Here are my favorite Instagram photos of this week.

Early this morning I could hear the waves crashing from my bedroom window so I knew the waves must be strong because that’s the only time I could hear them in bed. It made for a pretty scene that afternoon although my iPhone seemed so inadequate to capture the beauty.

We don’t have the luxury of a brilliantly colored autumn the way the east coast does, but in between the green of the forest and the blue of the ocean I’ll find glimpses of red and gold.

My in-laws were coming over for dinner so I made some Italian wheat bread in my bread machine. The boys insisted that they “help” me. Plus they wanted to try out their new kid-sized boy aprons that I bought at a craft booth at the Mission fiesta.

I’m still trying to clean, organize and add a few decorating touches and John-Paul wanted to help me out. His contribution was to decorate my throw pillow with a pack of stickers. He was sooo proud. I guess it needed a boy’s touch.

This photo reveals a few real things about our family – 1. This was actually taken two weeks ago because it is before we had the rug cleaned. 2. You will always find a Disney/Pixar toy on the floor, whether Buzz, Lightning, Walle, Nemo etc. 3. The rug is dirty because things like baked cheetos are spilled on it. 4. I need to get out the 2T clothes because Matthew is busting out of his 18 month clothes. 5. Like their grandpa and their uncles, when my boys need sleep they can pretty much crash anywhere and take a snooze. 6. Matthew is his daddy’s son because close to him are two of Brian’s favorite pastimes – the Packers and the rosary.