GA Family Visit

My sweet family was here all last week and it was wonderful. We made lots of trips to the park, Sam built a fence and we ate a lot of food, but most the time we were just hanging out at the house. 

• Highlight of the week was having my family here to help me celebrate my birthday. 
• Low was H catching a little stomach bug, that was made apparent during a quick trip to Target {yuck}.By the grace of God, the rest of us managed to not get sick and the dude was back to his busy self in 2 days. 

Thank ya'll for coming to see us.....we love you guys and miss you already.

Time to plan the next trip ❤

The Zoo!

This photo sums up the visit between Annyson & Harrison.
Once everyone was feeling a bit better, we decided it was time to get out in the beautiful weather and visit the Woodland Park Zoo. We saw a bunch of interesting animals, ate some old pizza and wrangled the 2 monsters......we had a really good time.
Photos to prove it below.

"Say...the bear smells like B.O."

The 2 photos above are prime examples of my mother's photographic genius.
She's really good at the action shot.

The brother and builder of THE FENCE

I'll call this the impossible shot.
This was the best we got out of....umm...50

This is what the other 49 looked like

Mom finally making an appearance in the zoo photos.
I give her a hard time, but I'm glad she documented their visit so I could steal her pics.

So cute!

Sam loved the penguins

Arizona Duvalls

We braved yet another plane ride this past weekend to visit Jody's youngest bro. & family. With all this snow on the ground, here in Seattle, it's hard to believe that 2 days ago we were in warm Arizona. The weather was mild, the babies were adorable and it was just really nice to spend some quality time with my brother & sister-in-law. Below are a couple pics from our vaca., but if you crave more baby photo preciousness check out Becca's blog.

Charlie & her Aunt Mimi 

This might have been the only time that all 3 babies were napping

Harrison hanging with Aunt Becca & Cousin Teddy

How my niece eats chili....

topless!

*Annyson - 17 months*

She's a Stinker.....

but she's an adorable stinker!

My niece at Gas Works Park

Oh Boy!



Congrats to my brother & sister-in-law who found out today that they will be adding another Duvall male to the bunch.  They are due in early October so our little misters will only be 2 months apart.  I'm convinced they are going to be besties ♥

ps.....don't you love the "It's a boy" stork sign?  If you're interested in signing up to win one of your own check out Lay Baby Lay ....Joni is one talented little lady. 



Extra Extra.......Read all about it

The Duvall/Shier clan just keeps getting bigger!

Check out my sister-in-laws blog for the exciting news

DUVALLS IN THE DESERT

♥♥♥♥♥♥

Cute & Cute

Look at these adorable little munchkins.......

Annyson

Charlie

What do you want for Christmas little girl?

This little gem showed up in my inbox this morning from one of my best friends.

I'll let the picture speak for itself......

maybe it's the man curls or the lacy top but whatever it was Miss Betts was not interested.

Best part.....had Jenny not cropped herself out of the picture you would see her standing off to the side......laughing.......I can't wait to have kids.

xoxo

Colorado Christmas

Call us crazy but we will once again be traveling at Christmas. We vowed to never travel during the holidays again, since our trips to and from South Georgia last Christmas were a nightmare, but how could we say no to this face......she seriously has no idea how much sugar she's gonna get from her Aunt Whitney.

On a totally unrelated note
Jody and I have deactivated our Facebook accounts......so you'll have to go old school if you want to get in touch with us.

XOXO

The Whole Sha Bang

I went, I saw, I held babies......Lots of pictures to prove it

Thursday

After several connections and a LONG layover in Atlanta I finally made it to Valdosta. Mama insisted on a late night photo of me & my cousin Heather.

Not to shabby considering Heather was fresh from a spray tan and I was not so fresh from my trek across the country.

Friday

Mom & I spent the day with my sister-in-law and sweet niece. Our day consisted of feeding Annyson, having awake time with Annyson, & rocking Annyson to sleep......repeat. Annyson & I had lots of girl talks and concluded we would be best friends. I also let her know she could call me anytime.....especially when her parents were being lame.

Saturday

The whole crew was up early to run/walk a 5k to raise money for a local church basketball league. Even though I caught a gnarly cramp at mile 2, and had to walk it out, I still managed to finish in under 30 min and win in my age group. Ha! This is one of the rare occasions that I was happy to be in the 30-39 age bracket. In the afternoon we attending a birthday party for my cousins twin girls. They are so precious! I spent the evening with my bf, Jenny, catching up and being silly. It's amazing to think we have been friends since we were 16 and act like we still are when we get together.

Oh.....did I mention mom also won in her age bracket

Sunday

I turned 32!! and the entire family had lunch together to celebrate. After lunch the cousins had sunday-funday which included yummy snacks, adult beverages and apples-to-apples.

Our sad attempt at a group photo

Monday

We drove to Camilla to see my Grandparents & have lunch.

I concluded the day with an amazing massage.....thanks Heather!

Tuesday

Got on the big bird and headed back across the country. I was so happy to see my honey. I missed him terribly.

Thank you to all my family!!!!

Ya'll made my birthday weekend very memorable

With Love,