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4th O July Recap

I know I’m a few days late here folks but I’ve been enjoying these last two days off. Soaking up all the sunshine and family time I can get. Do you blame me?

I didn’t think so.

Moving right along…

Our 4th of July was nothing short of perfect. Well, as perfect as it can be while missing the man of the family but Rylee and I made the most of it!

We started out the morning going on a hike with cousins we never see nearly enough. It was so great to spend some time with them. The hike was pretty easy (perfect for carrying an extra 30+ pounds on your back!) and it was gorgeous!

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After we got home I turned a movie on for Rylee so I could shower and make the nearly-world-famous “Marlene Dip” for our Fourth of July party. We go to the same party every year. Andy’s been going for the last 15+ years and I’ve gone for as long as Andy and I have been together! It’s always a ton of fun and there’s so.much.food. I’m not even kidding…I’m pretty sure I ate an entire day’s worth of calories in the span of about 2 hours! This year the gathering was smaller than normal, but it was perfect. Rylee had a great time playing with her buddy “Tee-an” (as she calls him). She is still not a huge fan of fireworks so we stayed until she told me she was ready to go home.

I’m still busy catching up on things…how was your 4th of July?

Wife Fail? Or Super Sweet?

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We decided to celebrate our Father’s Day as our little family of three on Saturday. Leaving Sunday to celebrate with our own dads.

The day went a little something like this:

Rylee wakes up at 7 AM. I get up with her.
Andy gets out of bed about 9:30 AM.
Father’s Day cards given to Andy before we leave for the day.
Starbucks drive-thru. Sure, sure, Andy doesn’t even like the smell of coffee, but, Happy Wife, Happy Life. Right?
Off and running to Cabela’s where we check out the newly opened store and Andy gets some new long underwear for his impending trip to AK.
From Cabela’s we head to the Springfield Police K-9 Unit annual competition. Very cool event. Ry loved it! We met up with some friends there. We knew one of the competitors (he won 1st place by the way!).
Ry fell asleep on the way home. Napped after we got home.
I made an awesome dinner of jerk-chicken and veggie kabobs and jasmine rice.

That was pretty much that. An awesome day. So why the “wife fail” you ask? Well, let’s rewind a couple of weeks…

Rylee and I are at Target and we decide to pick up some Father’s Day cards. I am intently reading all the husband ones and letting Ry pick out her own. She finds one. I glance at it. It’s got a dog on the front holding a trophy that says “#1 DAD!”. Perfect. I tell her to put it in the cart.

We get home from Target and I hide the cards in my dresser. Saturday morning I pull the cards out of the dresser and hand Rylee’s card to her with a pen so she can “sign” in. I sign mine. Ry hands me her signed card. I put it in the envelope, she licks it and we head out to the living room to present Daddy with his specially picked out Father’s Day cards.

Andy opens Rylee’s card first. I’m sitting at the other end of the couch. He kinda smiles, let’s out a chuckle looks up at me and says…

“Happy Birthday!?…really Babe?”

Ok so…I never once actually READ the card Rylee had chosen for Andy. It wasn’t a Father’s Day card at all…whoops.

I think it’s safe to say that this will be a Father’s Day memory neither of us forget any time soon.

***For the record: Andy thought it was funny and he loves the card Rylee picked out for him.***

A happy heart

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This weekend was filled with family, food and laughter. It was fantastic!

My sister flew in from Chicago for the weekend to surprise my mom. It was a short trip, but I think we made the best of it. We had a mother’s day celebration for my mom on Saturday night. She made us a big turkey dinner. I know, that’s backwards, but she wanted to do it. We all did the dishes.

I just love it when my sisters and I are together. They really are two of my very best friends.

{Please, PLEASE for the love of all things mothery (or something) click this image…I made a little animated goodie but it’s not showing up here like it should!!}

And here’s the happy mama with all of her kidlets.

Since we celebrated Mother’s Day with my mom on Saturday and since Andy’s mom is out of town, that freed up Mother’s day for well…me. And it was divine. More on that later.

Hope all you mamas had a great Mother’s Day!

Happy Monday!

An Easter Win and an Easter Fail

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Ok, so I have a dilema.

Andy spoils me at Christmas and buys me a great new camera and during the “important” times like holidays, parties and such, I never take photos. I know it’s because I am busy prepping food and what not, but really? I should totally be able to be in two places at once because these photos from our awesome Easter weekend are just kinda lame…

On Saturday, Ry and I had a quick Target/grocery run, then I had to go into work for a few hours. Auntie Kristen arrived not long after I got home. We had a glorious hot dog and french fry dinner, then colored our Easter eggs!

{Uhhh…nice face kid.}

{All ready to go.}

{Rylee wanted nothing to do with Andy & Me…it was all about Auntie.}

{Having FUN.}

{Patiently waiting…}

And all of Easter…this? is the best picture I got on Easter morning? Really?

I did get a short video of Rylee finding her Easter basket. I will get that up at some point this week. And I know that Kristen took a few photos on her camera, so I’ll have her e-mail them to me and I’ll work on getting those uploaded later this week too.

Rylee was a serious kick in the pants…totally into the egg dying and egg hunting and Easter dress wearing and basket finding and appetizer eating.

And oh my word…speaking of eating…I ate (and drank) entirely too much. {Ok, well, I suppose I could have drank more, but that’s beside the point!} We had a nice spread of meats and cheeses and crackers for apps then moved on to Prime Rib, ham, mashed potatoes, salad, deviled eggs, asparagus and rolls for dinner. Then, we followed it all up with strawberry cheesecake and blackberry rhubarb crisp with vanilla ice cream and not to mention the occasion chocolate egg for dessert.