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C K Say I Do!

The entire reason we went to Hawaii was because my sister was getting married there! I’ve been wishing/hoping a family member or close friend would have a destination wedding for quite some time because DUH! Automatic vacation!

The wedding was beautiful and I hope it was everything my sister and her husband had hoped it would be.

I originally had about 20 photos of their day to share in this post, then I really thought about it and even though I took the photos, even though they’re living in my computer and even though I edited a bunch of them, they aren’t really mine to share, ya know?

But the wedding and the day was too fantastic not to share so I figured if I’m in the photo or if my kids are in the photo, they’re fair game. So here’s a few shots from my sister’s Hawaiian wedding…

The Wedding Location

The Rings!
{This one might break my rules, but I kind of love this one}

Sisters helping the bride.
{This pretty much sums up our personalities…K1 The proper one. K2 The poser. K3 The goof}

Rylee as one of the flower girls.
{My sister chose not to have a wedding party so she had all of the nieces & friends’ kids as the flower girls/ring bearers. It was very sweet.}

A Dad and his Baby.
Ry adores her Auntie.

Playing in the rose petals waiting to head to the reception.

K2 and K3

My sister is married!!

Sisters!
{And two of my best friends}

Our Family of Four!

Sis, if you’re reading this {and I know you are} you were a beautiful bride. You will make a wonderful wife and someday an amazing mother. Thank you for letting me be a part of your big day. I’m so happy that I can call you my sister and my friend. I love you.

Oh, and P.S. I’m SO glad you decided to do this! ;-)

Hawaii

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We spent months anticipating our trip to Hawaii for my sister’s wedding.

Then we blinked and it was over.

On one hand, it was amazing. On the other, it was exhausting.

This was mine & Andy’s first vacation* since our honeymoon almost 8 years ago. This was both the girls’ first plane rides and trip out of state. It was also our first time to Hawaii.

In 6 days we…

Hiked Diamond Head
{Holy Hell that was steep!}

Visited Pearl Harbor
{Just…wow…}

Watched my sister say “I Do”
{That will have a post of its own.}

Played on the Beach
{Both the girls LOVED it}

Had Breakfast With Mickey & Friends
{Reese was not a fan.}

Visited the Dole Pineapple Plantation

Drove along the North Shore looking for surfers.
{no surfers, but amazing scenery!}

Enjoyed a Hawaiian Sunset

Overall, I’m so glad we were all able to make it to the wedding. It’s an experience I will never forget. Of course there’s so much more I could say about our trip {like our experience flying Allegiant Air for the first (and last) time or flying 5+ hours straight with an almost 1 year old or sharing a condo with your family of four and 4 other family members that aren’t used to being around kids 24/7 or that I came back from Hawaii just as un-tan as I went} but I think I’ll just let the photos tell the story because bottom line is the trip was amazing.

I think I’ve been bit by the vacation bug.

*I now understand {and completely agree with} what people meant when they said taking your kids isn’t a vacation, it’s a trip.

One Month Later

Taking a Break

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I’m tired. I’m getting overwhelmed.

Life is life. There are ups and downs. Busy times and busier times. During busy/stressful/overwhelming times one tends to reevaluate priorities. There are some priorities that cannot be overlooked…like feeding, bathing and generally caring for my children, work, sleep, laundry…and there are some priorities that, during busy times, become less and less of a priority…like this blog.

I think it’s time to give myself a little break. Cut myself some slack. From now until I get back from vacation, I’m on a blog break. If I post once, 10 times, or none I’m not going to stress about it. {hint: it will be closer to the none than the 10} I started this blog for fun, so it’s certainly the last thing I should be worrying about, ya know?

I realize that not many of you probably care too much…this is more just a sweeping declaration to make myself feel better about not keeping up my blog as regularly as I would like.

And so…happy Friday, happy start of summer, happy Father’s Day, happy 4th of July, etc-etc-etc.

I’m starting to feel better already…

Work wins so you get a 10 minute update

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Work is busy. I’m home with a sick kid (yes, again). So I’m left juggling a sick kid and the work I brought home. I’m tired, you guys.

Hawaii is 17 days away and calling my name.

Anyway, my point is this, I’ve got 5 half completed posts sitting in my drafts. I’m sure I’ll get to them eventually but for now, you get 10 minutes of my time:

Our weekend was awesome. It included an impromptu movie night on our front lawn…just Rylee & me. The movie was really stupid but that didn’t even matter. Followed by a slumber party in her room.

It included being silly with my girl. Sucked that Andy was sick, but I really loved this time alone with Rylee.

It included goat feeding and a picnic and an ice cream cone and fresh strawberries and lots of sunshine.

The weekend was great. I didn’t want it to end.

Reese is sick now. Croupy nasty cough and just generally miserable. Someone told me today “at least you get a day off!” Ha. HAHAHAHA! Trust me, I’d much rather A) my child be healthy and B) be at work and not falling further and further behind because I feel like I’m just treading water right now and at any minute I could get pulled under.

Rylee has her “Pre-School Graduation” in a few days. Don’t know what else to say about that…it’s kind of leaving me speechless. Andy can’t go to it because it’s at 9:30 in the morning…that REALLLLLLY sucks.

School is out at the end of this week. He needs it. I need it. The girls need it. This year has been particularly rough. SO ready for Summer break.

Oh, and I can’t forget…my big girl has upgraded to a BOOSTER! Can’t believe how fast she is growing.

DING! Ten minutes is up.

It’s TACO TUESDAY!!!!

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