Lately...

I feel like these days and I guess since I have started my blog, the postings are very few and far between. That is why the title is always...lately, because this is what I have time for in my life at this point! So here is what has been happening the past few weeks! Thanks so much for visiting!

The girls love sitting in baskets!!! I find them many times like this, Riley on top of Sophie and them both crying because they are stuck in this position!

Yet again, another basket!

Dad, babysitting while I helped mom do some things, he loves giving them ice pops and they don't mind it too much either! :) Not to mention this was at 9:00 at night! :)

The girls first birthday party. I wish I would've gotten more pics! But these are just a few from the party.

The favors I had at each spot full of my Aunt Judy's peanut crunch-yum!

The girls's aunt and my sister-in-law made this adorable cake for them!

The table before everyone sat down...

They hated their party hats, so this is the only picture I could get with them on. Oh well!

They love helping me in the kitchen. I was making cookie batters here for a cookie bake and they wanted to be up with me, so I let them for a little bit! Not the safest thing to do I am sure, but they liked it!

Making Grandma's Donuts

My cousin Jackie and her husband Brad, (above) hosted a dinner and donut making party at their beautiful home a few weeks ago! We had delicious homemade soups by Jackie and such a wonderful time of fun together. She made our grandma's homemade donut and sticky bun recipe. Brad fried them up in the frier and they had such yummy toppings for us to drizzle overtop! THEY WERE SOOOO GOOD! And then she had leftover dough and made us each a round of the homemade sticky buns too!!! What a treat!! I had about 20 donuts too many, but I couldn't stop eating them. Thanks again for such a fun evening guys!

It was pouring rain and rather chilly this evening and Brad made a tent overtop of their deck and had a fire pit going-what an experience! :)

Trick or Treat!

I know this picture is already posted on my facebook, but I just love it! Don't they make such cute little flowers??? :) We had such a fun afternoon going to visit my husband and their dad at his work. They have a parade every year for the children of all the employees! We had a great time. As for actual trick or treating, we didn't make it to that this year, although it would've been a good opportunity for Chad and I to get candy.

The past few weeks..

This past Sunday, we dedicated our girls at our church. It was a very special morning.

Lots of fun playing with friends...

Had a fun time at the beach with family.

Grocery shopping was never so much fun!

Lunch with friends

I had such a fun time getting to enjoy lunch with dear friends the other day. For years, my mom, my Aunt Julie and their friend Terri have been have been meeting for lunch once a month and sometimes us daugthers get to join. We are close to the same age and all got married within a year of each other. Then we all had baby girls within a year of each other too! It was so neat being able to spend the afternoon together.

Catching up on the past few weeks

I have not been very faithful at all with blogging. And I just have time for one post, so I thought I would post just a few pictures of things that have happened in the time I have not been on here! Much more has taken place too, but these are some of the highlights. Hope you enjoy! :)

My very dear, wonderful friend Chandra turns 30 in a few days. Her husband threw her quite an amazing bash! It was so much fun to be there with her and celebrate!

Riley getting into my confectioner's sugar in the pantry, you can just see her face..."Mom, did I do something wrong?"

A family picnic to celebrate my mom-from her birthday last year. It was a fun evening and special to all be together.

Some dear friends of ours have twin boys who are a year older than the girls. They came for dinner last week. We have learned so much from them and appreciate their friendship!

PHILLIES! What a great evening we had last night with my sister Laur and her husband Jimmy and his family. The girls will never forget their first Phillies Game!

Just for fun-a few pictures of our darling girls...

We were at the beach for a few days and there was a Twin's Contest on the Boardwalk! It was very interesting and alot of fun! The girls won second place. This is after a very HUGE day! They look very tired...

An Unforgettable British Dinner

We had dinner at Jesse and Krista's home awhile ago and had such a wonderful time. Krista's family is from Britian and Roger, who is directly below is also from there. We had Bangor's and Mash, there was British music and a special game. It was such a fun evening and such a great time getting to catch up with these dear friends.

Lunch with Sondra and Payton

It has been awhile since you have heard from me, or should I say since I have posted pictures, since I am really not someone who does any writing on my blog. In fact, I am thinking that I may just close this down and post the pics that I want to on Facebook, because as you have seen, I am not very good at keeping up with either one these days. Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

My dear friend Sondra and her precious little daughter Payton came over to hang out for the afternoon! We had such a great time and the girls enjoyed playing together...

Family Week at the Lake

Our beautiful cabin...

Our view from the deck and the fun boat we had for the week!

The family who owns the cabin has twin girls and these were their adirandeck chairs-so the girls had to sit in them this week.

Tyler and his girlfriend Alison, we had so much fun having her there with us.

Lauren and I took a TON of pics, but these are just a few to highlight the trip. It was such a special, wonderful, relaxing time away and together as a family.

I could live at the beach

Hanging out at the beach with Aunt Lauren

They were having a really serious conversation here

Ok, you don't know how hard it is to take two babies out to the beach with just two people, so we made use of this wonderful cart!

Have you ever seen anything cuter, the above picture of course...

Our favorite pizza ever!!!