anniversary goodness

yummy sandwiches at a local eatery we've been dying to try for some time... followed by local gelato.  so good. <3

Once Upon a Time

These two kids met at summer camp.

They started talking.

Then they talked more.  (Mainly on AOL Instant Messenger!  Hehe!)

Then they fell in love.

Then 5 or so years later, this happened.

Then 4 years went by.

And that brings us to today. =]

Happy anniversary, my love!  I can't wait to spend at least 23546512165 more anniversary's with you!

From the weekend

Saturday we had the most beautiful first beach day of the season.  The weather was perfect and the company wasn't too shabby either. ;]  Z loved playing in the sand, having a picnic and running down the beach.  She was a little timid of the waves, but she sure did giggle when she was on daddy's back in the ergo and he ran from the waves!  <3

All About Z!

The Zgirl is officially 2.5 years old today.  We did a little photo shoot in her room for fun!

Lately

::The hubs and a friend planned a top-secret surprise trip to Boston for me and a friend. =]

::I figured out that my camera wasn't actually broken, I just needed to reset the settings.  (Embarrassing!  But awesome!)

::It's still been rainrainrain here, but this afternoon the sun has come out, which I wasn't expecting!

::We had a really sweet, simple mother's day.  Z got me non-toxic blue nail polish and a lip balm and the hubs picked a dark chocolate bar and a box of tea.  Loves. =]

::We were able to celebrate with both our moms, which was great, even though the place we met the hubs mom for ice cream was giving out free ice cream to mothers.  (The ice cream was supposed to be her gift.)  lol!

::Ziva will be officially 2 and a HALF tomorrow!  Which is crazy, fun and sometimes frustrating.  She is so silly and cracks us up daily.  Last night at bedtime while saying what she was thankful for, she included her butt and butt crack...  That's my little lady.  I'm not going to lie and say we didn't laugh.  It was funny. =]

::Hopefully I'll be back soon with more real pictures and words to go with them.

From the weekend

I'm sorry for my absence.  Yesterday's weather was just too nice.  It has been raining for... awhile.  Yesterday was beautiful and I spent the majority of the day outside in the sunshine. =]

From the weekend:

Potatoes in love ;] // Lotion Bar

Lotion bars (shea & olive) // Saturday bike ride on our local trail

These lotion bars are awesome.  Ohmygoodness.  So convenient.  I keep one in an old altoids tin in my purse and one pretty much follows me around the house.  For the one with shea butter I used this recipe.

For the one with olive oil, you just replace the shea butter with olive oil.  (I got this idea from a friend!)  The hardest part about this recipe is cleaning beeswax off the bowls and utensils you use.  Honestly.  (The trick is to boil them, then use a dry cloth to wipe off the wax while they're still hot!)

I just wanted to try these, not make like 12 bars, so I did a tiny recipe of each.  About a 1/2 oz (on the kitchen scale) of each ingredient made one of each bar.  I simply poured them into cupcake liners in my muffin tin and they hardened very quickly on the counter.  I like the idea of using those silicone molds in the cake aisle, but I also like to work with what I've got!

Lotions bars are a generally new concept to me, anyone else use/make them?

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words  some words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.



Pink sidewalk chalk streaked hair & 3D movie glasses?  Obviously we were attending a party as Matt & Kim.


Yeah, I know, we look nothing like them.  We should've made up our own indie band.  Oh wellz!