Brunch

on Saturday was fun

& Martin flew to Washington D.C. today
for US T.A.G.

 

Guess Who We Had Dinner With?

My parents!

 We went to take the tandem into a new bike shop to be tuned up since Cranky's has closed their service department due to going out of business. And next to the new bike shop, there was a new restaurant we decided to visit - Gary's Asian Bistro. And look who walked in?! It was so nice to catch up. I love my parents and I'm so glad that I was born to love.

Oh what a day

A Lovely Day

except for the squirrel hunt going on in the attic

and the maladjusted chain tension on our MTB ride

 

Hard Work

Martin has been working late every night this week

to calibrate all the Clarity systems 

before he goes out of town next week for his advisory committee

 

as luck would have it...

Fritz re-injured his leg today and
can only walk on 3 legs now

 

choose joy.

In my nursing era

Max & Preslee made me three nurse shirts for my birthday

9-11

I Will Never Forget

 

enjoy your ride

enjoy your ride

hand in hand

and

side

by side

 

I was Born

to love

 Even on a Monday night, with a Costco run for dog food, a stop off at the auto shop for a bike rack update and walking the dog we still find time to love and eat dinner at our favorite Thai place. 

MY B-52

My 52nd birthday was filled with love

Tullie's for breakfast

Solitude for lunch

Settebello's for dinner

with all my kiddos

my sisters & Sierra

my parents 

gelato

and laughter 

for dessert

DJ Buckwild made a special appearance for dancing at the after party

all thanks to this fun guy for making it possible. 
xxoo

 

Love & Bike

 52

lessons learned...

from my 52nd year

 

1. ride w/the wind w/Martin 
2. my sisters love me no matter what
3. let go of stress 
4. write my story
5. enjoy time with my parents
6. go on that trip
7. choose to spend time with my kids and tell them how much I love them
8. stay up late with friends
9. walk. always walk. walk with no goal 
10. catch every sunset
11. get up early to watch the sunrise
12. slow down
13. be grateful
14. listen to MY needs
15. go on that bike ride
16. have gentle expectations
17. go to the beach 
18. indulge in a little self-care
19. recharge my mind & body
20. set intentions each week
21. happiness blooms from within
22. don't try to seek happiness from elsewhere
23. light the scented candles
24. choose to take note of everything 
25. all the blessings
26. find joy
27. small things and big things
28. to commit to love
29. and gratitude
30. life will feel full if you do
31. a shift in perspective can transform your reality
32. enjoy my coffee outside
33. savor the laughter
34. how beautiful it is to let things go
35. calm over chaos
36. serenity over stress
37. peace over perfection 
38. grace over grit
39. faith over fear
40. I've learned that I don't have to react to everything that bothers me
41. sometimes I need to breathe
42. let it go
43. protect my peace
44. time is the only currency
45. you spend it
46. but you don't ever know your balance
47. use it wisely
48. hug a little longer
49. love a little stronger
50. forgive a little sooner
51. smile a little sweeter
52. When I stopped thinking 'it is what it is' and instead started thinking 'it is what I make of it' things changed in ways I couldn't imagine 

Birthday Lunch

My sister Marilee came up to work today to take me to lunch

and brought me flowers and earrings

 

Life Is A Book

Every day a new page

Every month a new chapter

Every year a new series

 

When we became "us" again

Such a sweet memory

A night I don't think any of us will ever forget

 It came up on Carol's Memories from five years ago. I'll never forget this night she said, and it was such a great pic of all my beautiful friends. 

Cute Cousins

Kelli's Birthday was yesterday

and her daughter in law Emmie
is due with her
 first grand-baby, Julian - tomorrow

Laurie's 

art work

for the baby shower

for her grandson Ezra

her son Josh's first born son

is next month

Morgan & Emmie
are the lucky wife's of
Laurie and Kelli's
sons