dripping with passion

if you're sick of pictures/words about my wedding, i'm sorry. and also, a warning: i'm going to post (a lot of) images from our official photographer soon as well. it's just that, well, i'm not over it. and i kinda hope i never will be. i just want to keep hold (so tightly!) of all the memories of those truly glorious days of love and celebration -- and the crazy days leading up to them! i want to remember everything and frankly a significant purpose of this blog is to help me remember! so for today - some memorabilia from the wedding planning days -- 1. texts from my mom: she's an angel, and she ran all over creation picking things up and trying things out and texting me photos since i was two states away the majority of the months leading up to the wedding. these are only about half of the pictures she sent me over that time - everything from linen colors to costco candy choices (for the kids' area at the reception) to food serving ideas. bottle...

i forgot to mention one of the very best parts of thanksgiving on maui!! - our turkey trot along spectacularly gorgeous thompson road. i couldn't believe the majestic beauty - the views across the island and out to the sea, the vivid vivid green of the hills broken up by the dark stone walls, the hanging whimsy of fog spreading itself over the blue sky...such a pretty little jog to get our bellies ready for lots o turkey! elsie found some hay to feed the horses along the way, and ana ran with the boy and i almost our entire thirty minutes. jonah and po just took a little stroll. what a beautiful thankgiving morning.

last friday night was our third annual sleep under the christmas tree slumber party. the perfect way to really kick off christmastime! i love these girls truly. {previous years here and here } then, on saturday morning, the boy and i drove down the coast to rancho siempre verde, the most wonderful magical christmas tree farm right along highway 1. we stopped on the way to get some heavenly garlic artichoke bread and goat cheese in the darlingest town of pescadero. it was a rainy, muddy, foggy morning, but we found the most perfect tree to chop down, and enjoyed the ranch’s plentiful swings, and   i had an awesome time   making a wreath for our front door. we were in a bit of a rush to make it back to palo alto for an exciting event – the baptism of our friend james – but the drive both there and back was gorgeous and i was bubbling over with christmas joy. {i can't believe this is my fifth  year cutting down a christmas tree in the bay area! 2010 / 2011 / 2012 ...

jonah cooked the turkey overnight in the imu pit, i put a loooot of butter in the mashed potatoes, and we made green beans just like the boy always had them growing up. ana oversaw the pilgrim and indian costumes and folded napkins to look like turkeys, and aja made the beeeest jello for our appetizer. soooo, it was a pretty fantastic thanksgiving feast with family (and some friends), enjoyed on the lanai at the back of jonah and aja’s awesome upcountry maui house.     on friday, we explored the banyan forrests, and braved the rain along the windy coastal roads to take an adventure down to some rocky pools over the ocean. the high tide, blustery sky and huge waves made for some awesome scenes. we ended the day at sunset at black rock, snorkeling and cliff jumping and hot tubbing before it got dark.   ^^ typical “eyre” – a bunch of kids bypassing the danger sign! but i promise we were careful :) ^^   ^^ they had the arms-outstretched pose down well…until a huge wa...