My F A M I L Y

We were up early again today, and off to church with my parents. It took a bit of coaxing to get Sydni into the Sunday School class, but by the time the service was over, she'd found her place and even brought home a tiny little trophy for the morning.

haha.. look at the mischief on her face!

After church, we took a tiny little tour via Dad around some of the hotpoints of good old MTV, then headed back to the house. The camera came out, and I promise that once I get the actual edits done, I'll re-post the less-shadowy versions of these.

For now, HERE!

"... to the moon & back, mommy.. i love you!"

Here's the "bench series" haha..

my beautiful little girl

playing with her animals

hello, favorite people!

pappy & nana with syd!

We moved from the bench to the porch... 

my family.



i love them more than i'll ever be able to express.

And finally, we made our way onto the front steps!

these are my favorite moments!!

Sydni showed off two very contrasting sides today: Sweet & Something-Like-Sour?:

my sweet little plant-loving girl

... & the homegrown bumpkin who will knock your teeth out
if she catches you trespassing.. hahaha

How I love this girl. How I love my family.

It wasn't long before Rob and I were loaded up and back on the road to Cincinnati. Syd's hanging back with my parents for a mini vacation there; she's gonna come back mid-week spoiled as all get out, I'm sure. ;)

Again, we can skip the details [or lack thereof] of the commute back to Cincinnati, and hop right to the part where we were home for less than five minutes when Becky came pulling up. She'd been watching the pups over the weekend, and so the three of us decided it was a good a reason as any for some take out sushi from Mango Tree.

helloooooo from mango tree!

Nope.. there's nothing wrong with today, except that Syd didn't come back with us... but I know my parents are overjoyed to have her for a few days. Life's good. (:

xo | cmd