zi and ki-- sister pie time.

We are taking off for Disney today! Follow me on instagram this week for our pix! I captured these pix yesterday of Zi and Ki. SO cute! Kiyah is offically teething her 7th and 8th teeth. runny nose. water eyes. clingy. snot everywhere. SOOOOOO cute though. She went to bed at 6pm last night! poor baby. Have a good week everyone!

scenes around the Cass Casa

I feel so redundant with my attitude of this weather. 

I am trying really hard to stay positive and count my blessings. 

I thought I would share with you some of my favorites around our house currently.

Spring is in our home. 

Just waiting "patiently" for it to arrive outside :)

I have been adding happy colors everywhere. 

I love April!

My 3 yo giving attitude. She is a hilarious one.

I love green on my girls! Love this jacket on Zakiyah, it is Zion's hand-me-down. 

Finding inspiration in my decorating books! Love looking through them from time to time. I also love my vintage runner underneath them. It makes me smile.

I picked up these purple flowers at Trader Joes. Do you know what they are called? Any care instructions for me? I put them in a pot from Anthropologie. I heart it.

I love my paper flowers from West Elm. So delicate and happy. I have 3 total.

I painted my mirror this past weekend cream and sanded it down. I used a gold sharpie on the stitching. 

My spring mantel! LOVE! 

Bunting- made with Fabric Shoppe fabric

Feather- Target

clear vases-random.

Paper flowers- West Elm

blue birdies- TJ Maxx

aqua/red vase- Anthro

bird cake stand- Macys

pot- Anthro

Mirror- Target

Yellow art- me

Everyday Zion gets her dolls dressed. very important. love the routines.

My baby is almost 8 months. She has been wearing her teething necklace for 5 days. and has slept 4 nights in a row- 11 hours. Is it a hoax? a gimmick? I am willing to try anything. She loves her rice cake num nums right now! 

We take off for Disney in a week! We made a count down and taped it on the wall with washi tape of course. It is sneaking up on us fast! I can not wait to see Zion's excitement when we get there. 

Eating cuties like no body's business.

I love bowls/trays to hold items in my home. I have them everywhere. They make me happy.

My spring nails make this mama happy. I am lovin' these colors this spring. 

What are you doing to fight the cold front? Do have any favs this spring? Happy Monday!

HIGH FIVE 4 FRIDAY

HELLO! I am so excited that it's the weekend! We have some fun stuff planned and I am ready! It has been a very wintery week, even though it is S-P-R-I-N-G! I am coping with this brisk weather by keeping our fireplace on, fresh flowers everywhere, pastel nail polish, being crafty with my girls, and baking. Oh the baking.......such an addiction of mine. Here are some high lights from my week:

I have so many pictures of my daughters in the mornings! Never enough, though. I just can not get over their sweetness when the sun is shining in. the cuddles. the smiles. the jammies. and the bond they have. (Kiyah is cutting 4 stinkin teeth. Lord, Help me.)

Andy and I have been hosting like crazy. Like everyday this past week....but it has been great. We got to have our dear friends, Bruce and Sherry, over for dessert. They are amazing, Godly people. They are friends. Mentors. Partners in ministry. Real. I made America's Test Kitchen Chocolate Bundt Cake with homemade whipped cream and raspberries. We made them a Cafe Miel too! (well, right.) yum! 

 Oh my goodness, does this 3 year old act like her........mother. ha. She woke up the other day, starting her day like normal. She was opening her dresser drawer and scratched her hand on the knob....and this is what happened. A day full of "Dramaticistis" FOR REAL! "Mommy, I only have one finger (hand)." and "Mommy, I can't wipe myself" and "Mommy, I can't eat." and "Mommy, Pay (pray) for my hand." and so on. It was hilarious! Thank You to everyone who follows my Instagram and was praying for Zion Leilani. The prayers were answered. She is going at it again. 2 hands. 2 feet. and one spunky attitude. 

Our youth group, THE GATE, had an awesome All Nighter this past weekend. It was full of GaGa ball, sugar, pancake bar, crazy dance party, The Oz and lots of chaos. I hit up the church while my littles were sleeping to spend some time with my peeps. It was a blast! 

I have been getting a lot of art projects done at home. I needed this. I needed to get out my paint brushes, turn on pandora, light some candles and breath in the creativity. I finished up my House Rules for Cass Casa! I will reveal my art in the next few days! Check back! Happy Friday! Have a blessed weekend. 

(Linked up with Lauren at frommygreydeskblog and Jeanette at life rearranged)

What a day!

Do you ever have those days that go so fast that you look at the clock and it has been 8 hours in a "feels like" 1 hour time period? Today was that day for us. It was unplanned. Carefree. and perfect! Last night , we had a Gate Lock In (youth group) at church until 6am. I only stayed until 11:30pm, while Andy roughed it until 6:30am this morning. So when the girls got up, I hit up Target with them and just hung out while Andy slept. When the husband got up, I  made scrambled eggs and chocolate croissants from Trader Joes (go buy them! freezer section. amaze-) After chowing down some food, our friends, the Rowans texted us and came over for sledding/lunch....but it turned out to be an all day thing. Which was so much needed for all of us. Our neighbors hung too! We had a sledding party, (the dads handled that) while Jody and I hung with our babies! Then 8 kids piled inside with red faces and runny noses and spent time playing, "swimming", tea parties, chasing each other, warming up by the fire, and having a blast. The kids needed it as much as us adults. We had a couple rounds of roasting coffee at our neighbor Mike's and Luke's amazing Moka Coffee. I made some yummy Cafe Miel's and Americanos. Oh my word, too much coffee! We had a casual supper with 7 littles around the counter for Chef Andy to serve chicken nuggets, fries, apples and black beans! Bliss. No agenda. No organizing. No running errands. It was a great day. Thankful for our friends. Thankful for snow (for my husband's sake and Zion) :) Here are some pix for you! 

My precious Zakiyah having tummy time this morning!

My amazing croissants. Heaven!

Zi and Lila!

Sydney gettin air

Mike giving it a try

Luke rockin it out

Collin getting lots of air.

The kiddos playing on the playground!

Beautiful Sydney!

Luke being backup support :)

The hill.

Luke and Sydney

Sophia and her daddy

Wouldn't be right if the dad's didn't give it a try.

Caroline trying to hitch a ride. She is over this....ha.

Love her hat!!!

Sean and Mike keepin' it real.

Braum getting air!

Zion is living the life! (for those of you that followed my Instagram today, note her hand is ok here) :)

Braum!

Daddy time.

Lila

Zion. Sophia. and Lila cuddling when they came in by the fire.

What a day. I am tired. Have you taken advantage of the weather lately? Do you have a favorite winter activity? Hope you had a great Saturday! Can I just say, I loved it being light out til 7!