After a LONG week of work travel for mommy, we spent Saturday morning picking apples and enjoying some nice family time together. No shock that the highlight was the tractor and cider donuts! 
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‘Tis the season for apples!
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5 Years!
It’s official! As of last Friday we’ve been married for 5 years or 1,825 days or 43,800 hours! Whether you’re counting in years or hours, it FLEW by! I know I say this every time I write a post about the boys’ age but I truly can’t fathom that it’s already been 5 years. It feels like just last week we were saying ‘I do’ on a perfect fall evening surrounded by family and friends who are like family.
5 years gave us a reason to open our next ‘special anniversary’ bottle selected especially for and labeled ‘Drink on 9-28-18’. After putting our boys to bed, Andy built us a nice fire and we sat around the fire pit enjoying our anniversary wine. We reflected, reminisced and talked about ‘what surprised us’ about the last 5 years. We both agreed that sheer amount of what we’ve done together shocked us the most. Since our ‘I dos’ we left Manhattan, bought a house in the suburbs (and by default signed up for a large mortgage), learned how to care for said house, bought two cars, we each changed jobs (insert lots of travel) and had two amazing little boys. A+ for effort.
Through all that change- the good, the challenging, the amazing, the frustrating, the ‘I’m so tired my body physically hurts’- I feel like I nailed it. It may sound funny or conceded but I do. I found someone who will, has and does hold my hand through life and all that it has brought and will bring. He makes me smile. He makes me laugh. He makes we feel pretty when I’m waddling around the house 9 months pregnant. He turns my seat warmer on when we get in the car because I hate being cold. He syncs shows he’ll think I like to my iPad when I travel. He brings me flowers for no reason other than they’ll make me happy. He encourages me to be the best version of myself every single day and loves me unconditionally when I fall short. And most important, I still really like hanging out with him! So for all those things, I feel like I nailed it! I couldn’t ask for a better partner to love and share life with!
Cheers to 5 years! I look forward to the next 5 and enjoying our 10 year bottle on 9-28-23!
In case you wanted to reminisce the wedding…enjoy the highlight reel!
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Happy hour
Everyone enjoys a cocktail at the end of a long day!
Please note he went to fridge, got a juice box and pulled out his chair ALL BY HIMSELF!
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New Era….
Sports! And now I see my weekends for the next 18 years….
Andrew started soccer on Saturday! He and 10 other 3-5 year olds make up the Basking Ridge ‘Squirts’ team. While apprehensive on the way to the field, he jumped right in and did AWESOME! I even heard a ‘I love soccer!’ from him.
Little brother liked the time on the playground. At one point he tried to get in on the soccer action and was swiftly told by Andrew, ‘Uh, Teddy. Can you please go with Daddy. I’m doing soccer right now!’ ?
Excited for this new chapter for Andrew and our little family!
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Life is….
….laughs at the breakfast table, trips to the park, quiet Sunday afternoons and messy spaghetti.
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Labor Day
We said adios to another summer (tear!) in style over Labor Day weekend! There was birthday cake, boat rides, piñatas, playing in the sand and whole lot of great time with wonderful family!
We started with some birthday cake for Papa!
A 3-hour tour! The next day we rented a pontoon boat and cruised the bay. The highlights were swimming, fishing and catching 1 crab. It’s a good thing we had dinner cooking at home because we certainly weren’t going to feast on what we caught. But we all had fun, the kids left their life jackets on and we had minimal tantrums. Success!
For dinner I cooked Mexican. So why not go all in?! It was a full fledged fiesta complete with shark piñata!
The kids were super sweet and shared their candy with the entire street. Reverse trick or treating!
We capped off the weekend with some bay time with the Hogan clan. I’m proud of myself for getting all 7 children in 1 photo!
Adios summer 2018! Thanks for the memories!
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Camp Coco
When the Palmer School is closed for summer vacation, we head to Camp Coco! On Monday morning I packed up the boys and headed to LBI for the week. Aunt Bonnie joined Coco for the fun/chaos this year as they played, swam, ate donuts, drove trucks at the bay, rode bikes and ran around the beach. It was REALLY hot most of the week but that didn’t seem to stop them!
Teddy dominating the monkey bars!
Swimming! ….Can you see how much water is in that diaper?!?!?
Beach time! Not sure my pictures capture Andrew’s joy playing in the surf!
Heading home. How many people does it take to pull that wagon across the sand?!?!
Enjoying the family bench at sunset; a new arrival and tribute to my late grandparents <3
Thanks for a great (and amazingly helpful!) week Coco and Aunt Bonnie! I hope the fun was worth the exhaustion. Same time, same crazy boys next year!
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Philly-delphia Zoo!
The awesomeness of being close to cousins for day trips to the zoo! Not sure who was more wild- the animals or our children!
#cousintribe
Welcome to Maryland Barbas! Look forward to many mor ‘let’s meet halfway’ adventures! ❤️
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Dinner & Dancing
Here’s a glimpse into our evenings. We sing, we dance, we use kitchen utensils as props and we boss around Alexa. Just your average night in the Phillips household.
We Will Rock You, YMCA, Bob the Builder Theme Song and Baby Shark are fan faves in this house!
