I went for a walk this morning...

 {All was color, and texture in the jungle. I kept waiting for a brontosaurus to lumber into view.} 

{I should walk, every morning, but sometimes the morning rain makes me sleepy lazy.}

Nature Boy

Fruit & Nuts

 {I forget what this is called, but I love to eat it's tart lovely berries...}

{Kukui tree }

 {This is Noni Fruit, which smells, really really bad.}

 {Mmm! Tasty star fruit! A whole tree just for us!}

{I like this picture because it looks like it's turning from black&white to color...but it's just nature.}

 {This is Guava...}

{Which has the tastiest smelling fruit of all time...I would eat that off the ground but the chickens beat me to it.}

A tasty treat

...

Our wedding: Sneak Peak!

My thanks to Amanda and whomever else had the extra camera so we could have these while we wait for the profesh stuff to get done. 

Wow, we sure were blessed with amazing weather, supportive family and friends to have such an incredible celebration. So lucky!

And for those of you wondering how married life is? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Sometimes we look at each other and say, "Really? It's only been a month and a half? I feel like we've always been married."

You can read more of our adventures here: http://starsinthebackyard.blogspot.com/

Delicioso!

{Platos de comida sabrosa!}

 

So I am a part of a new family now.

{REAL enchiladas and REAL mole--man, I've been so blind to what Mexican food could be!}

 

And besides all the love and support and laughter that brings, I also get to eat fabulous food!

I mean we are talking, truly outstanding.

 {Someday, who knows, I may be half as good as Abuela.}

 

Last Saturday Nelssie and Ivan made Posole, during the all important Real Madrid Vs Barcelona game... Mama was on the phone for backup support and recipe concerns.
However, whenever someone scored a goal, Ivan and Nels would run downstairs to catch the replay, and I'd be left holding the phone asking in my terrible Spanish:

Me: Uh....Entonces, tres chiles diferentes? 

Her: Oh, si! Si! 

Me: Ok. y...que mas? uh...quantos er...spoons? de oregano? um...oh...sorry! My Spanish is so bad! NELSSIE! COME BACK UPSTAIRS!

Ha ha, I'll talk pretty someday.

Me and my shadow Part II

 

{Here's my sweet mini-me at age 4 holding her new baby brother, & that's me on the right age 5, holding mine in 1990!} 

Baby brothers are the best!

Out on the water

If you are very, very lucky, you may have friends like these once in your life...

Walking down to the boat is an exciting trip, arms full jackets, hats, and of coolers hiding Liz's lobster rolls, chips, strawberries, and fresh oatmeal cookies.

Even on a foggy day Ed is ready for a trip out on the water.

There must have been some crazy wind because it was making strange 'Mists of Avalon' waves.

Soren was happy to be back behind the wheel.

Another grand day out.

A little more D.C.