what happens...

...when a big brother eats a cupcake...

...and insists on kissing his little sister before he washes his face??

This does...

We couldn't even get her to look at the camera because she wouldn't pull her eyes off of Pete.

She's truly in love with her older brother.

b, the boycotter

I feel the need to clarify...

Do you blog? Do you write your posts in advance? {if you don't, you should}.

I do. You may think I blog every couple of days? OHHHH, no. Who has that kind of time? I schedule mine out...

SO - I was signed is as Brad during my last session. Grabbing pictures from his account and then not signing out. Rookie mistake. So, just because it looks like B posted for the next week...rest assured, he is still boycotting the blog.

randomness

I am a self-professed fidgiter. Fidgity McFidgerton. Seriously. It's no wonder my kids can't sit still...neither can their Mom...or their Dad for that matter.

Call if what you want - squirley {like my Mom used to say} squirmy, toe-tapping...it all means the same thing...annoying.

I can't sit still, and that includes at work. In an effort to do so, when I worked inside sales selling office supplies {did you really not know I did that? Yeah, I can't really believe it either} I tried to calm my nerves...and thus, I began sitting cross-legged in my desk chair.

{Criss-cross apple sauce as Jacks would say}.

{picture this...only with stilettos}

Today, after working with me for over three years, apparently my boss decided to say something about it. I laughed out loud at how ridiculous I must look. I mean REALLY who sits that way as a grown adult? "Me, that's who!"...and he chuckles as well. At least I can laugh at myself, right?? He knows I did prenatal yoga with Finley {and if you are pregnant, it is a MUUUUUST}, and thought it had something to do with that. Nope...I'm just squirley.

And who knows...the next thing you know I may be doing this. {yeah, right} He should consider himself lucky.

**Note, I have been increasingly wearing skirts to work, but please know I refrain {hard as it may be} on those days.

memorial wedding

The weekend of Memorial Day, we had a family wedding to go to. It was so much fun to have all of us together for a good time...

Apparently we were all in the dancing mood...Oh, and look closely..don't you love Avery in the picture I was trying to take of Kip and my Dad??

The wedding happened to be on the day of Kara's 21st birthday, so here are a few pictures in honor of the birthday girl! :)

I think every time we get together with my family it feels like a party, but THIS was a PARTY :)

the surrogate family

Our little gal is six months old. OK, so she's seven months old on Friday {yikes}.

Katharine, my favorite photog met us at the Arboretum in Chaska. We used to frequent about once a month when we lived there, but since moving last year we haven't been back! It was due time...and OH, back to Katharine...have you seen her blog? She's great. And the fact that she's a girl that can help kick back a raspberry flirtini and make you giggle your way through happy hour? That's just an added bonus!

I LOVE how the pictures turned out...now if I could only decide which ones to order {I think I flip through the proofs at least twice daily.}

Here's my little squatter. In my opinion, she's so pretty...but I may be bias??

And this look? The one that I'm SURE to get every day when she's a teenager?

I'm pretty sure my Mom saw the warning signs with me, too...I'm pretty much doomed.

I love how her pettiskirt swallows her up. In complete girliness. Even if she doesn't know if yet, she wouldn't have it any other way!

Then it was time for us all to take turns with the princess. First up was Pete

{who when watching me write this said...

"Don't forget to put I love you, Fin on there!"}

{Do you hear that? It's my heart melting}

Fin and Mama, trying to beg for a smile

And there's something about a Daddy and his all girlied-up girl that makes me smile. Especially when it's these two baldies!

Oh yeah, and have I mentioned my surrogate family? The children that I didn't have to actually give birth to, but pretend that they're my own? Because I loooooooove these kids so much I can't stand it. So it's totally appropriate that even though we were only trying to get a good picture of all of the grandkids, that Brad and I would get one of the {surrogate family} as well!!

The kids were being so goofy...but that's what was so funny. They're all just each of their own adorable little selves, and just because a camera comes doesn't mean the nice smiles do!!

an anniv

Today is my sister and BIL's anniversary. And when I say Brother-in-Law, I should really just say brother, because that's what he is. In a house of all girls, brothers weren't really in our vocabulary, until this guy came around.

They've been together so long I almost don't remember life without Eric in our lives. I mean, I think I was 15 when they started dating. He's known and been through every boyfriend I've had. Every.Boyfriend....Woof. :)

Today is their anniversary. Almost a big anniversary.

So Happy Anniversary to the couple that let me live with them when I moved home from Chicago, has made me laugh more times than I can count, has given me three children I truly love as my own, introduced my family to a great place to worship, and taught me a little more about marriage.

The Hoversons {heart} you guys more than you know.

they make my heart smile...

'Nuf said.