The weekend is upon us which brings fun and magical adventures.  I haven’t done an Insta Friday in quite some time.  All these pictures are from my Instagram.  You can find me at pitterpatterart to follow along.

Harper sometimes gets overwhelmed by the boys’ never ending energy and makes her retreat.  She’ll climb up on her top bunk along with her bean bag and a book.  It’s her perfect little retreat away from the wild, chaos which is our home is 96.1% of the time.  God love her…I just want to crawl up there and hide out with her 🙂

He’s the best lunch date around.  Give him all the mustard and pickles and turkey and cheese of the world.  And every now and then I let him have his own personal Sprite and it’s as if I hung the moon.

This my friends is the best bubble blowing gum around.  We’re talking bubbles the size of my head.  I’m clearly a 10-year-old stuck in a 31-year-olds body.

Hudson took up swimming this season.  The dude cannot get enough and has set out to work on his strokes so he can take on more triathlons this coming spring.  He’s a fierce one who marches to his own little drum.

They are the best of buds.  She obliges to the craziest things just for him.  They forged the sweetest bond when they met in Ethiopia over 3 year ago.  It makes me all kinds of weepy and thankful to God for His wonderful plans we could never even have fathomed.

And the roles are reversed with these two.  Amon obliges to the craziest of things just for her.  He has definitely taken on the roll of big brother so very well.  She wears him out and he is steadfast.  We’re going to miss this little nugget when she goes home.

They fight hard, but they love harder.  Watching them be brothers…press on in their brotherhood…is one of the greatest gifts.  Never in my wildest dreams could I have conjured this goodness up…squirrel watching at its finest.

And tippy toes forever.  She is the sweetest most legit firecracker around.  The girl has big emotions and big love.  Had to capture this maxed out toe action before I made her totally cross and swept her away from her beloved water fountain.

Hope your weekend is awesome.  Soak it up.

Happy Friday!

We’ve got a big fun weekend ahead of us and I’ve been running nonstop today, so thought I’d post just a quick Insta-Friday with some Instagram pics.  You can find me at pitterpatterart if you want to follow along.  Instagram is one of my top favorite apps.

I don’t own one single pair of high heel shoes.  Mom was the queen of fun, fancy high heels and right after she died Harper asked for a few pairs.  She still walks around the house wearing them and it always makes me smile.

Ever get almost to the end of your grocery shopping with your littles and realize a shoe has gone MIA?  It’s a moment of dropping my head low, admitting defeat and then back tracking to find that solo lost shoe.

They are getting ridiculously big.  And Amon is clearly Solomon’s weird face making apprentice.

A little pretty and colorful paint palette love.  Someone on instagram pointed out all the little heart shaped reflections and it made me swoon even harder.

Baseball has begun and I’m pretty excited to cheer these guys on along with all their sweet teammates.  We were born for the ball field.  It runs deep in our blood.

This dude has a birthday next week and we celebrated with family a little early.  This was his first birthday party and when we all gathered around and sang to him he beamed and sang right along with us with all his beautiful little heart.  Made me completely teary eyed.

Spring is officially here.  Sunshine and flip-flops are where it’s at.

I’ve convinced my friend Jess to become a permanent running partner and it is the best.  I have so missed running with friends, but I am loving the HIIT treadmill plans I’ve been doing.  Jess is the most scheduled, organized person I know, so I laughed so hard and out loud at this text.

Aunt Jen gave Amon a Furreal cat for his birthday because he is obsessed with her cat.  Amon is now obsessed with Cat and takes him/her (gender varies on the day to day) everywhere.  Today they did a little Krogering.

And lastly, I still have spots available for my April 18th Bible journaling class.  You can read all the details HERE.  Shoot me a message if you are interested in joining us.  So excited.

Happy Friday party people.  Enjoy your weekend.

A little Friday roundup of some of my favorite instagram photos as of late.  You can find me at pitterpatterart to follow along.  Some may not be on Instagram now that I looked back at them, but still my faves.

Nosey.

Truth.

Big Daddy.

Memories.

Determined.

Fire-starters.

Happy flags.

Orders.

Still happens. (every now & then)

Thanks for stopping by and reading.  I appreciate you like craziness.

Enjoy your weekend.

Happy Friday.

Today…randomness…I do it well.

Anyone else’s kids get dried toothpaste everywhere?  No?  Just us?  The boys are notorious for leaving dried toothpaste in our bathroom.  Recently Amon found some on the doors of our vanity.  And proceeded to lick it completely off.  #savedmecleaningtime

Amon and Lion have been BFFs since the hospital.  It is kind of the cutest thing ever.  He wraps his little arms around Lion’s neck so tightly.  I can’t get enough.

I love Amon’s banana shirt Ashley E turned me onto, but I have definitely decided it should say “I’m” instead.

She made us parents.  She was a tiny little baby thing.  I watched them hugging the other morning and all of a sudden I realized, more than ever before, time is flying.  Her long skinny legs now dangle to his knees.  It just isn’t right.

We don’t need a stroller anymore.  He walks so proudly by himself, sometimes holding onto my fingers.  He can wander with the best of them.

Thanksgiving is so close.  Crazy close.  Harper’s class is gearing up for their big pow-wow.  A family built pueblo was assigned.  We hot glued, we painted, we conquered.

Amon + a swivel chair + a bad fall + X-rays + broken bones + a long day = a crazy tired dude…who continues to sleep anywhere he pleases.

And I’ll leave you today with the world’s cutest kid in a bright red cast.  He’s feeling much better today and his broken little arm bones are on the mend.  And I’m resisting the urge to decorate his cast in Sharpie doodles.

Hope your weekend is crazy good.

Happy Friday.