Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours!!

we hope each of you has many things to be thankful for!

we know we do!

GirlsWeekendBusTrip

This past weekend I spent the weekend away, from all three of my guys, for the first time ever. I was pretty excited to get away, I knew it would be good for all of us, but then again I knew I was going to miss them SO much! I left first thing friday morning {they were already gone to work with Dad} and left them this note. Harrison didn't even cry when they left, which is pretty rare for him so I wanted to make sure they didn't forget about me! ;)

We boarded the bus at 8 am and headed north to Sault Ste. Marie, in the U.P.

My roomie and I! :)

Obvi we had to cross the Might Mac -- been a few years since I've done that, it was quite a view from a big greyhound bus!

We arrived Friday night just in time to get ready for the Easton Corbin concert. The three of us had pre-ordered tickets and were excited for a great show!

We didn't stay in our seats long, we ended up sneaking in front of the front row and standing stage side the entire concert.

It was a great show, especially this close!!!!

We ran into some of the band members at the casino bar after the concert, too!

Saturday we slept in {i totes forgot how amazing NOT having to run on a kids' schedule is!}

then we gambled for a little while. I was having some pretty good luck on the penny slots on Friday and Saturday!

we headed to a local bar in the Soo in the afternoon, by the busload. 

We had a great time dancing to an awesome local band!

We headed back to the casino hotel and had dinner and got ready for another night out! :) And then we encountered this woman and her {hair}. if you can call it that. 

She told us she styles it like this every.single.day and she even let me touch it! It didn't move even a millimeter. It was hard as a rock. Her and her adorable husband soon took to the dance floor to show of their dancing skills- come to find out they owned a local ballroom dancing studio! So much fun to watch them!!

Sunday we got up and got ready to head home. We had some minor bus trouble, but weren't delayed real long. My boys came and picked up from the location in Ravenna where we boarded the bus. I could hardly wait to see them!

It was so refreshing to have a girls weekend away, but I sure did miss my guys! Thank goodness this trip only happens once a year!

{{big shout out to my prince charming, who handled his first weekend with the guys, all alone, flawlessly. Things went so well in fact, after being gone alllll weekend and waking Harrison up Monday morning, he looked up at me from his crib and said, "where did Daddy go?" You are THE best babe! Thanks again!}}

{eighteen[18]months}::harrisonlee

Harrison Lee -

Yesterday marked 18 months of you blessing our family. So hard to believe its been that long, yet I feel like I can't even recall what our family was like without you!

When your brother was this age I often wrote about how much he was like your Daddy. He may have seemed like it then, because I hadn't met you yet. You, little love, are your daddy. You guys are so so similar in so many ways, it continues to boggle my mind! Not surprisingly, Daddy is your favorite, too.
You are wearing 24 month clothes and size 5 diapers. Bigger than what your brother was in at this age. You are solid. and you continue to eat. and grow. and eat and grow. you also still sleep a lot.
you are wayyyy laid back but continue to voice your opinion more and more when you don't like things or your brother takes a toy from you. You talk like crazy, too. Your vocabulary grows by the day; you have too many words for me to list now.
Although you are loud and sometimes wild, there are still a handful of things that scare you. Balloons pooping. Crazy bounce. When mommy leaves. Other than that, you tackle pretty much anything head on!

You are spunky, loud, sweet and snuggly and we are so blessed to have you. We cannot wait to continue to watch you grow and bring more joy and life to our family! We love you, sweet boy!!

[[weekend/rewind]]

Our weekend started on Thursday this past week, for two reasons. One: we were expecting the arrival of some of our favorites, and Two: Daddy left for hunt camp so it marked the start of our time without him.

We skipped naps Thursday afternoon to head out to GRR and pick up Gapa and Gama who were coming home from Florida. The boys did a great job being patient and got plenty of attention with their adorable welcome signs! ;)

After dinner we went to bed early. Catching up on nearly three weeks of missed loving from grandparents sure is exhausting! :)

Friday we took big naps and had another relaxing night at home. Feels so good to do that once in a while!!

Saturday we slept in and played together at home. We even got out the paints!

After naps I brought the boys out to my parents so I could get out for some adult time with cousin bitty.

We did some christmas shopping

{ps, hunny, i really would love this charm for my pandora! wink wink}

and we grabbed an adult beverage (in Britts case, a few) and had a nice kid free relaxing dinner!

the boys and I ended our night at Auntie Jenn's where we had a sleepover

&& played some wii bowling after the boys were asleep.

It was a perfect weekend with my littlest guys, but we sure did miss the big guy round here. I am SO thankful he is a once a year hunter! ;)

We have a busy week ahead; from birthday dinners with friends to school and preparing for mommy to be gone for her first .ever. weekend away from all three guys! Should be interesting {for us all!}

{friday/favorites}

this video. no other words are needed.

#ilovebethmoore

[[weekend/rewind]]

Another relaxing weekend is in the books. 

its so refreshing to just slow down sometimes!

Friday night I grabbed dinner with a friend and we did some fabric shopping for some towels she wanted. It was super fun and great to get out with a mommy friend for a bit.

Saturday Harrison and I headed to the local paint store to get some things for my next project...

while Bentley went to the shop with Daddy and broke in his first ever pair of work jeans.

I decided to tackle painting my kitchen table and two chairs. They were white and wood and had been spray painted partially black. All black is much better -- so happy with how this turned out! :)

We watched Sawyer saturday afternoon/night for a while.

He is wild. && his mom forgot to leave me his fully padded body suit and his helmet. ;)

the boys had fun together and slept so good on Saturday night we were almost late for church on Sunday! But we made it. We had lunch, watched Nascar and relaxed together.

It was a perfect relaxing weekend to bring us into a perfect and quiet week ahead. As the week goes on things pick up and get more exciting but we have a quiet and slow start beginning monday with no school. Hope you all have a great week as well! :)

{{fridayfavorites}}

fave fall footwear:

fave extra long littler napper this week:

{thank you time change}

favorite love:

favorite laugh of the week:

favorite fall/winter routine:

{the library}

Hope everyone has a great weekend! :)

Grandparents Day 2013

Last week Bentley had Grandparent's Day at school. He was very excited about everyone coming to see what a big guy he is at school! :)

Mrs. Walters turned their classroom into a "circus" theme and they made some crafts together and had cookies!

{this was his circus tent they decorated and filled with animal crackers to take home}.

afterwards we grabbed lunch with Great Grandma, Jenna and Sawyer.

Thank you, Papa & Nana and Great Grandma for spending such a special day with me at school!

I love you all very much! ~Bentley

Weekend rewind

We started our weekend having lunch Friday with some friends. We talked and played to hard to even take any pics!

We spent Friday night at home, had dinner together and rented The Croods from redbox. The boys loved the movie and it was great to relax and laugh together after a busy week.

We slept in saturday morning and continued to relax.

I got caught up on some sewing projects while the boys played.

We went for dinner Saturday night with Kaindls before heading to a surprise 40th birthday party for a friend!

Happy Birthday, Old Guy! ;)

we relaxed at home on sunday together...and did some thanksgiving crafting.

i love fall and the holidays!

hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoys a wonderful week to come! :)

Halloween 2013

Halloween was a big day for us this year as Bentley is also in school and it was Grandparents day. {more on that later.} So after some good naps, we decided since it was raining we were just going to hang out at home and hand out candy.

I asked Bentley if he was ready to put his costume on, and he responded with,

"no thanks mom, I am already a worker man!"

We did end up in costume, just before dinner. Per dad's request, Buzz was completed with a small curl of facial hair, as in the movies. ;)

We were excited when the doorbell rang for our first trick or treaters, only to find it was Sawyer! Cutest little sock monkey ever!

He was our one and only trick or treater because after he came we decided to brave the elements and head over to Kaindl's subdivison to hit a few houses.

The boys had fun!

and ended up with just the perfect amount of candy

{i dont usually let them have it anyway!}

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 

Hope you all had fun, too.