this past week we enjoyed a super last minute family vacation. 
it.was.awesome.
we had such a wonderful week together.
i also enjoyed a week off from taking pictures with my big girl camera and instead embraced the beauty of my iphone.

Wow. I have missed you guys. I have wanted to come on here many times and share updates throughout our busy summer but I just haven’t. How’s that for an excuse. Ha. To be completely honest friends I have just been a little overwhelmed with being a mama. I’ve tried to step away from the computer and it has been nice. Very nice. But I’ve missed ya’ll. Somehow I need to find a balance of some kind….sigh.
Having four little ones at home this summer has proven to be a little busier than last year. I love it, but there are days when I just think…”oh my word could it get any crazier around here?!” ha!

I do plan to upload my pictures (at some point) and share what we’ve been up to but for now here is a crazy random post of just a few things swirling around in my brain…

They have certainly taken some getting use to (we’ve lost and found them twice already) and we’ve been back to the store to get them re-adjusted a few times (now, I’m a pro and re-adjust them myself!) but all in all she’s doing great. I think she looks pretty darn cute.

She skips ahead of me.
In a Cinderella dress down to her toes.
A size too big.
I remember her face, earlier, when I said that yes, she could keep her dress-up dress on for our walk.
(I’m known to say no.)
I won’t ever forget the way she looked up at me with her big brown eyes full of excitement “Thank you mama!” she gasped.
And now I watch as she happily dances down the sidewalk.
“Watch me skip mama!”