High Five for Friday!

Friday. FRIDAY. FRIIIDAAY!! (said to the toon of "mail time" in Blues Clues.) :)



ONE. Walks, parks, and swings.
On Tuesday last week Mike, Chester, and I took a walk to one of the parks here in Blue Lake. It's an awesome park! When we got there, a cross country meet for K-8 was going on (I had NO idea it went as young as kindergarten!) so the park was crawling with kids and screaming in what they though was an encouraging way cheering parents. Mike and I really want to go back during the day so we can play on the AWESOME play ground! Chester also rode in his stroller without the car seat being attached for the first time. I think he loved it. He contentedly looked at everything we passed. He also got in a swing at the park which he enjoyed as well. 

TWO. Family time.
Bummer I was exhausted come Sunday morning. Thankful my hubby let me sleep when he got home. Bummer we missed church. Thankful to go see Pastels on the Plaza without all of the crowds but with my hubby, baby, and an imaginary cup-o-joe. Below are a few, yes a few, of my favorites. :)

THREE. Friends who are crafty and can knit.
This little hat is inspiring some fun ideas over here but I can't share them with you, yet. :)

FOUR. The Village.
My aunt Susie sent Chester the cutest package of clothes and books. He is growing so quick. Thankful for bigger clothes just when we needed more. :) How cool that part of our "village" can be a part of Chester's life even 1600+ miles away? 

FIVE. Fall-like weather.

Yay for boots, sweaters, and warm drinks.

BONUS.
SIX. Interview!
I had an interview on Friday for Fred Meyer Jewelry. Although I'm not dying to go work, I'm excited at the possibility. I should hear something either way on Monday.

Do you have any fun weekend plans? How was your week? Find some good!

I've linked up with Lauren for this post.

~Emily~

Ressegue Family Road Trip 2014: Day 3, 4, and 5

This is part of the "Ressegue Family Road Trip 2014" series. So much to record and of course now I can't remember everything... I just know I really enjoyed it. Anyway... We arrived in Kansas City on Saturday night. We had every intention of getting up for church on Sunday but it just did NOT happen. 

DAY 3:

Sleep took over on Sunday morning... Some friends of ours arranged a little get together for Sunday afternoon and it was great to go feeling refreshed. We had so much fun. Love these people. Mike went and played baseball with some guys after the party then we headed back to Aunt Susie's to see the cousins. Andrew and Kristyn also flew into KCMO late on Sunday night. But before they got here I had to make a quick run to Target for a baby swing. Chester loves his swing and we HAD to have one. Anything for baby. ;)

DAY 4:

On Monday we showed Kristyn (and Andrew even though he's been here) around Kansas City. We went all around downtown, hit up Gordman's, river market antiques, and then Arthur Bryant's BBQ (YUM).

DAY 5:
Tuesday we did some more driving around and relaxing. That night we went to breakfast club. Our Missouri family gets together every Tuesday night for dinner and to spend time together. It's always an adventure! 

{Chester sleeping on my mom}

{Chester, Oscar, and Zeke. Zeke told us these were his friends. AWWW}

{Chester and Oscar. Born a couple weeks apart.}

{my baby love}

Coming up next... Beaver Lake! We LOVE Beaver Lake. :)

Ressegue Family Road Trip 2014: Days 1, 2, and 3

This summer we took a 3 week road trip across the country; with a 6 week old. I know it was more than a month ago but I still want to record our trip and share it with you! We had SO much fun!

The plan was that my mom would join us and we would drive to Kansa City, Mo. We were there for 3/4 days then headed to south to Beaver Lake, AR for 1 week, back to KCMO for a week, and then to Southern California. We left on July 31st even though we had planned to leave August 1st. Mike had the time off and my mom was able to make it work. The first 3 days were simply TONS of driving.

DAY 1:
Mike, Chester, and I drove to Reno, NV. The drive went well, we had In-N-Out and made it to Reno in about 8 hours. We even hit rain on the way and if you  know anything about California at the moment, you know we're in a major drought so we celebrated the rain that was accompanied with rolling thunder and dancing lightening.

{thankful for this man and his endurance}

{MUCH needed coffee to start our trip}

{honestly not sure what this area was called but it's in California}

{Chester snoozing away... when he would still take a binky...}

DAY 2:

We got up early, mom returned the rental car she drove from SoCal to Reno, and we hit the road! We made it from Reno to some where in Wyoming... I can't remember where. It was a LONG drive but we did well and so did Chester. We stopped for dinner in Salt Lake City, UT. From Salt Lake City (even west of there) to Wyoming it was beautiful! Most of it was at night which was kind of a bummer but you could just tell it was gorgeous.

I was teething on this portion of the trip (my wisdom teeth are coming in) so we had to stop in some tiny town and cross our fingers the had Orajel and thank God they did. Orajel combined with some other things made the teething bearable and myself much less cranky... I used orajel directly on the gum/tooth that was causing pain, PanAway (by Young Living) to help alleviate pain in my jaw (when I smiled it would pull inside my mouth and cause pain), and eventually I took an aleve to help with my whole body. Man. I feel for teething babies. Cry baby, cry! I feel your pain!

{this is where Chester and I were a majority of the time...}

{nature}

{super tiny town food}

{stretching out}

DAY 3
The last stretch! From Wyoming to Kansas City. I just remember being tired and ready to be in KCMO. I got some front seat time on this day which was much needed as Chester wasn't loving his car seat to well anymore... 

I loved Wyoming. A heard of horses running through wide open pastures, rolling hills, antelope (which I had NEVER seen before and I'm from the Antelope Valley...), and starbucks make for a b.e.a.utiful drive. ;)

Driving through Nebraska we hit a thunderstorm and rain which resulted in more excitement. 

{how Chester would fall asleep most of the time <3}

{mom and Mike starting off the day}

{Wyoming beauties}

{beauty}

{these formations were beautiful! please ignore the car...}

{Chester looks like Walter [Jeff Dunham character]}

What's the longest road trip you've done? This one was something like 36 hours in a car...

~Emily~