finally Friday

The weather has been unusually cool this week - wasn't quite prepared for it, but don't mind it too much. I'm sure the heat will hit us soon!

James was unexpectedly in town this week so we had dinner with him on Wednesday night. Always good to see family. 

And the Kiwi edition may have come home with me on Tuesday as a reward for getting our taxes done. I've flipped through the cards and they are so freakin' cute! Can't wait to use them.

Happy Easter!

finally Friday

Mom came to town at the last minute to see the boys before she leaves on her 6-month trip to Japan. Always so good to see her!

I am looking forward to a restful weekend. How about you?

TGIF!

Merry everything

December has seriously flown by. We have less than one week in 2013! I am super thankful to be spending the rest of the year with the ones I love the most.

The old blog has been sorely neglected this year. I am not quite ready to give it up, yet also don't have the commitment to it like I have before. We'll see how it goes, I suppose!

Happy 2014!

summer vacation, part 1

For our first vacation of the summer, we

...walked across a bridge


...played dress up


...saw our favorite city from an island


...danced the day away


...reconnected with family


...took an evening boat cruise


...celebrated Pride


...admired her Lady


...drank tea


...went to the wrong museum


...took a train


...walked across another bridge


...took and overedited a cool selfie while doing laundry


...visited Gram


...ran (and watched) a 10K


...ate lots of good food


...celebrated a birthday


...played golf


...kayaked


...watched the sunrise


...and made it home with no delay or drama!

weekend lens | the celebration continues

Sometimes the first weekend of the year can be a bit of a bummer because the holidays are over. Luckily we had a couple more things to celebrate to ease the transition.


We helped wish our friend S a happy birthday on Friday.


She and her hubs P are the cutest couple ever and fast becoming good friends. We look forward to getting to know them better in 2013.


On Saturday we went over to spend time with my side of the family. My sister and her family were in Cape Cod the last two weekends in December so we did our Christmas a little later this year.


These days the only way for the boys to stay still for the camera is to have something on TV for them to watch! You can tell they are tired because their fingers have a permanent place in their mouth ;). And unfortunately Dad couldn't be here to celebrate with us, but he's with us in spirit.

Hope you had a great start to your 2013. So not ready for a full work week, but it's coming so here we go!

still here

The hubs and I left on Thursday to visit his family in the northeast.


It's been a fabulous visit so far, filled with family, food, quiet, meditation and yoga.


We're glad to see that the Mayans got it wrong, and we are still alive and kicking. 

Channelling our inner Picassos

Last night we took Mom and our niece L to paint.


We started with a blank canvas...


painted over the course of 2+ hours,


and ended up with a new masterpiece! A perfect Friday night family date.

Joe is taking mom to the airport as I type and L's spring break ends on Sunday so back to just the two of us after today. I love spending time with our family but am also ready to get back into our normal routine. Today is the last day of March and a quarter of the way through the year. 2012, you are flying by!

iSmile

As I am struggling to re-find my blogging voice, I don't want to lose sight of the little things that make me smile.


DD turned one on the 17th! My babies (not technically mine, but I love them as if) are growing too fast!


Celebrating friend's birthdays.


Joe's mom in town for a visit, and getting her hair done.


Fun $1 scrappy supplies


Hanging out with my mom too!


Riding bikes with Joe's fam.


Sunset on the lake.

Week in photos

Observations for the week:

Buying a pumpkin always signifies the beginning of fall for me. I like our matching set.


Baby J hasn't gotten as much picture love since Baby Buddha has come along. This is because he barely sits still enough for me to get a clear photo more than anything else.


The hubs and I ate dinner out the night before he left. Hurry home sweets, I am still missing you!


The weekend was full of babies. My sis and her husband went to San Antonio for a quick getaway and enlisted my mom, myself and my dad to help watch the kiddos while they were gone.


This little boy (almost!) is really the sweetest almost 2-year-old around.


On Saturday we took the babies on a walk to visit a nearby pumpkin patch. I didn't get nearly as many photos as I would of like because it started to rain. We were so happy for the rain that getting soaked wasn't a big deal; luckily the stoller kept the babies dry.


Does he not have the sweetest face or what? I know I may be biased, but I have a feeling both he and his brother are going to be heartbreakers when they grow up.

I gotta give kudos to all you mothers out there. Taking care of babies is much more difficult on a 24-7 basis. I think my mom and I were more happy to see their parents than they were!

Week in photos

Being a veggie sometimes makes you more creative in your meal choices. We made a tofu scramble for dinner, recipe made up as we go along.


Baby blue eyes is so sweet.


Our newest discovery at Newark airport: Crumbs Cupcakes, our favorite cupcake place in the world.


Taking a walk at Joe's parents place. I love the lush green forest.


The goofy K family :)


Our neice L getting attacked by her lobster


All of us after the game on Sunday. We look pretty good for melting in the heat most of the afternoon. And the Sox won - woo hoo!

{Sorry the photos are so large - chose the wrong size on Flickr and am too lazy to change it but will for the next post!}