the end of summer is so dreamy. the days becoming shorter, the trees a
little bearer and the nights a little cooler. i don't have "school age"
children yet so there isn't a cut-off day of summer turned fall....the
warm lazy days just slowly begin to slip away. i guess in reality the
days during summer are anything but lazy. lots of play dates, activities
and days of celebrating holidays and birthdays.
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left off our last update with the end of july and anyone who knows sb,
knows that the very next weekend is our city's biggest annual party:
fiesta. we had so much fun this year. did as many activities we could
manage to squeeze in, saw lots of family and dreamed about all the
additional things we could do next year.
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| our dear friend rina, moves across country. we miss you lees! |
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| with every block, we couldn't believe it could go any higher! |
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| hot summer days, spent on the porch |
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| can you believe this is how long evia's hair is when wet (between her shoulder blades)? |
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| right after the bath, it looks like this - amazing how tight the curl is |
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| sillies! |
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| special time with auntie |
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| viva la! - fiesta norteno |
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| carousel with aminah |
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| sometimes it can be TOO much fiesta (we've all been there). |
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| first cascarones selection |
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| walking to the pancake breakfast |
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| fun to see old friends everywhere you go. hi linnea! |
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| passing auntie liz, not without a hug! |
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| zavala cuties |
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| santa barbara snow, confetti |
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| friends everywhere you go: theo, tonya, gary and jeff - our lady of guadelupe |
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| sunday pozole |
the next weekend was diegas' birthday. we spent the day at the zoo and
had dinner on the beach with diegas' brother and sister-in-law. the kids
had a ball playing in the sand and going down to the water. it was a
magical evening.
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| d's birthday, spent some hours at the zoo |
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| dinner on the sand |
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| sand angels |
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| a girl's night at the drive-in |
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| a delicious lunch date (i have an obsession with food photos) |
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| childhood memories at this family cabin of the willumson's - revisited 20ish years later |
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| nighttime reading with nana |
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| in search of "mila-bugs" |
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| meeting sweet river |
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| taking her friend's for a "drive" |
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| mamas and muffins |
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| learning the old school way, of warming up after the pool on the hot cement |
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| kiley and i introducing our children to eachother |
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| new friends |
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| mama's bday |
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| a traditional olive oil cake + fig compote for my italian mama |
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| evia awaiting the festivities |
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| girls night in honor of elizabeth |
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| we drove 45 minutes to build a bear to find they were under construction |
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| gelato, a pretty good substitute |
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| it's dress-up all the time in our house |
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| more river time, sweet moments with friends |
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| chocolate zucchini cupcakes - worth every bite! |
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| seeing my great uncle after about 20 years. special dinner remembering grandpa frank |
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| the handsome gents |
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| the ladies |
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| evia taking notes on hullahooping from uncle L |
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| summer sprinkler fun, at gma lu's and gpa bob's |
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| keeping cool in the pool with aminah |
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| cousin dinner date |
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| celebrating baby moreno |
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| evia learning about bees from grandpa the beekeeper "tell me the bee's story grandpa" |
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| walking through the farmer's market COMPLETELY ALONE |
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| seeing this gem on my walk home |
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| up and over the bridge, beautiful night |
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| evia's dollar store selection face crayons |
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| grandpa's birthday breakfast...evia's happy |
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| road trip begins, bye grandma lu |
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| walter and kevin our hosts ;) |
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| evia taking in the view |
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| our real hostess with the most-ess, clarissa |
in september we were lucky enough to celebrate my cousin and finance's
baby on the way. it was a beautiful celebration, given with such love
and on the way we snuck in a much needed visit with the ellis' to see
their house in the woods. a truly spectacular piece of property....and
as always beyond-gracious hosts!
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| these cuties had so much fun together |
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| evia captured our relaxing visit |
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| spectacular view |
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| no picture of the gorgeous mama-to-be, but here are her beautiful nieces and mother in law |
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| the perfect favor - krispy kreme's! |
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| ibarra hot chocolate with gam |
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| mila sleeping as soundly as i do at my grandparent's |
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| playdate at sb zoo with the henson' girls |
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| emi's fun birthday (pre pj!!) |
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| capturing the a sneaky out-of-bed-during-nap moment. it could be worse. |
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| getting some much needed cover time while in sb. miss that family. |
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| a date for mama and papa. deelish |
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| antique silver - love |
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| d's company party, went above and beyond with activities. we had the best time - again. |
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| evia learning how to hold a hose from the fire fighter, salty |
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| sweet moment captured on our daily walk (new route = new place to sit) |
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| these girls definitely got my chocolate gene |
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| was invited by auntie jackie to a private home, pottery barn trunk show. have you heard of these? |
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| william sonoma was there with the delicious food! |
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| the boys went fishing. can you say DELICIOUS fish fry that night! |
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| evia reacquainted with eggnog (the pony she rode during her bday party), at a local carnival |
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| a photo for her "last day" of swim...we're back in lessons. she loves it! |
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| hangin' with the tylers |
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| mama finally made it back into a dance class and got to experience BAC's studio. love it there! |
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| tyler, moreno, zavala excursion (pre-pj!) |
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| sister date, so fun! |
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| carp avocado festival. mila enjoying elote |
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| working out in papa's gym |
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| some garage sale scores |
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| postcards from grandpa and nana's visit to vermont |
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| pumpkin chocolate chip cookies |
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| hoping for rain...only sprinkles |
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| hot chocolate with auntie |
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| we can stay busy for hours, just tearing your magazines |
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| pepe le pew |
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| date day, to celebrate 8 years. ate lunch on the wharf, grabbed ice cream and enjoyed the scenery |
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| first crockpot meal - ribs! |
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| anniversary dinner, romantic table for four (tortilla soup) |
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| reminiscing (save the dates 2005) |
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| one of my favorite photos from one of my favorite days! |
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| making caramel apples |
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| santa barbara museum of art with papa |
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| mila turns 18 months. day spent at sbma's dia de los muertos festival |
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| fall morning |
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| pulling my costume together |
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| our sweet-bees at boo at the zoo |
halloween prep and experience has been totally different this year. we
spend our morning walks scouring the neighborhood for the best
decorations. evia is old enough to understand it's make believe but not
old enough to understand that the dripping bloody knife and hanging head
is "what it is." she asked anna yesterday "why is that scary gobblin
(hanging from the tree) wearing uggs like ME?" oh sweet girl - we don't
know. it's a strange holiday...but we're finding all the FUN parts about
it. including going to boo at the zoo this year. the girls had an
amazing time dressing up in their costumes, "trick-o-treating" on the
grounds and winning prizes from the various games. we all had a ball!
