Go's logo that I designed.
Boo yah.
May May and Mama at her kindergarten class's Mother's Day Tea.
She made this corsage for me,
which
I dug.
The view out of May's classroom window. So PA.
Juni's gift to me on Mother's Day.
I cut spur-of-the-moment bangs,
which is how I do.
Olive fell asleep on something that was waffle-woven.
She didn't think it was as funny as I did.
PA is pretty.
Some of my spin class on my last day.
They threw a little going-away party for me.
One guy even made an apple pie from scratch.
That's real love right there.
My girls' bus driver for the past 4 years, who also attended my spin classes,
and Olive.
Juni and Nina, from spin.
More spinners.
Jenny and Susan,
my friends,
two of my faves
and the masterminds behind the party.
May lost her first tooth in the back of the car on the way to tap.
Ruby's birthday invitations. Rose made from crepe paper.
I still get a arts and crafts on here and there.
A classic early summer PA stormy sky.
Ruby on her birthday. I pulled her out of school and took her to lunch.
Put that in your crack pipe and smoke it, Middletown Area School district.
The girls at Ruby's birthday party.
It was more fun that it looks.
Hershey Theatre, where the girls had their tap recital.
Go and Olive waiting for the show to start,
enjoying their similar hair styles.
The performers.
Notice Olive wearing May's "glubbs."
The family minus Juni.
Again with the glubbs.
Our last trip to NYC.
A cool gluten-free bakery we found for Rubes.
Outside of Balthazar, where I would leave my wallet on the bench
just seconds after snapping this picture.
My wallet was turned into the bakery by a good Samaritan and I retrieved it at the end of the day.
Honesty still exists, folks.
And in NYC, no less.
Juni in her stroller, right before getting rained on.
Our lunch: lobster rolls from The Lobster Place at Chelsea Market,
eaten around the corner up on Highline Park.
Highly recommend this.
Waiting for cousin Elise to get her cool self to dinner.
Dinner.
On our way back to the subway at the end of the day:
Olive sketched a penguin.
I love it.
Chocolate World.
Chocolate shakes at Chocolate World.
One last chocolate induced coma/hurrah.
Hershey Kiss necklaces to always remind them of Hershey, PA.
What our POD looked like inside.
Ruby's teacher from 2nd grade, who will always be THE BEST,
came to visit us before we left.
PA has the best teachers! I loved our educational experience there.
My childhood, ladies and gentlemen.
Our last evening in PA.
Had to redeem that car wash coupon, you know.
We finally made it to CA.
Olive dancing with John and Joseph in my parent's kitchen.
Ruby at my parent's community pool,
where I spent hundreds of hours of my childhood.
Screen shot of my brother's instagram.
He and I went sea glassing,
which I always love.
Water fights in the backyard.
Of course Ruby has the hose.
May duddled up at the beach.
Olive and Joe,
being weird.
Go, done with residency, and passed out.
Juni, taken at 5am in the morning: her new waking time, lucky me.
John found this gem in my wedding photos: Dan and Joe getting slammed by puberty.
Screenshot of John's instagram:
Ruby and May's oral presentation on hummingbirds.
Olive, saying "Fashion! Ah!", her new favorite saying.
My rad nails.
Our ride in Hawaii. Sweet, sweet nectar from the rental car gods.
Bananas bought by the WOOFFers on the side of the rode in Hana.
My BIL and SIL's place in Hana where we stayed,
which was dreamy, dreamy.
The backyard.
More of the yard.
The drive way.
This is the balcony where Go shot a mongoose point blank.
The studio.
Where the mongoose lay dying.
Our last day in Maui at our hotel.
Go putting our luggage into the car to go to the airport.
Sad stuff.
The last meal.
Contemplating his future over eggs benedict and stuffed french toast.
The view at breakfast.
Me, trying to decide how I feel about getting on the plane back to reality.
I decided.
The road to Vegas from Irvine.
Go putting up his many, many diplomas in his office.
The night he rocked a pony tail.
The Vegas sky on my birthday.
11 comments:
What is water glassing??
You mean sea glassing? That's when you go climb around on cliffs down to secret beaches where no one ever goes and look for sea glass that washes up on the shore. It's peaceful, beautiful and rewarding.
okay, please tell me WHY did Go shoot a mongoose?? What is a mongoose?
I still (not so) secretly follow your blog. Rad describes everything for you guys right now - your kids, your husband being done with residency, new life in LV, Park Paseo pool, Maui estate, shooting Riki Tiki Tavi, etc. Congratulations to you guys. I'm very excited for y'all.
I'm so glad Go killed a mongoose! A mongoose did some horrible things while we were there and I've hated them ever since.
I am excited about all of these pictures and the ones coming to a line of vision near me.
Love this post! And I'm glad to see you have some nice things to say about PA after all... :)
Chris! You know what? You have probably known me longer than anyone else who reads this blog, besides those related to me. 5th grade? Mrs. Strahl? Santiago Hills represent! I'd say that gives you the right to stalk. ;) Stalk away, friend.
O-000! 0-000!
Had such a good comment about how my children learned the gospel by going to the theater to watch"Earnest Goes To _______" movies for family home evening but then I saw the Joe/Dan Pubert picture and I lost all direction with my thoughts because I was laughing so hard.
Oh Gosh.
And I'm loved your post...
Good Grief.
I Loved your post. I did. I. Not I am.
Um, Juni in her stroller right before getting rained on ... that left leg ... that beautiful, beautiful left leg ... yeah ... that's all i have to say about that.
That's funny that someone just commented on Juniper's chubby little leg because I was just going to mention that. Only those sweet, chunky legs can make cow prints look so good. Ditto to you, friend, who noticed the same sweetness.
p.s. Annie, my happiness for your new adventures in life is immeasurable. Seriously.
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