My Sunday Best {{volume 3}}: In Which I Look Like A Pumpkin

Tomorrow I will be 33 weeks!!!  A little over 3 weeks until we get to meet our little princess!!  We can hardly wait!!  :)

We have now entered into cooler weather here in the Midwest, so I had to get out some long sleeve shirts, pants and my favorite knee highs.  Oh!  They feel so good with my nasty varicose veins.  I chucked the compression hose after a few days this summer because of how uncomfortable they were.  But knee high socks?  I can totally do those!!!  :)

So, here I am looking like a pumpkin in my orange maternity sweater with my favorite maternity denim skirt.  Also posing with me is my sweet Rose, the only one still in church clothes.  (didn't remember to take the picture until right before dinnertime).

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My Sunday Best {{volume 2}}

Early yesterday evening, we got back from a wonderful family trip out west.  Not only did the ten of us go, but my parents, my sisters, their husbands and all the cousins all went too.  It was a large crew and a great trip!  A ...l...o...n...g...  and tiring one because of all the driving, but nonetheless AMAZING!!

Last weekend, we went to church in Custer, SD at St John the Baptist Catholic Church.  Didn't get a picture of us after church, but we were "naughty" and wore these orange t-shirts and shorts/capris, no skirts/polo's.  It was called survival-mode of vacationing.  We went to Mass on vacation and I think that is what matters.  All the grandkids, plus myself and my parents had these same shirts (made through Classroom Faces).  So, here's what we wore that day to Mass and also wore to Mount Rushmore that evening....

Here is today's picture of myself and our Young crew.  As you can tell, Little Yoda was just a tad wiggly for Fone.  He wanted to slide and run and play instead.  Silly guy!  Can't blame him one bit!!  

And, as the woman did, who washed Jesus' feet with her tears, may we all show love through our actions to Our Lord and to one another.  Our actions totally speak louder than our words!!

"Her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

~Luke 7: 47

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Mother's Day 2016

What a wonderful Mother's Day I had on Sunday with my crew!!  We began our day with Mass - our  girls sang (Melody song-led) and our older boys served.  Below is our first attempt at our My Sunday Best picture for this week.  Poor Ariel has terrible allergies and the slightest bit of sunlight makes her eyes watery and squinty.  Notice the big smiles on my two with transition lenses in their sunglasses - lol!  They can see perfectly, aren't bothered one bit by the sun and I'm sure aren't even squinting, but it makes for goofy outdoor pictures since it looks as if they have their shades on.

Then we got to drop Fone off for his last Alladin play and we watched it as a family.  My parents and one of my sisters and her crew came to watch it too.  Fone did a fantastic job and we are so proud of him and all the hard work he put into it.  (not to mention - a pat on the back to mommy and daddy dearest too who drove him to practices over the bridge 3-5 days a week!)

While Fone and the rest of the cast of Alladin went on "strike" (theater term for tearing down the set and picking things up), we went to a nearby park and let the kiddos play.  Then we all went out to eat as a family to celebrate.  Here's a second pic for My Sunday Best.  Notice, Fone is stripped to shorts and a t-shirt, because this is what he wore under his costume.  The rest of us were still in church clothes, so it still counts, eh?  Lil Yoda is getting so much fun to take pictures with!  He now says "cheese" and gives the cutest cheesiest smile!!

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