Celebrating Baby Link

Last week my friend and co-worker Maggie and I were honored to host a baby shower for our friend and co-worker, Erin. I feel the need to clarify beyond co-worker and say friend because I am crazy fortunate to be able to call my co-workers friends. We have such a great group that make even the hardest days at the office, a good time.

We did a he vs. she theme because they are not finding out what the gender is.

fun invitation

These things were a riot to make. Maggie and I put way more thought into how to ice/glaze them than any human should into a pastry. 

"Oh the Places You'll Go" was the guest book for people to leave well wishes.

Here people could vote on what gender they think baby Link will be and get a button to show their pick.

These things were too cute, Maggie saw them on Pinterest. It was rock candy with Prosecco and when you pured them they turned blue and pink.

Erin LOVES Mexican food so we did a taco bar with all the trimmings.

Team GIRL!

The hosts and Mama.

She got some wonderful things. A great combination of necessities and just fun.

Pretty Mama! What a blessing she and Josh will be to this baby. We are so excited for this new adventure God has set before you all. Blessings and love to this soon to be family of 3!

Memorial Day Revisited

I had our pictures from Memorial Day weekend on my good camera and it always takes me a while to upload. We had a cookout at our house with our Community Group friends and as always had such a great time. Blessed to have the people in our lives and these kids in our kids lives.

We always do bring your own meet to these things and the grill is always quite impressive.

Sweet Lamar

These next two pictures make me laugh because it's like "Ah, sharing"...

...just kidding as Landry is busted pushing Evie away from the chips.

Sweet kiddos

I thought this picture looked like they were on a date and he Robbins is up to something.

Sister decided to go in head first with all her clothes on.

When it was time to let the water out of the pool and go inside, clearly they were no ready for the party to end. We had a great weeknd and enjoyed the extra time off with family and friends for sure!



Father's Day Weekend

"Whenever men invest heavily and sincerely into their marriages and children, love abounds." Jen Hatmaker

Thank you J.Ed for sincerely investing in us!

We had an awesome Father's Day weekend. Unfortunately, J.Ed didn't get to relax very much because our yard was a mess from being gone for a week and he has been pressure washing our fence...I know our glamorous life.

We roasted hot dogs and the boys camped out. P.S. hot dogs cooked over a fire pit with lighter fluid on wood are not amazing.

Then we headed to the lake with our dear friends the Meadows. We enjoy spending time with them so much. It's so nice when the male and female counterparts click as well as we all do AND Robbins loves him some Mr. Josh. It was SO much fun! We went later in the day after naps so it was so relaxing, not to hot and the perfect pre dinner cruise. Robbins thought he was so special because they went and bought a life jacket just his size.

Landry and Harper hanging out

Clearly my children are water babies. Between riding around and doing big jumps off the side(yes R was jumping off the side) of the boat these two were in hog heaven!

Cheese!

They were enthralled watching Mr. Josh and Daddy surf

Sometimes, I am amazed by J.Ed's athleticism. He played soccer his entire life up through college so it's not like I don't know he is athletic but Josh was warning him that surfing is harder then wake boarding and getting up and staying up can be harder,etc. What does he do? Pops right up and stays on for a good while even over some pretty big waves. I also love the example he is setting for the kids: try new things, hard things, be adventurous and have fun!

Like I said, R loves Mr. Josh.

Just call me the baby whisperer. I had both girls literally in the palm of my hand:)

He was the king of the world!

A rare family picture

We had so much fun even though I didn't change Landry into a swim diaper, so when I changed her all the little diaper crystal things fell out and Mr. Josh is what one my call a neat freak (rightfully so, his boat is super nice) and I. felt.terrible. But never fear, he had a dust buster on the boat, amazing!! Hopefully the diaper fiasco doesn't keep us from getting invited back! Thanks Meadows!

Nashville Dancin'

Last night we headed downtown to Nashvile Dancin'. Years ago Dancin' in the District concert series was a huge event every summer here and they have brought it back! We were so excitecd b/c as I have said before we LOVE live music and especially when we can take the kids and be outside and it's free. It is literally all of my favorite things in one place. Did I mention they have beer... all of my favorite things. We grabbed some dinner from the our go to food truck, the Grilled Cheeserie and grabbed a seat on the grass. J.Ed and I laughed b/c we always get these crazy concoctions with local bacon, mac and chesse, insert other hispter foodie food here, and decided last night that you just can't beat their plain grilled cheese that the kids get. We had a blast and highly recommend this to all Nashvillians. It is every Thursday night at Riverfront Park until August 1st and then Live on the Green starts! Like I said, we love live music. Let me know if you want to come with us, we love company.

The view from the walk across the pedestrian bridge

This was 18 South. It was a band the comprised of some of the top song writers in Nashville. All of them have had No. 1 hits for artists like Brad Paisley, Little Big Town, Miley Cyrus,etc. Pretty amazing and by far Landry's favorite.

This hill was quite the entertainment. It was a slide, a seat, a dance floor and lots of rolls were performed.

Enjoying our yummy dinner