mis amores

february has been nothing short of a love fest. as the day month requires, we spent most of it with our loved ones and celebrating each other. i've been wondering why i've been reflecting on the joys of the day-to-day so much the last couple of weeks...and the answer, most likely is, there has been a lot of love in the air. below are some photos that sum up the month:

our dear friends mark and nina brought by their newest family member otis. evia and o were instant buddies

"eat, drink, cheer, repeat" was the perfect motto for this year's super bowl and the tequila lime chicken was deelish

superbowl brought a beautiful full double rainbow that we all went outside to enjoy

nothing says love more than what evia thinks of her older cousin isei! they must have played in the mud for at least an hour

we met papa for lunch at the lake one day and topped it off with a playdate to feed the ducks by two wee-ones that the girl's can't get enough of.

 

 

grandpa mikey's birthday was spent celebrating over tacos and then onto "presidio by candlelight" where we watched the food cooked, yarn spun , music played, people dance and a "padre" write with quill and ink - as the presidio would have looked a few hundred years ago. fascinating

we try to get out and enjoy this town we call home, as much as time allows

 

a rare opportunity to double date for dinner followed by a girls night, at the granada as we watched luana perform. she was phenomenal and loved my time with rosi!!

as usual our dinner was exceptional at brasil arts cafe

making valentine's cards with great grandma lu

valentine's breakfast: cherry pancakes i've been instructed by the girls not to use cherries again. d and i loved them!

nana and grandpa brought over special heart boxes filled with chocolates

after a delicious fresh filet of salmon d grilled. we made a little late night dessert

put my sewing skills to the test again and made beautiful-mother-to-be laurie, a shower gift. hooded towel+kitty for baby

got to spend the day showering laurie with baby-love and chatting with sweet ladies, including this crafting extraordinaire, my sister in law

only one of the sweet handiwork rebecca provided for the shower decor

celebrating sweet naya's 3rd birthday, hopped up on her first blow pop (i don't think she likes it)

was not at all disappointed that i took my two energizer bunnies grocery shopping alone, when they gave away leftover valentine's roses at the door

have been working with evia on "go-fish" she loves it!

simple caption: I LOVE HER

if you know me. you know i love food. i love to read about it, look at it, eat it and of course document it

70 and 9am. loving my sister walks.

evia wanted to walk the whole way downtown from our house last week to see nana and grandpa at the new office building. she did an AMAZING job. no complaints, no rests. just one foot in front of the other

telling grandpa all about her adventure once we got there

evia loves nana

we celebrated a double baptism for george and pj. it was ANOTHER beautiful ceremony, as is every single event we go to there. so lucky to be included in the lives of our dear friends

 

and in true greek-fashion, that night i tried my hand at creating my first phyllo dough (frozen sheets) dessert. i have to say, it came out pretty bomb-diggity and it was a no-recipe-kind-of creation: pear cherry tart heart!

evia with her pretty auntie

we LOVE these jungle monkeys