. my day .

. monday with my boys .

. buds .

. my special treat to myself today . coffee with all the fixins .

. if you're a hoffert you most likely love BBQ sauce on any meat .

. some fun in the sun .

. instagrams from monday, tuesday and today .

. fresh produce .

. making salsa . wasn't the best i've ever made .

. reed was playing basketball with baby toys on the dining room table . one toy in the cup, one toy in the bowl . i decided this was not a great idea .

. spring is here, although it's a cold and snowy one we're having !

. finding a feather on our walk .

. school .

. love the fringe on the run .

. boys playing with my old cameras .

. love these photos . i think the boys are so cute with them . ryan was fascinated with that big old one, he opened it all up and put it all back together, not as easy as it might sound .

. the sun was shining just right into the closet this morning and this bottle was the prettiest thing around .

. lots of office work today .

. my week + in instagrams . randomness .

. not sure if the iphone was a good idea or bad . i get lots of little random photos of my day, but it seems i used to use my nice camera for this, so now i might have the photos, but the quality isn't what i'd like . although i do have fun with the instagrams .

. sorry the blog is turning into a weekly instagram update...but it's working for me right now .

. ok, so this first one isn't an instagram, but it is a photo from my phone . been watching too many shows on hgtv, sometimes they do really clever things that are completely impractical . and this is a perfect example . i rearranged the bedroom with the bed in the corner and pillows in the corner with a bedside table on either side . in my mind we'd sleep with our heads in the corner too . that doesn't work, and neither does our heads up against the wall because somebody's bedside table is at their feet . so, it was fun to switch it up, but by evening it was right back how it started . although cleaner, that's what spurred me on, i was cleaning and decided to switch things up . i get easily distracted when cleaning .

. had a spa day with bee and this was the sitting area right outside of the massage area . drinking my cold water out of a goblet, wondering if i was in tuscany or des moines . des moines it was, bummer !

. 3 kiddos in the back seat of my car . when i babysat this happened all the time, but it's been a while . i loved it .

. took them to the kalona cheese factory, because well, we were passing by and had the time .

. studio looking sassy .

. went on a road trip last week and forgot make up . gasp . i look like one of those people that only eat vegetables . :)

. was thankful to find a lot of tea options at a gas station .

. tried out red mango . those little balls of juice are YUMMY .

. this proves i'm not a gal that only eats vegetables .

. well hello there sun, welcome back, stay a while !

. switching up the photos in the window at the studio . i'm in love with this shot !

. being doing the hair straight lately .

. the glasses have been finding their way to my face more often lately . hm, eat more carrots !

. daylight savings time did this little fella (and me, photo not shown) in ! this happened while he was supposed to be doing school :( i let him catch a few winks .

. apple spring snacks .

. lunch, i love that these boys like black beans and rice . reeds eyes get as big as quarters when he sees black beans, he loves them ! i think it's soo awesome because this is one of my favorite meals . but wow, the quantity that they can put away !

. a 50 degree day calls for ice cream, don't you think ? reed and i did .

. excited to do a little work to the front of the house to make it look prettier . thinking a light fixture, house numbers, rug...and maybe even some landscaping this summer ! so excited about this .

. prepping to do a detox, doing my research and getting all psyched up !

. can you believe my orchid has bloomed beautifully for a month straight now ?! i can't believe it . i love this plant !! my table will never be the same as it has been with a blooming orchid .

. and, well, that's all i've got for now . aren't you glad ?

:)

. the contest that wasn't a contest .

. last monday when ry and reed where here reed got out the building block and started to build .

. it wasn't long til ryan joined in and i suggested that we make it a healthy competition .

. right after is suggested it, i didn't like the idea .

. although suggesting the competition made them both work harder to do their best .

. they each used cool ways to make their buildings unique .

. keep in mind they used all the blocks i have, so these could have been more impressive had they had more to work with .

. reed and his creation .

. ry and his .

. then we ate lots of oranges .

. that last part had nothing to do with anything other than the fun pictures .

:)