golden sun and muddy toes

this past sunday was chock full of the good things in life, and i was happily left thankful by the end of it. thankful for marrying into a big family, with so many aunts, uncles, and cousins that love our girl. thankful for sunshine, and that first taste of spring that leaves you wishing desperately for more. thankful for muddy kids, and glasses of wine in the afternoon. yup, last sunday was a keeper for sure!

now if only every day could be a sunday...

biker baby shower

a couple weekends ago evan and i threw together a little baby shower/hang out day for our best buds, adam and steph. they have 2 somewhat more traditional baby showers coming up, so we just wanted to give them a day to kick back at the ol' motorcycle clubhouse, and spend some time with friends. and as anyone with a new baby can tell you, kicking back with friends is a luxury sometimes not found.

so here's an over share of pictures from the day, because the contrast of hairy bikers and baby goods is something i can't resist!

we love these two crazy kids, and can not wait to see them in their new rolls as mama & papa!

first snow...

all last week my trusty weather app was saying there was a good chance of snow all day saturday. saturday morning came, no snow. lunch time saturday came, no snow. somewhere around 3pm saturday i started cursing said trusty weather app for getting my hopes up, and then 4pm rolled around.

we were driving home from running a bunch of errands, and as we were just a minute away from our house, the sky down the road looked noticeably grey and cloudy. we decided to drive past our normal turn to see what the devil was going on. it was the long awaited snow, and boy did it ever not disappoint! we decided to head on home, and by the time we got to our driveway it was a full on snow storm. we quickly bundled penn up and took her out to see her first snow...

^^she didn't think the snowballs thrown at her were nearly as hilarious as i did^^

i think she would have stayed outside until her fingers fell off, but seeing as we're southerners without proper snow attire, our little frolic outside lasted about 5 minutes. i'm pretty sure it was one of the most glorious 5 minutes of her 13 months so far.

daredevil...

i can remember back to shortly after penny was born, when evan would take this tiny sweet little baby and hold her up above his head (which is apparently a very 'daddy' thing to do), and i would just stand underneath holding my breath and nearly dying inside. fast forward a good number of months later, and here we are with penny being tossed into the air by her papa, and it doesn't even give me a single palpitation! seeing the giggles that only her daddy can bring on is enough to get me over my fear of injuries real quick. she's already a thrill seeker, that penny. i hope she never stops loving to fly!

park days

sometimes even when it's a little too chilly and muddy to be doing so, you just have to get out of the house and go to the park. the other day i think both of our sanities depended on it!