❥ baby girl ❥ here she comes ❥

They keep calling you ‘girl number two’… Baby girl you will always be number one to me. 

These last 8 months have been so special.  I’m excited to not only see what you look like but see how you act. Your personality is going to be only yours, how cool is that? You definitely keep active and been looking for a way out for a few months now :) I can’t wait to see how strong and beautiful you are.  

Your sissy has been nothing but excited for you coming.  She is a little confused about how this is all going to happen.  I’m pretty sure she thinks my belly button is where you're coming out :) She loves rubbing my belly and saying “Sweety pie.. how are you? You are so big!”  Absolutely precious how much she already loves you!

Your dada couldn’t be happier to meet you either!  Just a secret he is pretty excited to have another girl in his life.  The other two I guess haven’t tortured him enough!  He loves to lay his head you to feel you kick.. or maybe your fist bumping him? I’m pretty sure you're going to have a blast hangin’ out with dada, he loves you so much already! 

Less then 5 weeks baby, here we go! Many Blessings! 

m o m day the Joshua Tree way

So I'm weird... But I feel like the name "mom" is overused.  I mean, grandparents can pick unique names, aunts and uncle's get to choose what they want to be called, but I have to be mom. Mom. Maahhhm (said in Stewie voice).  Anyways, my husband knows this and also knows I don't want a typical "Mothers Day".  Yes, flowers are nice - but a road trip is going to get him all the brownie points he needs! :-)
We headed out to Joshua National Park.  Now mind you, I google mapped it, only 3 1/2 hours away.  That's like a hop, skip and a jump!  Pulling up we see some beautiful Joshua Trees -- and by Joshua Trees, I mean, girls. We saw beautiful girls. No Joshua Trees. At the visitor center, we overheard the ranger explaining to the beautiful girls that it was a good hour drive yet until we would actually see a Joshua Tree.  Hmmm, good thing we like seeing the sights!
We made it in time for a couple awesome hikes making for a magical day indeed.  We also got to check out some of the town, which of course, was all named after Joshua himself ;-)
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Mother's Day my way... breakfast in a hotel! Always good memories :-)

Remy (Dada) spoiled me :-)

Hiking some beautiful Cali Mountains was the very best!

A moment straight out of a fairy tale... but instead of wishing for my dreams I'll just live them. Thankful for this night, thankful for this moment ✧ ✧

Stay blessed!  Come find us on Instagram ! Happy Week!

lost dutchman

so J and I try not to let the 110 degree weather hold us back, 

but our hiking is as early and late as possible for the summer.  The sunsets makes the heat all worth it- 

if you haven't seen a dessert sunset put it there on that bucket list.. 

stepping out of the comfort of the air conditioning and soaking in a 

bit of sunset sun was our goal, little did we know we had a monster 

of a hike in front of us:)

me- "sliding down seems like a better option.. however ending on top of a cacti-'

J interrupting... "ah! stupid bee just stung me for no reason!" hiking is never boring:)

 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the 

everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not

 faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 

Isa. 40:28

stay blessed!

I pledge allegiance

our plans for Memorial Day consisted of one thing, getting out and enjoying the land of the free... the land that has been so bravely fought for.

we went for a hike that overlooked a beautiful site of canyon lake.

as we let the flag blow in the wind above us we heard the voices yell in a cheer from the canoes below...

then we heard children's voices shouting in unison... 

"I pledge allegiance to the United States of America.. and to which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

next, we found a authentic saloon where this inspiring man who had incredible stories about his time during the war...  he was a three time purple heart recipient.

he gets a group together every Memorial day to remember those left behind...

J had a run in with a cacti... it was painful... he didn't cry.. 

I almost did.

had a cook out with some lovely friends that just ended the night perfectly.... classic :-)

Hope your day was spent respecting, honoring and capturing memories!