happy things!

Admittedly, our life is pretty chaotic right now. I mean, Total Chaos To The Heart. AHHH. I haven't blogged in forever, and a leave of absence from here always makes me a little sad. (Ugh, and Tumblr! I haven't updated Tumblr in forever!)

But, considering, there are alot of happy things going on over here. The bad is overwhelming the good/happy right now honestly the good/happy is putting up one hell of a fight. :) So here are all the happy things going on right now!

This picture of R3 and Nick from Meggie's birthday. :) 

End-Of-Summer figs, a favorite breakfast addition

Finally making use of our iPhones while Daddy is away (LOOK AT THOSE GIRLS).

Finding sweet notes from Meggie when I get home from work.

Sadie, who lost both her front teeth.

Baked sea bass topped with an avocado cream sauce and blue crab withhh asparagus. :) The Best best part, among many best parts, of your boyfriend making a 4-Star Meal at home is eating in your PAJAMAS!

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Richard and I are finally balls-deep into "Breaking Bad," Meghan decided to graduate high school early (!), and we just had our carpets deep-cleaned for free! (Thanks, Lease Renewal Policy!) I actually bought running shoes for the first time in, well, ever because the weather is finally winding down to the Autumn Promise Land. I'm starting to meal plan again and Richard has upgraded our house scotch (hollah!). We're all dead-tired all the time, but life presses on and we have a few fun things planned for the weeks ahead. I also managed to catch this terrible cold that has been going around, but I don't even really mind because it gives me an excuse to drink more fresh grapefruit juice and brag on how sweet my boyfriend is (perspective!). I'm finally squeezing in a little reading in the mornings, which is due to our magical new 9:30 bedtime, and my nails are looking really stellar! And while I'm not always the best about keeping in touch during hard times, I have the best friends who don't mind just picking up where we left off, even if it takes a hot minute. :)

So, you see that, Chaos? We're not scared of you. You may bring a world of insanity and frustration into our homes, but all it does is make us realize just how much we need to love on one another and count our blessings, so THERE.

meghan is sixteen

So, it's a good 1 month and 4 days late, but here it is! Meghan's birthday post! This year, Meggie turned 16, and we can hardly believe our eyes. Our sweet Meggie who makes cakes when she's in a bad mood, makes kick-ass grades, and takes Halloween costumes very seriously. Our darling girl who wants to spend 25 hours a day with her boyfriend but who is still her daddy's biggest fan. Our beautiful little meat-head who eats her salad and knows how to calm her siblings down like no one else.

Meghan's been so busy this year moving in with us and learning how to be the Best Meghan She Can Be. She goes and sees her Mema every minute she can and has learned to sew something fierce. Her hair has been a million differently colors (practically) and many of our (cutest) (memories) this year are all due to her make-up collection. Right now she's super into anime, ice cream, and not emptying the dishwasher. Her younger sisters think she is quite literally the coolest person who's ever drew breath and she's super fun to try new foods with!

This year for Meggie birthday, she requested a bar-b-que dinner (gurl's got taste) with the family. In lieu of cake, she asked for brownies and thus we made a brownie mountain! (Or "Mount Brownie-ist!" as Emmy called it!) For her Kylie Birthday Date, we went and saw "Kick-Ass 2" which we loooved, and even stopped by Seasons 52 so she could try any dessert she wanted (we're all about that pecan pie!).

Meggie, you are without questions the coolest 16 year old we know. You're so sweet to give me hugs in bed all the time, and I always love seeing what you're going to wear. Thanks so much for eating your veggies so often and trying new face/skin things with me. I feel like I hardly see you any more now that you have a laptop in your room, but we always enjoy listening to the new music you bring to us (again, gurl's got taste). I know I'm drive you crazy when I nix soda for the rest of the night and ask you to get the towels off the floor, but never underestimate how much we appreciate you for everything you do and everything you are for our strange little family. You're such a shining light into our eyes, and it blows our minds to see how much you grow every single day. Just in case you can't tell, we love you so fucking hard.