Hey Claire...

I miss you.
I miss our vacations.

Discovering orange trees and baseball.

Max is home

Max came home on Sunday!
His new bracelets shaved into his arms are pretty cool.
He has been sleepy but is pretty much back to his old self.
(sorry if you think these images are gross)

On my wall

New additions to my wall.
A vintage frame Jon and Diana gave me for a birthday a while ago with a tear from an old medical book of the anatomy of the eye...
A page from a vintage pin-up girl calendar.

Tara and Christian's Wedding

My Big Brothers Wedding

Last month my brother T got married!  

It was a beautiful wedding, unfortunately I wasn't photograph it, they had an amazing photographer do that, I just enjoyed!

I am so happy for them and I loved spending time with the whole family.

 ALSO.... Alpha Smooth (who is just amazing) set up a photobooth at the reception, they are really great.  You can see them on her blog 

Advil and dogs don't mix.

Wednesday afternoon Max thought it would be a good idea to chew open a bottle of ibuporfin.  I wasn't sure how many he had eaten and at the time he seemed fine so I didn't think much of it until later that night when his insides fell outside.  Luckily there is a 24 hour vet a few blocks from me so I brought the poor dude in a 3 am.  They prepared me for the worst so I thought I might not ever be bringing him home.  Luckily he has been doing better, I went for a visit today and he seemed comfortable and sleepy.  If things keep going as they are I will be able to bring him home tomorrow.

Tara and Christian... I'm about to post the full wedding

Check back soon!

Thankful for these people...

I am sorry my blog has been invaded by these faces, but they are what I love the most.

I was blessed enough to spend the week with them.

I loved finding a table full of amazing drawing of monsters... These were my favorite, I love the floating monsters holding hands.

Abby and her faces

I am not going to lie, my niece cracks me up.

I think she has invented at least 30 new expression 

this is what happens within 5 minutes 

no direction

just talking with her

Melanie's Birthday

We threw my dear friend Melanie a surprise party last week.
I just wanted to let Mel know that I love her and think the world of her.

Brynne and Tanner

 I love when I meet couples like Brynne and Tanner, especially because they were willing to trespass to get into this great location. lots of laughs.

I like them so much

BLIZZARD

I hope it is as bad as they are saying it is.
How I enjoy my storms.

The New Niece

This is Evelyn, my newest niece and possibly the happiest baby I have ever met.
We share the same middle name (Lorraine), I believe we have a special connection.

IF I COULD I WOULD

SO I WILL FIND A WAY I CAN.

I wish I had something clever to go along with this image but I don't.
I just love it
Maybe because it reminds me of youth and the magic that come with being totally enamored 
with something as simple as a pair of sparkly shoes.

Excuse my absence...

I have been busy falling in love with these people

And welcoming a new sister into my family

in this amazing city

2 am.

Working on a project.
Does anyone know who this is a drawing of?