loving lately

nursery trinkets from one of my bests

silver wax + m stamp from italy

vintage postcard circa 1908

Coca-Cola refresco: one of Mike's favorite treats

bathroom decor 

[memorial day weekend]

a few days at the lake

#FWA: LOZ, Sister Hazel & Third Eye Blind #hellyea

swimming with our buds + awesome-ball

[required friday listening]

[in honor of the sister hazel concert this weekend]

loving lately

wedding flowers

sparkling "M"

nightly re-reading of our trail journals

street side finds
coconut oil - healthy eating endeavors 

month six

happy half birthday, little one

seriously, i can't believe that we're already celebrating your half birthday! you'll learn quickly that birthdays are a BIG deal to your mama, so we celebrate half birthdays around here too. (: 

at your 6 month check up you weighed 17#10oz, measured 26.8" long! what a big boy you're getting to be. 

in this past month you stayed with Mimi and Papa (and Mere) for your longest stay away from mama and daddy-o yet (for the crazy Palmetto 200). you also (ad)ventured to St. Augustine, FL for a reunion with 2 of mama's very best friends, aunt Melissa and aunt Carolyn. you're a little beach bum. you hung out in the sun (well, under the umbrella) with us girls for hours, took a dip in the chilly ocean (and didn't mind that it was cool) and were a champ in the heated pool! i can't wait for our very first summer together -- swimming pool dates at honey's and gram's, tractor rides with OD and Pop, daily walks with mama, lunch dates at the park with daddy-o, and so much more. 

you are on.the.move! you like to roll and roll and roll. on Haley's birthday (May 5) you actually sat by yourself for the very first time! it was only for a few seconds, but since then you've gotten much better (by May 17 you've really gotten the hang of it).

love you to the moon, mighty moose 

sit stilll

I Go Among Trees and Sit Still

by 

Wendell Berry

I go among trees and sit still.

All my stirring becomes quiet 

around me like circles on water.

My tasks lie in their places

 where I left them, asleep like cattle.
Then what is afraid of me comes

 and lives a while in my sight.

What it fears in me leaves me,

 and the fear of me leaves it.

It sings, and I hear its song.

Then what I am afraid of comes.

 I live for a while in its sight.

What I fear in it leaves it,

 and the fear of it leaves me.

It sings, and I hear its song.

After days of labor,

 mute in my consternations,

I hear my song at last,

 and I sing it. As we sing,

the day turns, the trees move.

[required friday listening]

[on repeat] 

l e a r n

my heart's song lately ...

Learn to like what doesn’t cost much.
Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills.
Learn to like people even though some of them may be different… Different from you.
Learn to like to work and the satisfaction doing your job as well as it can be done.
Learn to like the song of birds, the companionship of dogs.
Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.
Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.
Learn to keep your wants simple and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others.

-Lowell C. Bennion

loving lately

nutella banana bread muffins

hard boiled eggs

my new "grow" spoon from mack made

blooming flower boxes

bare feet 

inaugural lake weekend 2 0 1 3

reading
[a LOT of] cookie cake
a saturday morning ski
one boat ride
an afternoon on the dock
tanning, eating, hanging out, games
bath time for the littles

i'd say we had a successful inaugural lake weekend