a pocket full of posies

i am so excited to get this post up because sweet baby norah is due to arrive any day now, and i just love when new people join our world! not to mention i totally love shanny and can not wait to see her in the best role of her life, mamahood! 

geri and i drove up to seattle with the 3 kids, making a 48 hour stop in portland so i could help host a baby shower for shanny and her soon to be bundle, norah. it was in no way a long enough visit, but i was so glad to be apart of the celebration and have a chance to see shanny's baby bump. our friendship started in 1st grade and we continued school together up through high school graduation. i can only hope norah and marin are connected with a lifelong friendship similar to ours. 

all the pictures from the shower are of decor. sorry. once it started i was too busy hostessing to take pictures. but i know that more pictures do in fact exists, so i will update when i get my hands on them. 

shanny, i CAN just NOT even wait to see you holding you sweet baby girl. come on out, miss norah! 

grandma's garden

at the end of our week in medford, grandma took the kids out to her garden and let them harvest some fresh veggies. coen had been checking in daily on a green bell pepper and just couldn't wait to get his hands on it. the girls mostly enjoyed the picking partt, coen pretty much enjoyed the eating part. no surprise. 

lithia park

we did our best to not leave the house while hanging out in medford. but geri, nikki and i decided to get the kids out and take them for a picnic at lithia park in ashland. my brother and i grew up going to this park and it was so fun to watch the kiddos run around and enjoy it. we had a nice lunch, played on the playground, swam in the creek and visited the ducks. it was picture perfect! 

pj party!

what is more fun than a cousin pajama party?

 um, nothing!

 love these little monkey's. 

a party for little g!

since gianna recently turned 4, we decided to celebrate her birthday in meford too! grams and fav aunt put together a cute party and the 3 cousins had a blast together. i love that they didn't need anyone else there to have fun, just the 3 of them. papa john came over and helped out with the pinata and the best part was the dairy queen ice cream cake we got enjoy! 

happy birthday sweet g, we looooove you! 

three cousins!

bella and gianna came down to spend the week with us in medford. it was non-stop fun. i can't even attempt to explain to you how great it was to see these three running around together. totally priceless. we barely left the house the whole week, just let them run wild and free.