wordless(ish) wednesday: a hiking we will go

This post is a little late.  But the way I look at it, better late then never.  A couple weekends ago we took Liam on his first hike in the mountains.  We didn't get out to the mountains much last summer.  This was due to me being ridiculously pregnant and then we had a brand new baby boy.  So on a sunny Saturday afternoon Liam, the husband, a Gramma and I packed up our day bags and hit the road for some walking in the trees.  This wasn't Liam's first time to the mountains, but it was his first hike.  He was such a happy guy the whole way up to the lake.  Talking to himself, pulling on my hair, swinging his legs.  You know, just being a farf.  I forgot how much I love being in the fresh mountain air.  It's so peaceful, Liam even fell asleep on the way back to the car.  Nothing beats family fun day mountain edition.  Have an awesome Wednesday!

yup, snow in the background

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be our guest

Be our Guest Post-er that is.  With our second family vacation coming up soon (18 days to be exact) I would like to extend an invitation to all those that follow us, and all those that don't, to guest post on our blog.  There are a ton of fabulous mama's with some pretty fabulous blogs so I thought I'd throw the invite out to the bloggy world and see what happened.  I have space for nine guest spots and the theme of said posts would be anything summer related.  Posts need to be sent by July 27th and will run from July 30 ~ August 7.  So come on over and play, we'd love to have you!

Interested?  Send me an email:  livinmjsdream@gmail.com


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steppin' out ~ birthday birthday birthday

Hi!  Remember me??  Yup, I know it's been awhile.  Things have been a little crazy around our house.  July just seems to be a really busy month.  We have a few birthdays to celebrate, our anniversary, the stampede has started...  I'm sure I could come up with a million other excuses as to why I've been a neglectful blogger.  But alas, I won't subject you to them.  Let's just say...I was taking a little bit of a break to enjoy the summer fun.  And summer fun has been a plenty.  This weekend was jam packed.  We had a stellar shindig at our place on Friday night to celebrate that I'm another year older.  This was the first adult party we've had since 2009.  And, Liam had his first sleep over at Gramma and Papa's.  He did okay, there was some crying and he was up more then usual.  But otherwise it was a success!

Saturday was spent recouping from Friday nights festivities as well as a Spiderman birthday in the park.  Liam played with rocks, did some swingin', ate some cake and hung out with his friends.

The Spiderman cake!  His mom is an amazing cake creator!!

It was a fantastic weekend!!  Now onto another busy week ahead.  Liam's first birthday is quickly approaching.  I'll do a preview post later this week.  Happy Monday all.


Hope you had a great weekend!  Can we get a quick vote?