Kate and Sara Paige (along with Aunt Jenna and Mimi) arrived on Texas soil Saturday night. I was so excited to pick them up at the airport; I missed them a ton! Here are a few highlights from their New Mexico trip:

Looks pretty awesome to me!! Thank you Henry, Roz, and Jenna for making the girls feel so special and for a break

It was awfully nice to have a week “off.” Brad, Harper and I thoroughly enjoyed our time together, aside from behind hit by a crazy driver last Wednesday…

We were not moving and this guy slammed into us going at least 60 miles an hour. Miraculously, no one was hurt. Two witnesses pulled over and allowed Harper and I to sit in their truck with the AC going (it was 105+ outside) while we waited for the police. Obviously Brad’s car is a total loss. Aside from that fiasco, it was a great week!

Jenny

It’s just Brad, Harper, and me this week!

Kate and Sara Paige flew to New Mexico Sunday afternoon with Aunt Jenna to spend the week with Brad’s parents. I miss these two like crazy.

I made the girls pouches to bring back some of their New Mexico treasures. They are intentionally not that big! I’m pretty sure they would try to stuff Mimi, Poppy, and Jenna in there to bring home if they could.

I’m not really sure what to do with all this silence! Harper totally doesn’t mind if I catch up on all of my Real Housewives and Design Star shows It’s been SO nice not to have “three-two-zero” (the Disney channel) on. I’ve been practicing my crochet, doing some housekeeping (minimal), and totally relaxing. It is definitely not overrated!

Brad and I were thinking and we haven’t been kid-free since we went to Mexico for our 5th anniversary (two years ago). We are counting this week as kid free. It turns out going from three to one kids is a breeze. I wish I knew that when I just had one! Or two!

I love this picture; it cracks me up. Sara Paige always sucks her thumb, Kate is exasperated with the camera, and Harper is like “whatever.” I’m totally going to frame it.

In other news, this cutie pie will be 4 months old on Friday!

I thought she needed a big ‘ol Texas sized hair bow for summer. Poor Brad. He is surrounded by so much pink and so many large head accessories, I think his head might burst sometimes.

Sara Paige is getting ready to start preschool for the first time ever and I *know* she’ll love it! She will be in the lady bug class and needed a nap mat. You may think this is ridiculous since I have a free nap mat tutorial, but I bought her’s this year. Sometimes it’s just easier and faster to buy than make, ya know? And time is so precious these days. I always love seeing pictures of your cute little ones on the nap mats you make though

Only four weeks until Kate starts kindergarten! She is very excited and talks about it daily.

This is a picture by Kate of the live rat (ugh) we saw in the pool at my mom’s last week. I had to fish it out BY MYSELF (yuck, yuck, yuck). I hurled it over the fence and was screaming and jumping up and down like an idiot. The golfers had a great laugh.

I *finally* put the binding on this big picnic quilt I made last November. I’m so glad to have it done! Now if it could just get to be less than 100 degrees outside, we could use it outside

Last night Harper had her first taste of rice cereal and it was a riot!

Next week my fabulous in-laws and sister-in-law are going to watch Kate and Sara Paige for a week in Angel Fire. I cannot wait to have some down time and pay these two lots and lots of attention…

Hope you are having a good week!
Jenny