just makin'

i'd like to introduce you to a few lovely ladies i've been working with lately...

and a few christmas(already!??!) hats

100% post-consumer recycled notebooks with recycled and cut out sewing pattern ladies and beach boys lyrics

they're pretty darn cute if i may say so myself!

also had to let you know that the weisses were as wonderful as we had hoped! (and aaron loved the banana bread!)

i'm going out tonight...

to see one of my favorite bands of all time play the ottobar. we've both been huge admirers of theirs since around 2002, when we started dating. We once made stamped leather bracelets with their lyrics(that i'm pretty sure we wore til they fell off). i'm going to take them some banana bread. here's a morsel, they're delicious and they keep getting better with age:

Sayen

Please join us in welcoming
Sayen Elizabeth Sanchez
born
August 25th, 2009
weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz.
19.8 inches long

big sister Millalin

momma and her girls

Gerardo's mom Isabel

Gerardo and Holly

the goings on

i am just now realizing that we haven't introduced you to an important new member of our household: isaac's kitchen!

andrea knit him a box of strawberries(complete with internal jingle bells), a tomato, an eggplant, and a mushroom

like son

like mother

produce

wooden eggs(his gift from our trip to maine... they're haba)

kitchen sink complete with sprayer

it's perfect... thank you sasha for passing it down!

on another note, ezra's eye had a date with the corner of the coffee table three days ago. thankfully holly had surgical glue on hand!

this boy moves too fast these days

and this boy is a peekaboo lover

and this boy is going fishing this weekend

a little craft show preview...

sometimes when you're practicing fly fishing in the front yard the stray kittens try to catch your line and you, in turn, catch them. might keep him, might not. for now his name is jim croce.

we are in the midst of tomato harvesting and it is crazy delicious(in the words of marc johns).

breathtaking

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

watched this with the boys this morning and they(and i) were mesmerized...

loves and farewells

loving this cover on crewcuts(jcrew kids)

saying goodbye to a beloved sister as she heads back up to ny

loving fresh tomatoes

loving this baby's(emmett) growing personality

loving pear cobbler and all the summer tastes there are right now

making butterfly art for kate's apartment

loving all the italy keepsakes she kept

trying on all her great shoes(that's what aunts are for right?)

reading and snuggling just a little longer

saying farewell to groundhog #1 who apparently likes shredded carrots

and last but certainly not least, saying farewell to our abraham(going to new zealand for a year).

parting is such sweet sorrow.

shawn and rachel

lucky guy

lucky girl

heidi, adam, and katherine

i present to you... mr and mrs shawn livingston!

we're so happy for you both! blessings on your home and life together!

this island is long

last week the bebes and i drove up to long island to visit aunt liz & co, gleaning much family time, amazing food, poolside lounging, pizza on the beach, baking, gardening, and great-grandparent time. we also went on a gravehunt for my great grandfather(to the eight power) who is buried on shelter island.

pizza

garden bounty(two of uncle stephen's babies)

chris

kate

chocolate is essential

yellow icing is also essential

isaac and grandpa

isaac and chris canoeing

taking the ferry to staten island

huge tree in the graveyard

great grandma(my dad's mom) and ezra

9 generations

jonathan vail(jeremiah's son)

here lies the body of jeremiah vail who departed this world october 13th, 1749
he was 39 years old

matches the granary burial ground gravestones

descendants(well those of us who wanted to find him)

east hampton beach

right before he started chasing the seagulls

the new experience of cold sand between tiny toes

great grandpa and aunt liz

watch out ladies...

chris and hunter

stephen

ezra and nonna

uncle stephen

swimming machine

milk mustache

frogs and green overalls

i'll take manhattan, the bronx, and staten island too...
it's lovely going to the zoo...

where the heart is