Happy Memorial Day!

As we've enjoyed our long weekend, we have remembered all the sacrifices of the men and women who make our life here possible. So thankful for them and for the country we live in!

Friday was spent at the beach with Grandma and Papa and Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Mortier. Such a fun morning, so much so that we forgot to take pictures! Saturday was Jamie's (one of my youth group girls… I've been with her since 8th grade, how is she graduating already?!?!) graduation party. Since Jamie lives in NN we decided to take the girls to the Virginia Living Museum beforehand. They have a new dinosaur exhibit that the girls enjoyed. We also got there just in time to see them feed the otters and beavers!

This next picture cracks me up… Julia’s delighted look as she got a big handful of Gracie’s hair and Gracie’s surprised response!! ;)

The food was so good and the swing set so fun and the company so great that we once again forgot to take pictures of the actual graduation party! Trust me though, we all had a blast. :)

Today was our first trip to the pool this year! I bought them all matching swimsuits to make it easier for me to keep an eye on them. Gracie and Evie also have almost matching floating to help me even more. :) This was Julia’s first pool trip ever and she loved it. After splashing around a bit she settled in her stroller and slept the rest of the time. She seriously is the ideal baby! :)

We wanted to share a few other pictures from this past week…
We went strawberry picking… again… they are so good and so sweet we can’t stay away!

We practiced taking silly selfies to send to Aunt Katie ;)

And just enjoyed the lovely weather we’ve had with our three favorite lithe girls!

Life Lately...

We take lots of pictures all day long of our three girlies, but sharing them is a whole different issue. ;) Here's a brief update on our life lately. It is full. It is exhausting. It is wonderful. It is hilarious. We laugh all day long. Sometimes because the alternative is crying ;), but usually because life is full of so much adorableness, hilarity and joy.

Julia continues to get more adorable by the day (despite the sad fact that her thick, curly dark hair is slowly starting to fall out. :( Hopefully the new hair will come in faster than it did for her sisters ;)) Evie calls her "sweet cider half drunk up" (like Pa in Little House on the Prairie) and goes around saying "Julia is just the cutest! Julia is A-Dor-A-Ble!!!" Grace and Evelyn definitely get her to laugh the most.

Sweet Julia has also learned how amazing cords are…….. (and she's moving, this is nowhere near where I set her down!)

We've had popsicle parties on warm days (or at least days that were supposed to be warm...)

Gracie's picked up doctoring...

We've taken trips to the Mariner's Museum. Evie loved the hurricane simulator, Gracie was terrified. Gracie did love this masthead in the museum lobby and called it the bunny all day.

We've made several Busch Garden's trips… One mommy/Gracie date, one family trip, and one friend trip so far. 

We've entered the Frozen craze and go around singing the songs and reenacting the movie. We've also been to a Frozen party with 13 little Elsas and Annas running around. 

We got a Virginia Living Museum pass and have enjoyed trips with friends (and mourned the fact that the wonderful friends are moving to CA!)

We had a St. Patrick's Day lunch with friends. All four girls tried jello jigglers for the first time with mixed feelings… ;) This picture shows how close Gracie was willing to get. She *may* have poked it, but not I'm not sure touching it actually happened. ;)

We went to several Easter Egg hunts where Gracie's competitive, survival-middle-child streak came out and she made out like a bandit and Evie got between 3-5 eggs… but they were all pink and/or sparkly ones!

We attempted a family Easter picture but Nathan didn't quite make it in and no one was quite looking in the same direction ;)

We've learned about selfies! 

I had an amaaaaazing birthday date with my wonderful husband! (thanks Mom and Dad M for watching the girls so we could have our day! :))

The girls have practiced getting dressed and picking out their own clothes… with mixed success ;)

Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa have visited from Oregon!

We've fully embraced spring and all the flowers and sports and picnics that come with it. :)

And we have tried to live every day to the fullest with these three wonderful babies! :)

Thanks for wading through this loooooooooong picture post! Hopefully I'll be able to be more consistent in posting again soon. :)