Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

11.29.2013

wip 11.9.13

friday:
ran out super early. got a pedicure. {still searching for a good one.} picked up amelia's birth certificate. how did we forget about it?! was hoping to get home before our peapod delivery. it was supposed to come after 11. i got home at 1030 and my mom was putting it away!

miss cutie pie loves her giraffe. 


and naps on her mommy.


called it a night early. had a busy day planned.

saturday:
trip to michigan with the girls. we had talked about it at one of our girl's nights. completely forgot about it and then saw it on the calendar. we decided to give it a go. even if it was way last minute.

val drove and shelli was copilot. raquel and i chilled in the backseat. shelli made us take the scenic route and pointed out the red and yellow trees. it was kind of late in the season so they weren't super plentiful. but still pretty. we passed aunt teek's. took me a minute to figure it out. they all had a good laugh on my behalf. 

shelli's shoes. only shelli would have a pin that told her what foot to wear what shoe.


it was windy. windy. had some strangers take our pictures.



i am not one to pass up a swing.



pretty lighthouse. such an awesome blue sky, too.


the water almost got her. ;)


just so pretty.


we walked the strip and did some shopping and a wine tasting. never heard of warner wines. the lady who served us was awesome!



i am in love! my garage smells so much better after this stuff! sorry amelia.


and my husband requested the adult version....


these were my favorite when i was little! 


lunch at the stray dog.


the best pizza: pesto, kalamata olives, feta cheese, and red onions. delicious!


drove around and started out winery tour. first stop: karma vista. love their vibe. we were not a fan of our server.




thankfully, they had pretty views to make up for the stinky lady!



had to do some non alcoholic activities.
chocolate garden. {if some of these look familiar, it's because nick and i did a similar tour about a year ago.}

i decided to go with the white chocolate ones. something different.


and cider mill since it's practically next door to the chocolate place.


silly girls went and played at the dinosaur farm.


i was distracted by the cool clouds and sunlight.


back to liquor!
round barn. so crowded. not very fun. usually i really like them. it was just too crazy and disorganized.


gravity. i really like it there. maybe not the best wines. but i love that it's paired. and you can sit quietly at a table.



got a text from nick while we were there. ben wanted meatballs so nick ordered out. {we did have meaballs in the freezer but i guess that's a lot of work!} and i asked if they even changed out of their jammies. he responded that they hadn't and it was wonderful!


i was distracted and a certain red shoe-d friend stole my chocolate and replaced it with a twix!


more cute boy pictures.




and a cute girl for good measure.


decided to try our this distillery.  had made some friends when we were shopping in new buffalo. we ran into them at every shop. then joked about the fact that we were all planning on lunching at the stray dog. couldn't believe it when we sat down next to them! chatted with them about our plans for the rest of the day. joked about meeting them for dinner. actually ran into them again at round barn and they had mentioned that they stopped here. decided to give it a go. was on our way back home.


brought nick a growler of cider something.


came home relatively early. was a long day. we were gone for 12 hours. had planned on staying the night and then something came up with one of the girls so we played it by ear and just called it a night.

sunday:
nick went to work and i hung out with the kidlets.

miss happy, chubby-pants found her feet!


hung out and enjoyed one another once nick got home. i really like having one day to do nothing and just spend time together. not rushing around or anything.


pulled up her activity center.
i think she likes it! doesn't stay in it for very long. still a bit too little. but so fun to see her interact with things.


10.03.2013

wip 8.17.13

friday:
my mom came over in the morning so i could run errands. so much easier without a baby in tow!
stopped and signed us up for our gym membership! love that it's 24 hours and like 3 minutes from our house. {disclaimer since i'm so late in posting... i've only gone twice since being cleared. i'm using the excuse that it's still nice out. that i'll go more in the crappier weather.}


stopped at this super cute bow store on the square.





picked up some growlers of beer. i love crown blue. just saying.


then it was off to the drive in to see turbo and planes.


"mick's" new favorite thing, is to order pizza and take it to go.


i went and played frisbee with the wee man while nick hung with melie.


3/4 pressners in the back of the flex!


nick outside with baby girl and i stayed inside and snuggled with ben.


turbo was okay. i, of course, fell asleep. nick said he liked it. i barely made it through five minutes of planes. nick was not at all impressed. kind of hard to live up to cars, though.

saturday:
nick and ben went to karate with jas and the girls. i hung out with miss 'i like to shove my hands in my mouth and knock out my binky then get mad and chew on my hands.'


went to kev's birthday party at the parental unit's house.
ben likes grandpa's pickled peppers. 



nick trying one of dad's hot peppers. but not the super hot ones.


there is video. it's hilarious. nick was glad he didn't try the other one. pretty sure he polished off a few glasses of milk and coughed for a few hours after too!

pool time!



was a bit chilly. they headed to the hot pool pretty quickly.


these two are pretty funny together. <3


someone decided he should sing and blow out candles with the birthday people.


the july birthday club. ;)


bought my mom a giant fly swatter. last year she asked for a fly swatter for her birthday. do you have any idea how hard they are to find?! so when i stumbled across this ginormo one a few months back, i grabbed it. pretty sure the fly is smaller than the square. hope she has good aim!



just us girls. missing my aunt!


ben was trying to help us pack the car!


he's such a good helper!


we had to come home early so nick could go out to work. the kids and i enjoyed a pretty chill rest of the evening.

sunday:
headed to the beach for noah's birthday party.

auntie bri, nick, and ben. really wishing i didn't have these csection restrictions still!


everyone hanging on the beach. was a great day to be out!


let's bury ben. love that he's such a good sport.




miss bug chilling in the tent.


fun with beach toys.


we brought some games for everyone to play.


there was a major meltdown because nick didn't want to spend the entire time in the water with ben. and ben only wanted daddy.

later he relaxed and headed out with katie and kelly.


pressie time.


my love.


my brother happened to have his boat out and was actually just a bit off shore from where we were. so he came and joined us. the boys played football. i had no clue that kevin could throw a football!


mommy ben self photo op!


the birthday boy had two broken arms. done within two weeks of one another. he was able to use the shovel to get food into his mouth. told trisha she didn't need to go to school with him to feed him at lunchtime... just send him with a shovel!



brotherly love.


everyone just chilling.

 

girls on baby duty.


melie isn't so sure about all these pictures with cousin megan. she'll learn. ;)


time to pack up.


no! we still want to play.


she's ready!


birthday boy showing off his casts.

cousin megan found ben. time for their self portraits!


wait, noah can use a shovel to eat goldfish... i'm in!




brother on the boat.


i love the beach. just some happy scenery.



long day! it's something else to plan beach time around pumping! happy we went. was so good to visit with everyone and the kids had a blast!