bridge street

as if i needed another reason to love my husband. take a look.


he and ben fell asleep together after ben's bottle yesterday morning.
when i look at this picture, i just smile.

nana came to visit yesterday too.
she's staying the week to help watch the kids while they are on fall break.
today we decided to go to bridge street.
we stopped and made wishes at the big monaco fountain. it's hard to come up with as many wishes as nana has pennies.




then we ate at red robin. yum. delicious (but crazy expensive) burgers and shakes.




and we finished up with a trip to the carousel. anna chose to ride the big buck and josh picked a bunny rabbit. weird picks, but still lots of fun for them.


we also visited anthropolgie and i admit it, i wanted oh, about half of the store.
john reminded me that we aren't millionaires, so i quickly fled--even without the adorable embroidered owl dish towel for a mere $18.

we are all so tired tonight. more fun tomorrow!

thank you matthew mead!! (insert smiley face here!)

it finally came.


my lovely package from mr. matthew mead himself!


with much anticipation, i carefully opened the box,


unwrapped my lovely hardback collector's edition of his halloween book,


read the autograph and smiled.



the kids dove into the goodies that also came.



candy filled party favors and a sweet little owl cup.

perfect for me since the owls are my most favorite things in his book!
i was so happy and couldn't believe my luck!
even john commented on how COOL it was to get something like this.

anna set off to make matthew a thank you picture.




she worked hard,


and made two--twin pumpkins


with designer, alternating black and orange letters for her autograph.

thank you matthew! thank you linda!
today i felt very special because of you and i am humbled by your generosity!
thank you. so. very. much.

jack johnson inspired

This is from the song "Better Together" by Jack Johnson:

Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together









and i have to agree, it's always better when we're together.