easter-fest 2015!

(imagine singing the title along to "treat yo'self 2011!")

I'm fairly confident we had an Easter celebration to end all Easter celebrations. With Darrah + her boys, Tonya & Stephen, mom & Grandpa Jim AND all the Moores (AND Jake from across the street!) we had 14 people in our little house and it was one of the best days of the year so far. :)

Not that I feel like I need to apologize for anything, but I didn't take alot of pictures. I've been sooo busy for the past few weeks (lots of early mornings, long drives and long hours... but all for good real-estate reasons!), and my only break was filled with spring cleaning (adulting?!?!). The morning of Easter-Fest also included getting up at 6am to take Sadie to a volleyball game. :X I was so tired afterwards, I even forgot to shave below my knee on just ONE of my legs. :X I even told myself "no pictures! who cares!" and poured myself a big glass of wine. But these people are so adorable, I of course snuck in a few (and after 15 hours of sleep today, I still haven't taken care of my lone unshaven leg calf ;P).

The weather was beautiful. We dyed eggs. We ate Easter ham... burgers! ;P Meghan made epic fried squash that was a dream dipped in ranch dressing. Emily wouldn't let go of Tonya's hand for 30 minutes. Mom brought us toilet an epic amount of paper. ;P There was soccer. There were riddles. There was a vinegar/baking soda volcano with BLUE lava. There were paper catapults and coloring. I drank alot of wine with Tonya. EVERYONE came outside to say good-bye to mom and Grandpa Jim and watch them drive off. The Moore family got to better know the Haynes family, and vise-versa. And at one point, Cody and Ryan were on the roof (I'm told for the purpose of parachuting action figures ;)).

It was a beautiful day, and I hope to never forget it. :)

Silly faces and hugs. :)

Grandpa Jim wearing R's Whole Foods jacket because he was a little chilly. <3

Cody and Ryan on the roof!

And then they took over my phone when I wasn't looking... :D

We even had such a full, fun evening the kiddos didn't have time to go through their Easter Baskets from Juju. :D They were so sweet this morning going through it all. :)

Hope you all had a fabulous holiday weekend!

a little bit of march :)

March has been the busiest month of 2015 thus far. You probably would have bought me a drink just looking at our dry-erase calendar (which I was sooo excited to wipe clean for April!). Here are a view pictures from the past month... :)

Sadie started playing volleyball! Her team is called the Aces, and she has a great little team (and great coaches!). They even won their first game!

Practicing her serves... she's so good at serving! Even this past weekend, she had the highest amount of serves over the net (5!) for the entire game.

The cheerleading team: Yauna and Meghan, Da and Emily. :)

Emily said, "Let's take a selfie! Ok, now a 'James Bond' selfie..." ;P

Mom trying to figure out Siri (she meant to say "by bench.") I was having a giggle-fit! 

Mom double-scratching backs before a yummy family dinner. :)

A sweet gift from Yesenia :D

My favoritest interest find!

A random note from in one of my legal pads. ;)

My first listing closed... and a celebration donut followed!

R surprised me with a lavender kombucha from work (which I think is the first-worldiest thing I've ever imbibed).

Finally wearing the scarf Cody got me for Christmas. ;)

Getting together with Janine, which happened to be Sweet Baby Kennedy's first lunch date! :D

My new swim-suit (long-sleeves for pasty skin! and no worries of cleavage or tummy!) which I bought purely with the thought of "Beyonce would wear this..." I don't care what anyone else things - I lovelovelove this thing. :D

other memories not to be forgotten:
- weekly visits work sessions with Grandpa Jim :)
- Hilary came back into town from Chicago! We consumed alot of alcohol and watched "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" -- WIN.
- networking events going SWELL
- Aaron came into town for Spring Break!
- the violet-flavored cocktail I had at Alamo Drafthouse during "Cinderella"
- beautiful "open moonroof" weather
- our landlords buying us a fancy new dishwasher!
- an impromptu lunch with CJ, who just happened to buy me the most beautiful spring coat and scarf (what did I ever do to deserve him?)
- Meghan bringing me home lemon sorbet from work :D
- the BEST potato/pea samosas at an Eisemann Center event I volunteered at (!)