embrace the ordinary // family

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Linus. 2. A character, full of charisma, and charm.

Bigfoot. Almost 4. Full of smiles, snuggles, and sweetness.

These brothers. Love when family visits, rough play, and climbing on grandparents.

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Bigfoot. Almost 4. Begs to be outside all day long and night/everyday, loves playing basketball with his daddy, grandpa, and uncle, and is impressively coordinated for an almost 4 year old.

Linus. 2. Likes to sing, play music on his new music box from GG, and is always content to play with his animal farm see and say.

These brothers. Family time is their favorite, throwing and catching big balls is always fun, and taking turns is a still a work in progress.

Lately we've been all about taking it easy, soaking up family and friend time when we can, and catching up on all the things we've gotten behind on with all the crazy Texas rain and the crazy busy month of April we had.

The month of May, aside from the overabundance of rain and now giant mosquitoes, has been so good to us! Now we're just hoping for more sunny days than the dark, dreary, stormy, wet ones we've been having and we'll be peachy (rather than madly stir-crazy!).

What was May like for y'all?

Embrace the Ordinary/These Wild Moments: Favorite

these wild moments // gold

Co-hosting with the crazy-talented and super wonderful Aimee over at Wonder & Wild. I LOVE her new site, by the way! She was Aimee Lynn Photography, but has changed things up a bit, including this fun link-up!).

It's Friday and whereas before we'd be sharing our beauty finds today we will be sharing our moments based on a fun prompt for this new These Wild Moments link-up. If you have any moments of wild, be sure to link-up! Let's enjoy all the good and awesome that exists and share some wild in honor of today's theme. No wild photos, no problem, share what you have! We'd love to have you!!

I love taking pictures. I love when I remember to take pictures! And I love when I catch the moments. The little ones. I know you know which ones I'm talking about. The fleeting ones that were filled with smiles and memory and all the love. Those. Those moments are what keep me snapping and I know I will absolutely love looking through them when I'm old.

Photo-taking aside, we've been down in the dumps over here! The boys are still pretty coughtastic, I'm on the mend (definitely not in a terrible state at all, just know my back is off and I'm desperately trying to get it back to what it was a few weeks ago and what it has been for the last 5 months or so), and the rain...Lord, the rain! We have weeks, gosh, almost a month of rain over here and we're all starting to feel the crazy creeping in. So much so, that any time a little moment that is filled with fun and getting along...Gold, my friends, they are pure gold!

Now onto my bit of wild gold. The boys started popping and tossing little pom balls up into the air and thought it was the best idea they've ever had ever ever ever. I sat and watched, snapped a few, and enjoyed the laughter.

Fun, huh?

Now that I shared what fun and joy-filled looked like for a good 20 minutes, I'll share what the bummed and I'm-so-over-all-this-rain has been looking like.

I can find these little guys sitting here throughout the day identifying all the bugs and talking about how they want to go outside. Haha, poor things! I can feel their bummed little hearts just looking at this picture again.

Wild explorations and moments of running and jumping through tall grass and fun have not been happening at all lately but it's nice to see when these two little guys figure out ways to share some mildly wild fun inside.

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these wild moments // together

I had a cold a few weeks back that shared some fever and a nasty cough. I got better and was beyond relieved it seemed to have been only I who fell sick. Since then we've stolen time outside even despite the constant rain that has been bombarding us daily, whether it be in the nuisance form of on and off sprinkling or full on thunderstorms.

These little guys come alive while outside. Sometimes with a little encouragement, some truly fun exploring happens. These little moments that make up our days are the ones I love to snap a photo of, even if with my crummy android phone camera.

The little moments that are made of love, breathing, joy, exploring, and fun are the same ones that help me embrace and get through times that bound us inside indefinitely. 

My youngest has a cold now, and my oldest has mostly been acting sick to gain full access of all the snuggles, cartoons, and juice. Either way, I imagine it's only a matter of time he follows suit. 

When our kids get sick it's tough to embrace. We had so many fun plans this weekend but we've had to cancel all of them thus far. But as I told my oldest who has been pretty bummed about  not getting to see his uncle today after all, we are a family and we get through things together.

Together is where we are called during our highs and our lows in this season of littles and that is good. What better place to be than with each other when we aren't feeling well? With the very people who have had an otherworldly love for each other since birth or marriage in the case of my husband and I. Together. Loving each other with presence and encouragement.

We'll be up and about soon enough. But it's in times like these that it's okay to embrace our uber calm weekend that is focused on tending the very littlest of us, all the while tending to our home and one another. It's an opportunity for love and service, the very virtues that bind families in a goodness that makes us better not only for others, but for each other.

Any fun weekend plans over in your parts? Wild moments of love and exploration?

Share in the comments or link-up with Gina for Embrace the Ordinary and Aimee for These Wild Moments.