our 2011 love note

dear 2011,

looking back, you were a planting our feet kind of year...365 days of finding our rhythm and getting into the swing of things. you gave our young start up family beach trips and first stitches...road trips and big cities and fresh garden vegetables...a 6 turned 7 year old and his first dog and first grade.

you were harry potter and fishing, 10 year reunions and carnival cotton candy....air plane rides in the clouds, brazil in our backyard, big birthdays, baseball games, drive ins, ice skating, picture taking. 

you were super moons, leaf collecting, bike riding, kinfolking, carrot hiding, air ballooning, baby-making! 

we are forever indebted to your kindness...and send you off with a million kisses!

yours, 

katie, matt, little max, and tiny tiny baby (just 1! i had an ultrasound today...no twins. although matt made the technician double check..haha)

i hope all of you have an amazing new years eve and the happiest new year! 

i feel so lucky to have had this little space grow so much this year...to have you all apart of our lives.

thank you for coming everyday...thank you for sharing! 

2012 or bust!

xoxo

tis the season

happy happy happy december, friends!

this year has been a good one to us.

we're going to live it up these next few weeks...sending the year out in style!

today is devoted to all things make paper snow flakes. 

and i have the scissor marks on my hand and white paper bits covering the floor to prove it!

xoxo

a love note

dear 2010, 

i will forever remember you as the year of a healing heart and a mended mind. you were a year of progress for the sake of sink of swim. move it or lose it! you kept us moving on down the road when we thought it might be easier to just lie down by the curb for a little while. i hate thinking of how much of you i wasted dragging my feet and taking little glances back at the years before you..although you didn't seem to mind.

you brought me love. oh my did you bring me love. love with a side of maturity, health, and stability.

you reminded me over and over who i'm supposed to be and you were my second chance kind of year. the most beautiful plan b.

to max you were first kisses, lost teeth, #6, new adventures hood rat'n and beat boxing and kindergartening and canoeing and shoe tying and reading real words.

you were parties for no good reason at all. kisses and smooching for days. new friends and new places to lay our head. you were life changing jobs and a brand new kind of faith.

you were not too shabby. 

not one bit.