Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the momma's out there in the blogisphere!! :)

I hope you were all treated like queens today. :)

I had a lovely day as aunt/sister/daughter/granddaughter... 

At Sunday School the kids made construction paper bouquets for their moms.

(this was posted on facebook by Maddie and Kam's mom...
so I guess she liked it!!)

Then after church, we had brunch at Mom's...

I was so happy Grammy could come and we could all be together to celebrate.

 For I recall the sincere faith which is in your heart~

a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother,

and then in your mother, and, I am fully convinced, 

now dwells in you also.

2 Timothy 1:5

The kiddos and "Biddy" had some fun playing outside...

jumping off the dollhouse...

Livi playing "Alice in Wonderland??" :)

I experimented with making my own cards with some of my photos...

I made these with some pics from my trip to Vegas

~taken at the beautiful Bellagio hotel garden~

I hope they like them!!

All in all, even though I had to leave earlier than I wanted to 

to work the dinner shift, 

it was a lovely Mother's Day. :)

I hope you had a wonderful day, too.

oh, happy day!!

Well, it certainly was a happy day in this household!!

The Bruins SWEPT the Philadelphia Flyers tonight!!

They are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992!!

I didn't mention that they were on the brink of winning the series

because last year...well, they broke our hearts. 

Not this year, baby!! We will be smiling for days!! :) :) :)

Another thing that made me smile today...

I headed out for a run on an absolutely gorgeous day,

and when I pushed play on my shuffle...

the Glee soundtrack began to play!!

I practically sprinted around my whole town today!!

What a sweet little gift from my Sweet. :) :) :)

Music is great motivation for me 

as a runner who is coping with a hatred for running. ;)

Another wonderful motivation has been my favorite team from

Biggest Loser Couples.

Sisters, Olivia and Hannah

have both lost about 100 pounds!!

This week was Makeover Week,

look how amazingly, gorgeous they both look!!

It's awesome to share in their weight-loss journey

as I continue my own. :)

Happy weekend, ya'll :)

Go run in the sun!!

:) :) :)

fun, sun, run

K and I have had some serious fun lately

out enjoying the sunshine :)

mini-golf

batting cages

  AND..you haven't LIVED 

until you've had Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Kits Kats

folded into your ice cream and put in a waffle cone 

dipped in chocolate and RAINBOW SPRINKLES!!! :) :) :)

It was our first time at Coldstone Creamery.

(and I had to work out for seven hours the next day ;) )

Yesterday, I ran my first 5K...slowly!!

Haa!! My time was nothing to brag about, but I ran the whole thing,

and more importantly...it was for a great cause. :) :) :)

I definitely want to do many more races for many more great causes!!

And...most definitely wanna improve my time. ;)

I'm spending the day with the Doo Doo Bird,

who told me this morning not to call him that...

"Call me Dayton.  I am a BIG BOY!"

Tonight, my sissypoos and I are going to see

Water for Elephants

I just finished reading the book last night...

and looking forward to a fun (and no doubt giggly) night out with my sisters.

:) :) :)

a sunshine day

Friends are the sunshine of life.
~John Hay

Yesterday, we didn't have an official playdate due to some sick kiddos :(

but Liv and I did go hang out with Jen and Jordan 
on an absolutely gorgeous day. :)

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!

I hope everyone had a beautiful holiday.

HE IS RISEN! 

K and I got all dolled-up for church :)

After church he was quick to trade his tie for some bunny ears

while hiding eggs out in the yard for the kiddos to hunt for. :)

Here they are, post hunt, in their Easter best. <3

Mom set a beautiful table...

 Unfortunately as far as I got was a glass of champagne 

and a little hors d'oeuvres since I had to go to work for 2 o'clock :(

We had champagne with hibiscus flowers...

I had just read about this in How I Planned Your Wedding
the book my mom got me for my birthday,

and then she's like check these out.

I LOVE when that happens!! :)

I want to cook with them. :)

I found some recipes here at Leslie Loves Veggies.

So, off to work I went :(

but I knew that Carina and her mom, Linda were coming in for dinner. :) :) :)

It was so wonderful to visit with them.

Linda brought me a whole basket of belated birthday gifts

(this is becoming my b-day MONTH!!).

I hope everyone had an awesome Easter

and has a great week!!

It's supposed to be 70-80 degrees here this week.

Can't wait to bask in the sunshine!!
:) :) :)

rainy days and mondays

On Sunday, we learned about Easter at Sunday School :)

Death is a difficult concept for pre-schoolers, nevermind  RESURRECTION!! :)

We tried our best. :)

Yesterday, K and I celebrated Spring with our first "bout" of catch

I say bout because we are so competitive :) 

But that's what makes it fun. I wouldn't have it any other way. ;)

Then we had "brinner"

(breakfast for dinner)

Breakfast pie with ham, sharp cheddar, broccoli, 

spinach, egg beaters, and a hashbrown crust :)

Oh yeah, and MIMOSAS :) :) :)

Then, in between periods of the Bruins game (they WON!!)

I made these double chunk chocolate cookies.

I added white chocolate chips...my fave :)

Off to PlayGroup with Dayt and Liv :) :) :)

HAPPY TUESDAY!!