MAY - First Trip of the Summer to Irvine Zoo

As the title so eloquently states - this was the first time to the zoo up in Chippewa for the year.  The weather was beautiful and we were able to meet up with our good friend Beth and her two little minions - Frankie and Finn. Frankie and Keller are the same age and Finn is between Lucy and Rae.  It works out quite well!  The only hiccup of the event was a small little rain cloud burst that had us running for a pavilion near by.  The kids absolutely loved the rain shower though and the resulting puddle that we used to "wash off" in after playing at the sandy (mud-like) play ground. 

MAY - My three little monkeys :)

Trying to get the three standing in a row. 

Picture of our family portrait pictures we took earlier this month. Always nice to have a picture of your family at the moment. I feel like all of us already all look different just a few months later!

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MAY - Momma got a new phone!

Just a few "first" photos from my brand new Galaxy IIS :). Fancy front facing camera and all. Hopefully these higher quality photos will be better for printing and sharing :)

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MAY - Minnesota Weekend / Hockey Tourney

The second weekend in May brought about my first real back-to-hockey experience after having Rae. It was a weekend of not one, not two, but THREE hockey games! It was a blast and even though Broghan was out having fun in Boston at his brother's bachelor party weekend; I got to have a 12-hour block of time on a Saturday to skate, enjoy a fish fry and a few drinks too! It was great. Don't get me wrong...my body H U R T Sunday when we went and got Broghan from the airport. But it was all worth it. Here are some pictures from my parent's house, my jersey, and our travels back to WI.

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MAY - Baby Rae can sit up!

So, you might also notice the GIANT bed she is hanging out on.  This was the same time we acquired our KING sized bed. SUCH a heaven-sent thing for us.  We always end up with any number of the kiddos in bed, but hardly ever do we start a morning alone. So the king mattress has been wonderful!  Little Miss Rae has  been ahead of her curve in terms of gross motor all the way along and this is no exception - at just over four months she was beginning to get stable sitting up on her own.  Exciting times, but also makes this momma nervous for when she will eventually start walking! (K & L sat at ~ 6 months / walked ~ 12...dun dun dun)

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MAY - Thank GOD for pictures!

Well, remember how just last post my kiddos were sitting in the sunshine on the front step? Just two days later, this happened! We were shot-gunned back into a winter wonderland for a temporary day or so.  It all melted quite quickly from what I can remember but I just cannot believe that we had so much snow in MAY!  It was a crazy crazy spring and one to remember!

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Dusting it off...

}}HUGE SIGH{{

Hello again my dear blog.  It's been a very long time since I've even thought about getting back into this site, but, as Rae grows and develops I have this nagging piece of me that feels as though I will forever regret not recording or at least making mention of some of the exciting things we have done throughout the summer months of 2013.  The last post I wrote was waaay back on April 30th! So many fun adventures have happened since then and our family can't help but feel immensely blessed beyond measure by everything we've been able to do.

I apologize ahead of time for anyone who actually follows our blog - as October is officially going to be my "blog catch up" month.  Meaning hopefully I'll be capturing all of our fun from these past...oh ...FIVE months in multiple posts - you may feel confused - or overwhelmed - as I'm sure I will too! But I need to get this stuff on here! ;)

So...here we go...