susan’s prime rib, and your mouth will be watering.
earlier this month,
we had our annual new years dinner at the bland family residence.
i dote on tradition.
so, tradition + good friends + delicious food.
always amazing.
suz put lights under the sheer fabric to decorate the buffet,
such a cute-easy-super fancy idea!
thank you to the lovely hosts, xo.
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i’m thirty-five.
as in, almost twenty-four hours ago, i turned thirty-five.
and, i was shakin’ it with this iphone photo app, all weekend…
my entire weekend has been a celebration.
so much goodness jam-packed into three days.
how am i feeling? about this big three-five?
well, the first five years of my thirties were beautiful,
easy to age…as i kept adding those years.
this next five i might not take with such grace.
this three-five feels like the older-side-of-thirty.
but…
for now, i’m happily-thirty-five,
girls lunch on friday at smashburger…my choice of restaurant!
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drum roll please…
i hope to never forget…
play time on the patio, in jammies.
{love those santa gifts!}
anywhere you take myla,
she’s going to build a fort…
luckily, this pool provided the space and privacy needed to do so—
{santa brought water bugs = endless hours of fun!}
beautiful kenna with the tweeners favorite choice of beverage,
a virgin-miami-vice.
and every time my iced tea arrived with the splenda tucked under the lime..
{i was smiling}
{water guns from santa,
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our lives have parallelled each others for over fifteen years.
you are the most loyal, dear friends.
we love you.
happy fifteen!
these pictures are from an entire collection i have of one afternoon in seoul, korea. 1997.
the four of us cruised around seoul on our scooters, visiting buddhist temples,
and outdoor markets. the funniest/scariest things happened this day…
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we had a beautiful christmas here in cabo. we shared the day with good friends, delicious food, and the pacific ocean. i’ve found what i like most about christmas here, it’s that it’s not over. if we were home, i would have already gotten a crazy cleaning bug to take down the tree, super-clean the house and move on…
but here.
oh, we love here.
here, the christmas tree lights are still a-glow, we’re still whistling christmas tunes, and each morning still feels like christmas morning with the toy blizzard that appears.
the season continues.
plus, we know that white stuff will still be there, for months,
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we had enchiladas, clam chowder, mexican steak and cheese quesadillas…
patio-style.
after a beautiful day at the beach,
we visited the bland family to give them their christmas eve gifts…
keeping with this new tradition,
cabo xmas 2010 pro look shorts!
the adorable bland familia—
our familia—
{please note: when i’m truly on vacation there is no make-up and very little effort to do my hair!}
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