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Fourth of July!


Our July 4th this year was pretty good! This was the first time in at least 5-6 years that Don was able to celebrate with us without having to leave early! His days off fall on Sunday and Monday nights, so it happened to fall on his weekend this year. We were so excited until we saw that rain was in the forecast for the whole weekend 🙁 Major bummer! But thankfully the rain cleared and we were able to enjoy the evening together! I just wanted to share a few pictures from our weekend.
Saturday was rainy so we had a red, white, and blue indoor picnic. Strawberries, blueberries, and yogurt bowls. I was able to snap a few pictures–and then faster than I was even able to prepare everything, it was gone.
Kids having picnic
a few iphone pictures with our popsicles and picnic foods
various fourth of july pictures

 

On Sunday night, we let the older boys stay up to watch fireworks from the deck with us. It was so sweet to make that memory with them. We happen to have an amazing view of tons of fireworks displays from our house. We also planned to take some fun sparkler pictures together but didn’t get too far into it until our lighter ran out of fluid. So this was the best we got. I think they’ll remember that night with us for a while though. They were so giddy to stay up with us.

slow shutter fireworksinstagram firework

I’ll be honest–the morning of the 4th just started out bad. I was really feeling the pregnancy hormones. It didn’t help that it was super gloomy and I thought that our evening may be ruined. I was grumpy and I’m not proud. But the day finally turned around and we had a fun evening!
Jessica and Evangeline
Jessica and Desmond

Various 4th of July PicturesKids WalkingKids and a puddleDon throwing Desmond in the air

Thanks to my sweet friend, Mayci, for snapping a few family shots for us! Wouldn’t you know it? Never all looking good at the same time 😉
Roberts Family Group Shot
Kingston with a popsicle
The boys were off with their friends most of the evening, shooting off fireworks. But I had to snap one shot of Don and Liam in their matching outfits.
Don and Liam
I thought FOR SURE that she was going to be terrified of holding the sparkler. Then she did 6 in a row and was still begging to do more!
Evangeline with a sparkler

 

My BFF and her husband celebrated their one year anniversary on the 4th so we had a little re-creation of their first dance–plus a new baby that will be making her appearance very soon here! I thought it was adorable to see my kids watching.
Evangeline 4th of July

 

I also thought this little guy would be terrified of fireworks. Turns out he loves them! So no scared little ones this year!!
Don and Desmond
Don and Desmond 2

I hope everyone else had a great holiday weekend and an easy recovery. I’m still recovering after a couple days–that’s #momlife for you. We still have some sparklers and a few other little fireworks left over so we’ll be getting some use out of those!

And thanks to everyone who voted on the blog title! It’s still yet to be determined but now we’re one step closer to figuring it out! Enjoy the rest of your week!

 

 

 

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Jeremy and Maggi’s wedding


Maggi and Jeremy are married! After months of counting down to the wedding, the day has come and gone, leaving me with all kinds of emotions. I’m blaming pregnancy–being all kinds of excited for them but also feeling the sadness of the day being over. The good news is that the baby stayed put during the wedding. Now we’ll have to convince him that it’s safe to come out.
 
I can’t wait to see the pictures that their photographer got–I know they are going to be amazing! But here are a few that I snapped on my phone throughout the day.
Our dresses were all kinds of fun with the mixed floral patterns!
floral wedding dress

 

One of Maggi’s obsessions is sprinkles–therefore, a sprinkle send off 🙂
wedding send off with sprinkles
Isn’t she a gorgeous bride??
bride

 

bridesmaids with heart sunglasses

 

sisters as bridesmaids

 

just married

 

menzi and penelope

 

this was my all-time favorite way to toast to the bride and groom!!
wedding toast to bride and groom with chocolate shakes

 

eating at the reception

 

love is sweet–and so are donut towers!
wedding cake made of donuts

 

newly married couple kissing by donut cake

 

Best friends for 22 years. It’s been a tradition to take BFF pictures together over the years. It is so special that now we can include our husbands in the tradition!
traditional best friends picture now with husbands

 

This photo booth was a special way to remember Maggi’s Grammy who passed in 2013. And it was super cute! #jeremagz
bride and groom at photo booth

 

I love him to the moon and back 🙂
i love my husband

 

reception photobooth

I’m so excited for the new Mr. and Mrs. Griesse as they start their new lives together. And thankful that they took the big risk of putting me in their wedding–4 days before my due date!! I can’t wait to see what the Lord has planned for them!