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May 14, 2013

Thrice A Birthday

It’s the joy of a large family, holidays have become joint birthday parties. This Mother’s Day was Quin, Katie, & Zara’s day to celebrate.

Quin’s favorite is In-N-Out so Lindsay made her little cheeseburger cupcakes in honor of her obsession. And I gave her this rad bag. Not that a 2 year old can really appreciate this sort of bag, but it is so gosh darn adorable I had to take a picture of it.

Not sure if Rara or Nana had a better time, but I have a guess…

Too many pictures of Dean? Impossible.

One…

Two…

Three…

Can’t handle Quin in this sequence!

My dad still can’t hold anything over 10 pounds while standing up. He can hold Dean like this for a few minutes before his hands give out, so they make the most of those few minutes.

Dean, Dean, Dean. My favorite little munchkin! Look at all the rolllssss!

by Ashley of Lovelock

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Sue Wheelock - How fun. Both of my kids birthdays and my own and my husbands birthday is this month. Between the parties and Mother’s Day, it’s madness. Next year just one giant day of celebrating or a nice trip to celebrate them all!

Lili Munson - How great everyone looks. Happy grandma and grandpa!

Ashley W. - Yep! We always just to something special like a trip or visit to disneyland. Jude & I share a birthday, so it’s a good excuse for one bigger fun event. Have fun with all your fam!

Nancy C Anderson - I loved the pictures of Ron sleeping. How he can fall asleep like that, I’ll never know! I’m glad I was wide awake to sing You are My Sunshine with baby Dean.

Ashley W. - Haahahaa, we must bore him since he’s used to fancy paperwork. ;) Love you guys, thanks for coming and partying with us!

May 9, 2013

Storytime with Dad

Our kids don’t really know what normal “when I was a kid” stories are.

My dad grew up in the projects in LA. His stories involve everything from sharing a double bed with two of his siblings to living on his own in a barn at the age of 14 while working for a guy who trained horses for movies. And then there was the time he had to wear his sisters clothes to school to save money. Ai. The kids fave would be anything involving firecrakers. My dad seems to have a lot of those.

Then there is Joel. Sometimes the kids are just staring at  him in disbelief. To spare him from a million comments (because there are many students who tell me they read this blog and would loooovvveee to hear some hilarious stories to bug him with!) I won’t share too much, but let’s just say that growing up as a white kid in Mexico you come back with an odd collaboration of superb spanish & unbelievable tales that are in fact true. You may not have much else, but those are ensured.

The girls concerned faces in the middle picture kinda capture what I’m talking about. It’s a mix of laughter and horror, followed by a million questions, but always a good time. I’m starting to think we should just stick to fairy tales at the end of the day. It’s possible they are getting too many bad ideas from the guys in our family, haha!

 

 

by Ashley of Lovelock

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Nici Slocum - Your girls are soooo beautiful! These are such precious pictures! Funny about the stories :)

hannah - this is my fave.

Ashley W. - And a tad scary! ;)

May 8, 2013

The Lord blessed her…

My sister posted this picture of Zara as a baby a few days ago on instagram (follow her @linzylouwho!) and I can’t get over how chunky, quirky & bald she is.  And her head stayed very much bald until she was very much older.

Now I like to joke Zara that, “the Lord blessed you for your many years of baldness” because look at this headful of gorgeous hair!  It’s so so soft and the color is stunning.

I’ve actually been trying to talk her into cutting it since it is ridiculously long, but she is stuck on having “mermaid hair” and how can one argue with that?

Few other things to mention: How do you like the new look?  And yes, my absence is because we were sick, again, always and forever. It’s May though, so flu season is over now right? xxoo

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Alyssa Spring - What a beautiful little girl. It’s crazy seeing our daughters grow…brings tears to my eyes. :)

Candace Wingo - That is such a cute picture.

April 15, 2013

Tia, Kia + Circle Of Moms

I have had so much fun working with Circle of Moms (POPSUGAR) over the past year in some of their ventures – the current one being the Circle of Moms video series in partnership with Kia.

Before writing this post I wasn’t familiar with Kia (or any cars for that matter since I am “that” person who really doesn’t know much about cars). However, I spent last Saturday with my friend, who’s car also has the fancy little button push start engine thingy and I’m sold on that feature for all mothers! Have you seen it? If not, it’s shown in the middle of the episode below (the car is the all New 2014 Kia Sorento). So the basics are as long as you have your keys on you, or in your purse the doors unlock when you get within range, and then when you want to start the car you literally just push a button without ever having to dig in your gigantic purse or diaper bag to find those pesky little keys! I’m sure that it was invented to be cool on the James Bond level, but it’s basically the most mother friendly invention ever. Below is the latest video by Circle of Moms POPSUGAR.

And since you know I have a habit of being terribly honest, how awkward was that first part of the episode? Please tell me, were any of you thinking that?! I was cringing a little more than a lot, BUTTTTTT, they totally made a come back! Especially at the end where they give the tips for taking photos with a camera phone. (I literally give people those exactly same tips for any camera, they are helpful for both!)

And last, but not least, thank you to all of my fabulous blog readers who don’t ever complain when I do a sponsored post. xxoo

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Kia through their partnership with Circle of Moms. While I was compensated to review the Kia Motors video and write a review, all opinions are my own.

by Ashley of Lovelock

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