My Mom's Birthday Celebration

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had an amazing weekend. Today was my Mom's birthday, so in honor of her, we went to one of her favorite places to go when we were little, Apple Hill. We spent the day at a gorgeous winery and had a lovely lunch and I know my Mom would have loved it. 

We all had such a great time. She loved lavender and the whole patio was surrounded by lavender and pretty flowers. We even saw a hummingbird right when we got there! It was the perfect way to spend the day.

Then we went over to one of the kids favorite apple orchards at Apple Hill and had apple donuts and apple cider, which was delicious. They have this amazing section for kids and it's like a whole mini village. It's so adorable and the kids love it!

We always like to end her birthday by sending off flowers into the lake for her. The kids love doing it and they actually remembered it from last year, which I thought was really sweet. So this year, they picked pink roses and we put them in the water for my Mom. I hope this will be a tradition that they will look back on with fond memories.

So that's how we spent my Mom's birthday. It was a really lovely day and I'm so very lucky to have spent it with my most favorite people. Hopefully your Monday was awesome too! 

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I Love My Family!

Hi My Loves!!!

Sundays are my favorite day of the week. Jay was home from work today and we always have so much fun when Daddy is home. I filmed a couple of videos today while Phoenix took his nap and Lily had some Daddy time. Afterwards Phoenix was intrigued by my camera remote, so I let him take some pictures of us. He had so much fun pushing the button and I have to say.... he got some pretty cute shots :) Lily was not so impressed haha.... her face is the same in every picture. I couldn't get her to smile because she wasn't looking right at me haha! 

Here's the shots Phoenix captured. Quite the little vlogger and photographer he's becoming :) 

Lily looks like such a grump here haha! Bless her, she's is so cute!

Pondering if he should take more.....

That was our fun day... we finished off with brownies! YUM!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

My Week In Instagram Pictures #4....

Hi My Loves!!!

This week was an excellent one in Instagram pictures. I snapped some really cute ones of my beautiful little angels. Oh how I love them!!!

Take a little looky :)

Here's my beautiful little Princess Lily in my top that I wore as a baby! How cool is that??? I'm so glad my Mom saved a few of my baby clothes for me. It's really special :)

Here's one of our favorite dinners. Pesto, Tomato & Goat Cheese Pasta. Here's the recipe Link! It's so easy to make and super yummy!

This is what our home smells like at the moment. It's in all of our Scentsy's and it smells so good!!! I'm obsessed. It's like a warm, sweet kind of smell. It's lasted quite a while too!

Here was another of Lil's outfits. You guys didn't actually get to see this in the vlog because I changed her before we filmed it :( But she looked so cute!!! 

Daddy & Phoenix watching Lana Del Rey's "Blue Jeans" on the tv, while eating some melon :) 

They love melon!!! Look at those curls!

This was at the beginning of the week when we spilled some pretzels haha!! Phoenix decided to grap the broom and clean up his mess :)

Look at this cupcake ornament!!!! So cute!!!!! We found these at Walfart for only $1.97 :)

Last but not least..... my little Angel sitting at the place where we took our car to get fixed. He was such a good boy, sitting in the chair. What a little beauty! 

How did I get so lucky in life???

So that was our week in piccies!

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A Love Note on Cupcakes......

Hi My Loves!!!

Sometimes life gets so busy that you don't tell the people you love, that you appreciate them enough or thank them for working so hard. We are all totally guilty of it. You go through the day doing your normal routine, whether you are a stay at home Mommy like me or you go to work. You get so caught up with (in my case) taking care of your little one, cleaning, laundry, running errands, cooking etc.... that by the end of the day, you are tired and the last thing you think of when your hubby/partner gets home is.... I need to remember to thank them for working so hard and letting them know that I appreciate them!

I try to make a conscious effort to let Jay know how much I appreciate him and how thankful I am that he works so hard for our little family. He does the same to me, letting me know how great of a job I'm doing with our little angel. That is one of the little things that keep a marriage happy.

I made these cupcakes for Jay today (I'm writing this at night) and decided to write a little note on them so that when he got home, he would smell the delightful smell of cupcakes as he walked through the door and would see our little note. So that he would be reminded once again, how much we love and appreciate him.

Growing up, our family didn't really say I LOVE YOU very much to each other and when my Mom passed away, I wished I would have said it more to her.... but we just weren't raised with it being said so freely. After my Mom passed, I always said to myself that when I had a husband and a family of my own, those would be words that were said all the time... not just on cards, on holidays or Valentines day. It's never too late to start saying those 3 special words to the people that are so very special to you.

So whether you are married, engaged, dating or still live at home with your parents/grandparents etc.... don't forget to let them know how much you love them and appreciate all that they do for you. A simple THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU makes all the difference to their hectic day :) Cupcakes don't hurt either (unless they are on a diet..then maybe not a good idea, you don't want to make them cry haha)

Hope you have an amazing weekend filled with lots of love and cupcakes :) 

Thanks so much for reading!

Sam

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