Life By The Hay: March 2014

Another dance competition for Audrey.

She loves everything about competitions, including the makeup.

Her teacher, Miss Lauren

Lilly. Lilly. Audrey.

When we lived in Colorado for those random six months, I met a friend for life. Thanks for coming to visit Les. I loved every single second.

She came for almost a week. We watched lots of The Mindy Project (church was cancelled bc of weather...even more Mindy), went to the movies (Monuments Men), ate, shopped and hung out. I love this friend.

Another few snow days. It was supposed to teach Austin's little "Mommy's school" that we do, and Audrey and Joshua were so excited to help.

Let the birthday festivities begin! #mybabyboyisalmostsix

Some sunshine is good for the soul.

Dave's turn to entertain Austin. Therefore, I loved this movie.

Happy 6th birthday to my sweet boy. He stole my heart the second I laid eyes on him. And I've been obsessed with him ever since. (Fun fact: I delivered Joshua on a beautiful Sunday in San Francisco and it was also daylight savings (His 6th birthday was on a Sunday-daylight savings) All the clocks in the hospital were different. Some had been changed and some hadn't. #confusing)

How I love my little shadow. #handinthepocketkillsme

Swim lessons for Austie Boy.

Joshua on set for a Hobby Lobby shoot.

It's exhausting being so cute.

Girls weekend. Just what the Doctor ordered (and when I say Doctor, I mean me). #staycation

Alyssa, Me, Heather, Christina.

Austin's soccer debut. Due to weather and other things, he never went to a practice. We just threw him right into the game. He loved every second. He didn't make the goal in the video (top right was a video of him chasing and kicking the ball), but he made one later and was so proud of himself.

Spring break. More (indoor) swimming.

Over spring break, Audrey and I went on a girls date. We went shopping and out to dinner. It was so fun to connect with her and spend some quality time with just her. She was so cute and asked a million questions about our Thailand trip. She wanted to hear what we did, day by day, what we ordered for dinner, if we got a massage that day. I loved spending this time with her.

Spring break. First day of spring. Gorgeous weather. And Joshua has strep throat. So we had to create out own excitement. We yanked out his first tooth. He has been waiting for this day for quite awhile. #writinghisfirstnotetothetoothfairy #imayhaveaccidentlythrownawayhistooth #hadtodigitoutofthetrash #luckilyitwasinaziplockbaggie #foundit

Austin is a die hard basketball fan. We went out to dinner, and this is how he was most of the dinner. Easy meal for me!

Every day for lunch, Austin and I share a salad. But the rule is, he doesn't want his own plate. He wants to eat it off of mine. They sweet bell peppers are his favorite thing on the salad. Mine too, but I let him have most of them.

There are some days when this would drive me crazy. Today, it made my laugh. Just riding this emotional roller coaster called motherhood. #eatmoresandwichthantreatsplease

Breakfast of champions.

I was going through Joshua's school work in his take home folder that he did at school. So glad I read through it carefully. I posted this to Instagram and Facebook. People reposted my post. Hilarious.

He meant to say eggs.