well then...

first off, this happened::

(we just brought him home last week.  he's a cavalier king charles spaniel.  he's ridiculous.  i never thought i could be a dog person, because honestly i've never really felt a connection to dogs -besides fear- but this little guy has changed my life.  i'm in love.  i'm officially one of 'those people'.)

and then this guy turned SEVEN::

(here he is at puppa and nan's house, sporting his new bike helmet that he got from them...to go with his rad new neon orange bike that we got him!)

i did some crafting for the holidays-----tie dye-ing and blueberry jam making!   i'm going to be an auntie very soon so of course my niece-to-be needed some hippie love for christmas...

(we did a LOT of entertaining.  like a lot.  which is pretty much my favorite thing to do.  knocking the wall down, getting the floors, and doing the big vintage island with the five stools was the best idea ever.  we've already got our money's worth out of it these past two months!)

(i found this picture on my camera.  made me die laughing for a couple of minutes).

and to top it all off, christmas happened.  and with it, it's many many many parties and gatherings and celebrations.  which were all awesome.  i will spare you the details.  just know that it all culminated in john rubbing his gifts all over himself, just like he does every year. 

happy new year!  back to the basement to bag up everything we own to be donated!  i'm over it all.

csa in review...better late than never

when we originally signed up for our csa this year, i wanted to make sure that i documented what we got every week, so when it was all said and done we could look back at all the beautiful veggies that crossed our paths.  finally, this morning, i got a chance to finish up my weekly recap pictures!  here's all twenty weeks of veggie goodness....  it's definitely eye candy, and good motivation for me to jump back on the veggie train post holiday!

i love veggies!  i got kris carr's "crazy sexy kitchen" cookbook for christmas and i can't wait to start cooking through some of the recipes in there! 

each moment is precious

as a mom, one of my most favorite things is when i upload my newest photos from my camera onto my computer.  then i open the folder and look through each and every photo, usually from the past month or so.  my favorite part is when i find photos that weren't taken by me-----but taken by the kids.  either i've handed them the camera to keep them busy, or they've taken it out of my purse and snapped some photos of things that moved them without me knowing.  it's these captured moments that i love the best.

i just uploaded some december photos, and found these posed pictures that the kids took of each
other in front of our tree (which fell down the next day, btw, and half our ornaments broke!  that's what we get for buying the most ginormous tree on the farm!).  i love the expressions, the love, the tenderness, the silliness.  i love that lulu is in her underwear and wearing her vintage christmas stocking on her foot. 

i've been feeling very emotional this week (like everyone else, i'm sure), and mama-bearish in regards to my children.  i'm looking forward to having them close to me all next week during vacation.  i am trying to savor every moment, even the hard ones.  each moment is precious.

wisdom

some words of wisdom from lulu (she says this at least 100 times a day)------

"yesterday was yesterday.  today is today.  tomorrow is tomorrow". 

seriously, it's like having my own personal yoda sometimes. 

support amazing artists, part II

 thank you to everyone who took the time to read my last post, and click around some of the links!  as promised, here is part 2-----more creative, beautiful artists and wonderful projects to support!

kelly barton's art and design------ooooh, i could buy each and every thing here!  i love her art, her baubles, her magic.  total eye candy!

i am lucky to call georgia a friend----and her shop, gypsy wings, is incredible.  i own one of her necklaces and whenever i wear it, i get mucho compliments.  i wouldn't complain if santa brought me one of her beauties...

how awesome is this soul mantra locket?

i want every single one of athena's perfunes from her shop sage goddess!

i have anna wingfield's soulodge spray and it's pure awesomeness in a bottle.  everything in her shop looks amazing!

mati's art is some of my favorite------bright, bold, beautiful!

i love all the things in stacy's "bella wish" shop, especially this om shanti necklace!