and its a manic Monday funday

Here's a couple scary moments from this week of life with Maddi. I was in the bathroom the other day fixing my hair, and I hear brink yell "eww! Bug! Look mamma, bug!" I turn around and guess what shes holding in those tiny, cute, precious little fingers? One of these knarley guys...

Yeah, I freaked. My heart was pounding for a full 5 minutes after I swatted her hand hard enough to get her to drop it. And just as I suspected.. I am now freakishly itching all over the place and think I have one crawling underneath me, now that I just looked that picture up to post on here.
Second one: Earthquakes! Experienced feeling my first. Creepy.

We attempted to get our family photos done this week. Got all dressed up and everything. brink broke this headband by the time we got to the park, which I was very upset about. The one time I splurge, and buy an $8 headband from target, happens to be the one that I only got to wear maybe 3 times. Darnit.

Long story short, wound up forgetting to make sure there was an SD card in my camara, and only got to take as many as the camara itself would hold. (Maybe 20, at best.) I was so upset with myself. But by now, I should be used to it. These kinds of things happen to me constantly. So much, that I warn people about it. Bummer.


Polish of the week: o'hare and nails look great

Oh red, how I've missed you...

A couple of cool pics from town. Sorry, I know. They probably all look the same. But I like them, just the same:)

This weekend, we attended one of our fellow Holland friends birthday party! Shes just a week younger than Barrett. I loved capturing these.

They were all going crazy over the balloon..

I love this one. It looks like they are dancing or something~

Made 2 pinterest recipes this week. Both, equally delicious:y
mushroom pasta sauce
instead of dill, I used Italian seasoning, and some garlic salt. I also did a mushroom and cheese rice instead of pasta. Turned out pretty good. Only the 2nd time that john has voluntarily said my dish was good(since I quit feeding him meat.) He also had the same compliment on this next dish..
yummy crock pot soup

Instead of chicken, I used shrimp. Added 2 table spoons (probably one too many)of franks red hot for a little zing, 1 cup of shreded cheddar cheese, and 3/4 cup of beer. I would recommend using something with a little better flavor than busch light(all I had) like shiner bock, or dos equIs. Tasted good either way, just think It would be even better, with a better beer. I also wouldn't recommend drinking the remainder of the can of beer so early in the morning. Man, it was hard to get motivated to do some housework!
Fav coffee mug. Just cuz...

Brink built this for me tonight. I can't believe how smart she is...

And last at not least, little bunny fu fu wishes you a hoppy week! ~

~Love Maddi