Catch up!

Our lives have been crazy the past couple of months, which has led to zero blog posting for the past two months!  I'm feeling ashamed!  But here is our last couple of months in pictures:)

Justin's new flight instructor office!  He's a grown up now!:)

And the view from his office in the sky.  The colors are changing!

Justin took the kiddos home for the fair for the weekend and they had a great time going to the fair and playing with their aunts and uncles.  Then they got to stay with JUST grandmas for a week while mom and dad went on a little anniversary vacation!

Yep, he's a Schwartz boy!

Loving the fair with dad!

Grace and Justin hanging out at the fair

Addi and her new obsession with "pips and sasa"

Weston and his new obsession with hats

Again, with his hats:)

These little goofballs just keep growing up on me!

Weston's new "smile" every time the camera comes out..... what a crazy kid.

This is what Addison wants to do every day... if only mom would let her.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Tangled and Blues Clues are her favorite:)

My first billboard campaign!

The Schwartz Brothers at the Fair!

Dad is learning how to do hair, sometimes it goes better than others.

Our Cruise ship!

Happy Anniversary vacation!

Love this man!

Put this up on my business blog, thought I'd share here too!:)

I studied in Italy for a semester during college.  So I don't know why when my daughter was born and she had a baby blanket with the Eiffel Tower and all things Paris on it, I became obsessed with taking her to Paris some day.  I am in complete agreement with Audrey.  Paris is always a good idea.  So for visiting my blog, use coupon code - PARIS - to get $3 off of this print at my Etsy Shop!

Lake House!

We had a blast going up to lake Coeur d' Alene to visit with our families.  We haven't been up there since we got married, so it was a real treat to be able to go and take the kiddos.  They LOVED it.  I'll have to see if I can steal some more pictures from my mom of us actually being.... on the lake.  But here's what I had.

They loved the blocks, making towers and knocking them down.

This is actually Addi at Walmart yesterday.... what a goofball.

They sure loved being with "bampa" as they call him.  I let them stay up late all weekend, and it sure made them little snugglers.

We ate at Fuddruckers in Missoula on our way down and back.  We LOVE their burgers!

And the cutest little face with glasses.  We're working our way up to wearing them full time.  Right now it is during movies, reading books, and when we drink chocolate milk.

Two year olds, Uncle Nik and the Fourth of July!

What a crazy month it has been at our house..... and the road to Moscow.  The kids and I went up for Graduation in June, and then again when Justin's brother Nik got home from his mission in Belgium and the Netherlands.

When we got home we had a birthday party, and a week later a 4th of July BBQ with a bunch of our friends!

Here is the photo overload

Birthday Party all set up!

I was SOOOOOOOO grateful to have Gracie with me for the whole week before the birthday party, she was the biggest help in getting everything done!  What a great sister and aunt she is!

Kids' birthday party details.  I sure had a lot of fun!

At their party pigging out with all of their little friends

There was a lot of excitement in the air!  This was her reaction to buying 10 helium balloons all at the same time:)

Two year olds (at least the girl kind) are very stubborn I've found.  What a little goofball!

We had a great time at home hanging out with Grandmas and Grandpas!

And a small birthday celebration at Grandma Rachel's house where we found out.... Weston LOVES cupcakes!

Nik is home!!  We missed him!  Love it when all of these brothers are together!

Elder Uncle Nik!

Kids had to wait to have any Mtn. Dew until Uncle Nik got home.  

They sure enjoyed it!

We have the greatest friends!  We had a BBQ for 4th of July with a bunch of our friends and a bunch of kiddos.  What a great evening it was!

Growing up and playing catch up!

I'm feeling like a real grown up today.  Today I got my first grown-up job.  Yes, it is part-time, but that works perfectly for me!  I am going to be doing the Public Relations and Marketing for Mt. Sterling Custom Homes and Visionary Custom Homes.

It seriously could not be a better job for me.  It has flexible hours so I don't have to worry about finding a sitter for my kiddos, and everything they want me to do is everything I love and miss doing in school!  My first project will be writing all of the copy for their websites, then I get to focus on preparing for the Golf tournament at the Logan River golf course where they have sponsored a hole and are going to set up tents and give out prizes.  And following that I get to design their new billboards and start preparing for the Parade of Homes in Cache Valley!  It is seriously my dream job and I am feeling so incredibly grateful today that I took the time to apply for it a couple of weeks ago.  There is no job that could be a better fit for me and my family!

Also lately I've been practicing a lot of my graphic design and have been making announcements and filling orders in my Etsy shop like crazy.  I just love what I'm able to do right now in my life and still be home to love on my kiddos!  Here are some of the graphic design things I've done lately:

Last week we went home for Derek's graduation.  It was just a blast.  I stole my sister and brought her home with me and I've had a wonderful time having her around all the time.  She's the greatest!  But we're looking forward to going home to see Justin's brother Nik who gets home from Belgium in a week!  We can't hardly stand it we're so excited!

My kids are little goofballs and we're getting so excited for their birthday!  Their Grandma Tera sent them their present a little early and we already don't know what we ever did without it!  The kids love their little picnic table and we're having so much fun doing a lot of playing outside.

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We're working on getting all of their birthday invitations addressed and sent out.  We're about half way there!  Addi is my biggest little helper all the time, and Weston is walking- but only when we force him to.  He still prefers to crawl little stinker.   But we're doing great and just have the happiest little life right now.  Justin was just called as the Elders Quorum President in our ward so that and his flying and working will keep him super busy this summer.  We could not be more thrilled with our lives right now and we're so happy to be where we are and doing what we're doing!

We Love Summertime!

So far our summer is ROCKIN'!  We have loved so much getting to have our dad only have to work!  No school to take him away from us more than needed.  Although he has been putting in lots of hours.  He passed his CFI check ride about two weeks ago and we're hoping that they start hiring instructors in July so he can start getting his hours!

We've been playing non-stop and enjoying lots of our favorite summer time treats!  Here is a glimpse of our life since graduation three weeks ago!

Being home more often, Justin has been able to learn how to make his Grandpa's famous fried rice.... DELISH!

We've been heading to the library about once a week to keep me and the kiddos stocked up on books!

We've spent some quality time on the tennis courts with our friends AND our dad!

Addi found out that she LOVES otter pops.  Just like Grandma!  She calls them "pop pops."

Corn on the cob is her new favorite dinner food.  Ours too!  It has been just delicious lately!

We got to spend a day down in Provo visiting Aunt Lauren and playing with some cousins!  I love to get pictures of these cutest twinners together!  Four miracle babies right here!

She loves to take pictures on the phone.  Sometimes I think she is too smart for her own good.  It only takes her about two minutes alone with the phone to figure out how to call her Grandma Rachel!

We're turning two soon.  Can you tell?  She is quite the little mess maker, and thinks that it is HILARIOUS!

Strawberries are our favorite afternoon snack!  They both love them!

Weston is my BEST eater.  The kid will eat for hours... and eat twice as much as I do!

We just love spending time outside eating snacks!

I need to get a video of this happening some day.  Addi goes to hug her brother, and they end up falling over and Weston tries to wrestle her.  What goofballs!