{Insta-Friday} #4

It has been a busy couple of weeks at my house...what am I saying?!? It's almost always a busy week at my house!

The Friday beforelast, we celebrated my boy #2's 9th birthday with an outdoor movie party. I'm lucky that my father in law has a "collection" of awesome amazing and expensive electronics. The whole neighborhood was invited and I think the parents enjoyed the movie (The Goonies) even more than the kids did!

The weather has been awesome so we took a great little walk (kids rode bikes) around the neighborhood. I've wanted a cute beach cruiser bike for a while, but with our large family we'd stretch from one block to the next if we were all riding. So for now, I'll settle on pushing the babies in the stroller.

In all of my spare time (ha!) I'm also a volunteer photographer for the Operation Love organization. They help set up military families with professional photographers to capture happy homecomings after long deployments. This particular mom contacted me over 3 months ago. After hearing her story, I couldn't turn her away. Her husband was home for the birth of their triplets (!!!!!) but left when they were only 3 weeks old. I mean how could I not be there right?!? It's a long and usually stressful drive with LOTS of traffic, but homecomings are awesome, really awesome!

And I couldn't help myself with this collage of bubba #5 as he was waking up from a short (they're always short) nap in my arms. 

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{Insta-Friday} #3

No, it's not Friday again I'm just a few days late with my Insta-Friday post. To say it was a busy week would be an understatement. Hubby was gone for the week so I was flying solo with my small army.

Baby P had his 4 month baby check-up (although I was late and he's actually 5 months).  And let me start by saying how much I LOVE my kids' pediatrician,  with that said,  she must have been having a bad day...like really bad. The office was packed and I patiently panicked for over 2.5 hours! Yes you read that correctly. Not 2.5 minutes but over 150 minutes!!! As if waiting that long with a 5 month old isn't bad enough, throw a 2 year old in the mix. It is a new kind of torture. I was panicking inside waiting for the moment that my 2 year old would be done and I was shocked that it actually never came. Thanks to my favorite iphone/ipad app Balloonimals. He was content and happy the whole time. I however was sweating bullets! After the appoinment, both baby and 2 year old were fast asleep!

While the hubby is away the wife will play well some might, but I'd prefer the late night peace and quiet crafting time with me, myself and I! I finally changed over my Spring/Easter mantle and added a new print from Barn Owl Primatives, shells and starfish (I already had) a couple of pictures and my burlap and spring pendant banners. Simple and quick! I also started working on some pegs for upcoming goodies bags and a NEW product that we'll be debuting soon. We still aren't sure if we'll sell said new item early or if we'll wait until Queen Bee. Keep your eyes out!