california cousins

We got to see Rory's cousins Tim and Brittany when we were in San Francisco. Tim and I attended our first Groves Family Reunion together when we were both engaged to be married into the clan... I've always felt a special bond with him because of this fact :)

They are salt of the earth people and I wish we all lived closer!

my 30th birthday

Shannon pulled out all the stops for my 30th including 30 balloons to be delivered, a 90(!!) minute massage, supper at a French Bistro and gifts and goodies all day long. Every moment had been considered and I felt so loved.

green pastures

We spent my birthday weekend with our friends John and Shannon at their place just outside of San Francisco in Marin County. It is also their daughter Kate's birthday weekend. We were with Shannon two years ago when her water broke with Kate, and were together last year as well. And I was with Shannon the day she found out she was preggers with Kate. It is a joy to celebrate with Kate.

John and Shannon live in a really gorgeous part of the country. Everything was green, and gave us a welcome break from winter white. Rory spent much of his time walking around their place with the camera and took some glorious pictures.

blog logged

I'm behind on my blog. So backed up that I'm overwhelmed at all I want to cover. I told Rory I am blog logged and he thought that was clever. And then he told me to just break it all up into lots and lots of posts. So that's what I'm going to try to do...with the hopes that I can get things free flowing again.

I had to include this picture because seriously, how great is my haircut? It even looks nice when it's all wind blown and rained on. Let's hear it again for Kari, the girl at juut who gave me this mama-easy-hair-do.

next stop: san francisco

Dear Taylor,

Dear Taylor,
UPS Delivery just called and said they're parked outside of your apartment. I am assuming you are in unit 303, since this was the number listed by the call sheet in the entry way. Just thought I'd pass the message along. Hope you get your package.
Sincerely,
Becca