Arizona family reunion and wedding time

Craig & Devaun's wedding was the perfect excuse to make a little winter-escape vacation out of.  We went to Arizona for a whole week before the wedding and made a little family reunion out of it.  We rented out a big house that had its own pool, hot tub, tennis court, pickle ball court, basketball court, fire pit and grill.  It was a really old house but nice to have so much room and so many fun amenities right there at our convenience.  To make it easy for me, I'm just going to write out our schedule:

Saturday night: arrived and went to Kevin & Amy's house
Sunday: Church with the Martin's and then dinner and playing at Kevin & Amy's house before heading over to the rental house
Monday: Sports tournament (I think it was called Pickle Ball that we all got really into); ate dinner at In-N-Out, and had s'mores and roasted starburst in the fire pit in the backyard.
Tuesday: We made chocolate dipped fortune cookies with some funny/some real advice for C&D; roasted hot dogs for dinner
Wednesday: Had a game night after the kids went to bed; grilled in backyard for dinner; made s'mores
Thursday: Minute-to-win-it games; went to Cafe Rio for dinner
Friday: Valentine's day party in the morning; Bingo game for the kids; wedding dinner; family conversation with Craig at night
Saturday: Wedding & reception

It was such a great week spent with family!  Now here are some of the pictures, mostly in random order.

Sicky sick

This winter certainly has not been as bad as past ones, but we have still had our fair share of reflux, fever-filled sleepless nights.  Poor Lucy Goosey gets it the worst.  She fell asleep for her nap on the couch one day, which definitely means she wasn't feeling well because this never ever happens.  If she's sleeping, she's in her bed.  Poor sick girly.

You win some, you lose some.

Queen Elsa came to Costco with us today.  In sweat pants and heels.  Pick your battles, right? When it's not anything important, I don't mind letting her do stuff like wear sweatpants with Elsa shoes to grocery shop, because it just perfectly captures her in this moment at this age.  I love my little Elsa.

The Naz Play Place

Lucy: "Look at me, mom!  Take picture, send to daddy!"

More pigtails and braids and pictures of funny faces

Because Claire wouldn't let me get a great picture of her piggy's the other day, I had to take more.  And because they are just that cute.  And Lucy wanted in on the fancy hair and pictures, and what mom of girls can say no to that?!?!

She likes what she she's in the mirror, as she should!

And yep, her cheeks are still deliciously chubby!

 I love this picture of Lucy because you can tell she is smiling really big and I can see the tiniest bit of that dimple showing.

Claire's cute little fingers in this picture kill me!  She's trying so hard to grasp the bed hard enough to pull herself up on the bed.

Claire's first pig tails

January 26, 2015: Claire's first pigtails. :)  Definitely a day to go down in history because from here on out, it's all pig tails and braids and fun stuff. Ha!  She wouldn't sit still long enough for me to get a great picture, but oh well.  I still think she looks pretty darn cute, despite how teeny tiny they are!

For some reason, I have to pull out this stool for Lucy to sit on while I do her hair or else she will refuse to let me even brush it.  Whatever works, the only problem is that it is usually in my closet buried under a small pile of clothes that I have yet to hang up again. ;)

 I had to throw this picture in because this is totally Claire.  The first thing she always wants to go and do in my room is play with the monitors.  Today, it became a phone.  Silly girl!

High school BFF

One of my best friends from high school, Ashley, lives with her husband in Cincinnati area (technically on the Kentucky side, but still feels like Ohio to me).  Her parents still live in Cleveland, so lucky for me they decided to meet halfway in Columbus for lunch one day and she invited me to come visit them.  It was so fun to sit and catch up with her and her parents for a while.  She is literally the only person I still keep in touch with from high school and I am sure we will always be in touch because that is just how our relationship is.  We don't have to see each other and talk often but when we do get together, it's like picking up right where we left off!