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guess who got employee of the month for september....

i was pretty thrilled for za husband because he so deserves this.

he is very dedicated, intelligent, and talented when it comes to his career and really everything.

i am so proud of him.

he is embarrassed.

i'll be posting a few more pictures once we finish his photo shoot.  i told him he has to pose next to the plaque hanging in the hospital and his special parking spot.

he isn't too thrilled with my plan but oh well he needs to let his impressed wife make a big deal about this. 

flashback friday #27

circa april 2009

this is us back in the silly old dating days. 

flashback friday #26

circa november 2005.

tyra, myself, and marcy at disneyland.

such a fun day with two of my bestest friends.

first of all it feels like this trip was just yesterday, but the reality is it was quite a while ago.

we look so young. 

time goes way too fast.

memorable moments of the day....

riding our favorite rides multiple times.

eating enough junk food that it should have been illegal.

taking billions of pictures.

getting ears with our names on them and proudly wearing them for the rest of the day.

acting like little kids the entire time and being so exhausted by the end of the day we barely had enough energy to walk to the car. 

my mind

this is my mind lately...

at times i feel like it is as mixed up as this painting i created. 

hopefully soon i can get back to talking about the adventures of our life but for now i hope you can enjoy the kitties or the silence.

oh and my mind is mixed up in a good way...not a bad one. 

xo!

the moth in the closet

we have finally reached the point where nothing is safe in our house since houndstooth and pellegrino have grown up.

we recently noticed that houndstooth likes the top shelf in our closet. 

will caught her in there and noticed she was after a moth that was way high up in the wall. 

luckily he was standing there when she decided to leap off the shelf towards the moth with no good place to land.  he caught her and figured she would be too scared to try that again but next thing you know she is up there again and this time with her brother following. 

there is her moth.

it's a good thing they are so cute because i witnessed their way up to the spot she is sitting, and it involved climbing up my clothes. 

lets just say now we know they can't be in that room without supervision.

donated painting

i have a niece who works in an eco-friendly daycare in oregon.

they are having an art show to raise money for the facility. 

she asked if i would like to donate a painting for their show.

i instantly said yes.

oh and the theme.....enchanted forest.....a.k.a. right up my alley.  

i was very excited to contribute to a good cause and get one of my paintings a little further out in the world. 

mama kitty loves her boy

pellegrino doesn't care that he is as big as his mom and still gets a bath from her. 

in fact he completely enjoys it,

closes his eyes and takes it all in. 

she still treats him like a tiny baby and i don't think he will ever complain.