happy anniversary!

happy anniversary

mum + daddio!

30 years and still making each other laugh...

CHEERS! to that.

xoxo

martha mondays

mondays

have become

my day to re-group around the house...

do the laundry, re-stock the fridge, cook and clean.

i have lovingly named this day of the week a "martha monday"

one part martha stewart and one part my mom martha

...

mornings in the kitchen

making lunch box snacks:

organic trail mix

...

and

organic homemade yogurts with mango compote

...

a good fridge scrub-down

makes one feel

fresh and new

ahhhhh.

in the oven:

oatmeal flax bread

spinning downstairs:

loads and loads of laundry

good to start the week!

happy easter!

chirp chirp!

HAPPY EASTER!

spring is in FULL bloom

and the sun

is finally shining

i hope this special sunday was filled with family, chocolate bunnies and sunshine.

xoxo

words for the week

this week was a doozy...

looooooow lows

and great days.

but

i know

everything

DOES

happen for a reason...

and

life IS good.

and

i am so

SO
grateful

for friends and family.

image: kindovermatter

glitter-fest

theresa is here for spring break

so we spent yesterday

decorating dozens of eggs

for easter

we had a (messy) blast

blowing out shells

dyeing, glueing and glittering

and adding beads and wire to hang

on our "easter tree"

good day, sunshine

this past weekend

really did feel like spring

starting

with the opening of local ice cream shops

my summer pick- perfectly tart pinkberry-esque yogurt with fresh berries

...

and fresh tunes

on the ipod

for the file stretch of my run

comfort food

don't you love how certain foods can bring to back in time...

to a moment

or a place

to childhood in general

to home

?

rice pilaf does it for me.

every.time.

cold, clumpy and straight from the left-over container.

usually shoveled, yes, shoveled while standing.

it brings me back to all those evenings before swim team practice, or just home from.

i can hear my mom telling me to sit.down. and chew!

ooh, so good.

and then

there are the unexpected...

welch's white grape juice.

i found a bottle in my in-law's fridge a few months ago

and couldn't resist.

oh, i literally felt like a kid in a candy store!

so random, but so good.

right back to after-church coffe hour-

the only place we ever got non-watered-down juice.

100% sweet goodness.

what foods bring you back?