Today we definitely enjoyed the warm spring air.

Highland/American fork has a bunch of parks, so we grabbed some lunch and headed to the park for an impromptu picnic.
Zoe wasn't exactly dressed for park play, but she made the best of it, and emptied sand our of her shoes about 50 times.

Yesterday, Ryan & I got to go on a date for the first time since my birthday.
We went down to Orem to enjoy dinner at Carrabba's.
Seriously, we LOVE this place.
Coincidentally, our last date, for my birthday was also at Carrabba's.
Yes, we love it that much :)

Then we decided to walk off some of the calories in the mall across the street.
We picked up Easter dresses for Zoe & me.
Thankfully, Ryan already has a matching tie.
I'm hoping for at least one family photo this year, with all of us in our Easter best.

I'm excited for this week.
There will be a lot of scrappy posts.
I have 3 layouts and 1 mini album to share already!

That giant order of photos from Snapfish is keeping me crafting.
I would definitely recommend ordering new photos if you need motivation :)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

* Past post pictures are still unavailable. I'm in that .25% of users, whose stuff is still not working.


Ryan and Zoe have been spending lots of time together since he's on break in between semesters.
Today, Zoe was trying everything should could think of to get Ryan to wear her crown. She pointed out that it was sparkley, and pink and even beautiful.....she has the promise of a good saleswoman. :)


These two spent lots of time just hanging out in that chair today.
Snacking on cereal, singing the Peanut Butter & Jelly song, and snuggling.

I really love these two. They are my world.

I can't wait until we add more to our Team Humbert someday. (That's what I refer to our trifecta as...)

I love our inside jokes and our one line quotes that stem from Zoe phrases, like " Two-five minutes."

I love the mix of personalities we have.

I love the awkwardly long kisses we all give each other, just to be silly.

I love that after Ryan's toughest semester so far, we are all still smiling  and laughing :)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Sorry the blog is all funky right now, photobucket is having some technical problems, but it should be resolved later today.

Yesterday we visited The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Shop one last time.

It was our friend Connor's birthday last week and we missed his party.
So what better way to celebrate than with cupcakes?!

There were 7 flavors I hadn't tried yet, but we only bought 6, and I only tasted 5 of them.

First up, my favorite of the day, Caramel Apple Pie.


It was like Thanksgiving in a cupcake, a mix between pumpkin and apple pie, with caramel mixed in. Yum!

Next up, Ultimate Brownie.
Usually Red Velvet is really rich, especially the cream cheese frosting, but this rendition was surprisingly light :)
Not too rich, just enough sweet and topped with a chocolate covered strawberry.

Next up, Chocolate Malt.

This is chocolate, chocolate, then more chocolate. The cupcake is more of a dark chocolate flavor, topped with chocolate ganache and then chocolate frosting. Very Rich, would be great after a savory meal.

Last up, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup.

I've learned that their peanut butter frosting is way too much peanut butter flavor for me. Even in small doses it's overwhelming for my palate. The cupcake was good, and if you love peanut butter, you would love this. I guess I'm just not a huge peanut butter fan.

The one I didn't taste, was saved for our sweet babysitter, Karli. It's Lucious Lemon Raspberry.
Ain't it pretty ?

When I saw this photo I laughed for a long time...Aly can witness.
This is just typical Zoe, always keeps up laughing.



Yesterday I had a tough day. I didn't feel well, on top of the stress of getting things ready, etc, it was just a tough day.
And out of frustration, I snapped at Zoe, and made her cry.
I felt to terrible. She wasn't doing anything wrong, she was just trying to play and I was trying to work on things, and she got in my way.
Ryan took her to McDonald's and let me get some stuff done and have some alone time.



When they came back, we got her ready for bed, and as I was about to tuck her in, she asked me to sing to her in the rocking chair.

As we sat down in the chair, I looked at her and apologized for yelling at her.
 I started to tear up and she took my face in her hands, and she said,
"It's OK mommy, please don't cry, it's OK."

I asked her to forgive me and then she said,"
"Yes, I do mommy, let's be a happy girl!"

Then I asked is she was still my friend and she said,
"Yes Mommy, You are my friend forever."


I love the capacity of little children to teach us.
After I put her to bed, I said a silent prayer of repentance for my actions and gratitude, for this special little girl who came into our family. Who keeps us laughing, reminds us to love unconditionally and forgive openly.



I challenge you today, to make time to say "thank you" and "I love you" to those around you.

{Photos all by Aly Willis, Although I took creative liberties in LR 3 with the editing}


XOXO,
Holly & Co.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

...name that children's book?

Well it's that time of year where I get bored with my "look" and decide to make a change. This year's change was spur of the moment and quite drastic.

Yep, it's red. Well...reddish brown. I like it but I'm hoping the red will fade a bit, it's kinda bright and short.
 I cut several inches and went back to a layered bob, not that anyone really cares :)

Also, I'm trying to start running. I say trying, because I'm a bad runner, I always have been. But in 2 months from now, I'll be participating in the Race for the Cure in Salt Lake City, in memory of my late grandmother and I don't want to disappoint her :) I'm definitely not going to be winning the race, but I have some red blisters to show my effort as of late.
(Any friends or relatives in or near the SLC area, feel free to join me - Link to info)

While we're on the topic of all things red, have you tried this yet?

I haven't had a scrappy post for awhile so I'm going to share a layout that was several days in the making.