reese turns 3!

there’s red eye in about every picture, the lighting is horrible and my camera sucks. 

and these are still my favorite pictures.

I love more than anything when my family gets together.  especially for a birthday!

stace’s cake was divine and the company was hilarious.

reese…….I know in my heart we’ll have a connection till the day I die.

I love you and treasure you so much! thanks stace for inviting us and making it happen!

p.s. a lot of people wearing blue that night. they all called each other before hand.

porch talk

boys and periods.  what else is there to talk about on a sunday afternoon with just the girls when the weather is sublime?

temple.

we never know how much we need the temple in our lives until we actually go.
you'd think that being able to see it from our window would be a good enough reminder.

crossing guard duty.

our ward was asked for some volunteers to help with crossing guard duty saturday morning for the 9th and 9th festival.

of course brad signed us up.

it was tedious, and annoying, and for the most part people thought we were just doing it to be dumb, ha.  that being said, i learned quite a big lesson from doing it.  i could not believe it when random people would tell me "thank you".  have you ever thanked a crossing guard? i sure have never even thought about it. let alone noticed them. i was so humbled when people not only noticed us holding up the flag,

 but went out of there way to say "thank you" to us. 

i want to be like those people that noticed.

i want to be someone that is aware of even those small acts of service, 

and make them a big deal to the person that is doing it.

this chick is radiating awesomeness.

a little part of me wants to be able to do this.

rap uncontrollably that is.

as of lately.

 last night i went for a walk to fill up some water jugs at the well. i was a little nervous at first walking by myself so late, and then i got to walking and everyone one was out.  people were walking, talking, biking and of course smoking. the weather was perfect and it seemed so calm in the streets. you could see all the lights from the city and it seemed like everyone was saying "hi" as i walked by.  i loved it so much.  and i also loved seeing those hammocks in someones front yard. i love living in the city.

 we've been doing some redecorating over at our place. kinda feels like a new little apartment over here.
it's been fun for me, i'm not gonna lie.

we discovered that when you put bre cheese, prosciutto, and arugala together, it makes a fantastic little meal. try it sometime.  

 poor brad, this is all he's been doing lately now that school has started. one night he studied from 1 in the afternoon to midnight. i can't fathom.  it literally makes me sick thinking of having to do that.

 i couldn't believe my eyes when i saw ben & jerry's new flavour!!!!! i cannot imagine what it tastes like! it gave me and brad a good laugh.

this picture is merely trying out new features to the camera. i thought it looked kinda cool. and i like when brad kisses my eye when i don't have makeup on. cheesy.

and i just love this last picture. no reason for it.

this is how we roll sometimes.

sometimes we go a little buck wild with the "all you can eat".

or robbie does at least.