The other night the girls were cuddling up watching a show together and Sabs turned to Pooks and said “Sissy, you’re my best friend”. Melt.

I would say at least 3 times a week Sabi is getting painted in this house. She loves to let her big sissy decorate her and her big sissy loves to decorate! Lately she has been painting Sabi into a monster and then Sabi comes out to scare us and Pookie is her creator. On her last design it took 3 days for Sabi to turn un-red. Showers, coconut oil, soap…nothing. So she was red with big slashes on her walking around town- bahaha. She is finally back to skin color.

Dada also got caught up in the mix and i sneakily did not warn him how difficult this face paint was to get off b/c i was planning on relishing in it after but for some reason his washed right off. bummer.

Last time Sophie made Sabs a monster and herself a princess and they put on a little play in the shower called “The princess and the monster”. Sabi roared and growled the entire time and Sophie rattled off some sort of lengthy monologue. It was so precious.

Creativity all around. These pics are a collection from all different days last week. xoxo

What a fun, fun, fun morning with the kiddos at the ranch. Big fat thank you to Ashley for setting this up for the kids. It was so adorable and such an awesome time! Oooh i just adore all these little people and the big ones too. xoxoxo

Look at all that love and cuteness right there…

o m g with these lovies

Our last stop was this incredible sight. It is seriously breathtaking in person. Our hotel room faced the view of the volcano so each morning it was right in front of us. The hotel was so cool and we again had our own cabin. It had a bunch of hot spring pools, a farm for the kids to milk cows, collect eggs, pet goats. The restaurant was farm to table. The girls made buddies with the owners grand daughter and we had the VIP treatment each day. He took us all around the property and showed us all their fruit trees and how they make their compost. They all swam together, jumped on the trampoline, milked cows and we even got to go with the farmer to the field where they all roamed and there was a baby cow who loved the farmer so much she would just sit there hugging him with her head. Will went over and she tried to push him out of jealousy. It was precious and made me thankful i don’t eat meat. She had the largest eyes and longest lashes.

We went to a waterpark which Sabi loved and Sophie was terrified of the big red bucket so she went in once. Luckily they had a huge hot spring pool with a swim up bar which we ended up staying in most of the time after dada, momma and sabsy had our run with the slides.

We went to an eco farm and learned about snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, butterflies and insects. Sabi got to have a lizard climb up her arm and it could be one of my favorite pictures of all time. She was so proud.

We had our best meals out here and the food was so good. One of the restaurants even took the girls picture and posted them on their facebook page.

Ugh it was such a good time. The weather was perfect. Everything was perfect! The kids were a blast to hang out with and even though we hang out with them everyday there is still something special about hanging out together during holiday. xoxoxoxo

not very flattering of me but one of my favorite photos b/c it captures what it is all about right now. Thanks dada for sneaking this pic when we were napping 🙂

this photo is everything

poor little sabs tipped over and scraped her knee. Sissy to the rescue! She took her in the room and told her she would take care of her. LOVE BUGS!

bahaha sissy’s face when sabsy’s choc drizzled waffle came out. Good thing Sabs was in a sharing mood 🙂

driving home and stopping for a poo and a business video call in the middle of no where

This was definitely the most beautiful drive we have ever taken so far. Every where we looked were amazing views. We took a back road that was unpaved and through all the mountains. We drove through a ginormous river and crossed a bridge that looked like it was made only for horses. It was such a fun adventure and prob one of my favorite parts of the trip. The kids had their heads out the windows like dogs. We had to stop for cows, wild horses and even buffalo!! A M A Z I N G!

The terrifying bridge made with two tree trunks a few nailed in wood planks. I walked over first with the girls and Will followed after with the car. Sophie loved this part (and crossing the river – which was more like a lake). This is an actual route and was the way an app called Waze told us to go- however this is def the locals route.

Here is the river we crossed. Will walked through it first to make sure it was really “crossable”. The deepest part was to his knee. He thought this was the most terrifying part of the drive, i would have to say the bridge did it for me. We chose to take this same route home so all in all it couldn’t have been that terrifying 😉

Whew this place was breathtaking! The views, the weather, the cabin, everything! The girls were so stoked to have a bath tub. I think they took at least 2 or 3 baths each day. We def. ran through all their bubbles. The views were just insane. We will be back here for sure. The town was cute and lively and the property we stayed on was perfect for the kids to run around, swim, create and just play. It was pure magic.

Waiting for Dada to check out of hotel

a few minutes later…

Road trip warriors – whizzing when in the middle of no where

Ice cream break