Mom in the shot May 12th {Date Night}

Date nights are essential to a strong loving marriage.

Even if it is a quick trip to the coffee shop for an hour.

When you are married you MUST carve out time to spend to spend just the two of you.

{Hubs and I last week on a date}

When you have kids running around your feet, interrupting your conversations, making you spell half of what you are saying to avoid little ears, and simply needing you, it can be draining and straining on a marriage. So the time you can spend enjoying each other outside of being on the couch, is very very important. I hope all married couples get to do this. Even if it is once a month. Make the time, it is SOOO worth to reconnect.

Do you date night? What's you favorite thing to do? I am always looking for new things...

Hooking up with Em.

Mom in the shot Apr 20th {I will call him mini me}

When I had Buggie, it took me some time to get over how much we look alike.

I mean it scared me a bit, I am not going to lie.

So after Bean was born and he came out as a mini version of Hubs, I just laughed.

Now he will look at me and says, "Its freaky how much he looks like me."

And when they do stuff like this.

It is REALLY freaky.

No joke, they did the exact same thing back to back to back.

{insert Austin Powers voice}

"I will call him Mini Me."

Linking up with Em.

mom in the shot Mar 10th {Buggie and her Daddy}

This little girl loves I mean really loves her Daddy.

The other night at dinner Buggie was talking about wearing make-up {she has play makeup which she is not allowed to wear out of the house}.

She said that it makes her pretty.

Without hesitation her Daddy grabbed her hand, put his head

down so they were eye level and said

"Buggie you NEVER NEVER EVER need makeup to make you look pretty,

because you are beautiful without it."

Heart melting.

Perfect Spot for Cards a DIY {and other tid bits}

Here is how this went down.

"Hey Hubs whatchadoin with that base board in the garage?"

With one eyebrow up, Elvis style, he says "Why?"

"I was wondering if you could make me a frame out of it? Then attach some

chicken wire to the back of it."

After another one of those Elvis eyebrow looks.

The next question was what size.

And to this I responded "Um, let me see." {searching searching}

"Ah this will be perfect." {at this point, no joke I was holding a roll of wrapping paper}.

Once he had done all the hard part {the chicken wire even attacked him at one point}.

I took a can of white spray paint and painted the wire.

Then sprayed the frame red.

Done and done.

But of course I did add some embellishments.

Now who will be the first to send us a holiday card to hang?!

{I printed the festive subway art from Eighteen 25}

Did you notice I used some maraschino twine from

The Twinery to finish it off. That's so wonderful about their products,

there is SO many uses. Remember 25% when you make a purchase, just note

BUGBEAN25 in comments good through Dec 10th!

I did make the trees from yesterday's post. It was just foam cones and LOTs of yarn, glue sticks and time. Wrapping and wrapping and more wrapping. A tutorial would be VERY boring.

Man oh man I love making me some yarn wreaths. This was one of the two I gave my step Mommy. I loved the clean, crisp, snowy feel.

Mom in the shot Oct 21 {Ok really Dad in the Shot}

Hubby doing a fierce Bean impression.

I love my twin boys.

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