What's in this name?

4 years ago I didn't really know that this whole blogging world existed.  Then I had a baby and nursed, A TON.  That meant a lot of sitting....something that I was not used to doing.  One of my new friends had a blog and I was intrigued and enjoyed getting to know her better through it.  Then I found a few more and seemed to discover this new world.  

 While I had no intentions of gaining followers and writing for them, what did interest me was that I could document my life, in picture form, to share.  To share with my family states away, friends that I rarely get to see and mainly myself.  My long term memory is awful (as in I think there is something wrong with me).  While this means there are a lot of painful things I don't remember, it also saddens me that I feel I have lost many things that I would want to hold on too.  So this blog is a way for me to remember, the milestones, the everyday moments, the random thoughts I may have, the good along with the hard.  I want to be positive but I also want it to be real, and most of all glorifying to my Great God.  My goal is to create books for each of the children from the blog when they get older. My way of scrapbooking.

I originally named the blog after Zoe, as she was my only little at the time.  The word Zoe means life.  Christ speaks of how he came to bring "Zoe" abundant life.  That is my daughter.  It's also behind the name Zoe (Life) Love all over the Land. So, although, she is still a major part of my life, I shortened it to just Love all over the Land....to stand for all of us Lovelands now!

Looking forward to building on the memories to come!

It's Coffee time (the latest update)

It's been awhile since I did an update on how things are going in our Loveland Coffee world.  We seem to always have things going on and changing (even if it is behind the scenes).  

Beach is the chef in our house...he is amazing at coming up with things.  He had his hand at creating some new cold drinks at work as well to bring in the season.  Check out the Black Julep above: club soda, mint syrup and espresso.  

All the rage - Bulletproof Coffee Espresso: Organic Coconut Oil and Irish Butter from Grass Fed Cows. All Blended together for a Rich and Creamy Cappuccino Styled Drink.

"The Vanilla Dolce" Latte. A Blend of Raw Sugars Infused with Madagascar Vanilla Beans. Flavor notes include: Caramel, Banana and Aged Oak.

The Skywalker: 16oz Mexican Glass bottle Coke over ice, 2 Shots Espresso, Vanilla Syrup with a splash of Half & Half. 

Or maybe the "Loco Con Miel" is more your style: Local Organic Honey Infused with Habanero Pepper, Cinnamon and our Award winning Espresso with steamed milk. 

Beach has started the process of roasting all his own beans. To think all the coffee goodness starts with so many green beans.

This is an exciting new step in the business and one that he has been looking forward too! 

Of course he continues to perfect his latte art.

And enjoy the sunrises from the kiosk.

This year Loveland Coffee was a vendor in the Irmo Farmer's market.  Chris helped him set up their amazing display!

I'm pretty sure I would not know of such things existing without him.  A birthday treasure, 

AND then he found a retro one at a garage sale for a buck a week later!

The biggest new thing to hit Loveland Coffee: This 1966 Chevrolet Truck.

 A great source for advertising....along with some other fun things we have in mind that is yet to come!

Stay tuned!

Now I'm off to make myself an amazing Loveland Coffee drink (or maybe my personal birsta will hook a girl up)!

The 4th Festivities

So I LOVE blueberries but they can be so expensive!

Last year I went blueberry picking for the first time and thought this should be a 4th of July tradition!  Unlimited goodness at your fingertips. 

My girls didn't so much pick the berries but did enjoy them quite a bit....until bellies got full.

We tried out a different place this year, Berry Hill Farm, and they give these great ropes you can use to tie the bucket around  you.  I loved it and so did Addy!

 Ezra was a good sport, like always. 

 I was so thankful to have helping hands! 

 Daddy worked a half day and he was greatly missed.

We had a amazing time and will be back next year!

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After recouping naps for us all....we headed out to our friends pond with our community group and other friends!

 
I didn't bring bathing suits, as I was not feeling like getting in the water and had somewhat of a stinky attitude beforehand.  

However, this greatly upset Zoe while we were there and she kept whining and complaining....until she asked to borrow a suit and then had the time of her life!  

I was so thankful for Jeanette being so great with the kids and helping them all jump in!

We really did have a good time.  Thankful so much for family, friends and for Freedom!

 

June Bugs

A hot month full of love!

Beach watched the crew on one of my first days back at work AND he took them all grocery shopping!!!  He is one brave man!  Luckily the cart had space for all three of them.

They must have been so good that they got "coffee" afterwards.

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Danielle got to have the cousins together and made some cute photo colleagues.....I hope they are always the best of friends!

Did somebody say blueberries!

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How fun is this for a birthday!  I had never heard of the place but we all really enjoyed it!

Zoe loves Savannah, the beautiful birthday girl, so she was very excited about this whole process!

There was a hay ride.

And petting area!

A beautiful pond gave a great backdrop that I attempted to get some sisterly love, 

Attempted being the key word here...clearly Zoe did not agree with this idea.

Side note....This girl wears dresses everyday.  She may be the first one to wear a white colored dress to an outdoor adventure party...I just try to roll with her wishes most of the time.

Getting a great picture of all three together....not happening.

So I just took one with Ez.

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Even though I'm back at work....I still try to squeeze in some playdates!  For the kids sanity and mine!

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So it was daddy-daughter date night at Chick-fil-a.

They had their places marked.

Which included face painting...

And a limo ride!

Zoe had some friends come as well!

Free dessert....this kid has clearly never eaten an ice cream cone and turned it on its side and took a large bite out of it.

Zoe was just slightly excited about this event.

Even though I'm not a fan of the quality of their food (or lack there of), sometimes exceptions can be made to capture such fun and create memories.

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So when I fed my niece, Lydia, this was her sign that she was done eating....she moved on to sucking her toe...silly girl!

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Yep, high classing it with our swimming pool.  The girls actually really love it, and then Beach and I can do a little yard work.

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I love these three and glad that sharing momma isn't too difficult most of the time.

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Zoe was so excited for zoo members night, she kept asking for weeks about it.

We saw Adalyn there and tagged along with them.

Zoe had a love/scared relationship with feeding the giraffe.  She repeatedly would feed him and back away in a terror laugh.

Shiloh, on the other hand, did not have much love for it and did not appreciate being smelled.

Zoe was willing to feed the lorikeets, briefly that is.

But Shiloh really enjoyed the smaller animal.

The all time favorite, though, was the carousel.  We don't normally ride because of the price, but Zoe was ecstatic that she could go numerous times free on members night!

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To say that Beach Loves his new truck is an understatement.

The girls really enjoy being in it but don't worry it's just in the driveway.

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"Help!"  We hear from the other room and Beach finds this....

so thanking the Lord for another crazy month!