Photo of the Day - Days 192-205

(So I dropped in to see where I left off in my last post so I would know where to pick back up and noticed I had this post all teed up and I simply failed to publish. Silly me. The captions are outdated, just imagine you're reading this back in July...)

 

Day 194:

 

Grainy, low light pic of Tele refusing to budge, she stayed just like this staring at me forever.

Day 195:

These are our friends Langley and Drew and their adorable son, Clark. They are currently expecting kiddo #2 and flew down to Texas from Minnesota to host a gender reveal. They found out along with the rest of us (via balloon pop full of confetti, adorbs!) that they will be welcoming a little girl in October!

Day 196:

This is not a pic of my lunch, this a grumpy get-off-my-lawn disgruntled pic of the TWO slices of avocado that I paid $2.50 for! I had to document it so Tom could be equally as indignant. 

Day 199:

Tom and I went thrifting and we found this little (slightly dinged up) gem! I cleaned it up a bit and now I have a new to me nightstand.

Day 200:

Someone at work decided that life in the office could use some jazzing up and so the Office Olympics were born. One of the challenges was stacking 3 golf balls in less than a minute. This picture was just a practice round, but I did manage to succeed when the clock was running. I might've been a little pumped about it and demanded double high fives from all those around me...not my proudest moment.

Day 201:

Ezra spied something exciting behind the couch so Tom went to investigate too. And here's a bonus pic from another, equally as precious, angle.

Pretty sure there wasn't really anything back there other than Ezra's imagination, but look at how cute he is!

Day 202:

We were dog-sitting for a friend and I caught this cutie mid yawn. Pretty sure you can see straight down to his stomach.

Day 204:

So those embarrassing high fives at the Olympics the week before? They won me the SPIRIT award for the week! That's right, ice cream, stationery, and basil you can grow in a cup - ah, the sweet taste of victory.

Day 205:

I got to meet Melissa, Joe, and Ezra for a picnic lunch. Ezra very sweetly shared some of his cookies with me, his only prerequisite is you must cheers them first. This is no hardship - I mean look at that face, if he wanted me to stand on my head first I'd have attempted it.

Photo of the Day - Days 171-191

Day 171: No pic today...

Day 172:

Sometimes lunch requires cupcakes. This was one of those days.

Day 173: .... :(

Day 174:

This may be a little gross but Tom was super excited about how stretchy the cheese in his Panini was. What can I say? He's a boy.

Day 175-179: Took another inadvertent photo-taking hiatus, my bad

Day 180:

Out of focus, and he looks annoyed, but at least I took a picture this day! It's a safe bet he was on Reddit.

Day 181:

Tom's folks were in town so we took them to our favorite restaurant, Pieous. The owners Josh and Paige are ridiculously good at what they do, and what's more they are incredibly kind. After we lost our minds over Paige's cheesecake the week before, she topped herself by topping our cheesecake with blueberry pie guts. Best. Dessert. Ever.

Day 182:

Requisite flower pic - I know, just riveting.

Day 183: Blergh.

Day 184:

So it had only been a few days since our last visit, but we decided the night before the 4th of July should be spent at Pieous. Pretty sure this may have been the first time we tried the pepperoni - super tasty - never mind Tom's face, he's just loves it when I take pictures of him.

Day 185:

We had some of the family over for the 4th - here is Ezra in his most patriotic get-up focusing all his energy on composing his next masterpiece. But seriously, do you see how calmly he approaches the piano? Pretty sure me and my siblings just pounded our fists on those keys as kids. Ezra is far too mature for those types of shenanigans.

Day 186:

Upon discovering wild grapes on one of his nature walks at work, Tom decided to create a sourdough starter. This was his first attempt at making bread with it. It wasn't a resounding success in his eyes, but it did produce two edible loaves of bread - so to me, it worked! He's still trying to figure out how to get the recipe just right. In the meantime, I have no problem serving as taste-tester.

Day 187: So I might've missed another day...maybe...

Day 188:

 

A pretty sunset viewed from my window at work! A bummer that I'm witnessing a sunset at work? Maybe. But hey, could be worse, I could be on that crane...

 

Day 190: I worked late yesterday, give a gal a break!

 

Day 191:

 

 

I am helping a friend with her wedding stationery - this was how I delivered her save the dates - Birchbox box, Erin Condren label, and a pom pom for good measure.



Photo of the Day - Days 155-170

Days 155-158: Looks like I took a few days off of the taking of the pictures...whoops


Day 159:

 

Oh flowers...grabbed these at Central Market because they were so blue that I couldn't take my eyes off of them. Tom did not seem to be similarly affected.

 

Day 160: nothing to see here...

 

Day 161:

 

 



Tiny knit monster feet - just a normal Monday night over here.

 

Day 162: Womp womp

 

Day 163:

 

 

I received this very-near-neon-pink lipstick in my Birchbox. Frankly, I'm a fan. Tom, notsomuch.

 

Day 164:

 

I don't need to go into specifics here, just know that as I'm a woman there are times when only chocolate will fix what ails me. These chocolate peanut butter cups did the job nicely.

 

Day 165:

 

This picture might be out of focus, but how sweet are Tom and Ezra plucking away at the piano?

 

Day 166:

 

Ezra chillin' in his Unc Al's shoes with Aunt Celeste's phone in hand - he's set! No clue what he was trying to ask Siri...

 

Day 167:

 

Just the fam hanging outside at the farmers' market. This is Texas. It was warm.

 

Day 168:

 

 

My view at work these days - this giant crane has PEOPLE on it. I don't really have an issue with heights but this makes me nervous...

 

Day 169:

 

 

More flowers!!!!!!!!!

 

Day 170:

 

 

Sometimes I get to meet Melissa, Joe, and Ezra for lunch on the Capitol lawn - how picturesque is that little party of 3?





Florida

Is there anything better than other people's vacation pictures? Hold on to your seats - get ready for some beach pics and selfies galore!
 

This was the view from our room.

To get to the beach we had to cross that little bridge and go through a bit of dreamy greenery.

Then blamo! The beach! Complete with wind surfer.

Happy Tom is happy.

 

We were there during sea turtle season, and had to pass this well marked nest on our way down to the water. 

 

 

 
So there was this lighthouse...I took way too many pictures of it.
 

 
We tried to take a pic in front of it.
 

 
This is as close as we got to success (after a number of failed attempts).

 We went to Key West for a day.

And ate all the key lime pie...

 

 

We saw all the wild roosters and chickens.

 

We checked out Hemmingway's house (or the outside of it at least) - how about that pretty tile, right?

And then we took a selfie for good measure.

Waiting out an afternoon shower on the balcony of our condo with a book and some cherries. Oh vacay...

 

Some intense waves.

 

Random wildlife.

 



 

And a pretty sunset.