and one more for the road

 

Nothing like a deadline to hurry along the creative process.  Oh boy I hate deadlines.
We are leaving tomorrow for a little trip, because things aren't crazy enough around here.
Okay, enough chit-chat -- time to pack!

it's the most wonderful time of the year!

and I'm not that good at sharing.  so we've developed a system.

Oh me oh my.  Thank you so much for all of the enthusiastic congratulations.
We are so excited. 

It's been a pretty emotional week for me.  Which totally caught me by surprise.   I mean, we've been kind of ready to get the heck out of here for like a year.
It's been a year of practicing patience and trying to make the best of things.  It's been hard.

But it's also been good!   And I am sad to leave this little life we have made for ourselves here.  We've been fitting all of our 'lasts' in, and being the sentimental gal that I am, I find myself getting teary eyed doing ordinary things like, washing out the salad spinner and wondering if it's the last time I'll do so in this sink.  We've made so many great friends and even though we're no stranger to the moving game (in our five years of marriage we've moved five times), it seems much harder this time.

I've been stocking up on art supplies, attending good-bye breakfasts and barbecues, homemade ice-cream parties (our ice-cream maker overheated while making some heath-bar-crunch!  So it was more like a heath-bar milkshake), and fitting in last-minute antiquing with my sweet neighbor.  You know, all the necessary before-moving activities.   Oh, and our landlords that moved to Hawaii sent us this lovely lei.  Pretty!  (But honestly, where am I supposed to wear a lei?)

We're still working out moving details and are waiting to hear back on the house we want to rent (keep your fingers crossed!), so it's starting to feel like this is really happening.

We've got a nice chunk of time before the move, and so we've been brainstorming some fun trip ideas.
I like trips.

oh by the way,

we're totally moving.

to Walla Walla, Washington.

These are a few snapshots from our trip there a few weekends back.  And since I'm not very good at keeping my camera handy when I'm out in the 'real world', these are some of the only photos I took.   Here is a view of our hotel (fancy!), an enthusiastic family photo, the blossom lined streets, and some other views of the town.

Walla Walla was adorable and everything was blooming.  The little mountains were mossy and apparently they grow a lot of onions there.  Evan got the job we had been waiting (not so) patiently for, and we are feeling so blessed.

We are moving later this month, and boy oh boy are we excited.

strawberry tart

 

 who wants a slice?

yum.

nap time

You should know that I have about five thousand pictures of Gesso taking a nap.
Which is only okay because he is so adorable.