago.  This was Ryder's first time at "our" theater and the girls were ultra excited to have him along.  The kids had a great time watching the show and hanging all over each other;) 

bunk bed

We got the girls a bunk bed about a month ago off of Craigslist.  My dad was on top of checking Craigslist daily and his daily determination paid off.  I had it set in my mind that I wanted a staircase and I'm so glad he found one second hand.  They absolutely love their bed.  The day they got it, they were freaking out with excitement.  Harper sleeps on top and Liv on bottom.  Another sign they are growing up:)  Thanks to the g-rents for always taking care of all of us!  An extra thank you to my dad for continuing to hunt for the perfect bed and for helping set it up.  We are blessed!   

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:)