greatest hits

i'm so sorry i have neglected this little blog.  i see this spring as one big check-list: ben's birthday, portland, my race, crosby's birthday, and ben's school carnival.  i am deep in the middle of them all, busy checking them off one by one.  we are making progress people, but there's still work to do.  

here's what we've been busy doing lately.

1) i celebrated the fourth anniversary of my thirtieth birthday.  i am feeling every bit my age lately, but i choose to believe it has to do more with how busy i've been than how old i am.

we celebrated with a lo-key dinner at my fav with the family.  i kept trying to mug on my boys and they  kept playing hard to get, as usual.

2) ben is almost ready to move on to kinder and the thought of him leaving his sweet little school makes me sad.  i am so happy he had two wonderful years there.  here he is at the festival of cultures celebrating africa (gorills live there, fyi).

3) for valentine's day, i bought chris tickets to the untapped festival in ft. worth.  marcy's sister anna was nice enough to let us shack up with her and even accompanied us to the festival!

it. was. awesome.  vendor after vendor of local brews (and others not-so-local).  we had tiny cups and sipped tiny beers on a beautiful, windy afternoon.  and after our bellies were warmed from the millions of minis, we enjoyed the music of the orbans, justin townes earl, sarah jaffe, and deer tick.

tim and jules were there!

justin townes earl

deer tick

4) came home to swing with the boys.

5) cousins snuggled.

6) celebrated this man's 89th birthday (or the fifty-ninth anniversary of his thirtieth birthday).

he's the best.  no lie.

7) right before ruby passed, we decided to wait awhile before we got another dog.  right after she passed, we changed our minds.  this week we welcomed annabelle into our home and she is the perfect fit for us.  want a basset?  check out north texas basset rescue.  they are amazing.

looking forward to celebrating my family's april birthdays tomorrow. 

 how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

p.s. i'll leave you with some of my favorite songs from justin townes earl and deer tick.