Monday Mornings

Monday mornings around these parts aren't the prettiest. I mean yeah, it's Monday, which means John has to go back to work and I'm on my own at home with the three girls. But really, Mondays are pretty ugly.

Ya see, I tend not to do too much cleaning over the weekend. Since Hubster is home, we try to spend time doing stuff or going places together. A lot of the time, our time is spent on the couch watching TV, but it's together. No interruptions for dishes or any of that boring stuff. Dishes pile up, the dog hair piles up, Adri's pants are scattered all over the place. And it all gets left until Monday morning.

So, this morning, I'll do my usual Monday morning cleaning routine in order to get the house back in shape for the week. I contemplated sharing a photo of the kitchen, but it's bad. Instead, I'll share a few shots from our weekend.

Side note: I make pretty people (:

How was your weekend?!

Christmas Card Out-Takes

Since I have a few Shutterfly coupon codes, I decided to hurry up and use them to order our Christmas cards for this year. That, and it takes me like a month to get them stamped, addressed and sent out, so better to get an early start.

I booked a family photo shoot with a photographer here on the island, but unfortunately, she's booked until mid-December, which wouldn't leave me with enough time to get the cards ordered and then sent out. Remember, it takes me a while to get the ball rolling. So, I took matters into my own hands and attempted to get some Christmas card-worth shots of the girls. It was a challenge, but I finally managed to get one photo of the girls to use on our card.

Here are the some of the many that didn't make the cut. As per the usual, Adri is being a clown.

Do you send out photo cards for the holidays?

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I have been DYING to participate in Scavenger Hunt Sunday since I saw it for the first time on another blog. Each week there are five prompts that you're supposed to capture in photo form. Unfortunately, up until this point, I haven't been able to get all five subjects photographed, so I haven't bothered posting unfinished challenges. I got so lucky for this week though! All five photos are up to the photographer.

So.. Here are my photos for the week. In the future I'm going to try to use the scavenger hunt as a weekly recap as well. They're all really just from our backyard. Since the weather was crappy during the week, we didn't do much other than hangout on the patio.

Modeling one of her new outfits from our shopping trip.

Hanging out in the new pool.

Dandelions after big sis went to bed.