Just because...

I'm not a daily blogger. I have never understood how some people pull those extra minutes from their magic hat to blog on a daily basis because at the end of most days, I'm running on borrowed time and my bed is beckoning me to crash into it! These little girls sure keep me running! So since Jason is away for (gulp) 6 months... I want to be better about updating more frequently so he can see his babies....I cannot imagine even a day without seeing their precious faces. I'm not promising daily... but more often! So here is an update from this past week.
Though I forgot my camera for most of our weekly events (something else I am going to strive to be better at!). We were very busy this week! On Monday, we get up and ready to go to the post office for Papa and run an errand for Grandma R but when we got in our car... dead! We waited all day to get the battery replaced. Olive had way to much energy so I told her to run from one side of the room to the other a few times and the video below was what she did... she just cracks me up sometimes! With thanks to an awesome neighbor, our battery got replaced and we went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa R!
Olive has a new fascination with wearing my shoes! I caught her trying as hard as she could to walk across the room in my flats on Tuesday! Adorable!
Wednesday we went to a playdate at Hillary and Lilly's house. The kids swam in the kiddie pool and Hillary served the momma's a yummy lunch! It was very relaxing and I love that our playgroup is just as much a playdate for momma too!

Thursday we went to the Zoo with Michelle, Ethan, and Lexi, and Colleen and Savy. I wish so badly I had remembered my camera! Olive loved it and got to experience the Larakeets for the first time. Since she is bird-obsessed it was so fun to watch her little face every time one flew up to her or landed or made noise near her!
Friday we relaxed and ran a few errands then hung out at home but went to a place for the most delicious frozen yogurt after dinner with Tiffany and Dan (or tiffy and don as Olive calls them!).
Saturday, we joined Colleen and Candler and Tiff and Dan for a yummy BBQ at Colleen's house. They had super yummy sliders- cheeseburger and a rockin' pesto chicken (still craving more!). We had veggies and fruit, corn on the cob and very patriotic fruit pizza Tiff and Dan made.
Today we went to church and just hung out together. So that was our week! Pretty busy, very full, and it went by quickly. Going to have to keep that up!

Missin' Papa & family pics

We really miss Jason. He has been gone for only four days now... I have that empty, heavy hearted feeling, especially if I dwell on the fact that we have about 178 more days to go. I'm trying to keep us busy to keep our minds off his absence... especially Olive's. This Olive sure loves her papa!
Just days before he left, we asked our good friend Rex to snap some family pictures for us. I love these pictures of Olive with her ball. So simple and unstaged... just enjoying being a kid. I love it!

How old is Olive? 2!

They were really rushed and we couldn't get any smiles from Evie, but I'm so grateful we have them so we can have documentation that our little family has grown to 5 (Lucy the Dog included!) and that these kids change every single day! They're going to look a lot different when Papa comes home for Christmas! Love you so much Jason!

Philly = Cousins, cheese steaks, and our HardRock tradition!

Last Friday we decided to head to Philly to visit Jason's brother Spencer, his wife Linda, and their three kids. We arrived Saturday morning after driving overnight. So after taking some time to rest, the kiddos headed to the park! We spent the rest of the day hanging out and eating Linda's famous sweet and sour chicken... yum!

Sunday: We had a yummy breakfast of pancakes and bacon before we headed to church. We came home and had delicious grilled burgers for dinner then ended the night with a nice walk near a river.

Monday: Time to explore downtown Philly! We got to climb this really neat monument. Olive loved all the fountains and wanted to jump right in (it was about 90 degrees out!).








Rocky stature near the Philadelphia Art Museum




You cant go to Philly and not try the famous cheese steaks! There are two of the biggest competitors right across the street from each other so we got one of each and split them to compare.

GENO'SPAT'S

And the winner is....HARDROCK! Jason and I have a tradition of going to a new Hard Rock Cafe on every other wedding anniversary. This was our year and since we found out Jason is leaving on our anniversary and will be gone for 6 months, we decided to go to the Philly HardRock Cafe. This will likely be the only time our kiddos will celebrate with us! :) It was great! We had filled up cheese steaks so we had a brownie sundae which was very yummy! Olive loved the crayons and cup they gave her!

7 years!!!

Olive tried the cherry that came on top of our sundae... a few licks later she decided otherwise.
Then we headed back to Downingtown and went to the pool! Olive love love loved it!



Evie gave it a try but wasn't sure what to think!
We had such a great time with our family! It was just what we needed! So grateful we got to spend time with them!

the girl can twirl

So, of course I can never manage to catch the best of it while the film is rolling but Olive is really into twirling. If there is music, she just cant sit still. I love when she is so dizzy she cannot even walk straight (hence the face dive when trying to come towards me in the video!). This little girl is just so much fun to be with!