in a nutshell...

weekend in a nutshell:

.....girls back from spring break

.....friday night soup night (fresh vegetable w/whole wheat homemade croutons)

.....lens rental

.....ema - swim practice & a day at the lake with cousins.

.....lunch with the brecklin's @ zellie's pub

.....clara - attended a b/day party

.....a visit from uncle mike

.....dinner @ cracker barrell (uncle mike's treat...AGAIN - we love ya).

.....bbq & badmitton @ my mom's (awesome food - love you)

and here are pics from this weekend as well...enjoy!

ema workin' hard

ella being super good during ema's swim practice

 

you'll find j like this on a regular basis - his phone usually a quick grab away

uncle mike & ella

little miss ella

(look @ that crazy hair glistening in the sun - i thought it was hilarious)

uncle mike & ella 

(how precious is that? it's her new thing to turn around and look to see who's got her)

j & ella (can you see her curly hair sticking up on top - too funny)

clara concentrating on the "word search" game we were all about to compete in 

@ cracker barrell - (j & i against clara & mike...)

clara & ella after dinner

and then clara took over the picture taking while we were waiting for ema to arrive/meet us @ cracker barrell. (i should've changed the camera settings for her). *grumbling* but overall, i think she did a super good job. thanks clara!

ella & i

ella & i 

group shot (even though they were all blurry - had to post a pic with ema in it).

hope you all had a spectacular weekend....i have tons of stuff to catch up on - which also means i have stuff to catch YOU up on as well...but that's it for now! Happy Monday!