22/365: Sunday Afternoon Sunshine

Sunday afternoons during football season are one of my favorites!  This year our beloved 49ers were in the NFC championship game and although they had a heartbreaking loss, our afternoon was filled with sunshine!

Sunday Afternoon Sunshine:

Grammy & Em:

14/365: Handsome Win Sunshine

Isn't he so handsome???  My little boy is growing up and looking so much less baby and much more handsome big boy.  Which b/w conversion do you prefer between these two?

How 'bout them 49ers???!!!  Ten years after our last playoff appearance we arrived...and BIG!  What an exciting game we enjoyed with both sets of our parents and our friends the Wards.  It was definitely a Handsome Win Sunshine kind of day:

And on a side note, McGee had his first official "sleepover" last night as we had his friend Jared sleep over.  The boys did great and I'd say it was a big success!

8/365 - Part 2: Hallway Stadium Sunshine

Nothing like a little pre-bed football in the hallway to start the week...

6/365: Doodling at Panera Sunshine

We took the kids out to Panera for breakfast and Daddy and McGee enjoyed some doodling time while we girls finished eating.

4/365: "Bomb" Timer Sunshine

Enjoying our last week with Daddy and McGee off on Winter Break we had a picnic lunch at the park today.  Miss Em was having a hard time eating her sandwich so Daddy whipped out his cell phone and started the "timer" which has been our new program for getting them to finish their food.  McGee was all done eating but didn't go play because he was too excited wanting to see Daddy's "Bomb" go off - the graphic on the cell phone of a bomb that blows up when the time is up.  You can see Miss Em wasn't as thrilled with the scenario, but she did finish her sandwich!

"Bomb" Timer Sunshine:

129/365: Cuddly New Baby Sunshine

Daddy holding Chloe Love, our friends Sarah & Joey's new baby girl gave us definite Cuddly New Baby Sunshine:

191/365: Goofy Faces Sunshine

My adorable family....Goofy Faces Sunshine!

118/365: A Little Crack Sunshine

McGee watching the NFL draft with his Daddy, A Little Crack Sunshine:

117/365: Planting with Daddy Sunshine

Planting with Daddy Sunshine:

103/365: Friendship Sunshine

Day one of college and Daddy met his roommate...let's just say they both weren't too sure they were the right fit.  

After rooming together for 3 years they both married up and decided living next door to each other would be the next best thing.  We enjoyed an awesome year of shared dinners, laughs and late nights hanging out.  Then we graduated and they moved to that awful Las Vegas (j/k!).  We miss them tons but are so thankful that when we do get together about once a year for a couple of hours, it's like we're still neighbors and pick up exactly where we left off (plus a couple of kids for both of us)!

Friendship Sunshine:

99/365: Hot Rocker Sunshine

He's in our overcrowded garage, wearing his very old, well-worn t-shirt, leaning against our super cool "Swagger Wagon"...and yet to me, he's just my very own Hot Rocker.

Hot Rocker Sunshine:

98/365: Working with Daddy Sunshine

Working with Daddy Sunshine:

80/365: Gatorade + Rest + A Husband Who's the Best Sunshine

All afternoon and evening I felt a rumbly in my tumbly and then 4 am this morning I ran for the bathroom.  The stomach flu...food poisoning...whatever it was it knocked me out for the day.  Literally.  I stayed in my bed until 3:45 in the afternoon and slept most of the time with a few minutes here or there of reading.  

Thank the Lord for me that my husband had already planned to take the day off and was able to take over with the kids.  Unfortunately for him (although he says it was fine and a great day for he and the kids), instead of a day of rest, lunch with friends and hanging out with the kids, his day consisted of taking care of the kids full time, pre-school drop-off/pick-up, errands, a "fun" (his word, not typically mine) trip to Target with Miss Em to pick me up Gatorade and 7-UP and taking McGee to the doctor. 

Gatorade + Rest + A Husband Who's the Best Sunshine:

74/365: Partners for Life Sunshine

I watch a lot of crime drama tv shows and all include some sort of crime fighting partnership.  In these the partners are there for one another.  Always.  They help each other out, encourage one another, read each others cues, and strengthen one another.  Generally speaking, alone they're good but not great, but put together, they make a fantastic, unstoppable crime solving team! (aka Brennan & Booth in "Bones", Bailey & Stark in the recently deceased "The Good Guys" and Sam & Callen in "NCIS: Los Angeles".

I'm so glad God gave me the perfect partner for life.  That with my husband on my team there is nothing we can't conquer together.  

But tonight I'm thankful that when our daughter is crying and needs me, he can take over and make us dinner, even though he needs to leave for practice and won't enjoy dinner until he microwaves leftovers hours later.

Partners for Life Sunshine:

65/365: Self-Portrait Sunday

Technically this photo was not taken on Sunday, but at my niece's party on Saturday, but I'm using it this week as I don't get too many pics of my hubby and I.  Don't be teasin' me on my classy white t-shirt - white tees were available to all who wanted to protect themselves from the paint and I needed to protect my favorite black GAP sweater from my clingy daughter's Cheeto covered hands.  I'm sure you understand. :)

38/365: Man I LOVE This Guy Sunshine

He works hard for us everyday.  Each morning he wakes he changes lives through teaching.  He comes home to us with a hug and a smile.  He loves God.  He adores me.  He is over the moon about our children.  He takes the dogs running.  And after all of that...he does the dishes.

Man I LOVE This Guy Sunshine: