labor day weekend. literally.

although, I was scheduled to work the entire Holiday weekend AND Holiday - fracking BOO - we still managed to have a fantastic time. 
Knowing that I was making a bit of money while working - not to mention the 'break' work sometimes provides me from the day in and day out of the kiddos...it was really a good weekend! And it's only Sunday morning...SO much more weekend/holiday to go:)

so here's a bit of our weekend, thus far...I figure my schedule won't really permit too much more excitement, besides the late family walk and possible bon-fire. SO leaving the phone at home till Tuesday;)

thursday night my sister, Pigg and our friend, Karey, headed to our 3rd Old Dominion show of the summer - at the Minnesota State Fair! We are officially OD Junkies! I can't get enough! They just seem like such amazing guys and SO talented, writing so many great hits and they're sound is soooo catchy. I think they are going to find so much, much deserved, success.

if you haven't already looked them up...DO - HERE.

saturday, after I put in a few early morning hours at work, we packed up and headed to the lake:) Good sandwiches and drinks and weather...it was the perfect day to let the kids run wild - and naked;) We I was so wiped out when we got home at 530PM that I could hardly keep my eyes open!

theo was lookin' so damn cute, so I got an over abundance of photos of her. Unfortunately, Homer's farrrrr too busy to be bothered with photos lately. Which is a bummer:/ But we managed to catch him running by in a couple of the shots;)

with everything that's been going on lately...it was great to feel more like myself for the afternoon. I hate falling into a 48-ish-hour funk:/ They can sometimes be hard for me to pull myself out of. BUT an afternoon at the beach remedied my mood:)

looking ahead...there are still some hurdles before I'll feel like things in our current situation - more details in a future blog post:) - are settled but Tuesday is our 4 year wedding anniversary...which is kinda blowing my mind and I've already got my mom lined up to watch the kids so we can go out to eat and walk around a furniture store, with no intention of buying anything, and take the back roads home. Dear lord...I.Can't.Wait:)

hope you're enjoying your long weekend, Friends:)

we did all the things:) in 1 weekend.

last weekend wassssss...magical. EVERYTHING. It was just untoppable - apparently, not a word?. Although, I have a feeling we'll be topping it all summer long cause this summer is THE SHIT - in a super good way;).

75. The number of photos I'm about to sink into your brain in this post! SORRY...not;) Now, get scrolling cause this could take all night;)

we began the weekend by taking an hour filling Homer's pool and then watching them not play in the pool for aboutttt an hour. Good times;) And Theo's new fav pasttime: climbing into/onto chairs and then falling out of them. Again...good times;)

on Friday we joined my sister and her family at a friend's 'land'. It's beautiful. The end.

We took a pretty intense hike...at one point I had Theo on my back...Homer in my arms and a baby in my belly...I mean...WHA??? Luckily, we were headed downhill at that point;) But Homer was SUCH a trooper! Oh, my gosh. Best 3 year old hiker. EVER. I mean it. So proud of my little guy for not complaining and walking up some seriously steep hills....to the point of it qualifying as 'climbing' and doing all that for over an hour and a 1/2!!:)

nothing makes us feel much better than fresh air, warm weather and walking! The great oudoors...sighhhh:)

HEY, there's Theo...in a chair that she's about to fall out of!!!!;)

later that night, we spent a few hours at my Grandpa's farm:) Dad took Gramps out for dinner and we kept an eye on my Grandma - who has severe Alzheimer's:(. It was a nice night and sadly, I don't get over there to visit nearly enough. I was happy to help out and get my Gramps out of the house for a few hours!:)

gosh...where do I start with Saturday!??!?

my good friend, Karey, bought me a ticket to a Country Music Concert! I don't get a lot of opportunities to do these types of things...let alone without the kids, or Jacob...and Country music??? But it was...fabulous!!! It was myself, my sister, Pigg, Karey and her friend (our new friend;), Kristin:)

The Line Up: Old Dominion, Cole Swindell, Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney

They were all SO good! I definitely left as a new fan of a lot of their music, Old Dominion, especially:)

it was just a great day from morning till...morning;) I was up around 5AM for a walk to start the day and landed in bed at about 3AM on Sunday morning!! I think we all had a sleep-deprevation-hangover. I could argue that this is worse than any hangover related to alcohol that I've ever had. EW. BUT...totally.worth.it:)

Thank you AGAIN a million times over to my friend Karey! It was just such a blast and I'm so happy that I got to join you!!:)

*our only request, for our drunk photographer from the row behind us, was to get Jason Aldean IN the photo...Nailed It;)*

*my BFF - on the Left - was attending the same concert...that was as similar as our experiences were;) For example: 

- I was DD in a car full of ladies...in a Prius

- she, along with about 14 other people, rode in a Party Bus...bathroom and 2 stripper poles included;)

Love ya Gerd!!!!!;)

we ended the weekend on Father's Day...doing a little fishing and walking and eating:) 

Watching Jacob teach Homer to 'fish/cast', was just the sweetest. And I may be biast, but Homer caught-on SO quickly and can seriously cast like a little pro!!:)

 

thanks for hanging in there for this post, guys! I know it was kinda longgggg-ish;)

And if you have another 4 minutes to spare...a little video that covers the weekend as well!

happy summer!!!!:)

xoxo,

the smith's.