Funny Confession #214

After a 2 week trip around the globe (literally), my man returns in the morning! Yippee! To celebrate, I took myself out on an amazing date! I even showed up with flowers to kick it off right. Peonies, ice cream, 3D Gatsby, popcorn (with butter juice all over it, duh) and a fountain coke. God I'm a good date. I'd totally take me out again, and the night isn't even over. I cannot wait to jump in the sack.

Look how old tired my face looks.  Yikes.  See above, he was gone 2 full weeks.  I know lots of moms do this all the time, some even do it full time - they are amazing.  Dude, I'm not amazing, I'm worked.

Funny Confession #213

I am so immature...this cracks me up.

Inspiration Everywhere

Fish Market

Love the colors

Maison Provincial

While down south, we shared this maison with lots and lots of cousins/aunts/uncles.  A good time was had by all...although it was a bit more provincial than most of us would have hoped for.  An additional bathroom (or five) would have been nice.  Luckily the weather was perfect, and the outdoor space was lovely.  Ooh la la.

Little Pig, Little Pig, Let Me Come In

I spotted and fell in love with this fun door in Ouderkerk, which was our final destination on Monday's bikeventure.   

A few more vacation pix

Cousins have started to post some pix to facebook from our gathering a few weeks ago.  I borrowed a few favorites to post here.

Our little family.  On a boat.  On the mediterranean.  Off the coast of France.  Heading out to an island for a sunset picnic.  NBD.  Ahhhhhhhh!

 A la fete

 Avec Coco et Gilles

 Les belles cousines

 Our last day was spent at an "American" themed amusement park called OK Corral.  It was very....interesting.  Bad country music blaring on all speakers, American flags everywhere...war paint, feathers, guns...you get the idea.  The place holds a lot of sentimental value for generations of families (including ours) who grew up going.  Perhaps it goes without saying, but if you have the chance to spend a few days in the south of France, you could should probably skip it.

That said, we went for it...

Bikeventure

If you follow the Amstel river from the city, it takes you into the country. We rallied early and enjoyed exploring! Cheese, clogs, windmills, cows, sheep, pretty homes with well kept gardens, rain, bikes...this is our new world and we are digging it.

We Are The Girls Who Run This Town

After 8 months of minimal, slow-if-at-all running, I was excited  curious to see what my legs could do in a race. They did alright, and more importantly it was so much fun.   The event was an all-women's night race through this rad city.  Nike does races right - this was quite an event.  

Funny Confession #212

I think I'm more excited for the sequel than I was for the original.  And baby, I was excited for the original.  Prepare to get pitch slapped, again.  If you missed the original...get on it.

What is not to love about Anna (including her huge hit, from the film)?  And please bring back FatAmy.

And yes, I tagged this post "art".

Watch this video, makes me want to go to a diner and clank a cup.  You're gonna miss me when I'm goooone...

70!

While down south, we celebrated Papa Jean's 70th in style!  Lots of cousins/aunts/uncles gathered to celebrate anyone in the family that was born in a year ending in "3".   The fete included a paella feast.  We were so glad to be there and we look forward to making many more memories with this crew, esp over the next few years while we get to live nearby!